4 of the coolest new features in the Samsung Galaxy Note 9
The Galaxy Note 9 isn't exactly the most exciting new device. It has a near-identical design to last year's Galaxy Note 8 and it runs Android 8.1 Oreo, which isn't the latest version of Android. Just...
View ArticleThree simple charts show just how dedicated Google is to dominating Amazon...
Researchers at CB Insights waded into Google's earnings, public statements and patent filings to illustrate where the search giant is headed.When it comes to artificial intelligence, Google is filing...
View Article'The future will be won or lost on this technology. I'm very concerned': The...
Investors and entrepreneurs say that the US may soon fall behind in the race to build better artificial intelligence.While many agree that the US was a leader in the technology's development, in recent...
View ArticleFacebook is trying to use AI to make MRI scans ten times faster (FB)
Facebook is trying to use AI to make MRI scans up to 10x faster.The social network's AI lab has teamed up with the NYU School of Medicine for a new research project.The company has access to 3 million...
View ArticleThis former judge is heading the World Economic Forum's approach to AI —...
Artificial intelligence poses both promise and perils for societies and their citizens.Kay Firth-Butterfield, who heads the AI program at the World Economic Forum, is working with governments,...
View ArticleThis new AI can track 200 eye movements to determine your personality traits
German scientists have developed software that can detect character traits through eyetracking, according to a new study.Using over 200 physical behaviours, such as the frequency with which subjects...
View Article19 of the coolest things your Google Home can do (GOOG, GOOGL)
The Google Home is in millions of households. Earlier this year, Google revealed that it had sold more than one Home smart speaker device every second since October. According to our own calculations,...
View ArticleHAL is the robot child who bleeds, screams, and cries for its mother — and...
HAL is a robot five-year-old boy.It can cry, call out for its mother, bleed, and get angry.Medical students can also practise all sorts of medical procedures on HAL.The idea is to add some emotional...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: Technology is undergoing a generational shift — and buying...
Morgan Stanley says we've entered the type of computing cycle that comes around only every 10 years, with a specific focus on data technology.The firm has identified 26 companies it thinks possess a...
View ArticleThe guy who used to head up Google China says he knows the key to the...
Kai-Fu Lee, a longtime technology executive who previously served as president of Google China, has helped US companies such as Microsoft and Google operate in China for years.As Google considers a...
View ArticleChinese entrepreneurs have a completely different definition of winning than...
Former Google China president and legendary tech investor Kai-Fu Lee says China is outpacing the US in the development of its mobile applications and AI.He predicts that the country's tech will usurp...
View ArticleAn AI startup that claimed it can beat doctors in an exam is putting $100...
British startup Babylon Health says it will invest $100 million from its own balance sheet into hiring hundreds of scientists to push forward the use of artificial intelligence in health.Babylon...
View ArticleNvidia gets a $350 price target — the most bullish on Wall Street (NVDA)
Nvidia received a $350 price target at Needham — the most bullish on Wall Street. The chipmaker on Wednesday launched AI data center platform TensorRT, which could deliver the industry’s most...
View ArticleAmazon's Alexa is getting smarter about sports — it can tell you the odds of...
Amazon lately has been bulking up the sports-related knowledge of its Alexa intelligent assistant.Alexa can now give the odds on upcoming games and answer questions about players' career statistics.In...
View ArticleThe Marines want to use artificial intelligence to counter one of their...
Sea mines remain a real and terrifying threat and are a central part of many countries' plans to disrupt maritime operations in the event of a conflict.The US Navy has been looking at remote and...
View ArticleA music exec who lived through the industry’s darkest period reveals what to...
To hear the experts tell it, if your business is connected to healthcare, energy, financial services manufacturing or call centers, then there's a chance you'll soon be toast.A group of companies,...
View ArticleChina's Alibaba is planning to make an artificial intelligence inference chip...
Alibaba aims to launch its first self-developed AI inference chip in the second half of 2019 that could be used for autonomous driving, smart cities and logistics.The company will set up a dedicated...
View ArticleGoogle had to change Gmail's new Smart Reply responses because its AI kept...
Gmail's "Smart Reply" feature suggests quick responses at the bottom of emails. "I love you" was often a suggested reply until Google changed it in testing. Another common early suggestion was "Sent...
View ArticleInside Facebook's plan to turn a scrapped AI project into a tool to reshape...
Facebook is on a mission to help people who speak different languages understand one another.It's using M Suggestions, its virtual assistant in Messenger, to translate real-time conversations, and has...
View ArticleThe best way to avoid killer robots and other dystopian uses for AI is to...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and starting to be adopted widely.The technology has the potential to transform society.But it could lead to lots of negative outcomes, such as...
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