SoundHound’s voice assistant lives inside its own speaker

Alexa and Google Home aren't the only pieces of voice-controlled assistant hardware available this holiday season. Today SoundHound announced the first third-party speaker to harness the power of its Hound platform. Built by Boombotix, the stand-alon...

Hound’s voice-recognition technology books an Uber for you

Virtual assistants are getting better at their jobs. With Siri, Cortana or Google Now on your smartphone, it's not hard to pin down the closest artisanal coffee shop in a new neighborhood, set up a reminder to water your plants or find the quickest c...