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[Jul 2019]

Hyundai Venue SUV Launches in India with Voice-Enablement … (4 Jul 2019)
FuturologyWhy it’s worth reading crazy-sounding scenarios about the … (4 Jul 2019)
How Artificial Intelligence can power customer journeys (4 Jul 2019)
Voice assistant offers remedy for physician burnout (3 Jul 2019)
VW’s Type 20 is an electrified dream of its iconic campervan (3 Jul 2019)
Baidu Upgrades DuerOS Voice Platform and Hits 400M Device … (3 Jul 2019)
Sonos expands Google Assistant support to six additional countries (3 Jul 2019)
AirPods Just The Start Of ‘Hearables’ Revolution In Wearable … (3 Jul 2019)
Ali Hanan: Cannes Lions predicts a sexually inclusive future without … (3 Jul 2019)
Baidu chief doused with water at AI event (3 Jul 2019)
What does the 1m miles milestone mean for Baidu’s autonomous cars? (3 Jul 2019)
Sam Lessin and Andrew Kortina on their voice assistant’s workplace … (2 Jul 2019)
Enhance Your Fourth of July With Your Voice Assistant (2 Jul 2019)
How to smarten up your next DnD night with lights, gadgets and voice … (2 Jul 2019)
Voice Assistants Land Brands in Uncharted Creative Territory (2 Jul 2019)
Redefining the next generation of human machine interaction: a Q&A … (2 Jul 2019)
Sonos brings Google Assistant to its speakers in the UK (2 Jul 2019)
Benefits of Using Smart Plugs (2 Jul 2019)
One size does not fit all: tech and the feminist fightback (2 Jul 2019)
Baidu’s autonomous cars have driven more than 1 million miles across … (2 Jul 2019)
Professors at POSTECH Develop a Vibration Sensor to Recognize … (2 Jul 2019)
How to protect your smart TV from hackers (2 Jul 2019)
2020 BMW X6 Debuts With 523-HP Twin-Turbo V8, Light-Up Grille (2 Jul 2019)
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 launch confirmed – with big camera tease (2 Jul 2019)
Bixby Marketplace for Samsung’s voice assistant is open for business (1 Jul 2019)
Why Kolkata-based voice assistant startup Mihup feels offline is the … (1 Jul 2019)
See The Spot: Amazon Echo Promotes its ‘Male’ Voice Assistant by … (1 Jul 2019)
Nike Voice Sale for Sneaker Launch Runs Away with Cannes Lions … (1 Jul 2019)
Turn up the volume: Sony unveils soundbar with Dolby Atmos … (1 Jul 2019)
NYC AI, Bots and Marketing Meetup with Betaworks, Skilled Creative … (1 Jul 2019)
Apple iPod Touch (2019) review (1 Jul 2019)
How to give your business a voice (30 Jun 2019)
The best music streaming services you can subscribe to (30 Jun 2019)
Trump Eases Huawei Ban To Revive China Trade Talks; Dow Jones … (30 Jun 2019)
Microsoft opts to save Cortana by freeing it from Windows (28 Jun 2019)
Samsung Launches Bixby Marketplace with Participation by Spotify … (28 Jun 2019)
McDonald’s Starts Testing Voice Assistants in Drive-Throughs (27 Jun 2019)
LifePod is Taking Reservations for ‘Proactive’ Voice Assistant and … (27 Jun 2019)
Google Assistant Leads Alexa and Siri in Understanding Drug Names (25 Jun 2019)
The Sonos One speaker is at its lowest price ever right now (25 Jun 2019)
The Guardian view on female voice assistants: not OK, Google (24 Jun 2019)
Voice assistants for health could use improvement, study finds (21 Jun 2019)
JLL creates ‘smart office’ AI voice assistant (18 Jun 2019)
Real Estate Giant JLL Debuts Google-Powered Voice Assistant (18 Jun 2019)
Voice Assistants: A Big R&D Bet Which People Rarely Use (18 Jun 2019)
