[ad_1] Amazon reportedly is testing scanners that can identify a human hand to use as a payment method for in-store purchases. The company plans to introduce “Orville,” as the system has been... Read more »

[ad_1] The United States has encountered a substantial number of problems this year — from the grounding of an entire line of Boeing planes to massive weather events, mass shootings, and a... Read more »

[ad_1] A larger version of Google’s Nest Hub smart display hit retail shelves on Monday, and it’s garnering mixed reviews. The new Nest Hub Max has a 10-inch screen, compared to its... Read more »

[ad_1] A website created to gather faces for an art project has created a controversy over the use of artificial intelligence to classify human beings. The faces collected at the ImageNet Roulette... Read more »

[ad_1] Google on Monday announced tweaks to its privacy policy following earlier reports that its Google Assistant software was eavesdropping on user conversations. Although it does not retain Assistant audio recordings by... Read more »

[ad_1] Amazon on Tuesday announced that dozens of partners have joined it in a Voice Interoperability Initiative. The aim is to support multiple, interoperable voice services on a single device so customers... Read more »

[ad_1] Last week I attended a Qualcomm event that took me through the coming wave of both 5G and WiFi 6 products, touched on the millimeter wave, and at least spoke to... Read more »

[ad_1] One of the interesting and somewhat underappreciated aspects of the Qualcomm wireless event in San Diego a few weeks back is that 5G will make realistic augmented reality avatars possible. This... Read more »