Nowadays, you can literally ask a question to an internet-connected device outfitted with voice-recognition technology — a digital assistant — and receive a human-like response.
Digital assistants from Amazon, Apple and Google can only have meager back-and-forth exchanges with us. Listen to how that tells us something about where they’re going in the future.
A powerful, energy-efficient, always-connected laptop is a tantalizing idea. ARM thinks it’s possible to build one with its new Deimos and Hercules chips, but needs a lot of key players to share the same vision.
Shareholders would likely have to sell existing shares and then buy into a fund if they want to remain invested. Any profit from the sale would generate a capital gains tax.
