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Amazon made its Alexa Answer program available to the general public this week after several months of beta testing, opening up its artificial intelligence assistant to crowdsourced recommendations for unprogrammed questions.

Amazon starts crowdsourcing Alexa responses. What could possibly go wrong?

Anyone can go to the Alexa Answers site, where questions frequently posed to the smart assistant are published in under 300 characters. The answers --. which do not require a citation - are fed into Alexa's algorithms. The responses are rated by other Alexa Answers users
Apple’s Ann Thai, manager for the app store announces new products Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif.

Analysis: Apple's Arcade seeks to upend another business model

Apple wants people to pay $5 a month for the types of games they have been getting free, but without ads or in-app purchases.
Apple CEO Tim Cook announce new products during an event Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif.

Apple changes kids app guidelines following criticism from developers

Under the revised rules, advertising will be allowed, as long as it has been vetted for appropriateness.
YouTube star Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg in 2013. PewDiePie celebrated reaching 100 million YouTube subscribers by donating $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that has condemned him in the past for making Nazi jokes in his videos, which they said at the time was helping to put anti-Semitic rhetoric into the “mainstream.”

PewDiePie, YouTube's biggest star, tried to make peace; his fans rebelled

PewDiePie, a.k.a. Felix Kjellberg, a.k.a. YouTube's biggest star, celebrated reaching 100 million subscribers by donating $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that has condemned him in the past for making Nazi jokes in his videos. The donation prompted conspiracy theories and angry memes from some of his fans, who claimed the star must have been blackmailed into making it.
How Jim Watkins took over one of the web's most notorious hate sites
The 8chan owner's path from a porn merchant to the keeper of what one former ally called a "cesspool of hate" appears to have grown out of his desire to capitalize on the seedier corners of the internet, hopping between dot-com trends and positioning himself as an eccentric luminary in the communities he helped cultivate.
As Apple debuted its newest iPhones on Tuesday, a striking new feature took center stage: a three-lens setup that puts a near-professional camera in the hands of anyone who can afford the $999 to $1099 devices.
Does the new iPhone creep you out? Why tiny holes scare some people
Three lenses are a lot better than two -- unless they send you reeling in disgust.
From left, Alex Ono, Yamazen; Jeff Krusinski, Krusinski Construction Co.; Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson; James Hansen, Yamazen; Jun Toyota, Yamazen; and Scott Fernandez, Yamazen, participate in groundbreaking ceremonies for Yamazen’s new headquarters.
Krusinski breaks ground on new Yamazen HQ
Krusinski Construction Co. has broken ground for Yamazen Inc.'s new modern headquarters at 111 Northwest Point Boulevard in Elk Grove Village.
McShane Construction Co. has completed construction of Heart’s Place Apartments, a supportive housing complex in Arlington Heights.
McShane completes supportive housing complex
McShane Construction Co. has completed construction of Heart's Place Apartments, a supportive housing complex in Arlington Heights.
Some Long Grove village board members expressed concern about video gambling machines allowed at bars and restaurants in town as the new Chit Chat Room was approved for a license.
Video gambling regrets? Long Grove officials raise concerns after granting sixth license
Some Long Grove village board members expressed concern about video gambling machines that are allowed at bars and restaurants in town as another establishment was approved for a license.
A shopper browses the items on display at the Amazon 4-star store in the Soho neighborhood of New York in September 2018. Amazon is planning to open a 4-star store in Oakbrook Center.
Amazon opening 4-star store in Oakbrook Center
An Amazon 4-star store is coming to Oakbrook Center as the online retail giant continues to grow its brick-and-mortar footprint.
An employee assists customers shopping for video games inside a GameStop Corp. store in Louisville, Kentucky. The company plans to close up to 200 stores.
GameStop to close 200 stores in cost-cutting move
GameStop will close up to 200 underperforming stores across the country by next February, but did not specify the fate of more than 60 suburban stores.
Jeff Girling
Business Ledger | Girling joins Lee & Associates
Lee & Associates of Illinois recently hired Jeff Girling to its industrial team.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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