Apple’s voice assistant, Siri. Recommended for You Recommended for You Try holding even a short conversation with Siri, Cortana, or Alexa and you may end up banging your head against the nearest wall in frustration. Voice assistants are often good at responding to simple queries, but they struggle with complicated requests or any sort of

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BI Intelligence Not that long ago, many home-appliance and consumer-electronics makers were gearing up for what they thought would soon be a rapidly growing market for smart home devices. The instant popularity of the Nest thermostat, introduced in 2011, seemed to confirm their hopes. But those expectations were dashed in the coming years as the market for

Payment companies and retailers have been obsessing over the transition to EMV chip cards and payment terminals for the last couple of years, and with good reason: EMV has been seen as a significant weapon in the fight against transaction fraud. But even as the sector is finally making progress on that transition, it’s a

Image: mashable By Anisa Purbasari2017-02-13 18:25:56 UTC If you’re the kind of person who likes to talk love on Valentine’s Day, you can now stop annoying your Valentine’s Day-hating peers (we know they’re out there). Apple has equipped Siri with some custom answers to Valentine’s Day queries, from booking a romantic restaurant or choosing an