Study: Using Voice Assistants in Cars as Distracting as Drunk Driving (17 Jun 2019)
Voice assistant adoption rates are lower than previously thought (17 Jun 2019)
Here’s why this Amazon executive says shopping with Alexa is ‘going … (15 Jun 2019)
Tinkoff introduces Oleg the voice assistant (14 Jun 2019)
How Salesforce is making Einstein Voice a customizable voice … (14 Jun 2019)
Alexa in the classroom? Amazon’s voice assistant leads kids’ story time (14 Jun 2019)
How Voice Assistants Bring New Benefits to HR Departments (13 Jun 2019)
Lawsuits Claim Amazon’s Alexa Voice Assistant Illegally Records … (12 Jun 2019)
Xiaomi’s budget Mi Band wearable now sports a color screen and … (12 Jun 2019)
Alexa, are you making me sexist? (12 Jun 2019)
Women’s Health Network to Launch AI- Enabled Digital Voice … (12 Jun 2019)
Xiaomi Mi Band 4 goes official with color display, voice assistant and … (11 Jun 2019)
Marketers ‘not ready’ for voice assistants, despite Australians … (5 Jun 2019)
Germany planning to access voice assistant data to tackle crime (5 Jun 2019)
Amazon’s voice assistant will get smarter. These new Alexa Prize … (5 Jun 2019)
This feminist chatbot challenges AI bias in voice assistants (4 Jun 2019)
Margaret Mayer VP of Conversational AI at Capital One Talks Voice … (3 Jun 2019)
Voice Assistants Grow, But Not For Shopping (31 May 2019)
Recode Daily: Google’s voice assistant depends on the labor of … (30 May 2019)
Zuckerberg: Facebook is working on products you’ll control with your … (30 May 2019)
Bose Noise Cancelling 700 pack in eight microphones and two voice … (29 May 2019)
Baidu Doesn’t Expect to Make Money From Its Voice Assistant Any … (27 May 2019)
Chatterbox Voice Assistant Knows To Keep Quiet For Privacy (26 May 2019)
UN finds voice assistants aren’t helping combat sexist gender … (25 May 2019)
Empowering Our Aging Population with Voice Assistant Enabled … (24 May 2019)
UN study finds female voice assistants reinforce harmful stereotypes (23 May 2019)
UNESCO Report Claims Default AI Voice Assistants Are Sexist (23 May 2019)
Is Siri sexist? UN cautions against biased voice assistants (23 May 2019)
Paging Dr. Alexa: Hospitals call on voice assistants, envisioning … (23 May 2019)
Russia’s Yandex expands its Alice voice assistant to the smart home (23 May 2019)
AI voice assistants reinforce harmful gender stereotypes, new UN … (21 May 2019)
Spotify Announces ‘Car Thing’ Voice Assistant That You Can’t Buy (17 May 2019)
How Voice Assistants Could Change the Way We Shop (15 May 2019)
Adobe Says 91% of Business Decision Makers Investing in Voice … (14 May 2019)
Optus resurfaces in-call voice assistant as ‘Voice Genie’ (13 May 2019)
Tell us how you use Voice Assistants and you could win a $150 … (13 May 2019)
Voice assistants seem to be worse at understanding commands from … (9 May 2019)
Parents can’t delete what kids tell Amazon voice assistant (9 May 2019)
Google May Have Finally Made a Truly Usable Voice Assistant (8 May 2019)
Why Tech Giants Are So Desperate to Provide Your Voice Assistant (7 May 2019)
A New Pixel, Video Device, Voice Assistant, And AI: Here’s What … (7 May 2019)
Google Shows Off Super-Fast ‘Next Generation’ Voice Assistant (7 May 2019)
Opinion: Microsoft bot frameworks enable custom voice assistants (7 May 2019)
Dave Isbitski Amazon Chief Evangelist for Alexa Talks Voice Assistant … (6 May 2019)
