Alexa Can Make Music Echo All Through the House

[ad_1] Amazon’s digital assistant, Alexa, has a new musical talent, the company announced Tuesday. “Today, we’re making Alexa even smarter with an all-new feature that lets you play music synchronized on multiple... Read more »

SIGGRAPH 2017: Virtual Reality Is Alive and Flourishing

[ad_1] The SIGGRAPH conference is a year event that focuses on the latest in computer graphics and other interactive arts. It is a multidiscipline show, mixing computer imaging with other physical creations.... Read more »

Alexa, Cortana Become New BFFs

[ad_1] Microsoft and Amazon this week announced a deal that will let their voice-controlled digital assistants, Cortana and Alexa, engage in cross-platform communications, a move that could expand radically both companies’ use... Read more »

5 Ways to Give E-Commerce Shopping That Personal Touch

[ad_1] Shopping online can feel a bit impersonal. It’s all about looking at screens and filling virtual carts, and not so much about having a rich experience. Many consumers long for just... Read more »

Gadget Ogling: Samsung’s Return, Ultrasonic Tea, and Roaming Fridges

[ad_1] Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that weighs the merits and flaws of the most intriguing gadget announcements, all the while remembering that we’re really just biding time until... Read more »

Putin: Whoever Rules AI Rules the World

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin last week poked the nest of anxieties over the use of artificial intelligence to gain power in a video address to students at 16,000 selected schools. “Artificial... Read more »

Linux Gains Ascendance in Cloud Infrastructures: Report

[ad_1] Linux is now the dominant operating system on Amazon’s AWS cloud service and is growing rapidly on Microsoft’s Azure platform this year, according to a report on public cloud adoption trendsSumo... Read more »

IT Convergence Trend Alters Approach to Federal Market

[ad_1] Federal agencies have begun using an emerging information technology tool to manage the huge amount of data the United States government generates and stores. Federal IT managers recently have embraced the... Read more »

How Many Ways Might iPhone X’s Face ID Go Wrong?

[ad_1] When Apple unveiled its iPhone X on Tuesday, officials highlighted the device’s advanced functionality, including what truly could be a game changing feature, its facial recognition technology. The new handset, which... Read more »

The Vision Thing | TechNewsWorld

[ad_1] Salesforce earlier this year introduced its Einstein Vision capability, an idea with a lot of promise but not a great deal of precedent. Who had applications that could see, and how... Read more »