The first question in our mind is simple: what is voice integration? If you aren't already familiar, voice integration is the act of using voice recognition software to seamlessly work with outside platforms for a streamlined process. Common examples of voice recognition include Google Voice, Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, and Apple's Siri. Each of these programs are trained to learn patterns in speech and then recognize commands and questions in order to find solutions. While this process has taken awhile to perfect, Google's machine learning algorithms have reached 95% word accuracy for the English language.

Hey, Google and Alexa – say it ain't so. Berlin-based researchers Security Research Labs have published their latest findings online, showing how the Google Home and Nest speakers, as well as Amazon's Echo products, could be taken over by hackers. Once there, they could listen to your conversations, steal your passwords and more. "As the functionality of smart speakers grows, so too does the attack surface for hackers to exploit them," the company noted, in a blog post. The seemingly innocuous little speakers that only come to life after hearing the "wake" word ("Alexa" or "Hey, Google"), in fact, listen in way more often.

Google has never widely been considered the top banana when it comes to smartphones, a designation bestowed instead on Samsung or Apple, depending on whether your loyalties lie with Android or iOS. But the last couple of years, Google's Pixels have presented an awfully strong case: solid Android phones with superb cameras that you can usually get for less than you pay for a top Galaxy or iPhone. So it goes with the Pixel 4 I've been using over the several days. It has a 5.7-inch display and starts at $799 (or $899 for its larger 6.3-inch sibling, the Pixel 4 XL) and for the first time is being embraced by all the U.S. wireless carriers out of the gate; in the past years, Verizon had the exclusive. As with other Pixels, the obedient Google Assistant is readily at hand, summoned through a familiar "Hey, Google" or "OK, Google" command, tapping an icon, and now even by squeezing the sides of the phone.

Retailers today are leveraging Artificial Intelligence-powered solutions to revolutionize the retail industry. However, it is proven that AI technology has made significant and interesting transformations across multiple industries over the past few years. But due to its high costs, inaccessibility, and proprietary systems, not every retailer has been utilizing it. As customers or shoppers are taking a multichannel approach while purchasing, offline retailers are also turning to AI to level the key players in the field. From assisting customers to explore the items using visual search to personalizing their entertainment experience through virtual assistants or chatbots, AI is transforming the retail industry in a number of ways.

Researchers successfully sneaked malicious apps behind the defenses of two major smart speaker companies in a test on their security practices. Experts at Security Research Labs say the apps were design to target personal data like voice-recordings and passwords of both Google Home and Amazon Echo users by posing as software that reads horoscopes through voice-commands. The apps were only removed once researchers made the company aware of their test. All eight of the apps designed by the researchers were able to bypass Amazon and Google defenses and were approved by the companies' moderation teams - a lapse that experts say invites even greater scrutiny on smart devices' privacy and safety standards. 'As the functionality of smart speakers grows so too does the attack surface for hackers to exploit them,' write the researchers in their report.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is growing every day at a raging pace. The technology has already acquired immense success in 2018 by streamlining work procedures in the healthcare industry, curtailing overhead costs in the manufacturing, reduction of man-hours in administrative tasks in the education sector. Now in 2019, it looks like there is emergence of a new AI startup every day which is bent on changing the way we interact and work. In healthcare industry, AI can provide astounding help for analyzing complex medical data in regards to CT scans, X-rays along with other screenings and tests. Patient's data and external knowledge sources such as clinical research can be used to construct a personalized treatment path for everyone.

We've already seen the effect that AI has on our day-to-day lives: email spam filters, estimated arrival times for deliveries and virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri. However, it's the latter facet of AI that is primed to cause significant change. Right now, these virtual assistants are mostly novelties that can only perform rudimentary tasks like writing reminders and building music playlists. However, their capabilities are only growing as their infrastructure improves.

Isn't it equal to a miracle that your upcoming actions are being predicted by computers and software? And the charm of this miracle is being spread by one of the thrilling technology that is "Machine learning". Machine learning technology does not need to be introduced as it has already made its place in the hearts of the people. But still, for the sake of the beginners, we would like to give a brief introduction to it. Machine learning is the application of Artificial Intelligence which makes the computers to predict the outcomes automatically without the intervention of human beings. In Supervised Machine learning, you are having both input and output variable and then the algorithm is used there in order to predict the output variable.

So how did you two meet? The question people typically ask of engaged or otherwise recently committed couples offers quite a range. Now, the odds of the answer "online" are higher than they've been before. Back in 2015, Pew Research reported that 15% of American adults have made use of online dating sites. The percentage rises to 27% for those who fall into the age range of 18 to 24, which marks significant growth over the 10% that were found among that age range in 2013.

"Alexa, help me find a job at McDonald's." That's how interested job seekers can start an application with the global fast-food company, McDonald's recently announced. Claiming it to be the world's first voice-initiated job application process, the company has launched McDonald's Apply Thru, which works on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The app is currently available in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom and is expected to roll out to other countries in the coming months. Once Alexa or Google Assistant responds, users are asked to provide basic information, such as their name, contact information, job area of interest and location. Potential applicants then receive a text message with a link to the McDonald's careers site to continue their application process.