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Get Ready: Voice Assistants Are Coming to Your Conference Room

Once trapped inside smartphones, voice assistants are now finding new homes in different form factors. Voice assistants are digital assistants that use voice recognition, speech synthesis, and natural language processing (NLP) to power smart speakers and control smart home appliances.

Correction: New Orleans Newspapers story

Ending a nearly seven-year New Orleans newspaper rivalry, the owners of The Advocate newspaper announced Thursday they have purchased The Times-Picayune from the Newhouse family's Advance Local Media.

SAS, pilots reach 3-year deal ending strike

Scandinavian Airlines and its pilots have reached a three-year collective bargaining agreement that put an end to a six-day strike that grounded more than 4,000 flights and affected hundreds of thousands of passengers.

Fiat Chrysler expects improvements after weak first quarter

Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Friday reported a 47% drop in profits for the first quarter of the year due largely to changes in production, but expressed confidence that new models will help the U.S.-Italian company meet full-year profit targets.

US: Nevada has 'remarkable' disregard for national security

The state of Nevada has displayed "remarkable" disregard for national security in its continued legal battle over the secret shipment of weapons-grade plutonium to a site near Las Vegas, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.