A man interacts with his'smart' sex doll as he lays in a bed in his home in Guangzhou, Guandong Province, China. The smart sex industry is growing, and medical experts warn there's no evidence to show their health benefits or risks. Some sex robot creators have been working on the machines for decades, but a new report shows the medical community can't endorse them as a healthy companion. In fact, there's no evidence showing the dolls have any impact on health at all, according to Susan Bewley, an obstetrician at King's College London and Chantal Cox-George, a doctor at St. George's University Hospitals, also in the British capital. The two analyzed medical journals and general online searches for any primary data relating to health aspects of sex robots and came up short.

Apple is going to revive the MacBook Air, its mostly forgotten small computer. That's according to a new report that suggests that the laptop will get new features and a new lower price tag this year. The new report claims that Apple will release at least three new big products this year: an even bigger, 6.1-inch version of the iPhone X, updated versions of the AirPods, and a MacBook Air. The first two have been long rumoured – but the new MacBook Air is a surprise. 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.

Would you like your oven to send you a text? Your extractor fan to have a life of its own? Your fridge to become something like a robot, able to talk and catalogue what it contains, sending that information to you while you're on your way home? That, at least, is the vision the companies who made your kitchen are pursuing. The smart home – long the preserve of early adopters who want to control their lightbulbs – is gradually growing up.

Exports to China, which drives the world market, soared by around 60 percent, propelled by big investment in its electronics industry and automation. Demand was also dynamic in the United States, while growth in Europe remained moderate, the VDMA said.

Sharp Corp. announced Tuesday it will acquire Toshiba Corp.'s once-signature personal computer business in a bid to make a comeback in the PC market. Sharp, controlled by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., will pay ¥4 billion for an 80.1 percent stake in Toshiba Client Solutions Co., a PC-related subsidiary of Toshiba that once held the biggest share of the global laptop market but has since lost out to overseas rivals. The stock transfer is planned for Oct. 1. Sharp also announced it will issue new shares worth up to ¥200 billion to buy back preferred shares from banks, seeking to quickly improve its financial status. Sharp aims to turn Toshiba's money-losing business into a new profit-driver by exploiting its liquid crystal display production and the manufacturing know-how of parent Hon Hai.

India is trying to master third generation warfare, going by the statements from the Centre. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently stated that Artificial Intelligence can be used in a wide range of areas, including guarding the country's borders and securing outer space. Ajay Kumar, Secretary, Defence Production, too thinks AI can be used by all the three forces as it would be a "big area" in future warfare. A 17-member task force headed by Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran has been set up to look into this area. Countries are spending billions of dollars to collaborate with tech giants to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) to produce weaponry for New Age warfare.

SINGAPORE - Singapore government-owned deep technology development firm SGInnovate has made an investment of undisclosed size into Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Aida Technologies. The announcement was made in conjunction with SGInnovate's Arise deep tech event, part of the innovfest unbound 2018 technology showcase. SGInnovate has a mandate to nurture deep-tech start-ups. SGInnovate said that its investment is centred on Aida Technologies' straight-through processing (STP) engine, which is deployed with a "major insurer" in Singapore and was built to speed up processing of its health insurance claims. Shortening processing times from "days to mere seconds", the STP engine processes thousands of claims monthly, SGInnovate said in a statement.

These are people (psst, conspiracy theorists) who believe that the earth is flat. Even after years of research and all the evidence to the contrary, they still believe that if we walk far enough we will fall off the edge. Do you find that crazy? So when someone tried to translate the line "I am a flat-earther" to French, Translate wrote, "Je suis un fou" which literally means "I am a crazy person" in English. Of course, the spokesperson apologised profusely when this was brought to his notice, calling it a "glitch" that will be "taken care of immediately."

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks Monday during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference at the San Jose Convention Center. Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks Monday during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference at the San Jose Convention Center. Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a wide-ranging interview on Monday as the company kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Steve Inskeep: Thank you very much for taking the time. This is really great to talk with you. Apple CEO Tim Cook: It is great to be here with you. I want to begin with some news that you made -- and by the time people will hear this interview we will have explained essentially what it was -- having to do with screen time and parental controls. I want to get at the thinking behind that: What, if anything, bothers you about the amount of time people are spending on your phones? If you back up and think about what we've -- what we're about -- we've never been about maximizing usage of our devices. It's never been a focus of ours. What we've always try to do is infuse humanity into our products, and give you something that amplifies something you want to do, or enables you to create something that you couldn't create otherwise. And it -- sort of to make your difference in the world.

Intel's demonstration of a massive, 28-core PC chip will cap off what promises to be a busy Computex keynote on Tuesday in Taipei, complete with a special record-breaking Anniversary Edition 8086K processor, the formal announcements of the Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake processor families, one-watt panels designed to drastically improve laptop battery life, and more. "More" includes a look at mobile PCs from Asus and Lenovo with not one but two screens, of which PCWorld was allowed an exclusive sneak peek. It's all great news for a PC industry that's worked hard to climb back from declining sales. "The PC industry has been improving, which is great, and a large part of that is due to the innovation we've been driving with our PC partners," said Gregory Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the client computing group at Intel. Bryant said his speech will detail how Intel plans to make the PC a "personal contribution platform."