This morning, former CBS6 anchor and reporter, Teresa Priolo asked Siri what she thought of Ted Cruz. I loved the idea, so I "stole" it -- asking Siri what she thought of each of the potential candidates for US President. The takeaway: She remains fairly mum on one party, but has lots to offer on the other.

Now, this seems like a logical way to invest, especially for new investors. But, the biggest attraction is that most robo-advisors have very low account minimums and also charge low fees. In comparison, most wealth managers (actual people) have a $500,000 USD account minimum and charge 1% – 2% annually of the total account value. This is simply not an option for most. I'm a huge fan of technology and finding more efficient ways to complete tasks… but I'm a bit weary of these robo-advisors, and I think you should be too.

Now machines are going on internet-watching sprees too – but with something to show for it. After viewing a year's worth of online videos, a computer model has learned to distinguish between sounds such as bird chirps, door knocks, snoring and fireworks. Such technology could transform how we interact with machines and make it easier for our cellphones, smart homes and robot assistants to understand the world around them. Computer vision has dramatically improved over the past few years thanks to the wealth of labelled data machines can tap into online. They can now recognise faces or cats as accurately as a human can.

In the past 5 years, technology has revolutionized how marketers interact with their customers. Now, you've got access to advanced software and customer data for more relevant, targeted and engaging marketing. No wonder that 50 to 65% of executives expect to spend more on marketing technology in the coming year. But, what if I told you that we're only at the beginning? In the next 5 years, marketing is going to make a huge pivot- probably almost unrecognizable from its current form. You probably won't perform search engine optimization.

Cortana is one of the most useful features of Windows 10. But if you weren't previously introduced to the Microsoft digital assistant via Windows Phone, you might have little idea how to take advantage of it. Here are a few ways you can use Cortana to streamline common tasks. Cortana is always at your fingertips in Windows 10. But while you can type Cortana commands in the taskbar search box, it's much more efficient to use your voice.

Before you fall back this weekend, it's time to take a look at Google's Assistant-powered Home device, take a spin with GoPro's drone and find out how Singapore is pushing to be the first "Smart Nation." Also, undecided (or, more likely, firmly decided) voters can peruse Engadget's election guide to see where presidential candidates stand on tech issues. Across this 30-mile-wide island, a network of fiber connections and sensors underpin scientists' efforts to address the problems of urban living. The "Smart Nation" plan is trying to address pain points, like energy usage, health and transportation, while also accumulating data to fill out a detailed model of Virtual Singapore, where planners can test new projects to see their potential impact. Nathan Ingraham says Google Home is a great way to show off just how smart Google is, but it doesn't feel like an essential experience yet.

You can credit IBM's Watson for creating a platform for artificial intelligence integration into a multitude of business and customer-facing applications. You can thank Facebook for all the buzz about chatbots and the gold rush of developers and venture capital creating an onslaught of bot companies. The truth is though that we are just starting to realize the potential of AI. One of the most promising applications for AI to make a very welcome impact is in customer experience. It can be debated that for all of the good technology has offered businesses over the last several decades, it has also comprised key elements of the customer experience.

It is turning into a monumental battle between tech giants. The race to create a smart home assistant has already seen a plethora of virtual assistants, from Apple's Siri to Amazon's Alexa and Facebook's chatbots. Now, Google has joined the fray with Home, a $130 smart speaker that can do everything from play music to control your lights - and has the vast knowledge of Google's search engine as its'brain'. We pitted it against Amazon's Echo Dot and Apple's Siri in a series of tests to reveal the personality (or lack of) in each of them. We pitted Google, Home,Amazon's Echo Dot and Apple's Siri against each other in a series of tests, from singing to telling jokes. Google's Home is the firm's latest AI move, after introducing its smart assistant in the new Pixel handsets last month.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has always been the subject of dreams and visions about the distant future of humankind. Even though we are nowhere near a conscious robotic system, nowadays, AI systems are ubiquitous and showing tremendous successes in various fields of our everyday life. We are using these on a daily basis, often without even noticing. Whether it is the Virtual Personal Assistants on our mobile phones (such as Siri, Google Now, and Cortana), self-driving cars, the ranking of the web pages given your search query, or the classical textbook examples such as spam filtering and recommendation systems of online media providers and marketplaces like Amazon. Various fields of AI have made a major leap forward in the recent years. As most AI systems are too complex to be defined manually, we have to resort to automatically learning rules and patterns from data using sophisticated Machine Learning (ML) techniques.

The Note 7 is still a mystery to us. We still don't know what caused those explosions but we have some possible explanations. We won't add to the pain the South Korea tech giant is experiencing so let's just focus on the upcoming Galaxy S8. The company is believed to be launching only one premium flagship starting next year so if that's the case, the Galaxy S8 should be really special. We've heard a lot about it although nothing has been confirmed yet.