If you’re anything like us (or Chrissy Teigen), you are dying to know more about the woman who took Mr. James Kennedy off the market. Who is this magical creature that has James saying, “No thank you,” to all those DJ groupies? Well, lucky for you, Megan and Rachael from Bravo’s The Daily Dish podcast were […]
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Enlarge Image Prompted by an activation phrase, Dragon Drive recognizes a driver named Lior by his voice. Wayne Cunningham/CNET Roadshow Voice command in cars shows so much potential to help drivers keep their eyes on the road, but since its implementation, the technology largely resulted in frustration. Sure, placing a call to a specific contact
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Global travel giant Expedia has been growing significantly in the Caribbean, and it looks like that will continue in the next few years. To learn more about the company’s plans for what it says is a “thriving” market, Caribbean Journal caught up with Mario Ribera, vice president Latin America and Demetrius director – Caribbean
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Additionally, a new “Starbucks Reorder Skill” is being implemented for Amazon’s Alexa devices, giving users the chance to simply say, “Alexa, order my Starbucks” to reorder their usual items. But the vocal ordering process appeared seamless in the video presentation-and Starbucks promised that orders will be booked accurately. The coffee shop mega-chain is now rolling
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Silicon Laboratories(NASDAQ: SLAB)released stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter 2016 results Wednesday morning, driven by sustained momentum from its Internet of Things segment. With shares now trading at fresh all-time highs, let’s take a closer look at the moving parts behind the fabless-semiconductor specialist’s business as it heads into the new fiscal year. Continue Reading Below Silicon Laboratories’ Thunderboard
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A long time ago, science fiction brought us the futuristic idea of controlling your home with your voice. In recent years, home automation has emerged from the realm of maybe-someday into a more widespread reality. The popularity of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is helping to shepherd this tech revolution into the mainstream. Alexa isn’t just
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Getty Apple CEO Tim Cook explained on Tuesday’s earnings call just how the Siri virtual assistant, combined with his haul of HomeKit smart home gear, improves his morning routine. “When I say ‘good morning’ to Siri, my house lights come on and my coffee starts brewing,” Cook said. And when it’s time
One of the biggest misconceptions about artificial intelligence is the belief that today’s AIs possess generalized intelligence. We are really good at leveraging large data sets to accomplish specific tasks, but fall flat at replicating the breadth of human intelligence. If we’re going to move toward generalized intelligence, Facebook wants to make sure we know how to evaluate progress.
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As a technological turning point, the Internet of Things ranks with the advent of the Internet itself and mobile computing. Even in its nascent form today, IoT is changing the way we interact with our physical environment and how we learn from it too. Besides bringing us Internet-enabled light bulbs and self-driving cars, the IoT
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Imagine getting used to controlling your home using Amazon’s Alexa and then it just stops working. What do you do? Do you remember how to the turn the lights on manually like 98% of the rest of the world? This is the scenario recently for new Sylvania LIGHTIFY customers. The LIGHTIFY Alexa skill disappeared from
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