Automated facial recognition systems from Japanese biz NEC will be used on staffers and athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The technology – which is not without its detractors in the UK – was demonstrated at a media event in the city today. It will require athletes, staff, volunteers and the press to submit their photographs before the games start. These will then be linked up to IC chips in their passes and combined with scanners on entry to allow them access to more than 40 facilities. Tsuyoshi Iwashita, head of security for the games, said the aim was to reduce pressure on entry points and shorten queueing time for this group of people.

Google has launched Android Pie, the ninth iteration of its mobile operating system. It follows on from Android Oreo – both alphabetically and in its sweet/ dessert theme – yet its predecessor never achieved a significant market share. More than 85 per cent of all smartphones sold this year run a version of Android, but less than 13 per cent of all Android phones use the Oreo OS. With Android Pie initially only available on Google Pixel phones, it is unlikely to capture much of the market in the coming weeks. But when its wider release comes later this year, a number of features could tempt people to upgrade.

Anonymous has promised to uncover the truth behind the "Qanon" conspiracy theory spreading across the internet and Trump rallies. Qanon and its supporters have become prominent in recent weeks . The conspiracy theory takes in much of the contemporary world, but its central beliefs are that there is a huge undiscovered paedophile ring among the elite and that Donald Trump is uncovering it. The video claims to know who is behind the baseless conspiracy theory and suggests that those associated with Anonymous may launch attacks on people who are sharing it. 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.

Andrew Ng is a great fan of reading research papers as a long term investment in your own study (On Life, Creativity, And Failure about Andrew Ng). Anyone who has worked in our field (AI, Machine Learning) can attest to that. AI is a complex and a rapidly evolving field. It's a challenge to stay up to date with the latest technical details. Based on my experience, in this post, I discuss how you can stay up to date by learning from the community.

From the discovery of an eighth exoplanet circling distant star Kepler-90 to Microsoft's ambitious new project to map and decode the human immune system, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and especially its subset Machine Learning – a field of Computer Science that gives computers the ability to "learn" based on past data – have seen a promising boom in application across numerous industries over the past decade. The investment banking sector is amongst those. Opportunities abound, from the basics – like relieving employees of time-consuming, menial tasks, such as cleaning their inboxes or resetting passwords – to more consequential services – such as fighting money laundering, rogue trading, and cybercrime. Even more, the technology promises to protect employee rights through unprejudiced recruitment. Over the past few years, banks, from HSBC to Credit Suisse, have been partnering with financial technology companies to integrate AI into a wide range of operations.

On July 4, swarms of sugar-happy children, sparkler laden teens, and buzzed, burger-full adults crowd the streets in cities across the US. They stagger in packs, waving flags and wearing flags, acting, and let's not mince words here, like very patriotic fools. Many have the day off, and maybe the day after off, too. Add fireworks, and you have the makings of a very good time. Unless you're a self-driving car developer, in which case you have the makings of a nightmare. See, on most days of the year, walkers act fairly predictably.

Yann LeCun is Director of Facebook AI Research and Silver Professor at NYU, affiliated with the Courant Institute and the Center for Data Science. He received a PhD in Computer Science from Université P&M Curie (Paris). After a postdoc at the University of Toronto, he joined AT&T Bell Labs, and became head of Image Processing Research at AT&T Labs in 1996. He joined NYU in 2003 and Facebook in 2013. His current interests include AI, machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics, and computational neuroscience. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Two years ago, June unveiled its first smart oven, complete with a 2.3-GHz quad-core NVIDIA processor, lots of sensors and a dose of artificial intelligence. In my review, I was mesmerized by how well it cooked a variety of foods simply using preset programs. Unfortunately, at $1,500, it was ridiculously expensive. Today, June is discontinuing it and is ready to reveal its second-generation oven. Not only does it cook faster, it's smarter and, at $600, significantly cheaper.

It's official: the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will use facial recognition as a security measure, confirming a 2017 report that the organizing committee was considering its use. You don't have to worry about your privacy as a spectator, since it will only be used for athletes, staff members and media personnel. That is, unless you were hoping for a ticket-less entry, because you'll still need to show your tickets and submit to luggage checks. Authorities believe face recognition can strengthen the games' security by preventing bad actors from gaining access to venues by stealing, forging or borrowing other people's credentials. They're also hoping that it can decrease athletes' wait times for security checks, since the Olympics will take place during some of the hottest months in Japan.

Google has released the ninth edition of its mobile operating system, with a range of features aimed at providing a more personalised experience for smartphone users. Android Pie – named in line with Google's habit of picking a dessert or sweet-based nickname for its mobile software – will initially only be available on the technology giant's own Pixel smartphones, while other device manufacturers can expect to receive the update by the "end of this fall". The world's most popular mobile operating system is used on nearly every smartphone and tablet that isn't made by Apple, with 85 per cent of all smartphones sold in the first quarter of 2018 running some version of Android. 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. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.