Sometimes you just buy a machine learning company. Apple on Wednesday confirmed its acquisition of Laserlike, a Silicon valley startup that’s worked to apply machine learning to content discovery. Per The Information, Laserlike was absorbed sometime in 2018, albeit it’s unknown as to what the terms of the deal were or why Apple wanted the […]
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If you liked Apple Music on your Amazon Alexa-enabled speaker, there’s more on the way. Amazon has confirmed that Apple Music will eventually be supported on additional Alexa-enabled speakers. Amazon didn’t provide a timeframe for the rollout. A variety of third-party Alexa speakers and devices are available from brands such as Sonos, JBL, Ultimate Ears, […]
If you’re hankering for more music on the Amazon Echo in time for the holiday season, you’re in luck. Apple Music will arrive for the Amazon Echo with users being able to ask Alexa to access their Apple Music starting December, 17th, via a new skill. Via the Echo, Alexa will be able to play […]
Apple is apparently expanding its reach in the artificial intelligence field via the acquisition of Silk Labs, an on-device AI technology startup. Last Tuesday, an anonymous source reported that Apple quietly snapped up Silk earlier this year. Details of the acquisition are unknown, though the report estimates the deal was a trivial investment for Apple. […]
The Black Friday deals have gone live and they are prodigies. As usual, the large retail chains, such as Target, Best Buy, Walmart, Kohl’s, and Lowe’s, are offering a number of good deals and many online-only deals are already available. Here we go: