Smart speaker sales reached new record of 146.9M in 2019, up 70% from 2018
Global smart speaker sales hit a record high last year with shipments of 146.9 million units, up 70% over 2018,…
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Amazon wants to depose president and secretary of Defense as part of JEDI protest
Today, AWS made public its Motion to Supplement the Record in its protest of the JEDI contract decision. As part…
The engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup
The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products —…
Nearly 70% of US smart speaker owners use Amazon Echo devices
Amazon’s dominant position in the U.S. smart speaker market will continue through this year and the next, with rivals like…
Shopping via smart speakers is not taking off, report suggests
U.S. consumers aren’t adopting voice-based shopping as quickly as expected, according to a new report today from eMarketer. While consumers…
Early-bird savings end next Friday on tickets to Robotics+AI 2020
TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics+AI 2020 is gearing up to be one amazing show. This annual day-long event draws the brightest minds…