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How Alexa Listens for Wake Words

Josh Hendrickson |
Alexa is always listening but not continually recording. It doesn’t send anything to cloud servers until it hears you say the wake word (Alexa, Echo, or Computer). But listening for wake words is harder than you might t...

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When placed into water, a can of Diet Coke floats and a can of regular Coke sinks; the artificial sweetener used in the Diet Coke is both less dense and in a smaller amount than the more dense sugar used in regular Coke.

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