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Toyota’s Concept-i Series Can Read Your Emotions
Toyota is working to humanize cars of the future, with the help of artificial intelligence. The auto maker on Monday showed off its Concept-i lineup of vehicles, which feature AI technology that "learns from and aims to grow with the driver," Toyota wrote in a news...
Alexa-Equipped Garmin Speak Is Like an Echo Dot for Your Car
Want to bring the power of Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa with you on every road trip? Garmin can help you out with that. The company on Tuesday launched Garmin Speak, a $149.99 GPS navigation device for your car that offers hands-free access to Alexa. Ask Speak for...
GM Bringing Self-Driving Cars to NYC For Street Trials
Watch out, pedestrians: Self-driving cars are headed to the streets of New York City. GM's Cruise Automation team is in the process of applying to be the first to test fully autonomous vehicles in the state, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. The tests...
Smart Home? Toronto Moves to Create a Smart Neighborhood
We've heard of smart homes, but how about smart neighborhoods? That's exactly what Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, is building on the Eastern waterfront in Toronto. The community, called Quayside, "will combine forward-thinking urban design and...
Nissan Develops ‘Sweat-Sensing’ Car Seat and Wheel
Vehicles are going to get a lot safer once humans stop having to drive them, but until driverless cars become the standard, technology will continue to appear to help us be safer behind the wheel. Nissan's latest idea is a car seat and steering wheel that reacts to...
Collect Google Street View Pics With $3,500 Insta360 Pro
Ever wish you could be part of the Google's Street View team, traveling around the world capturing 360-degree imagery of far-flung locales? Now you can—as long as you don't mind working for free. Google has given its stamp of approval to the pricey Insta360 Pro, which...
YouTube Modifies Search to Curb Vegas Shooting Hoaxes
YouTube is modifying its search engine to "promote more authoritative sources" in an effort to demote debunked conspiracy theories that have been spreading in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Google-owned video-sharing...
Google Fiber Ditching TV Service in New Cities
Interested in trying out Google Fiber when it becomes available in Louisville or San Antonio? It won't be long before you have the opportunity, but Google this week announced it will not offer traditional TV as part of its gigabit internet Fiber offerings in either...
Facebook Launches Desktop Chat Apps for Workplace
Alongside the standard Facebook offering on the web and mobile, the social network targets business users with Workplace. It's Facebook's enterprise collaboration service aimed at being a complete communication tool for businesses. It costs between $1-$3 per user per...