Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 32 – the first one in 2019. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
Here's #AI entering #journalism: #Forbes tests AI tool that recommends topics, headlines, links & images and composes first drafts for its writers, Current focus is on short stories, with a roll-out date for the big Forbes story-writing tool still to come. https://t.co/6h9aU4sxZO pic.twitter.com/lXWY1MMqUA
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) January 4, 2019
What do you think of this? In rare actual numbers reveal #Amazon says more than 100mn Alexa-enabled devices have been sold. Impressive or serious problem, considering the number of phones with either Siri or Google Assistant pre-installed? #voiceassistants https://t.co/B3V79DUhIp pic.twitter.com/OyLBlbY7sF
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) January 5, 2019
Now that's an #innovation that could revolutionize the way with interact with our devices. After years of testing, the FCC has approved #Google's radar gesture control #Soli. It uses radar beams to detect gestures, e.g. press a virtual knob or turn a dial. https://t.co/29BNUc0Pxg pic.twitter.com/TbV7bbZwLp
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) January 4, 2019
#China's #MOONLanding Chang'e 4. Maybe in 100 years the 'west' sees it as one of the key moments in which China has shown what is possible if you just 'do it' in contrast to 'laggard west'. And they wish a Sputnik moment would have thoroughly struck them. https://t.co/aMq43tVbau pic.twitter.com/wZ5xzVTimP
— André Cramer (@TheAndreCramer) January 4, 2019