Google CEO Sundar Pichai says he believes his company’s artificial intelligence is smarter than Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri, but we’re seeing only 1% of its potential. Google I/O 2016: AI, VR Get Day In The Sun (Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Google CEO Sundar Pichai says his company’s artificial intelligence and machine […]
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For Google, Amazon, Facebook and many other tech companies, 2016 has seen a major focus on artificial intelligence. Google just recently announced a more conversational Assistant, while Amazon’s Alexa voice service is constantly getting more connected thanks to the help of third-party developers. As this technology keeps growing, though, it wouldn’t be too farfetched to be a little
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The Pebble Core is a tiny, internet-connected device that you can use as a fitness tracker, music player, or smart remote control for your other gadgets. It also has a microphone, which we were originally told was for recording voice notes on the go. But it turns out there’s another use for the mic: The
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Pebble has revealed that its upcoming Pebble Core wearable 3G computing device will offer Amazon Alexa integration at launch, offering a number of voice-activated features. Pebble says that the Alexa features for Pebble Core will offer these voice functions, among others: Play songs, artists, and playlists from Amazon Prime Music, iHeartRadio, and more. Brief you
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Bluetooth Smart beacon built by Krakow, Poland-based startup Estimote. (Image courtesy of Estimote). Svenn-Tore Larsen is trying to build an entire business on Bluetooth. But the company where he serves as chief executive, Nordic Semiconductor, is not using the familiar wireless standard that has found its place in everything from smartphones to headphones. Instead, the
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.—At the Code conference here, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talked about how important intelligent agents and machine learning will be for the future of computing, along with his thoughts on where Amazon is going, the media controversies revolving around Donald Trump and Peter Thiel, and the importance of space exploration and development.
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Push a button, order potato chips. Push another, order diapers. Really, who wants to bother with all of that tedious web browsing, let alone all of that horrid driving to the store business? It’s so much easier to just push a button and, hey, presto, the products show up on your doorstep. That’s the dream
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