An adapted excerpt from the book "Your Computer Is on Fire", on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa alienate non-native and non-standard English speakers (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)

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An adapted excerpt from the book “Your Computer Is on Fire”, on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa alienate non-native and non-standard English speakers  —  The age of being able to speak to our computers just as we do with other humans is finally upon us but voice-activated assistants …

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