A more nuanced assistant is arguably more helpful. “The musical elements of speech help you set expectations for what’s coming,” says Laura Wagner, a psycholinguist at Ohio State University. Intonation could lead to more efficient phrasing and less ambiguity. It could also give Alexa an emotional advantage over digital assistants from Apple and Google. “We’re...
Du jour au lendemain, toutes les femmes se retrouvent sans emploi et sans ressources, la maîtrise de leurs comptes en banque étant transmise par le pouvoir central à leurs pères, maris, compagnons. À partir de ces éléments, elle tire des fils qui tissent un futur cauchemardesque et tout à fait plausible : Atwood imagine ainsi...
The news that Apple has acquired Finnish company Beddit is potentially exciting. Beddit makes sleep-tracking devices like the Beddit 3 Sleep Monitor, which works with iOS and Apple Watch to analyze sleep. It’s a strip of sensors that slips under the sheets to track your movements. Apple is probably interested in the company's sleep analysis...
1. Your Various Units Are Working on Data-Driven Systems in a Vacuum If you do not have strict, well-enforced data governance policies, your various units are busy making a data mess that you will eventually have to clean up. Each unit has any number of projects in the works. They must! Their competitors are making...
Snapchat doles out creative notes to old media giants on making quick, original shows on a vertical screen for young viewers Snap Inc.’s ambitious effort to create television-like content has old and new media companies alike clamoring to learn how to produce shows for Snapchat’s lucrative young audience. Over the past several months, Snap has...
A Pew Research Foundation study examining the future of work and job training found a belief among some experts that artificial intelligence and automation threaten not just millions of jobs, but also the future of capitalism. Released Wednesday, the non-scientific study titled “The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training” is the seventh in an eight-part...
Plus besoin d’Etat ni de vaste territoire pour dominer le monde : comment les méga-multinationales à la Google, Facebook, Apple ou Amazon sont en train de devenir les véritables superpuissances du 21e siècle Ces vingts dernières années, les marchés mondiaux des capitaux, la connectivité technologique et la croissance des nouveaux marchés de consommation dans le...
Dans la capitale allemande, 8 000 participants débattent, jusqu'à mercredi soir, des enjeux sociaux et politiques des mutations numériques. Et des moyens de répondre à la haine en ligne ainsi qu'à la désinformation. Re:publica, une conférence à Berlin pour un Internet qui «aime haut et fort» «Love Out Loud» : on pourrait traduire la formule...
It was my blessing and my curse to be the world chess champion when computers finally reached a world championship level of play. When I resigned the final match game against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue on May 11, 1997, I became the first world champion to be defeated in a classical match by a...
The Circle’ rightly satirizes what happens when a powerful tech company slurps up data with constantly broadcasting webcams By Geoffrey A. Fowler Our creepy times now have their own creepy movie. I normally review tech products, most of which make our lives better. But “The Circle” film that debuts this week—about a privacy-flouting version of...