Microsoft Releases Voice Assistant Usage Report, Finds Apple Siri … (28 Apr 2019)
41% of voice assistant users have concerns about trust and privacy … (24 Apr 2019)
Facebook’s privacy issues could impact usage of its forthcoming voice … (22 Apr 2019)
Google wants to put Voice Assistant buttons on your keyboards and … (22 Apr 2019)
Is it safe to use voice assistant technology in the classroom? (21 Apr 2019)
Facebook Admits It’s Working On AI Voice Assistant (18 Apr 2019)
Facebook confirms it’s working on an AI voice assistant for Portal and … (17 Apr 2019)
Facebook is developing its own Alexa-like voice assistant that nobody … (17 Apr 2019)
Get Ready: Voice Assistants Are Coming to Your Conference Room (16 Apr 2019)
Yes, Humans Behind Alexa and Other Voice Assistants are Listening … (12 Apr 2019)
JD Power finds voice assistants are becoming important for new car … (11 Apr 2019)
Are voice assistant devices the new teacher’s assistant? (11 Apr 2019)
Amazon’s Alexa isn’t just AI — thousands of humans are listening (10 Apr 2019)
Bad news for automakers: people want to hear a familiar voice … (9 Apr 2019)
How to use a voice assistant speaker as a smart home hub (7 Apr 2019)
A Voice Assistant Has Become My Co-Parent (29 Mar 2019)
Meet Q, the First Genderless Voice Assistant (29 Mar 2019)
Hey, Google and Alexa: Parents worry voice assistants can listen in on … (27 Mar 2019)
Us’ voice assistant scene plays off a real 911 problem for smart speakers (26 Mar 2019)
World’s first genderless voice assistant wants to challenge gender … (25 Mar 2019)
We need Siri to be Sirius’: genderless voice assistant splits experts (23 Mar 2019)
How AI and Voice Assistants Will Change Healthcare (23 Mar 2019)
Meet Q, The Gender-Neutral Voice Assistant (21 Mar 2019)
Would you prefer a genderless Alexa or Siri? (21 Mar 2019)
45% of Millennials Use Voice Assistants While Shopping According to … (20 Mar 2019)
World’s First Genderless Voice Assistant Needs Your Help (18 Mar 2019)
Think about privacy the next time you ask Alexa the weather (16 Mar 2019)
La Liga rolls out AI-powered voice assistant (14 Mar 2019)
Think Alexa’s voice is too binary? Meet Q, a gender-neutral voice … (12 Mar 2019)
The Genderless Digital Voice the World Needs Right Now (11 Mar 2019)
Voice Assistant User Parodies Humorously Highlight Risk of Skill … (10 Mar 2019)
The rise of the ubiquitous voice assistant (8 Mar 2019)
US Smart Speaker Ownership Rises 40% in 2018 to 66.4 Million and … (7 Mar 2019)
Who Is Using Voice Assistants and Why? (6 Mar 2019)
Microsoft wants Cortana voice assistant to work better with other apps (6 Mar 2019)
Are workplace voice assistants more than a gimmick? (5 Mar 2019)
Smart voice assistant answers your questions (1 Mar 2019)
What Do You Need to Build a Voice Assistant? (28 Feb 2019)
Your voice assistant isn’t working for you even if it feels like it is (27 Feb 2019)
Consumers no longer think voice assistants are mediocre (26 Feb 2019)
Cedars-Sinai puts Amazon Alexa in patient rooms as part of a pilot … (25 Feb 2019)
Nearly Half of US Small Businesses Say Alexa Has Best Marketing … (22 Feb 2019)
Voice Assistants Haven’t Replaced Sales Assistants Yet (21 Feb 2019)
Alexa, Siri, and Google Don’t Understand a Word You Say (19 Feb 2019)
Could hackers trick voice assistants into committing fraud … (17 Feb 2019)
Don’t Be Fooled – Your Voice Assistant Isn’t Really Working For You (17 Feb 2019)
