SoundHound raised extra funds for its voice-enabled AI. Despite the fact that SoundHound has been around for 10 years, the company managed to raise around $40 million in financing in order to build its conversational AI platform. However, thanks to a new round of financing, the company has added another $75 million to their budget. […]
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As more devices become connected in the home, consumers may, for a price, be willing to share some of the data being generated by those devices. While that price may be financial through discounted utility bills, U.S. households also are interested in sharing data for services, according to new research from Parks Associates. More than
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Enlarge / A simplified diagram of a compromised brain-connected interface system. Bonaci et al. reader comments 23 Share this story OAKLAND, Calif.—In the beginning, people hacked phones. In the decades to follow, hackers turned to computers, smartphones, Internet-connected security cameras, and other so-called Internet of things devices. The next frontier may be your brain, which
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When it comes to stocks, bigger is not always better. Sometimes name recognition works against a company, in that some investors happily buy shares in companies they’ve heard of. That’s the stock market equivalent of when novice horse racing fans bet aggressively on a contender based solely on the horse’s name. You don’t want your
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(Photo : David Becker/Getty Images) The Amazon Echo’s smart speaker is likely to be dominated by the artificial intelligence space this year. The smart home device that has proven to be a successful product is powered by Alexa, a personal digital assistant of Amazon. Alexa is considered to be capable of performing functions at wide
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SAN FRANCISCO: In less than a year, Amazon’s combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant has come close to delivering on the elusive promise of easy-to-use technology that can control gadgets in the home with a few spoken words. Yet Amazon.com Inc’s surprise success sets up a long-term battle with
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Though consumer applications of the Internet of Things gets most of the headlines, its application in industry could have some of the most far-reaching effects. Because of this, the German government’s Industry 4.0 initiative is designed to connect the government, academia and industry through the process of industry’s IoT transformation via digitalization. China has a
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Telkonet, a Waukesha, WI-based company that helps configure Internet networks and devices that run on them, says it has introduced a new wireless thermostat. The device, known as “EcoTouch+ Battery,” is the latest product in the company’s EcoSmart product line. It features an occupancy sensor that activates the thermostat’s touch-screen display when someone is nearby,
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How do you get an IoT project off the ground? Internet of Things projects can be highly difficult to move out of the pilot stage. A project might look stellar as a concept proof, but when it comes to repeating that success throughout the enterprise, classic IoT challenges such as interoperability, security and data integration
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While it seems “smart” everything is in full swing, the full realization of the Internet of Things is in essence still on standby mode. Homes are smarter than ever and virtual reality, augmented reality, personal drones and a dizzying array of wearables and medical devices flood the market, but there is still potential for more.
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