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Why we need to stop repeating the “50% by 2020” voice search prediction

It’s one of the most famous predictions about voice search – “By 2020, half of all searches will be conducted via voice.” It appears on everything from presentation slides to thinkpieces: the ultimate justification for prioritising voice search; the ultimate proof that soon, we’ll be living in a much more vocal world.

The thing about statistics is that so often, as they’re cited and re-cited, their context is lost. And sometimes, that context can be very important to understanding what a statistic actually means.

Is healthcare ready for AI, potentially the biggest innovation since the vaccine?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated into many parts of everyday life, if you look hard enough you can see it in unassuming places; from the facial recognition of Google photos to the spam filter in your favourite email app. But perhaps it is in areas of commerce and industry where we can see its value the most.

Manufacturing operations are being optimised, data is being collated and analysed at an ever increasing rate, and deep learning enables ‘intelligent’ machines to make independent decisions without human guidance.

Is the new Amazon Go the future of brick-and-mortar retail?

More than any other company, Amazon pioneered online retail, totally revolutionizing how people shop and in the process, disrupting countless retailers that came before it.

But it isn’t done yet and one of its most audacious projects launches today in Seattle, Washington, the home of its headquarters.