Emerging Tech
The voice-assistant craze is right around the corner.
The technology behind websites must adapt to a world where people are regularly speaking or texting with computers.
Even some Apple aficionados are asking, “Where’s Apple’s VR play?”
Expect to see a lot of efforts geared toward improving the accuracy and reliability of our interactions with these voice-controlled helpers.
Are most digital assistants female because of sexism or user preference?
A startup called Jibo will soon introduce a social robot for the home. One for the office can’t be far behind.
Virtual reality may be the closest to teleportation we will ever have in our lifetime.
Automakers, watch out: Google wants access to your talent.
Uber has approached every automaker, sources said.
Amazon is pursuing the same vision as Google — that of a virtual assistant that’s truly virtual, inhabiting all the different devices we interact with throughout the day.
Voice control is a contender.
The pace at which self-driving technology is developing might pressure the company to speed up.
The mobile-centric mindset may be fading.
Brands like Dell are developing complete new lines of desktop PCs specifically for VR.
It’s clumsy, but it’s safe.
With a starting price of $130,000, they’re not for hobbyists.
Self-driving cars are coming. The question is when and how.
Here comes Google’s big VR splash.
‘Okay, Google,’ your turn.
This number doesn’t mean much. Just yet.
Keeping up with Facebook takes work!
With its first mass-market vehicle, Tesla will soon see its once-exclusive network of owners expand.
Meet the less Skynet-y robot.
Expect to see several efforts that allow VR/AR capabilities to be delivered in a thin computing-style application delivery model over the next 12 to 18 months.
“Even if you buy no options at all,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said at the unveiling of the Model 3, “this will still be an amazing car.”
Oculus Rift is for gamers. And even then it may be too pricey.
The future isn’t the car. It’s the service, and the code is what enables and optimizes the service.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to teach us to be better drivers, better teachers, better writers and overall better people.
It’s too early to call winners and losers for this market -- most of these products aren’t even in consumers’ hands yet.
Boston Dynamics is up for sale. Meanwhile: Look at these terrifying robots!
Sometimes it’s the things hidden in plain sight that have the biggest impact in the long run.
With the tech industry nipping at its heels, automakers like Ford and GM are pouring more resources into the development of driverless technology.
Why Nest wishes it built an Echo, and why it didn’t.
Alexa, show me the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot.