Google is already developing a new operating system called Andromeda, but the company is far from abandoning Chrome OS. It's been discovered recently that Google is developing an always-listening feature that will first debut on the Samsung Chromebook Pro. Currently, Chromebooks already have a voice control feature with the "OK Google" support. This allows users to make Google searches with voice commands while a Chromebook is on and in use. In Google's upcoming update, a Chromebook may not have to be in use in order for voice commands to work.

Artificial intelligence celebrates its 50th year this year and it is only advancing at a more rapid pace than ever before. From its very first task, which was to represent reasoning by a rule-based system, it has evolved into the professional field, the corporate environment, and even in the homes of many people. In the past it could never be compared to the reasoning of a human being, but even that has been improved during the course of the past half century. Descartes' logical belief that man is not machine may be a rewritten as the machine is now man. Some of the important artificial intelligence advancements have shown that intelligence can be created out of nothing. A machine is becoming more and more likely to think like a human being.

Back in the pre-iPhone era, investors would rally around the word'mobile' as the'next big thing'. It was clear that mobility and doing things on small-screen devices would affect the lives of many for years to come, but what wasn't clear was how. How were applications going to get smart enough to add value on the go? How were web standards going to evolve fast enough to accommodate all the different kinds of devices available in the market? Which platforms across the myriad of non-compatible platforms (Symbian, WinCE, RIM, Java etc), should developers invest their time?

In September, Apple quietly acquired Tuplejump, a little-known Hyderabad-based startup. Tuplejump is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) company that helps clients store, process and visualise data. In simple terms, it helps, say, an e-commerce player to use all the data it collects to improve conversion rates--the number of people who end up buying something out of the total number of visitors. This was Apple's first acquisition in India and the third one this year of an AI company. India-based AI startups are hardly visible and don't command eyepopping valuations that e-commerce companies do.

Find out how much you spent on your credit card by asking Alexa instead of searching for that information online. You can ask how much you've spent on a specific day, within a certain date range, or at a major vendor. Things like, "What did I spend between October 1st and October 31st?" or "How much did I spend at Starbucks last month?" You can tell us exactly how much you want to pay toward your monthly bill. It's your choice: minimum payment, statement balance, current balance or an amount you decide is right for you.

This past August, over 250 people at FINRA took two days to find data driven solutions for FINRA. With over 45 teams, there were some amazing ideas that came out of this hackathon. Below are 13 awesome ideas teams came up with. This team, NG Sonar, realized that our data models rely on manual processes for testing, implementing, and improving. Instead of a manual process, they showed how machine learning could be used to set up feedback loops to constantly evaluate a model's effectiveness.

Its latest digital home assistant model, the A3, looks pretty similar to the Echo -- it's a cylindrical speaker that will respond to users asking for information such as the weather or their schedule. It can play music, or help you take notes and control your home appliances -- pretty much whatever internet-connected system it can talk to. And in typical Chinese fashion, it's priced very competitively at 698 yuan ($100), while adding new features like portability -- it's able to play up to eight hours of music on the go. If you haven't heard of it yet, it's because the company hasn't aggressively marketed its products outside of China. So here's what you need to know.

Today, IBM completed its first Cognitive College Virtual Holiday Workshop, exploring how artificial intelligence and cognitive systems can help customer engagement. Top influencers and IBM experts weighed in on how technology is reshaping the relationship between business and customers, and the expectations of the customers themselves. Last year, online shoppers spent $4.45bn on Black Friday and Thanksgiving. Obviously, that's a lot of inventory to monitor, and there's nothing worse from a retailer's perspective than turning away healthy demand for hot products that are out of stock. John Lawson points out that only 31% of customers think that their brand really understands them.

Dating apps "must take more responsibility" for protecting users' safety on dates, according to a police lead for LGBT issues. It comes as serial killer Stephen Port is found guilty of murdering four young men he met through dating apps and websites. The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.

China may be behind in the smart home industry, but research shows it will be a $22.8 billion business by 2018. However, one firm is getting a head started with a voice-activated, cloud-based smart home speaker that does something the leading devices can't - it speaks Cantonese and Mandarin. The speaker, from Chinese firm LingLong and known as the DingDong, has an AI with a music library of 3 million songs, can take memos and share updates regarding news, traffic and weather in what the firm calls'cinema-like sound quality'. LingLong DingDong is a a voice-activated, cloud-based smart home speaker designed with a music library of 3 million songs, can take memos and share updates about news, traffic and weather in what the firm calls'cinema-like sound quality' LingLong DingDong is China's voice-activated, cloud-based smart home speaker that speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin that costs $118. It takes memos, organize schedules and share updates about news, traffic and weather.