Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a new smartphone forecast and Alexa’s ambition...
Amazon is trying to make Alexa, its voice-activated personal assistant, act as a doctor or nurse, detecting illness by a change in the user’s voice....
Japan’s LINE Corporation is raising around 148.1 billion yen ($1.33 billion) through convertible bonds so it can expand into the financial services (FinServ) business. LINE,...
Bose, the home audio company, announced news on Tuesday (August 28) of the launch of its Bose® Home Speaker 500 for music and the Bose...
Defcon, the annual hackers conference, has turned up a new security concern in smart speakers like the Amazon Echo. Two presenters at the conference, Tencent’s...
Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo rolled out shopping chatbot Uniqlo IQ on Thursday (August 2), which acts as a digital concierge service. According to a report...
What would you do if you met a digital human? It is not an idle question, nor are we asking how you would handle yourself...
Amazon is expanding the number of Alexa custom lists users can create, a move to enhance one of its voice-activated digital assistant’s most frequently used...