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At CES, New Alexa-Powered Products Are Everywhere: Here's The Full List

In 2016, the general public developed an appetite for controlling their technology with voice commands. Amazon has emerged as the central player in this movement after it released its voice-controlled home assistant Echo. And the tech giant made another very smart strategic move: It made the brains behind Echo—the natural-language AI Alexa— available to other […]

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CES 2017: As with Big Data, Human Factor Plays a Part in IoT

LAS VEGAS — Agencies wanting to exploit the Internet of Things face many of the same issues they confront in creating open data portals, dashboards and visualizations, industry members said Thursday during a 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) panel discussion on “Delivering the Internet of Everything.” The problem, said Jason Collins, vice president of IoT marketing at Nokia,

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Top 20 Wacky, Weird, Fun, And Bizarre CES 2017 Products

CES has finally kicked off, and as expected, there’s a broad range of fun, wacky, weird, and outright bizarre products on display in Las Vegas. Picking the single strangest invention showcased at CES is an outright impossible task, so here are 20 of the weirdest products that we’ve seen during the trade show so far,

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Qualcomm says 5G is the biggest thing since electricity

Enlarge Image Qualcomm CEO Stephen Mollenkopf shows off the company’s new Snapdragon 835 chip, which is small and powerful enough to run the 5G devices of the future. Photo by James Martin/CNET It’s being compared to the arrival of electricity. That’s a big call but Qualcomm has its eyes on a 5G future. And it’s

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The FTC Internet of Things Challenge

Washington DC – infoZine – The FTC is asking IoT Home Inspector Challenge contestants to develop a tool that would address security vulnerabilities caused by out-of-date software in IoT devices. An ideal tool might be a physical device that the consumer can add to his or her home network that would check and install updates

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Alexa, when will you work well outside the home?

CES 2017 isn’t over yet, but it’s obvious that the person who stole the show this year isn’t even a person — it’s a virtual assistant. Amazon’s Alexa has popped up in everything from copycat speakers to humanoid robots to connected fridges. Put it this way: you can now order a pizza by talking to

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CES 2017: Alexa is the Word as Amazon's AI Comes to More Devices

Ford and Amazon have teamed up to offer drivers the ability to access their car from home and call up other features from their vehicle via Alexa. Ford “We believe voice is the future, and this is particularly true in cars,” said Steve Rabuchin, vice president of Amazon Alexa. “The ability to use your voice

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At CES, security experts warn of lurking threats from smart devices

AP Photo/John Locher Smarter’s FridgeCam takes a picture every time you use the refrigerator and has software that can alert you when something is about to expire. That data may be harmless in the hands of hackers, but given everything our smart devices know about us, experts say consumers should know the security risks. By Adam

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Samsung Elec to focus on connected home, office and car

Samsung Electronics Co. that was on a shopping spree of foreign technology startups last year to enhance its Internet of Things (IoT) business unveiled an ambitious plan to connect all home appliances, digital devices and cars through one single application. Starting with flagship electronics and TV products this year, Samsung Electronics will complete the creation

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Amazon Alexa VP throws subtle shade at Google Home exec over Echo's lead

(From left) August Home CEO Jason Johnson, SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson, Mike George, VP of Amazon Alexa, and Rishi Chandra, VP of Product Development for Google Home. (GeekWire Photo by Monica Nickelsburg) LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s early lead with the Echo smart speaker left competitors, like Google, playing catch up. But a few months ago

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