This weapon will be powerful, versatile and indestructible. It will feel no pain. No pity. No remorse. No fear. It will have only one purpose: to return to the present and prevent the future. This weapon will be called the Terminator. I love Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and everything that makes computers smarter. Let me […]
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The “CES Unveiled” event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center has showcased a host of new wearables and hearables along with home appliances and robots. They are all very app-intensive, connected to the Internet, and many are already programmed to get smarter with built-in artificial intelligence that will track, learn and recognise a user’s speech,
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Image via Volkswagen The Amazon Echo is like a fancy Siri for your home, answering to “Alexa” and fulfilling your commands. Soon, Alexa will be in Volkswagens, too—assisting owners and giving updates on the status of the car from wherever. So, does that mean it’ll tell you if your car is cheating emissions regulations? Advertisement
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Stock Photo: ORLANDO, FL – December 28, 2016: Amazon Echo, the voice recognition streaming device from Amazon. Currently available in two colors, black and white for a list price of $179.99. (George W. Bailey / Shutterstock.com) Amazon’s Alexa was so popular that sales increased by 900%. In fact, the product was so well-liked among holiday
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When it comes to the total number of PCs and Smartphones shipped 2014-2016 neither Microsoft nor Apple have anything to crow about, with both seeing declines over the last three years. Devices running a Microsoft OS in particular have seen steep declines over the last 5 years, with 350 million Windows PCs being sold in
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The Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest trade show in the Western Hemisphere. If you somehow missed the show this past week—you’re so lucky! CES a staggeringly huge, crowded, noisy, sensory-overload sort of show. About 3,900 booths fill enough floor space for 35 football fields. Trying to take it all in gets exhausting and expensive.
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But if you give something a voice, it takes on life. Give it a name and it becomes real. That is the lesson I learned at CES 2017 in Las Vegas this week. Amazon has a voice with a name—Alexa—and it was everywhere. Because of Alexa, the Internet of Things has become real. Over the
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In a corner of LG’s sprawling, dripping-with-technology booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center sat a circular table populated by a group of small, futuristic snowmen. Each of them sported a black touchscreen display showing a pair of electronic eyes that would intermittently squint as if they were smiling at you. On a large screen
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Illustration picture. Keeping tabs on your teenager’s smartphone Q: I am really worried about my teenage daughter. She is on her phone all the time. Is there a free app to see what she is doing? A: Cellphones are a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you want to be able to contact
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(Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Carnival Corporation plans to make guests wear “smart medallions” to record their every whim. The medallions can be carried in your pocket or worn as jewelry and will track