The deal underlines the chip maker's determination to make sure it can provide the computing power needed for autonomous vehicles.

I was raised in a house designed to keep us safe when doomsday came, but now I live in one filled with idiot AI assistants and incompetent cleaners.

In the past week Facebook and Google have announced smart displays, and Amazon has released one in Australia for the first time. But what do they do?

If a speaker is to be placed on display in a home it needs to be something that at best is gorgeous and at worst won’t get the neighbours snickering.

Alphabet's self-driving car business, Waymo, sued Uber Technologies Inc. for stealing trade secrets in the development of autonomous cars, accelerating an already-heated rivalry over the nascent technology.