Artificial Intelligence
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China’s Baidu says its answer to Alexa is now on 200M devices
A Chinese voice assistant has been rapidly gaining ground in recent months. DuerOS, Baidu’s answer to Amazon’s Alexa, reached over…
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Bosch details connected robot lawnmower, gesture-sensing kitchen projector
Bosch, the Gerlingen, Germany-based smart devices conglomerate that produces everything from dishwashers to CCTV cameras, had a lot to talk…
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Motorola Solutions acquires VaaS, makers of automated license plate readers, for $445M
Motorola Solutions, which split off from Motorola Mobility back in 2011, has added a new license plate capture tool to it…
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Google Assistant will soon be on 1 billion devices, but still can’t speak like John Legend
Google Assistant — the AI assistant that lives in Android and iOS smartphones, TVs, headphones, tablets, smartwatches, cars, smart displays…
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Cashierless checkout startup Standard Cognition acquires Explorer.ai for in-store maps
Cashierless store startup Standard Cognition today announced it has acquired Explorer.ai, a company whose mapping technology was first developed at…
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Vayyar knocks 40% off its Walabot Home fall sensor 3 months after launch
For elderly folks, suffering a trip or fall can result in serious health complications. Roughly every 11 seconds, an older…
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Pandora Radio cofounder’s Grabango raises $12 million for cashierless store tech
Cashierless stores are fast becoming a reality, thanks to Amazon’s aggressive expansion of its Amazon Go chain and an emergent…
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AirSelfie debuts 3 new pocket-sized drones with built-in cameras
Pocket-sized drones are the new selfie stick — if selfie sticks had tiny propellers and obstacle avoidance systems, that is.…
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ShadeCraft’s Bloom adds voice controls to parasols
Hoping to inject a bit of intelligence into your umbrella? Look no further than ShadeCraft Robotics‘ Bloom, which unfurls and…
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LG shows bendable display flower sculpture, 65-inch and 88-inch 8K TVs
LG will introduce new 88-inch and 65-inch 8K televisions that no one could possibly afford, at least no one I…
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