Last week, Google hosted its annual I/O developer conference, which showcased the company’s vision for its products and services. Usually this involves exciting conversations about Google’s mobile platform, Android, or the latest hardware the company plans to release. But this year something else stole the show: Google’s incredible progress in artificial intelligence (AI). AI has… Read More »
Top line Elon Musk’s search for a Twitter CEO is over after he announced Linda Yaccarino as the company’s new chief on Friday — a seasoned ad executive whose arrival is likely to reassure squeamish advertisers after months of drastic overhauls to content moderation and verification, but if background may alienate some of the billionaire’s… Read More »
Almost two years ago, Amazon’s then-VP of product Charlie Tritschler wrote about Astro, the company’s first iteration of a smart home robot. Charlie reflectively explained the vision for the device: “Astro is a new and different kind of robot, one designed to help customers with a variety of tasks such as home monitoring and staying… Read More »
This is the fourth in a series of columns reporting on the 30thth annual The Lempert Report Trend Forecast; its focus is on the most important issues facing the retail and food industry. Today, it is about how retail technologies are, and should, change the grocery trade. (Original Caption) 4/26/1955-Washington, DC- A preview of tomorrow’s… Read More »