We've already seen the impact of natural language technologies such as Alexa and Siri, and communicating with a chatbot may eventually become the new normal rather than the exception. According to a recent survey by BriteBill, younger customers especially are more open to interacting with … Read More

While Kaizala is one of the successful apps, which came out of Garage, projects like Hololens Companion (see box), which aims to add human angle to chat bots promises a bright future. Microsoft has seven Garages globally and the eighth one at Hyderabad is certainly set to give the techies …

A victory playlist that started off with Disney songs, according to the Virginia Tech women's lacrosse coach, soon turned derogatory and led to a 13-second video that showed team members repeatedly singing the N-word. With Lil Dicky's “Freaky Friday” playing in the background, the moment was … Read More

Given that context, this section could very well soon show what third-party apps users have connected directly to their Snapchat account. Snap currently allows this with Bitmoji, an app for creating cartoon versions of yourself which Snapchat bought in 2016. Users can choose to sign-up for Bitmoji via … Read More

While some might find it cool to open up Snapchat and see where their closest friends are at any given moment using Snap Map, the feature presents some safety concerns. Snap Map was introduced in June, but a new update makes the map more descriptive and gives users even more …

To be even more neighborly, officials even took their show on the road. They turned a police command center into a mobile courthouse and parked it at non-threatening locations such as churches and libraries to encourage people with warrants to step forward. By the time the program ended in February … …

MENOMONIE — Authorities have identified the Eau Claire man found dead Friday in Dunn County and the woman accused in the homicide case. The Dunn County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Alexander L. Woodworth, 24. A female suspect, Ezra J. McCandless, 20, of Stanley, is in custody in … Read …

After taking Colleyville Heritage to the Class 5A Region I final, former Oklahoma All-American Brianne Barker-Groth has accepted the position as head volleyball coach at Byron Nelson. She will replace Libby Pacheco, who was hired as assistant athletic director for Northwest ISD. Barker-Groth spent the … Read More

Chances are that if you spend a few hours a week on YouTube, you've subscribed to at least one or two specific channels. That also means you've probably experienced “subscriber ghosting,” a term used to explain the weird phenomenon that's affected YouTube creators and viewers for years, but … Read More

Consider the curious case of YouTube. In March 2017, Google admitted it accepted hate preachers, neo-Nazis and other extremists into its YouTube Partner Program. Not only did brands' ads appear next to extremist content, but YouTube's revenue-sharing scheme meant brands were funding hate … Read More