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'Alexa, buy 10 shares of Facebook' — a discount brokerage giant now lets Main...
TD Ameritrade last week rolled out a new offering which allows Main Street investors to place trades via Amazon's voice-activated assistant Alexa.It's the first time that people can make financial...
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10 of the biggest risks to humanity's survival in the next 50 years, from...
Some of the world's biggest challenges, including climate change and political violence, extend far beyond any one nation's borders.Global catastrophes can occur for a number of reasons, and the Global...
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Larry Ellison says that Oracle was once a week away from not being able to...
Every year, Oracle founder Larry Ellison hosts a cocktail reception for startup founders at his San Francisco home.At the reception last Wednesday, Ellison shared some of the struggles Oracle faced in...
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Amazon employees are reportedly gearing up to confront CEO Jeff Bezos at an...
Amazon employees have openly and publicly criticized the company for selling its facial recognition software, called Rekognition, to police.Amazon employees are urging their colleagues to ramp up the...
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19 of the coolest things your Google Home can do (GOOG, GOOGL)
The Google Home is in millions of households. Earlier this year, Google revealed that it had sold more than one Home smart speaker device every second since last October. According to our own...
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AI will match human intelligence by about 2062
An Australian expert says Artificial Intelligence (AI) is less than 50 years away from matching humans.Professor Toby Walsh from UNSW says he’s already getting nervous about where AI is going.The issue...
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Amazon's cloud CEO just pooh-poohed employee concerns about selling its...
At a company meeting Thursday, Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, addressed employees' concerns about the company's practice of offering its facial-recognition software to immigration and...
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AI could soon be all around us — here's how that could upend 8 different...
Some major industries could soon be shaken up by a new development in artificial intelligence— the technology's increasing portability.Chip manufacturers are making processors specifically for machine...
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How an academic specialist in human memory created a chat app that’s helping...
Spot is a new chatbot that's designed to help victims of harassment and discrimination record and report their experiences.The service uses natural language processing to understand and respond to...
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Microsoft is acquiring a Texas-based AI startup as it prepares for the next...
Microsoft announced Wednesday it would acquire an Austin-based software product design and development studio called XOXCO.XOXCO is known for Howdy, a bot for the popular Slack work chat app that helps...
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Here's why Walmart is betting on Microsoft's AI to challenge Amazon in online...
Walmart is partnering with Microsoft to use artificial-intelligence technology for the retail giant's e-commerce site, price adjustments, and expanding its online grocery program.Walmart also uses...
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This robotic-accounting startup just raised $18 million, thanks to Google's...
Botkeeper, a Boston-based bot startup, just raised $18 million from Greycroft and Gradient Ventures, Google's investment arm.The idea for Botkeeper came from the shortcomings of a college business...
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THE SOCIAL COMMERCE REPORT: How Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, and other...
This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.Social media is becoming increasingly...
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Microsoft's CTO lays out the 2 tech trends he believes will change the world:...
Microsoft's chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, sees two big things coming down the pipeline in the tech industry, he told Business Insider.The first is an explosion of cheap, powerful silicon...
View ArticleThis 13-year-old scientist invented a safer way to treat pancreatic cancer,...
Pancreaticcancer survival rates are extremely low — around 9% for five years and around 1% for 10 years — and haven't improved significantly in the past 40 years. But 13-year-old Rishab Jain is...
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Here’s how to use Duplex, Google’s crazy new service that impersonates a...
Google has started to roll out its artificial intelligence-powered reservation booking service, called Google Duplex, to some Pixel users.The feature debuted over the summer at Google's I/O conference,...
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I've owned an Amazon Echo for three years now — here are my 19 favorite...
I activated my Amazon Echo for the first time in December 2015.It's since become one of my favorite tech gadgets ever.I've outlined my favorite features to get the most out of Amazon's Echo...
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This beautiful $300 security camera can recognize faces and keep track of...
The Lighthouse security camera is a $300 internet-connected device that can identify you and your family members.The camera can do things like alert you when there are intruders in your home, or tell...
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Amazon is releasing a $400 self-driving toy car that you can program yourself...
Amazon Web Services is launching a self-driving race car, AWS DeepRacer, that you can buy for $400 next year.You can program this car to drive itself via a technique called reinforcement learning,...
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Early adopters of AI in transportation and logistics already enjoy profit...
This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.Major logistics providers have long relied on...
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