Now a new interdisciplinary Tel Aviv University study published in Light: Science and Applications demonstrates a way of streamlining the process of designing and characterizing basic nanophotonic, metamaterial elements. The study was led by Dr. Haim Suchowski of TAU's School of Physics and Astronomy and Prof. Lior Wolf of TAU's Blavatnik School of Computer Science and conducted by research scientist Dr. Michael Mrejen and TAU graduate students Itzik Malkiel, Achiya Nagler and Uri Arieli. "The process of designing metamaterials consists of carving nanoscale elements with a precise electromagnetic response," Dr. Mrejen says. "But because of the complexity of the physics involved, the design, fabrication and characterization processes of these elements require a huge amount of trial and error, dramatically limiting their applications." "Our new approach depends almost entirely on Deep Learning, a computer network inspired by the layered and hierarchical architecture of the human brain," Prof. Wolf explains.

Intel Israel CEO Garty said that the company is "proud of the cooperation with the Technion, which will promote Israeli technology and Intel's technological leadership in the field of artificial intelligence." The Technion and Intel inaugurated a new research center this month to advance artificial intelligence (AI) technology and ramp up collaboration between the two entities. "The Technion is the leading university in Israel in the field of artificial intelligence and is one of the top ten universities in the world in the field," Mannor said. In 2018, the Technion ranked 7th in the Computer Science Rankings. The Technion has about 20 faculty members whose main field of research is computational learning and another 40 researchers working in related fields.

The Humble WB Games Classics Bundle offers exactly what you'd expect: The hits. The bundle offers some seriously great PC games from classic franchises like Batman, Mad Max, and Middle-earth, and better yet, they're available for a ludicrously low price--just $12 to unlock all seven games included in the bundle. But Humble lets you pay what you want for its bundles, giving a portion of the proceeds to charity, and even $1 will let you in on some action. The $1 tier unlocks Batman: Arkham Origins, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition, and Scribblenauts Unlimited. Paying more than the average donation--currently sitting at $4.12--gets you DC Comics brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us, the open world Mad Max adaptation, and Bastion, a breathtaking action RPG that topped many games of the year lists when it released.

Data from the vast majority of apps is harvested and shared with Google, a comprehensive study of the Android ecosystem has revealed. Researchers from Oxford university analysed 959,000 apps from the UK and US Google Play stores, finding that almost 90 per cent of Android apps share data with Google. The study also revealed that around half of the apps transfer data to at least 10 third parties, such as Facebook and Twitter. The study's authors attribute the mass-data harvesting to the rise of "freemium" apps that rely on advertising and data sharing for revenue. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

But the deals are here already. The Black Friday phenomenon – which already stretches over the following weekend and into Cyber Monday – grows each year, taking up more days and more focus. That is matched by companies who are more and more desperate to show off their deals, including Amazon. This year, the company has launched its Black Friday page with eight days left to go. And as ever, the best deals look to be on Amazon's own stuff.

Cathay Pacific has been hacked and some 9.4 million customers may have had their most personal data stolen, it has warned. The breach included passport details and credit card numbers, Hong Kong's flag carrier said. The company found the hack during a review of its IT security processes, it said. While it was doing so, it found that someone had broken into an information system including passenger data on the 9.4 million people, it said. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph.

Wang Qishan and Benjamin Netanyahu toured a number of exhibits by high-tech Israeli start-ups focused on self-driving cars, health care and agriculture. They were scheduled to attend an evening gala event and the opening of an Israeli innovation center on Thursday.

Zipping around corners and over hills, the car's high beams are on to improve vision while the driver's hand remains poised to turn them off at a moment's notice, lest they blind oncoming traffic and cause an accident. Xin Li believes there is a better solution, and he's working with China's largest headlight manufacturer to make it a reality. "Modern headlights don't have just one or two light bulbs, they can have up to a million," said Li, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University and Duke Kunshan University. "I'm working with industry partners to create a'smart headlight' that can control each pixel individually and automatically light up different areas in front of the car after recognizing the surrounding environment." For example, the headlight could reduce the amount of light pointed at an oncoming car while simultaneously increasing the illumination of an upcoming road sign. Or it could detect nearby pedestrians and alert the driver by highlighting their body while avoiding shining light directly into their eyes.

Bright Machines today announced the closure of a $179 million funding round and launched out of stealth. The company aims to automate manufacturing operations in factories and make manufacturing hardware as simple as building software is today. Bright Machines was founded six months ago in part by former Autodesk interim CEO Amar Hanspal, while former lon Autodesk CEO Carl Bass sits on the company board of directors. Autodesk alum are joined by former Autodesk and Flex employees. Bright Machines operates on the belief that low-cost manufacturing in developing nations has reached its limits as more economies enter the middle class and factories encounter challenges hiring employees at the lower pay rates that have been common in the past.

We are living in the phenomenal era where Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to Sophia, the first robot citizen. Since then she proved herself wistful, rational and in true sense'intelligent'. Recently she spoke at Brain Bar, The Biggest European Festival of the Future. She is absolute in facial expressions, mannerism and answering questions. The new cult is developed; we witnessed the pinnacle of AI.