We spend a lot of time talking to our gadgets these days. Whether we’re seeking directions from Siri or weather updates from Alexa, speech is quickly becoming a preferred means of communicating with technology. A future once at our fingertips […]
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Smart speakers have quickly evolved from bizarre niche technology to a must-have device, with all of the major vendors tripping over themselves to try and steal some market share from Amazon and it’s Echo line. If you’re going to have
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Most of the technology we use today seems to require a degree of trust between you and the company providing the service. When it comes to things like Siri, Cortana, or Amazon’s Alexa, things can get even trickier because in
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In 2016, artificial intelligence (AI) clearly became more than a marketing-infused buzzword. Why so? Because major vendors focusing on AI, including Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Salesforce are making the investments necessary for creating AI platforms and working
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Next week Microsoft will unleash the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Microsoft has pushed out a number of updates for the operating system since its initial launch, but the Anniversary Update is the most significant–containing a wide range of updates and
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We’re getting closer to the sort of virtual assistant experience I’ve been waiting for–the one where the AI (whether it’s Cortana, Siri, or something else) actually knows and understands me on a more personal level and can truly act as
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We’re still eons away from the sort of autonomous, proactive artificial intelligence of Tony Stark’s “Jarvis” from the Iron Man movies–but we’re making progress. Microsoft announced new capabilities for Cortana that will allow the virtual assistant to scan your email
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You can stop talking to your PC now–or at least to your Chrome browser. Virtual assistants and voice interaction are all the rage, but the concept seems better suited for mobile devices. Apparently Google has come to this realization as
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All eyes will be on New York tomorrow–and hopefully not due to Hurricane Joaquin. Microsoft is hosting a major media event to unveil Windows 10 devices and the expectation is that we will learn about a new Surface Pro 4,
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You know what this world needs? More digital personal assistants. OK. Maybe not. But Facebook is launching a new one anyway: Facebook M. Facebook M is unique among its peers in that there are actual human beings driving the concierge
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