Amazon’s conversational voice assistant, Alexa, has made its way into many electric vehicles in recent years. Now, along with ordering Alexa to ‘play Despacito’ or ‘call Mom,’ EV drivers in the U.S. with Alexa-enabled cars will be able to ask Alexa to find the nearest public charging spot. Charging network EVgo will be the first […]
Alexa, find me an EV charging station by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
I first met with the team at Labrador Systems in a hotel suite several CESes ago. What immediately stood out about the firm is its focus on the long-standing promise of eldercare robotics. Various systems have existed in Japan for decades now, aimed at that nation’s aging population. But for the most part, it’s a […]
Labrador taps the Echo Show to expand functionality for its eldercare robot by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
At CES, Amazon today announced that a number of new devices from four manufactureres will soon join its Sidewalk network. Sidewalk, Amazon’s long-range, low-bandwidth IoT mesh network that is powered by sharing a small portion of a user’s bandwidth from devices like the company’s Echo speakers and Ring cameras, currently supports the Tile tracker, Amazon’s […]
Amazon Sidewalk adds new partners, plans to open to developers soon by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
This year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — the celebration of all things tech and then some — brought what it usually brings to the Vegas Strip: AI-powered gadgets. Of course, AI comes in many forms, and not all that’s advertised as AI is in fact true AI. But there’s always diamonds in the rough, […]
Here’s a roundup of the top AI-powered products we saw at CES 2023 by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
In the past year, OneRoof has transformed from a chat room app into a platform offering in-person events, a neighbor directory and a “grow” feature to help people create their own communities.
OneRoof grabs funding to help apartment dwellers cozy up to their neighbors by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Data science is perhaps the most exciting area in all of enterprise technology right now, and it’s evolving at a lightning pace.
4 data science predictions for 2023 by Annie Saunders originally published on TechCrunch
Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. But MeetKai is among the steadfast optimists. Founded in 2018, the startup initially focused on conversational AI, aiming to build cutting-edge, top-of-the-line voice recognition and speech synthesis tech. It soon broadened its focus, introducing products to help developers build components of […]
MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
CircleCI, a company whose development products are popular with software engineers, has urged users to rotate their secrets following a breach of the company’s systems. The San Francisco-headquartered DevOps company said in an advisory published late Wednesday it is currently investigating the security incident — its most recent in recent years. “We wanted to make you aware […]
CircleCI warns customers to rotate ‘any and all secrets’ after hack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch