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CES 2024’s Weird but Oddly Helpful Gadgets
Technology // January 13, 2024

CES, one of the world’s largest tech shows, can be a bit much with all the groundbreaking unveilings. Even if you dedicate all your time to it, there’s a chance you might overlook some awesome gadgets with the potential to enhance your life. While many...

This Week in AI: The Future of Work and Home 
artificial intelligence // January 12, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), like most programming languages, uses Epoch Time to standardize its operations. Epoch Time is the number of seconds that have elapsed since Jan. 1, 1970; but as the technology continues its onward march, putting more silicon into more business solutions, a...

Smart Kitchen Devices Use Subscription Models to Drive Recurring Revenue
Subscriptions // January 12, 2024

As artificial intelligence makes its way into more kitchen devices, kitchenware companies are noting the opportunity to drive not only sales of smart appliances but also recurring revenue via ongoing subscriptions, as CES 2024 revealed. One such device on display at the consumer electronics event...

Walmart Aims to Be an AI Concierge as Amazon Expands Buy With Prime
Retail // January 12, 2024

From Walmart looking to be a personal shopping concierge to Amazon expanding its Buy with Prime to more platforms and leveraging tech to help consumers manage their healthcare, the two retail giants faced off this week with news of tech with a personal touch that...

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Walmart Aims to Be an AI Concierge as Amazon Expands Buy With Prime

January 12, 2024
From Walmart looking to be a personal shopping concierge to Amazon expanding its Buy with Prime to more platforms and leveraging tech to help consumers manage their healthcare, the two retail giants faced off this week with news of tech with a personal touch that reaches into many parts of consumers’ daily lives. Walmart and […]

Lipstick Goes AI at CES

January 10, 2024
CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the...

Robots Join CES Exhibits as Next AI Evolution

January 08, 2024
Just a week ago, the smart money was on artificial intelligence to dominate the Consumer Electronics Show. But someone forgot to tell the robots. Because when the show opens on...

Use Cases Unveiled at CES Demonstrate the Transformational Capabilities of 5G

January 06, 2022
The high speed and low latency of 5G will be enable more appliances that are used every day to deliver the capabilities people now expect from smartphones — they’ll be...

Quick Reads
Sam’s Club Replaces Receipt Checks With AI-Powered Scans

January 14, 2024
Sam’s Club is replacing the practice of verifying receipts as shoppers exit the bulk retailer.  Instead, the Walmart-owned company is rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology that can visually scan customers’ carts, thus eliminating long lines along with the sometimes controversial practice of receipt checking, while still ensuring customers are paying for their purchases. “Eliminating even […]

CES 2022: BMW Unveils Color-Changing Car

January 07, 2022
Not sure what color you want for your new car? BMW doesn’t want you to have to choose.  The German carmaker this week unveiled a new all-electric vehicle called the...

Samsung Welcomes Users to Its Metaverse at CES 2022

January 06, 2022
Samsung has planted its flag in the metaverse with the launch of 837X, a virtual version of its flagship New York City experience center.  “Samsung 837X is a fully immersive...

LG Debuts Self-Driving Vehicle Infotainment Package at CES 2022 

January 03, 2022
At CES 2022 this week in Las Vegas, LG Electronics will unveil an in-car infotainment package for autonomous vehicles that will turn those car cabins into a place where passengers...