Amazon today officially expanded its checkout-free grocery stores beyond Seattle with the opening of its very first Amazon Go store in Chicago, located at 113 S. Franklin Street. The new Chicago Amazon Go outlet is open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday to Friday and sells everything from breakfasts to takeaway snacks and meal …
With iOS 12, Apple's AI assistant Siri is getting a range of upgrades like custom commands, and more knowledge about celebrities and nutrition facts.
Following stinging criticisms of its poorly performing digital assistant, Apple has recently ramped up hiring for its Siri division, the data analysts at Thinknum discovered. Siri-specific hiring is currently said to be at an “all-time high,” with 161 open job listings — a jump of 24 percent in the last month. Starting in mid-February, shortly after …
Apple unveiled its iPhone 8 today, and it’s coming with a new processor. Phil Schiller, Apple senior VP of worldwide marketing, announced the A11 processor will have six cores and will run 30 percent faster than its predecessor A10. Apple made the announcement at its headquarters event in Cupertino, California. The A11 has two high-performance …
Intel is about to bring voice recognition technology full circle. While voice recognition has been available on desktops for over a decade, it’s found a new life on mobile devices, where it powers things like Apple’s Siri virtual assistant and Google Now. But to make that platform leap, tech companies have had to rely on …
It’s easier to spot a nipple using artificial intelligence than it is to tackle hate speech, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today in a call with analysts. Zuckerberg spoke in response to a question about the efficiency of machines trained by Facebook to moderate content today compared to six months or a year ago. “One …
Facebook tries to refute a story by the New York Times that depicts efforts to deflect blame for the company's responses to a number of controversies.
Ailing mobile phone giant BlackBerry has confirmed long-standing rumors that it would stop making hardware, and instead would focus on software and services. Announcing its Q2 Fiscal 2017 financials today, BlackBerry revealed that it made a mere $352 million in the last quarter, down by more than $100 million year-on-year and down by $1.3 billion …
Roomi, a VC-backed housing marketplace, has laid off the majority of its workforce. This comes amid allegations of frivolous spending and nepotism.
Apple's new A12X chip, which powers Apple's 2018 iPad lineup, is its most powerful chip yet. It's built on a 7-nanometer process.