UserReplay announced today the addition of a machine learning feature to its existing solution in order to better assist companies with gaining insight into their customers' online experiences and resolve issues in real time. UserReplay machine learning uncovers hard-to-discover revenue opportunities hidden in the powerful data set captured by UserReplay. UserReplay's machine learning algorithm uncovered the issue and the high-fidelity replay showed the retailer how to fix the problem. About UserReplay UserReplay's customer experience analytics solution enables businesses to discover the truth about their customers' digital experience.

UserReplay announced today the addition of a machine learning feature to its existing solution in order to better assist companies with gaining insight into their customers' online experiences and resolve issues in real time. UserReplay machine learning uncovers hard-to-discover revenue opportunities hidden in the powerful data set captured by UserReplay. The biggest benefit of UserReplay machine learning is its systematic and automatic uncovering of pain points that requires no human intervention. Analysts and consultants can now spend their time on more valuable endeavors while still gleaning comprehensive insights from mining customer experience data. For example, a leading national retailer's website was causing customers to see the error message "Sorry, some of the items in your basket just sold out." However, there was no indication of which item was sold out and none of the items when checked individually showed a stock warning.

Useful quantum computers are closer to becoming a reality as some of the world's biggest corporations try to bring the technology from the lab into the practical world. A quantum computer utilizes subatomic particles called qubits to speed up the solving of complex computations. Near-term expectations for quantum computers range from solving optimization problems to quantum-encrypted communications, and more. With the help of CB Insights' investment, acquisition, and partnership data, we identified 18 corporate groups involved in the development of commercialized quantum computing hardware and software. They are a diverse group of players, ranging from tech industry behemoths to defense contractors to national telecommunications companies.

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) today announced additional programming for Innovate! Jointly produced by CTA and Tech.Co, the event's combined programming will feature event offerings from both organizers for an audience of industry influencers and innovative tech startups. "We are thrilled to bring Innovate! "Hosting our conference in Silicon Valley's backyard enables us to provide even more opportunities for startup founders from across the world to meet nationally recognized accelerators and investors, gain valuable knowledge and connect with resources that will help amplify their efforts to build a high-growth company," said Frank Gruber, CEO and Co-Founder Tech.Co. Registration is open for Innovate!

"Inbenta was founded in 2005 with a vision of leveraging artificial intelligence in an entirely new manner to transform how companies and customers interact," said Jordi Torras, founder and CEO, Inbenta. "That vision has been realized, and now Inbenta is in a period of dramatic and profitable growth including global expansion into 23 countries and support for over 20 languages. This Series B financing will help bring our technology to a much larger group of demanding customers who need enterprise-grade solutions, and to further drive the innovation that underpins our technology." The funding will be used to expand sales and marketing, and to further drive product development for Inbenta's industry-leading natural language processing (NLP) technology that powers search, chatbots, and self-service solutions for customer support and e-commerce. Inbenta's products are now used by over 200 customers around the world, including Ticketmaster, B&H, CA Technologies and 8x8 to enhance customer engagement, increase retention, and drive sales.

Amazon Echo and Echo Dot are voice-controlled speakers designed entirely around your voice--they're always ready, hands-free, and fast. Alexa is the brain behind Echo and Echo Dot--just ask and she'll answer questions, play music, read the news, set timers and alarms, recite your calendar, check sports scores, control lights around your home, and much more. With Echo and Echo Dot's far-field voice control, you can do all this from across the room just by asking. Since Alexa runs in the cloud, she is always getting smarter--plus, third party developers are building new skills for Alexa every day. There will be thousands of Alexa skills available for UK customers at launch including skills from Spotify, Uber, Philips Hue, Hive, Just Eat, National Rail Enquiries, and more.

Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today launched the Global X FinTech Thematic ETF (Nasdaq: FINX), the Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF (Nasdaq: BOTZ), and the Global X Internet of Things Thematic ETF (Nasdaq: SNSR). The three new ETFs join Global X's Thematic suite, which now has fifteen funds and approximately 1 billion in assets under management as of September 6, 2016. Global X's Thematic suite includes funds that have been available to investors since 2010. The Global X Internet of Things Thematic ETF aims to offer exposure to companies that stand to potentially benefit from the broader adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT). This includes the development and manufacturing of semiconductors and sensors, integrated products and solutions, and applications serving smart grids, smart homes, connected cars, and the industrial Internet.

Amazon has confirmed its virtual assistant Echo speakers are coming to the UK and Germany. Until now, the company sold its voice-controlled devices only in the US. The machines can answer questions, control other internet-connected devices, build shopping lists and link in to dozens of third-party services including Spotify, Uber and BBC News. Experts say they appeal to early adopters' sense of curiosity but tend to be a harder sell to others. Amazon told a press conference in London that the devices would become available in the two European countries on 28 September.

Datorama, a marketing startup that wants to "tame" your business data, announced today that it scored a 32 million investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The New York-based startup aims use the new capital to "accelerate the company's research and development in the artificial intelligence field; which will further elevate its machine learning capabilities." "In this next stage we're going to focus on the further development of our best-in-breed solution, and we're going to continue to push the boundaries of machine learning and how it's applied in the marketing analytics capacity," said Datorama CEO and cofounder Ran Sarig. Marker LLC and Innovation Endeavors also participated. The series C investment brings Datorama to a total of 50 million in funds.

Slaughter and May has signed a deal to use a new artificial intelligence (AI) system called Luminance which it helped create with backing from a technology investment company set up by Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch. The firm worked closely with Luminance Technologies, which has been funded with capital from Invoke Capital, for several months to test and pilot the software Luminance claims will transform the due diligence process on M&A deals. The elite magic circle firm is the only law firm to have piloted Luminance prior to its launch, though several others are also interested in piloting the technology. Its expertise on deals and due diligence was used to help improve the technology. Slaughters has signed a contract to use the technology going forward, though the details around this are not yet clear.