Before You Pay That Ticket, Consult Your Robot Lawyer
DoNotPay, a new artificial intelligence robot, helps users contest parking tickets. It can talk to you, generate documents and answer questions - just like a real lawyer. In the 21 months since the free app launched, it has taken on 250,000 cases and won 160,000, giving it a success rate of 64 percent. Not bad if we do say so ourselves.
IoT in Your Ear
Listen up! Oticon has introduced a new hearing aid that connects to a user's smartphone to push out timely notifications - when a connected lock is unlocked, when a connected doorbell rings or even when a connected smoke alarm goes off. These benefits are pretty significant, as they can alert the user to potentially dangerous situations and, not to mention, make day-to-day life easier to manage.
US Mobile Internet Speeds Lag Behind
A new report released by Akamai claims that the UK has the fastest mobile Internet speeds - 27.9 Mbps on average - while the US is clocking in at a slower 5.1 Mbps, just below the likes of Kenya and Paraguay. So if you’re aiming to watch the summer Olympics at work, just know that your British counterparts are likely whizzing by you faster than Usain Bolt to see who crosses the finish line.
