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Amazon Introduces Two New Robotic Solutions

By Ross Denyer / November 7, 2023
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Amazon is well known for its use of robotic solutions, with over 750,000 robots in use across its operations. Amazon has now introduced two new robotic solutions, Sequoia and Digit. Sequoia, currently operational in Amazon’s Houston fulfillment centre, integrates multiple robotic systems including mobile robots and robotic arms to deliver containerized inventory to a gantry […]

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EVgo and Amazon Launch Seamless EV Charger Navigation Experience with Alexa

By Ryan Sanderson / September 5, 2023
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​EVgo Inc., one of the leaders in EV public fast-charging infrastructure in the US announced this week the first integration of an Alexa-enabled EV charging experience with Amazon and its PlugShare public EV charging location finder and mapping solution. Drivers with Alexa-enabled vehicles or accessories can now ask Alexa to help them find and navigate […]

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AI in Consumer Devices

By Joe Murray / June 22, 2023
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​It has been announced that Wimbledon will team up with IBM to produce AI-generated commentary. Within the last year, AI has been at the forefront of the news with new stories out every week on the latest developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence which has been driven by the introduction of Transformer neural networks […]

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Google ends updates and effectively kills third-party assistant smart displays

By Peter Cooney / April 13, 2023
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​The news from sources that Google will be ending software updates for Google assistant on third-party smart display devices is hardly surprising. According to 9to5Google, Google will be halting all updates for its assistant on Lenovo, JBL and LG smart display devices. It’s important to note that these devices will still continue to function with […]

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Amazon is on pace to lose $10 billion this year from Alexa and other devices

By Peter Cooney / January 16, 2023
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Amazon’s Worldwide Digital business unit apparently had a $3 billion operating loss in the first quarter of 2022. This is not all related to Alexa, this business unit also includes Prime Video (and more). This is backed up by reports in 2018 that stated Alexa and Echo lost around $5 billion in that year. For […]

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Meta acquires Lofelt

By Peter Cooney / September 15, 2022
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Lofelt announced on its website “Lofelt is now embarking on a new adventure, and we will sunset our products on July 7th, 2022”, this was a bit cryptic and left us wondering what is happening here. WSJ announced that Meta has acquired Lofelt, for an undisclosed sum. Now, did Meta purchase Lofelt after it had […]

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