(Left to right: Thalmic Labs CEO Stephen Lake, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, Thalmic Labs co-founder Matthew Bailey, and Thalmic Labs co-founder Aaron GrantThalmic Labs) Thalmic Labs, the startup behind the Myo muscle-sensing armband, which lets you control a computer with a wave, came into 2017 in a big way. In the last few months of 2016, the Y Combinator-backed […]

Thalmic Labs, the startup behind the Myo muscle-sensing armband, which lets you control a computer with a wave, came into 2017 in a big way. In the last few months of 2016, the Y Combinator-backed company made a bunch of big moves, including: A $120 million USD investment from Intel Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund,

From pulling up location coordinates to finding a free parking spot or opening the garage door, virtual assistants in cars are going to play a key role in powering the connected-car revolution. The voice-enabled virtual assistant space is becoming hotly contested among tech giants. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), however, seems to be taking the lead in this

Alexa can now boast over 10,000 skills, but one thing Amazon refuses to teach its home virtual assistant is snitching. The e-commerce titan is contesting a search warrant from the Arkansas State Police Department, asking the company to turn over 48 hours of recordings possibly captured by an Amazon Echo belonging to a murder victim, Forbes reports.

If you were to ask your device with an AI voice assistant a random question, what gender would respond to you? Female most likely, and that’s because only female artificial intelligence assistants have been developed. Microsoft’s Cortana, Amazon’s Alexa, and Google’s Assistant all have female voices. Apple’s Siri also started as female only, but added a

Time sure does fly. Last June, consumers’ minds were blown when Alexa reached 1,000 unique skills. If they could see us now… because just the other day, Amazon’s voice-activated AI assistant hit a new skill milestone: 10,000. That’s right: Alexa’s got 10,000 skills. The 10,000th skill was reportedly approved on the night of Feb. 22,

Amazon has long been a champion for protecting customer data, and that isn’t changing, with the company filing a motion to stop a search warrant to access Amazon Echo recordings for a murder trial in Arkansas. According to a report in Forbes, prosecutors wants the recordings made by James Andrew Bates, who is accused of

RISCO Smart Home offers a streamlined lifestyle that delivers modern convenience and peace of mind RISCO Group, the global manufacturer of end-to-end solutions for the professional security market, announces the launch of RISCO Smart Home – its first complete connected home security solution. RISCO Smart Home aims to provide end-users with a professional security system