With gadget makers churning out new devices every few weeks, it’s not easy to stay up to date with the latest technology. And it’s certainly not cheap. But if you ask very nicely, your favorite electronics company may just send you their latest handset absolutely free — providing you also draw them a picture. That’s what happened to Samsung fan Shane Bennett, who asked the Korean...
Keeping up with the growing trend of virtual voice assistants for mobile devices, such as Siri and S-Voice, Nuance on Monday released an SDK for Android and iOS that can add voice control to third-party customer service applications. The voice assistant, dubbed “Nina,” doesn’t only follow its user’s instructions; it also uses voice biometrics to securely identify the person it is...
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced on Monday it will webcast a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket in preparation of a live launch next week. The space transport company, which develops and manufactures space launch vehicles, will ignite the craft’s nine Merlin engines for two seconds at the company’s Space Launch Complex (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force...