I've always had this vision too that we as humans would maybe perhaps carry with us, let's call it our emotion passport. It's our emotional digital footprint that we control.

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The Siri Shortcuts feature that Apple launched last fall as part of iOS 12 has always had oodles of potential. And for some of you this feature, which lets you use your voice to automate a string of tasks or routines, may have just gotten a whole lot more useful. On Thursday, Apple announced a fresh set of integrated Siri Shortcuts, which are just now available or coming soon, and which the company says joins the thousands of other apps that already take advantage of the feature. American Airlines and Airbnb join existing app partners such as Marriott's Bonvoy, Pandora, Waze and The Weather Channel. The basic idea behind the Shortcuts feature is that Siri can learn your app preferences and routines over a period of time to suggest shortcuts that can streamline tasks or commands on your iPhone or iPad, and in more limited instances on the Apple Watch, HomePod or AirPods.

Machine learning is all over the business environment. Being a subset of AI, or artificial intelligence, this technology has quickly taken over the world's biggest industries and remains one of the hottest technological trends. ML brings industries incredible competitive advantages and makes the processes more accurate and personalized. No wonder every other company is considering the implementation of ML into its processes. But where did it all start and where will it eventually lead us in the future?

Alexa to change the color of a lamp from white to red is about as cool as it comes. And gosh, you can make a similar request to the Google Assistant and go from red to blue, or orange. Siri will dim the lights for you and, like the other personal assistants, turn the lights on and off, on command. Is it any wonder that smart lighting has become on the most popular categories in the growing smart home space? Jiggling with your existing door lock and exchanging it for a smart model, or adding a new doorbell with a video camera can be a chore.

From smart factories and smart cities to virtual personal assistants and self-driving cars, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming how people around the world live, work, and play. But fundamentally changing the ways people, devices, and data interact is not simple or easy work. Microsoft's AI & IoT Insider Labs was created to help all types of organizations accelerate their digital transformation. Member organizations around the world get access to support both technology development and product commercialization, for everything from hardware design to manufacturing to building applications and turning data into insights using machine learning. Here's how AI & IoT Insider Labs is helping one partner, SunCulture, leverage new technology to provide solar-powered water pumping and irrigation systems for smallholder farmers in Kenya.

I was honored when MIT Technology Review invited me to be the first guest curator of its 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Narrowing down the list was difficult. I wanted to choose things that not only will create headlines in 2019 but captured this moment in technological history--which got me thinking about how innovation has evolved over time. My mind went to--of all things--the plow. Plows are an excellent embodiment of the history of innovation. Humans have been using them since 4000 BCE, when Mesopotamian farmers aerated soil with sharpened sticks. We've been slowly tinkering with and improving them ever since, and today's plows are technological marvels.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most impactful technological revolutions the world has witnessed. Customers today are increasingly exposed to advanced technologies such as AI-enabled chatbots and intelligent voice assistants like Apple Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa, making personalization a high priority for incumbent banks. Today, AI enables financial institutions to solve many critical problems, thereby saving money and increasing the efficiency of the workforce. By deploying AI-based solutions, banks can improve the outcome in various dimensions such as customer service, risk management, cross-sales, etc. A MEDICI research study of 34 major banks across several geographies (US, EU, Singapore, Africa, Australia, and India) found that 27 out of these 34 banks have implemented AI in their front-office functions in the form of a chatbot, virtual assistant, and digital advisor.

In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone's brain activity, the technology can reconstruct the words a person hears with unprecedented clarity. This breakthrough, which harnesses the power of speech synthesizers and artificial intelligence, could lead to new ways for computers to communicate directly with the brain. It also lays the groundwork for helping people who cannot speak, such as those living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or recovering from stroke, regain their ability to communicate with the outside world. These findings were published in Scientific Reports. This would be a game changer.

Corey Mintz is the author of How to Host a Dinner Party. We're supposed to at least be ashamed of our legacy of patriarchal oppression, not celebrate it. And yet, the other week, I received a news release about an automated server that will be on display at the RC Show – that's the Restaurants Canada trade show. Although the show takes place in Toronto starting this weekend, the release seems to have been written in 1955. The Waitress Robot can greet, serve and entertain guests, as well as carry loads of up to 33lbs, and you don't have to worry about her tripping up or complaining about overtime.