Artificial Intelligence and Home Automation, a.k.a. My Home is Smarter Than Yours!
Artificial intelligence is all around us, to say the least. It’s invaded our workplaces, our cars, our phones and every…
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Surface Headphones: Microsoft’s Hardware Ambitions Headed in the Right Direction
Not many people would associate Microsoft with hardware even though the company’s Surface line of products has been expanding for…
Amazon Echo now has a strong Chinese competitor in Baidu’s Raven H
The Story: Chinese search giant Baidu on Thursday announced a trio of products under the Raven brand: a smart speaker…
Glitch on Google Home Mini Just Put Alphabet in an Embarrassing Position
Android Police’s Artem Russakovskii was reviewing a Google Home Mini earlier today when he suddenly realized that the small smart…
Anker’s Eufy Genie Smart Speaker: Amazon Echo Dot Rival Sold on Amazon
Anker, primarily known for its power banks and charging cables, has announced a new smart speaker called Eufy Genie. Anker’s announcement…
Facebook Reportedly Working on Modular Hardware, Another Smartphone?
Several companies in the past have tried to create modular smartphones so individual components that become obsolete can be periodically…
Bixby AI Smart Speaker Plans Scrapped for Now, Samsung Cites Competition
Earlier this month, there were speculations on Samsung’s plan to create a smart speaker featuring its Bixby voice assistant and…
Prime Day 2017 Sees 7X Spike in Amazon Echo Sales, Alexa Hits Puberty at 15 (thousand skills)
Amazon just announced that it had sold over seven times the number of Amazon Echo and related devices during Prime Day…
Amazon Alexa Races Past 15,000 Skills this June (US), Google Assistant at 378
If smart speakers – or, more specifically, the AI entities that reside within – were reckoned on the basis of…
Are Your Smart Speakers Secure and Private? Echo, Home, HomePod, Invoke
It’s great to have a digital assistant sitting in your home waiting to do your bidding, but most users of…
Partial Google Home Outage Points to Larger Implications for the Future of Smart Homes
An unspecified number of Google Home users were faced with a simple problem last weekend, when the digital assistant refused…
Apple HomePod at $349: Can Superior Audio Trump Competitors’ AI Capabilities?
Rumors have finally been put to rest around Apple’s new Siri-powered smart speaker after the Cupertino device and software giant…
Apple Inc. Showers Developers with Swag Ahead of WWDC Today in San Jose
This year, Apple Inc. is giving attendees of WWDC 2017 black Levi’s jackets with the WWDC logo embroidered on them,…
Why an Apple Siri Smart Speaker Will Sell Millions Despite Echo and Home Dominance
Siri might not be the brightest star in the voice assistant constellation, but any device that she’s a part of…
Hey Alexa, Will an Apple Siri Smart Speaker Threaten You and Google Home?
Insider information via Bloomberg shows that Apple could be announcing its own smart speaker powered by Siri next week at…