Whenever we talk about natural language voice assistants, we invariably draw parallels to the computer on Star Trek. Soon, those comparisons may be a bit more direct: Roddenberry Entertainment has ...

Star Treks’ original series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager all have one actor in common: Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry). She voiced the ...

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The likes of Microsoft's Cortana and Apple's Siri now allow users to interact with their devices - to a limited extent - simply by speaking to them. But for many users, the gold standard of natural ...

She kept voicing the Star Trek computer for years after Gene Roddenberry died. Now, her voice can go on to voice the Computer in new Star Trek media, Siri-style. Phonemes are the building blocks of ...

This post contains major spoilers for season two, episode seven of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ The USS Cerritos is once more called upon to help out a civilization enslaved by an evil computer, this one ...

Many "Star Trek" gadgets have often found counterparts in the real world: PADDs have become tablets, the holodeck has become modern VR, and communicators became cellphones. One the show's more subtle ...

The Lenovo Titanium Enterprise NCC-1701A is a large computer shaped like the iconic Star Trek Starship Enterprise. The model was unveiled at Lenovo’s Beijing Tech World Conference. Take a look in the ...

Google's senior vice president of search was much more interested in talking about the sci-fi operating system than algorithms at South by Southwest. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011.

Stand aside, Siri. Amazon's Echo smart speaker, with its Alexa voice assistant, has plenty to say. Also, Microsoft makes Office free to use on mobile, and most messaging apps score poorly on security.