Juniper Estimates 3.25 Billion Voice Assistants Are in Use Today … (14 Feb 2019)
Will.i.am Lands Deal for Omega Voice Assistant with Middle Eastern … (14 Feb 2019)
Analyst: 8 billion voice assistants by 2023 (12 Feb 2019)
8 Billion Digital Voice Assistants Projected By 2023 (12 Feb 2019)
How a voice assistant can be a constant companion for hospital … (11 Feb 2019)
NHS Study on Future of Healthcare Foresees Voice Assistants … (11 Feb 2019)
In the age of Alexa and Siri, how come most customer-service voice … (9 Feb 2019)
New voices at patients’ bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple (6 Feb 2019)
Google’s Nest Secure alarm system is about to double as a voice … (4 Feb 2019)
Mercedes Focuses Entire Super Bowl Ad Around Hey Mercedes Voice … (4 Feb 2019)
Which voice assistant speaks the most languages, and why? (2 Feb 2019)
Which voice assistants does Samsung SmartThings support? (30 Jan 2019)
Workplaces Will Have to Cope With New Voice Assistant Devices (25 Jan 2019)
Sherpa, a Spanish voice assistant, expands Series A to $15M as it … (23 Jan 2019)
Microsoft admits that it can’t beat Amazon and Google in the voice … (23 Jan 2019)
Which Smart Voice Assistant Should I Be Using? (23 Jan 2019)
Building a Voice Assistant for Enterprise (23 Jan 2019)
Will.i.am unveils new AI-powered voice assistant (22 Jan 2019)
Consumers Will Use Voice Assistants More While Driving in 2019 and … (22 Jan 2019)
Vanderbilt combines AI and Smart on FHIR in an EHR voice assistant (21 Jan 2019)
Whyd now helps companies create their custom voice assistant (18 Jan 2019)
Voice Assistant Tech Underpins Google’s Startup Strategy For Brazil (18 Jan 2019)
Report claims voice assistants are ‘bigger in the car’ (18 Jan 2019)
Alibaba’s Voice Assistant Easily Outshines Google (17 Jan 2019)
Voice Assistants Are Taking Over Consumer IoT (17 Jan 2019)
New Study Reveals What People Are Buying Through Voice Assistants (17 Jan 2019)
The Sims 4 gets its own Alexa skill and in-game voice assistant (16 Jan 2019)
Pandora launches a personalized voice assistant on iOS and Android (15 Jan 2019)
Twice the Number of US Adults Have Tried In-Car Voice Assistants as … (15 Jan 2019)
Voice Assistants Coming to the Enterprise (15 Jan 2019)
AI-powered voice assistants are increasingly moving into cars (14 Jan 2019)
Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations? (14 Jan 2019)
How voice assistants have doomed the remote control (11 Jan 2019)
Chris Halaschek of Pindrop: As Smart Speakers Rise in Popularity … (11 Jan 2019)
Alibaba Tmall Genie Voice Assistant Coming to BMW Cars Sold in … (10 Jan 2019)
Voice Assistants Redefine US Shopping Experience (10 Jan 2019)
CES 2019: Amazon and Google Assistant carve up tech expo (9 Jan 2019)
Google and Baidu reveal latest stats for their voice assistants (9 Jan 2019)
Tencent launches Xiaowei voice assistant (9 Jan 2019)
This smart light switch does it all — voice assistant, motion sensor … (7 Jan 2019)
China’s Baidu says its answer to Alexa is now on 200M devices (7 Jan 2019)
The Biggest Voice Assistant and AI Company from China You’ve … (7 Jan 2019)
Xiaomi’s XiaoAI Voice Assistant has over 100 million activations so far … (4 Jan 2019)
Microsoft patent suggests you inhale whisper to your voice assistants (3 Jan 2019)
Voice Assistants Can Streamline Customer Service for Agencies (2 Jan 2019)