Author: Jeff Francis

Jeff Francis is a veteran entrepreneur and founder of Dallas-based digital product studio ENO8. Jeff founded ENO8 to empower companies of all sizes to design, develop and deliver innovative, impactful digital products. With more than 18 years working with early-stage startups, Jeff has a passion for creating and growing new businesses from the ground up, and has honed a unique ability to assist companies with aligning their technology product initiatives with real business outcomes.

Is Facebook building a voice assistant to compete with Siri, Alexa?

Facebook may be aiming its A.I. prowess at a voice-based assistant. Should Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft be worried? In a word: yes. Read More

The jaw-dropping engineering behind America’s next world-beating supercomputer

The U.S. is out of the top 3 in supercomputing for only the second time in the last 2+ decades. Oak Ridge's Summit supercomputer, coming online in 2018, is set to change all that... Read More

Artificial Intelligence helping humanity by battling hurricanes

Weather forecasts, especially during natural disasters like hurricanes, can save or cost lives. Applying A.I. could boost accuracy & save even more. Read More

Walmart and Google team up to topple Amazon (or at least try)

Amazon is coming after Wal-Mart on all fronts. Its most recent partnership with Google shows Wal-Mart is fighting back. Read More

The ethics of artificial intelligence and Moore’s Law

Developing technologies have the power to change the world; they can also lead to unintended consequences. It's time to consider the ethics. Read More

Google’s new algorithm is a better photographer than you

Researchers from Google and MIT recently unveiled a machine learning algorithm that can retouch photos as well as a professional photographer. Read More

Here’s why the best companies are paranoid

Today, innovation is the new normal. Everybody's doing it. And when innovation is commonplace, complacency is anathema. Read More

Does Apple have the next iPhone-level hit on deck? Some would say yes…

Few inventions in history have impacted modern life as much as the iPhone. Does Apple have an innovation successor in the wings? Read More

Your Roomba might be mapping your home… and planning to sell that data

Reports suggest that not only might Roomba's be mapping your home... its parent company could be looking to sell that data to third parties. Read More

AI invented its own language humans can’t understand… ominous or awesome?

When pitting AI agents against one another, a fascinating phenomenon has emerged — AIs can cease speaking in English. Ominous or awesome? Read More

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