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Gartner says that AI-based customer experience technologies are boosting market value.
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Microsoft is continuing its quest to try to make workers more productive via a variety of bots, including SwitchBot and Calendar.help.
Amazon is reportedly planning to launch domestic robots. Assuming the robot designs aren't horrendous, Amazon already has the computer vision, deep learning, and speech processing to make its robots helpful.
South Korea will invest 669.3 billion won, or $626 million, into R&D and commercialisation of nanotech this year, the Ministry of Science and ICT says.
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The startup hopes to deploy a vast network of satellites to livestream Earth.
Ryan Jenkins, assistant professor of Philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, discusses ethical dilemmas manufactures face when building robots; the autonomous Uber vehicle accident that killed a pedestrian in Arizona; and ethics in military robot applications.
Philip Roan, senior engineer of robotics at BSH Home Appliance Corporation, traces the evolution of home robots beginning with vacuum cleaners, the challenges of merging IoT and home automation products from different manufacturers, and the last in artificial intelligence for the kitchen.
Peter Rubin, science editor at WIRED and author of "Future Presence," discusses how VR is being used in business and enterprises today.
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Amazon opened up its Alexa platform so that anyone can create a custom Alexa skill. Skills are little Alexa apps that provide Amazon's assistant with additional features. Now, you can make your own skill, and you don't need to be an app developer to do so.
Alex Underwood, VP and global head of Strategic Partnerships and Verticals at Spotify, explains how they combine machine learning and human curation to suggest new songs and artists; the opportunities offered by IoT and voice interaction; and how culture and current events help shape playlists.
The tattoo "cells" erupt on the skin when potentially dangerous levels of particular minerals are detected.
Richard Hogg, global GDPR evangelist at IBM, discusses the progress, and lack of, being made by organizations in light of the upcoming GDPR enforcement date; how consumers might exercise their new rights; how AI and machine learning will help organizations comply and respond; and what job opportunities might exist as a result.
IBM's nanoscale analog computers could solve the big-data energy crunch facing traditional architectures.
Surabhi Gupta, director of Engineering at AirBnB Home, explains how artificial intelligence aids both the traveler and the host in matching the right property to the guest, and how AI will continue to measure and improve the travel experience beyond presenting listings.
Adobe has acquired the voice technologies company as it pushes to develop natural command solutions beyond the traditional mouse and keyboard.
Google is launching a Singapore version of its online store and bringing its range of smart speakers to the city-state.
If you live in the Microsoft world, the way many businesses use Cortana makes the Invoke potentially as handy around the office as at home.
Google's push into becoming a hardware company by creating its own smartphone is off to a fantastic start.
You may not think you need a voice-activated speaker and a cloud-powered digital assistant in your home, but Amazon's Echo and Alexa may persuade you otherwise.
Thalmic Labs claims the Myo armband can let you take control of your devices hands-free, but whether it will one day replace our mouse or touchpad remains to be seen.
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