It was all about the AI yesterday — and all the ways Google wants to "do it for you" by leveraging its smart (and getting smarter by the minute) digital assistant. Upgrades are coming — some expected, like a competitor to the Echo Show. Others, like Google's new AI-enhanced news feed, not so much.  Read More...

Inventory shrinkage accounts for $48.9 billion in U.S. retail losses each year, and some retailers catch as few as 10 percent of the shoplifters behind it. Otto Lowe, CFO at DeepCam, says the time has come to pair video surveillance with biometrics and AI to give chain retailers the information they need to identify and stop theft before it happens.  Read More...

When moving money between people and businesses, the preferred speed is always faster, and the preferred time of arrival is usually yesterday. How to pick up the pace? The methods are myriad. But those who take it slow run the risk of being permanently left in the dust.  Read More...