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Apple hires Google's Search and AI chief John Giannandrea to lead its machine learning division

Giannandrea, who took the role of Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google from Amit Singhal in early 2016, will report directly to Cook.

Apple to launch its Siri and Apple HomeKit-enabled HomePod speaker on 9 February

Apple Inc has jumped into the voice speaker wars with the HomePod smart speaker, that uses Siri and will compete against offerings from Amazon and Google.

Apple WWDC 2015: Watch OS 2.0, Apple Music and other updates from the conference

Though the WWDC 2015 wasn't as engaging as everyone may have expected, the two-hour long session had some big software announcements and major tweaks. Here's a quick look at everything Apple announced at the WWDC.

WWDC 2015: iOS 9 to OSX 10.11 to HomeKit; 7 things to look forward to

Analysts, investors and all eager Apple fans are gearing up for the Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, from June 8-12 in San Francisco.

CES 2015: Will Smart Homes go mainstream this year? Let's see what's in store

We take a look at what is expected to be launched in the smart home segment at this year's CES

Samsung buys SmartThings, kickstarts home-automation business

Samsung, Dell and others collaborate for smart home standards

Google I/O: A peek into potential new home automation features for Android

Google Nearby could add home and device automation to Android