TechRepublic's Teena Maddox talked to Jamie Garcia, senior manager, Algorithms, Applications and Theory Team at IBM Research, at CES 2020 about about the quantum news that IBM has released this week and what's to come. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Jamie Garcia: We just released news that we have achieved a 32-quantum volume, which is in line with us doubling our quantum volume every single year. Another one that just came out is that we hit a 100 partners in our IBM Q network. Teena Maddox: With the race for quantum computing, what does that mean when you've increased the volume?

TechRepublic's Teena Maddox talked to Dave Neway, head of marketing at IBM Watson Advertising, at CES 2020 about how Watson can take advertising to the next level with artificial intelligence (AI). The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Dave Neway: We had a major product announcement this week. On Tuesday, I'm very proud to announce that we launched a new offering called Advertising Accelerator with Watson, which as you can probably tell by the name, leverages Watson AI really to do three things. Anticipation: It helps advertisers better predict as opposed to react to the optimal combination of visual elements to drive the highest engagement for an audience.

At the 2019 MIT Space2 workshop, TechRepublic Senior Writer Teena Maddox discusses how voice-use interfaces can be used to keep people healthy, particularly in small, confined spaces with Google's Cathy Pearl. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Teena Maddox: Tell me a little bit about what you're presenting here at the MIT Spaces in Space workshop. Cathy Pearl: I'll be talking about ways in which voice-user interfaces can be used to help people stay healthy. Particularly in small confined spaces.

IoT data control is a key way that companies can maximize the value of their Internet of Things deployments. It allows companies to mine the data that IoT devices generate and monetize the information.

The oil and gas industry, auto manufacturers and more can maximize the value of IoT deployments with IoT data control. A Cisco exec explains how to manage data control and why it's necessary.