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Google Acquires Sound Authentication Startup 'SlickLogin'

2014-02-16 23:34:10| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

It'll hack off your pets, we bet, but SlickLogin's high-frequency sound wave technology will at least allow you to log into your favorite websites faster.

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Google acquires human-like AI company for $500 million, Skynet is now a real possibility

2014-01-27 18:22:47| Extremetech

Google has acquired the British artificial intelligence company DeepMind for $500 million. There is no doubt that this acquisition is linked to Google's hiring of futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil, and the string of eight robotics acquisitions that ended last year with the purchase of Boston Dynamics, one of the world's biggest names in robotics. All the pieces are now in place for a Google-created Skynet and the robotic Judgment Day apocalypse that would surely follow.

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Google acquires artificial intelligence company DeepMind

2014-01-27 13:28:41| InfoWorld: Top News

Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for $400 million. A Google representative confirmed the deal Sunday via email, but said the company's isn't providing any additional information at this time.

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Google acquires Nest for $3.2 billion: Is it finally time for smart homes to become a reality?

2014-01-14 18:59:14| Extremetech

Google has acquired Nest Labs, maker of the Nest thermostat and Protect smoke detector, for the princely sum of $3.2 billion in cash. Putting aside the utterly absurd price -- it's twice what Google paid for YouTube, and 64 times what it paid for Android -- the main takeaway here is that Google, after a false start with Android@Home, is getting back into the home automation/smart home/internet of things game. The big picture, ladies and gentlemen, is that your dream of a smart, internet-connected home, with water, heating, light, security, and AC that you can control from anywhere, is very nearly here -- and it'll be powered by Google.

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