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The Smart Home Jury Is Still Out on Matter, AI Could Help

Since the first smart gadgets started to surface a few years ago, the fabled smart home of the future has been edging closer to being a realistic, everyday reality ...

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Will Apple’s Vision Pro Dent the Universe?

Apple finally drew back the curtain Monday on the Vision Pro headset at WWDC 2023, and the leadership team dedicated some serious time to explaining how the device functions and how to use it ...

One More Thing…Apple Unveils Vision Pro Mixed-Reality Headset at WWDC23

The long-anticipated product met expectations, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "This is a spatial computer that you wear on your head," he told TechNewsWorld....

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Qualcomm’s Gen AI: A Unique Opportunity Beyond Innovation

Qualcomm has aggressively developed and integrated generative AI capabilities across its extensive semiconductor line for the past few years. For those few people who have been entirely off the information grid, AI uses intelligent algorithms to produce new and original material, such as photographs, images, movies, and music, based on data already present...

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New HP and Sonos Devices Accentuate the Ultimate Home Office Workstation

Every six months or so, I re-evaluate the configuration of my home office workstation for improvements and enhancements. Admittedly, my specific requirements skew to the higher end of what the typical home office worker needs. I conduct a video podcast every week and need simultaneous and convenient access to both my MacBook Pro and Dell minitower ...

ChatGPT’s Arrival on iPhone Sparks Reprise of Privacy Concerns

OpenAI has stated that it takes privacy seriously and implements measures to safeguard user data, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "However, it's always a good idea to review the specific privacy policies and practice...

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AMD Could Rescue the Windows Thin and Light Laptop Market from Apple

Let's get something straight: if someone had time traveled to 1995 and told me that AMD might be able to "save" the laptop market from Apple with their chips in 2023, I would have immediately asked them how many drinks they had consumed ...

Telly Offers Half-Million Free 55-Inch 4K TVs, Advertisers To Pick Up Tab

"Telly is one of the more intriguing attempts to address the market of users who are willing to give up their data in exchange for a free TV," added Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, in San Jose, Calif "This could be attractive to a non-trivi...

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Calix Doubles Down on Genuine Industry Standards

Calix is a leading provider of broadband communication access systems and software that helps broadband service providers (BSPs) offer internet-related services to homeowners, renters, and businesses ...

Social Media Fueled the Run on Silicon Valley Bank: Study

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif., acknowledged that there are certainly market vulnerabilities that exist when social media posts run amok and cause bank runs or even push stocks higher or lower However, he maintained that...

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Infineon’s New SEMPER X1 Tackles EV, Smart Car Latency Challenges

Infineon Technologies last week introduced the automotive industry’s first LPDDR Flash memory to support the development of new E/E (electrical and electronic) systems for semi-autonomous vehicles. Safe, dependable, and real-time code execution, which is essential for automotive zone and domain control, is provided by the Infineon SEMPER X1 LPDDR Flash solution...

Generative AI Is Here: Forrester Offers Tech Execs Tips on Next Steps

The use of "chat" in a generative AI like ChatGPT can also confuse execs who are nimrods to AI. "They confuse generative AI with simple chatbots commonly used for customer service on websites," observed Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif...

Investment Scams Skyrocket, Victims in US Fleeced for $4B in 2022

Investment scams have existed since the invention of currency. According to Mark N. Vena, CEO and principal analyst at SmartTech Research, the web makes investment scams particularly easy on the unsuspecting That happens because many individuals fail to research investments an...

Apple Launches 4.15% APY Savings Account for Cash-Weary Consumers

This is yet another building block in Apple's long-term marketing strategy to extend favorable "rewards" programs to help keep Apple customers firmly ensconced in its ecosystem by adding financing and credit element capability to its bag of marketing tools, suggested Mark N. Vena, CEO and principal analyst at SmartTech Research...

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Gen AI and AR/VR: Unintended Consequences, Unproven Mainstream Appeal

Over the past few months, I've been reading with increasing fascination the tech segment's obsession with high-profile apps like ChatGPT, the poster child of generative AI apps that have burst on the scene ...

C-3PO Style Humanoid Robots Thrive From Surge in AI Development

"Generative AI has certainly been a significant enabling element for the development of humanoid robots," observed Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research "For humanoid robots to be perceived as a 'human,' generative AI utilities can provide lifel...

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HP Affirms ‘Better Together’ at Its Amplify Event

HP last week, at its Amplify Partner Conference in Chicago, unveiled several new laptops with a focus on productivity, along with a few peripherals, including printers and genuinely wireless headphones ...

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Bark and Calix Partner To Combat Cyberbullying

The issue of cyberbullying has gained significant attention in recent years due to the widespread use of the internet and social media platforms in particular ...

Google Invites Public To Test Drive Its AI Chatbot Bard

Undoubtedly, Google is in catch-up mode, maintained Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in San Jose, Calif "I think Google is under enormous market pressure to get Bard into the mainstream marketplace ASAP as there's been somewhat of a perceptio...

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NTT Points to IOWN as the Future of Networking Infrastructure

NTT Research, a branch of conglomerate parent firm NTT, last week announced that it would expand the size of its optical research center by 2023 ...

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