"Protecting the backward forces who are crying out loud will be the most important factor in destroying innovation," Mr. Ma said. Mr. Ma's comments came a week after he announced his plans to retire in one year as executive chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the internet giant with businesses in online retailing, cloud computing and mobile payments. Mr. Ma said he wanted time to pursue philanthropic interests, but some observers saw his decision as part of the fallout from China's authoritarian government increasing restrictions on internet companies. In recent weeks, Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s shares plunged as the government announced its plan to tighten its grip on videogames. Ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing Technology Co. has come under government scrutiny after police said a driver killed a female passenger, the second since May.

Fortnite is addictive, of that there is no doubt. But reports that it is so addictive it has caused at least 200 divorces are a little overstated. Numerous reports – published by just about every news major news organisation – have recently claimed that some 5 per cent of divorces are being caused by the online game. They all cited a website called Divorce Online, which provides tools to people who are splitting up and need legal advice. And that pointed to some numbers that make clear that the story might not be all that it seems.

When I was in high school in the early 2000s, I spent a week of my summer vacation shadowing a pathologist at the local hospital. Every day in his basement office was basically the same; he'd focus his microscope on a slide of tissue, squinting for minutes at a time, methodically making notes about the shape of the cells, their size, their surroundings. When he had enough data points he'd make the phone call: "Squamous cell carcinoma." For decades, doctors have relied on the well-trained eyes of human pathologists to give their patients a cancer diagnosis. Now, researchers are teaching machines to do that time-intensive work in as little as a few seconds.

The maverick of personal computing is looking for its next big thing in spaces like healthcare, AR, and autonomous cars, all while keeping its lead in consumer hardware. With an uphill battle in AI, slowing growth in smartphones, and its fingers in so many pies, can Apple reinvent itself for a third time? Get the detailed analysis on Apple's trove of patents, acquisitions, earnings calls, recent product releases, and organizational structure. In many ways, Apple remains a company made in the image of Steve Jobs: iconoclastic and fiercely product focused. But today, Apple is at a crossroads. Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple's ability to seize on emerging technology raises many new questions. Looking for the next wave, Apple is clearly expanding into augmented reality and wearables with the Apple Watch and AirPods wireless headphones. Apple's HomePod speaker system is poised to expand Siri's footprint into the home and serve as a competitor to Amazon's blockbuster Echo device and accompanying virtual assistant Alexa. But the next "big one" -- a success and growth driver on the scale of the iPhone -- has not yet been determined. Will it be augmented reality, auto, wearables? Apple is famously secretive, and a cloud of hearsay and gossip surrounds the company's every move. Apple is believed to be working on augmented reality headsets, connected car software, transformative healthcare devices and apps, as well as smart home tech, and new machine learning applications. We dug through Apple's trove of patents, acquisitions, earnings calls, recent product releases, and organizational structure for concrete hints at how the company will approach its next self-reinvention. Given Apple's size and prominence, we won't be covering every aspect of its business or rehashing old news. There's strong evidence Apple is once again actively "cannibalizing itself," putting massive resources behind consumer tech that will render its own iPhone obsolete. Augmented reality is the company's biggest bet.

Cosmos Bank in India recently had $13.5 million siphoned off by hackers linked to the Lazarus Group in North Korea. They exploited and succeeded in compromising two of the bank's payment systems – the ATM Switch and the SWIFT payments system. The group is also alleged to have orchestrated the $81 million cyber heist at Bangladesh Bank by siphoning off SWIFT payments from the bank's Federal Reserve account. These attacks emphasize the need for layered fraud defences and controls that effectively mitigate such risks going forward. As the adage says: "There is no silver bullet!"

Along with the advent of blockchain, artificial intelligence is an innovation that could change the world. As cryptocurrencies have grown more popular in use and application, so too are the number of projects focused on fusing these two technologies together. This blockchain project has become known worldwide for creating the robot called Sophia, the first robot ever to have citizenship. Thanks to this, it's one of the most recognized and prominent projects when it comes to blockchain and AI. Singularity is a decentralized AI marketplace created for the development and funding of AI projects.

In the United States, political parties continue to debate the wisdom of rolling back regulatory mandates imposed on banks after the 2008 financial crash. While some financial services experts argue that the burden of compliance is too high, consumer advocates see a need for continued oversight. The appropriate next steps may be a matter of perspective. One undeniable outcome of those 2008 regulations was an intensified focus by Western banks on compliance, often at the expense of innovation. Asian banks and fintechs, however, pressed ahead – developing new digital business models and client-centric services.

Apple's latest iPhone software update is about to arrive. Just a few days after the company revealed its brand new iPhone Xs, Xs Max and Xr, it's giving everyone else a load of new iPhone features on their old handset too. The new version of iOS brings a whole host of features, arguably deeper than the upgrades in the new hardware. It said during that phone announcement that the new phone would arrive today, on 17 September. That means there's just hours until it drops.

Maria Johnsen holds a degree in political economy, Beauty Arts from Sorbonne University in Paris, BA in Information technology BA in informatics and a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her professional background and education is diverse and includes skills in areas such as sales, multilingual digital marketing, content writing, business intelligence, software design and development. In addition, she possesses the experience and education in the management of complex Information Systems. Maria knows eighteen languages and possesses experience in language instruction, tutoring, and translation. She has also developed a unique teaching method for fast learning "Implications for Upgrading Accelerated Learning Practices In Educational Systems" This method is applied in China and Norway.

Nearly 60 years ago, then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson seized his colleagues with a stark Cold War warning: Whoever wins the space race, he predicted, would gain "control, total control, over the Earth for purposes of tyranny or for the service of freedom." The United States won that race not only by reaching the moon but by inspiring the next generation of scientists, technologists, and optimists. Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin echoed Johnson's forecast in light of the next great technological race: artificial intelligence or AI.