A True Grocery Getter: Nuro’s Cute-as-a-Button Driverless Delivery Vehicle Could Enter Service Soon [Video]

– Convenience has become the ultimate commodity. People are either too busy or too lazy to do, buy, and get things themselves. As a result, delivery and shipping services have been undergoing a bit of a reinvention of late. Those who are in served areas can have virtually anything brought to them with a few clicks on […]

Astound launches to automate employee service requests with AI

A new startup called Astound emerged from stealth today with a big vision: to cut down on service requests using artificial intelligence to drive automation. The company’s overall goal is to help employees at large enterprises handle their own service requests, rather than require the intervention of more experienced technicians. Astound’s product targets four concrete […]

Waymo orders thousands of Chrysler vans for self-driving taxi service

Waymo already turned 600 Chrysler Pacifica minivans into self-driving vehicles, but apparently, those aren’t enough for the company’s upcoming taxi service. FCA US has revealed that it’s supplying the former Google self-driving division with thousands of Chrysler Pacific minivans and that delivery will begin in late 2018. Waymo will use the vehicles it’s already testing […]

U.S. Secret Service: Hackers stole over $1 million by jackpotting ATMs

(Reuters) — A coordinated group of hackers likely tied to international criminal syndicates has pilfered more than $ 1 million by hijacking ATM machines across the United States and forcing them to spit out bills like slot machines dispensing a jackpot, a senior U.S. Secret Service official said on Monday. Within the past few days […]

Voicelabs ditches analytics service to launch Alpine.ai for ecommerce voice apps

VoiceLabs today announced it will no longer provide analytics services to 3,500 developers and customers making voice apps. Instead, under the new name Alpine AI, the company will help brands and retailers create sales-driven voice apps for Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google Assistant. Alpine AI will combine learnings from running a voice app analytics […]

WhatsApp is the first third-party messaging service on CarPlay

Today, WhatsApp introduced a new app update that adds compatibility with Carplay. The additional functionality was first noted on the Dutch site iCulture, and it’s automatically available who those who update to version 2.18.20 of the app. WhatsApp users who have a vehicle that is CarPlay enabled can now see unread messages, ask Siri to […]

Google is building a local news service that anyone can contribute to (GOOG)

Beck Diefenbach/Reuters Google is working on a new way to source and highlight hyperlocal news from citizen journalists. It’s called Bulletin, and it lets anyone publish a news story just by blogging and sharing images and video straight from their phone through the platform’s mobile app – without the need to create an outlet of […]