More Charts The big appeal of the Amazon Echo is that it’s hands-free. You say something, it responds. Since this interface comes from the world’s biggest e-commerce company, the common wisdom is that Amazon is trying to create a world where it’s hard not to buy whatever you want from the so-called “everything store,” […]
The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago, automatic speech recognition is now on the verge of becoming people’s chief means of interacting with their principal computing devices. In anticipation of the age of voice-controlled electronics, MIT researchers have built a low-power chip specialized for automatic speech recognition. Whereas a cellphone running speech-recognition
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While all companies have been media companies since around 2007, every company will be an AI company from 2017 onwards. But artificial intelligence is not enough to bring about a world that is smart, functional, and empathetic. Connected devices that make up the Internet of Things (IoT) will build the physical tech infrastructure, while design
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BI Intelligence Not that long ago, many home-appliance and consumer-electronics makers were gearing up for what they thought would soon be a rapidly growing market for smart home devices. The instant popularity of the Nest thermostat, introduced in 2011, seemed to confirm their hopes. But those expectations were dashed in the coming years as the market for
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Retailers are on high alert. U.S. companies and government agencies experienced a record 1,093 data breaches in 2016, up 40% year over year, and all evidence suggests still more (and still more dangerous) digital attacks are coming in 2017. Nearly one in three retailers have already suffered revenue losses as a result of a cyberattack,
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Payment companies and retailers have been obsessing over the transition to EMV chip cards and payment terminals for the last couple of years, and with good reason: EMV has been seen as a significant weapon in the fight against transaction fraud. But even as the sector is finally making progress on that transition, it’s a
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Image: mashable By Anisa Purbasari2017-02-13 18:25:56 UTC If you’re the kind of person who likes to talk love on Valentine’s Day, you can now stop annoying your Valentine’s Day-hating peers (we know they’re out there). Apple has equipped Siri with some custom answers to Valentine’s Day queries, from booking a romantic restaurant or choosing an
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — Wireless printers, webcams, DVRs and other connected devices can become tools hackers can use for no good, according to a new report. It’s already happened, and online security professionals say too many people still don’t know how to protect against those kinds of attacks. Advertisement “It was very serious. It took down
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Ford boosts autonomous vehicle program with AI investment Ford is investing $1 billion in an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, Argo AI, to assist with the development of its autonomous vehicle technology. According to Computerworld, the automotive giant will pump investment into Argo AI over the next five years, and will combine its own autonomous vehicle program
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When you think of the Huawei brand, you may be reminded of a Chinese company that produces great hardware that is burdened with a heavy-handed interface known as EMUI, right? Well, it may be time to rethink that opinion. With the release of the 5.9-inch Mate 9, Huawei also launched EMUI 5.0, a much lighter,
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