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When I woke up this morning, I asked my assistant a simple question: “Siri, is it going to rain today?” Siri understood my intent, pulled the local weather data via an API and answered me in less than two seconds: “There’s no rain in the forecast for...

I extract items for the Wrap from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow. To make sure you never miss an issue, subscribe to my weekly email briefing. Webinar Alert On Thursday I’ll present a webinar on communication to employees about the political...

This piece was written for the BBC World Service’s Business Daily. This year is going to be an interesting one, but in technology it’s going to be particularly so. Social media is going to see some reverses, as users start to wake up to the compromises...

Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning are enabling computers to understand the world and respond intelligently to it. Google is already embracing these technologies for Android, but they’re poised to have bigger implications...

The in-flight screen: an endangered species on internal US flights? Photo by idivilayil on Flickr. You can now sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 12 links for you...