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Why dumb Amazon Alexa conversations are actually really smart

Talking to a voice assistant like Alexa can seem pretty basic, but that's what Amazon is aiming for. It's all part of Amazon's plan for making Alexa a better platform for developers and users.

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Congress will vote to speed up self-driving car deployments this week

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How BYOD has made college classrooms more dynamic

Elon Musk fears AI may lead to World War III, as researchers study the risks of 'stupid, good robots'

Mozilla is desperately needed to save the web, but does it stand a chance?

This tiny Windows 10 PC that fits in your pocket will ship in November

Raspberry Pi meets Minority Report: This add-on board gives you gesture controls

Survey: Everything as a Service? Tell us what business and IT functions your company uses as a service.

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Video: How digital transformation is changing magazine publishing

A Women's Thing magazine recently won a Red Dot design award. Founders Saskia Ketz and Allison Geller explain how technology has transformed the publishing industry.

Survey: Does your company use SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS?

Software as a Service has given way to Everything as a Service: platforms, infrastructure, and more. While vendors are touting cloud-first strategy, what's the reality? This Tech Pro Research survey aims to find out how organizations are integrating XaaS, and what components are integral to cloud services strategies. Take this short survey.

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Businesses are good at collecting data, and the Internet of Things is taking it to the next level. But, the most advanced organizations are using it to power digital transformation.

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