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How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue

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How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue

For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexed data scientists for years: voice disentanglement.

By Bernhard Warner

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Twitter’s New CEO, Linda Yaccarino, Eases Into the Hot Seat

Linda Yaccarino, who initially could not take ad sales meetings because of a noncompete clause, is adjusting to her new role reporting to Elon Musk.

By Ryan Mac Tiffany Hsu and Benjamin Mullin

Help! A British Travel Agency Has Our $3,891 and We Want It Back.

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Help! A British Travel Agency Has Our $3,891 and We Want It Back.

A couple’s efforts to use credit to book a new European trip was stymied by questionable customer service, until our columnist stepped in.

By Seth Kugel

Mixtape Sites Like DatPiff Propelled Rap. Can They Be Preserved?

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Mixtape Sites Like DatPiff Propelled Rap. Can They Be Preserved?

Websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming. Keeping those archives intact is proving difficult.

By Brian Josephs