The likes of Microsoft's Cortana and Apple's Siri now allow users to interact with their devices - to a limited extent - simply by speaking to them. But for many users, the gold standard of natural ...

From the early days of the original series through 2009's reboot, there was one voice behind Star Trek's Library Computer Access/Retrieval System, better known as LCARS: Majel Barrett. Voicing LCARS, ...

One of the Star Trek franchise's most distinguishing characteristics is the AI computer that occupies its Federation vessels. Since The Original Series, the actor tasked with providing that voice was ...

His vision of the future inspired legions of engineers, nerds, and techies, as well as Bluetooth headsets, the iPad, Siri, and cell phones. But what kind of techie was the late Star Trek creator Gene ...

It could be said that there are two types of people: those for whom the actor LeVar Burton is the host of Reading Rainbow, and those for whom he is Geordi LaForge, Chief Engineer of Star Trek TNG‘s ...

Be still my geeking heart. This official app turns your tablet into a bona-fide "Star Trek" encyclopedia, complete with a sexy-for-the-'80s LCARS interface. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books ...