<span>STORY: From Apple and Google’s deal with Glasses for the Blind, this is Tech Weekly.</span><span>:: Tech Weekly</span><span>Apple and Google owner Alphabet made a deal.</span><span>The iPhone manufacturer will use Google’s Gemini models for its renewed Siri, which will be released towards the end of this year.</span><span>It is deepening its alliances in the age of artificial intelligence and strengthening Alphabet’s position in the race against OpenAI.</span><span>Google’s technology already uses much of Samsung’s Galaxy AI.</span><span>But the Siri deal opens the door to a huge market with Apple’s base of more than two billion active devices.</span><span>And there’s no sign of Apple’s dominance of global smartphones waning.</span><span>The company led the industry with a 20% market share last year, just ahead of Samsung.</span><span>Leading analyst Counterpoint Research said the firm is seeing strong demand in emerging and mid-market markets.</span><span>And we enjoyed strong sales of the iPhone 17 series.</span><span>The latest innovations in the technology industry were showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.</span><span>.lumen exhibited its product called Glasses for the Blind.</span><span>The device is worn on a person’s head and acts similar to a guide dog.</span><span>The glasses use tactile information to help blind people go about their daily lives, the company said.</span><span>It uses artificial intelligence to distinguish safe and unsafe surfaces.</span><span>A new robotaxi design has been unveiled in Vegas.</span><span>It is the product of a partnership between EV maker Lucid, Uber and autonomous vehicle technology firm Nuro.</span><span>The car uses Nvidia’s AI driving hardware and can drive itself in certain conditions without a human using Nuro’s autonomous technology.</span><span>David Salguero is Nuro’s Chief Communications Officer.</span><span>“We’re basically using an AI autonomy base model that learns as it goes. So as you drive and test it, both on the road and in simulations, it gets better and better at driving.”</span><span>The group plans to launch robotaxi services in the San Francisco Bay Area later this year.</span><span>Artificial intelligence wearable products were also exhibited in Vegas.</span><span>Some of the wearable technologies included rings, jewelry, exoskeletons, and glasses.</span><span>AI jewelery company Nirva showed off products it claims can track your mood and log your day.</span><span>Tech firm ible has introduced noise-cancelling headphones that it says can detect pollution and clean the air in front of your face.</span>
