ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Two Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike has targeted a compound in a northwestern tribal region along the Afghan border, killing three suspected militants. The officials said two suspects were also wounded in Friday's strike on a border village in the Kurram tribal region. If confirmed, it would be the first U.S. drone strike on Pakistan since President Donald Trump announced his new strategy for Afghanistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to brief media. The officials said apparently Afghan Taliban, including member Abdul Salam, were targeted but it was unclear whether they were present at the time. Salam is a relative of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, who served as ambassador to Pakistan during the Taliban's rule.

The city of Atlanta tested a self-driving vehicle on one of its busiest streets Thursday. The test on North Avenue in the city's bustling Midtown area meant that Atlanta has become one of the largest urban areas to test autonomous vehicles, joining Sao Paulo and Shanghai. Here's a look at some of the key aspects of the test and the issues involved: The test was aimed at showing how an autonomous vehicle would navigate in real-world traffic. On Thursday, a Tesla vehicle made multiple trips along an approximately 1-mile-long (1.6-kilometer-long) route as members of the media rode along. Tesla was not officially involved with the test.

PARIS – The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance is gambling that mass-market drivers are going to pivot soon to electric cars, announcing plans Friday to produce 12 new electric models by 2022 and to make electric cars 30 percent of its overall output. The carmakers -- who collectively sold more vehicles than any other company in the world in the first half of this year -- also announced plans to make "robo-taxis," driverless public transport vehicles and autonomous cars aimed at middle-class consumers. The announcements are part of an overall strategic plan released Friday, aimed at taking advantage of the alliance's growing reach after taking in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. last year to consolidate its position and make electric and driverless cars more affordable. They also unveiled a new logo for the three-way alliance and renamed it Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi. CEO Carlos Ghosn is betting that upcoming government restrictions on diesel and gasoline cars will push drivers to go electric instead. "We don't' know how much time it's going to take . . . Britain and France have decided to ban new diesel and gasoline car sales from 2040 and China is considering a similar move.

President Vladimir Putin was interrupted by a robot in a bizarre incident at a Russian technology show. The leader shook hands with a robot during a visit to a technology firm after it recognised him and introduced itself. Putin, 64, was photographed shaking hands with the black and white robot during a visit to a technology firm in the city of Perm in central Russia's Perm Krai region. While the Russian leader was talking to the machine's creator, the robot recognised Putin's face and said hello The robot features a facial recognition feature and saw the Russian President. It then interrupted his creator who was speaking to Putin and introduced itself. The robot said: 'Hello Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin's full name, used to address him politely].

PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three people in the tribal area of Pakistan near the Afghanistan border on Friday, a senior regional official said, in what Afghan Taliban sources say was an attack targeting a Haqqani network militant.

Even though many people know Huawei only for their devices, Huawei is one of the biggest telecom infrastructure provider in the world and works with nearly all major telecom service providers across the globe. Huawei Connect is Huawei's annual Enterprise Business Group event where it covers many keynotes, panel discussions and expo regarding the latest technology in the field of telecommunications, wireless and cloud technology, ICT and more. It is one of the biggest ICT industry event and Huawei has just concluded the Huawei Connect 2017 event, 5th-7th September, in Shanghai at the Shanghai New International Expo Center Here is a brief summary of the event covering its highlights. Huawei Connect 2017 - Highlights and Summary Huawei Connect 2017 event started with a gala dinner for media on the night of 4th September. The first day of Huawei Connect 2017 started with the keynote speech on the topic Grow with the Cloud: Enabling an Intelligent World by Mr. Guo Ping, Rotating CEO of Huawei.

AQAP has taken advantage of a more than two-year civil war between the Iran-aligned Houthi group and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's Saudi-backed government to strengthen its position in the impoverished country.

Wang Gongxian, vice director of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University introduced that the robot arm with the operating forceps can freely rotate 540 degrees, which is more flexible than human arms. Wang added that the trauma caused in operations performed by surgical robots can be smaller and the treatment can be more precise compared with traditional operations. Robot arms were designed according to the functions of human hands. They will not tremble even if a doctor's hands shake, said Ou Yongsheng, a researcher at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology under Chinese Academy of Sciences. In addition, the robots will immediately stop working in case of an emergency, such as instable voltage or power failure, Wang noted.

In France it is termed "Industrie du Futur", in Japan "Society 5.0 and Connected Industries", while in Canada it is called "Innovation and Skills Plan", and the European Union launched in 2016 "Digitising European Industry – Reaping the full benefits of a Digital Single Market", but the most commonly used term globally is the German "Industrie 4.0". However, the different approaches to this development give indications on the complexity of the phenomenon. Basically it is directed on the digital transformation of the society and its consequences with special focus on developments in robotics, the industrial application of artificial intelligence, 3D printing technologies and real-time big data analytics. When the Italian presidency of G7 calling to the first meeting September 25-26 it is these questions that are on the table with focus on innovation within the field. Small- and medium-sized businesses are seen as key-players in this development, and the necessary collaboration with bigger business and higher education requires openness concerning free flow of data and information, interoperability of systems, access to enabling digital infrastructures.

With recent advances in science and technology, particularly in machine learning, organizations need to adopt more comprehensive analytics strategies rather than basic analytics as large volumes of data is needed to be analyzed. Predictive learning is a technique of machine learning which aims to build a model that makes predictions based on evidence in the presence of uncertainty. It can be called as an attempt to learn with a minimum of pre-existing mental structure. Predictive learning helps in solving real world's problems in economics, business and government sector. Apart from this, it can be applied to a range of businesses to influence the future strategies including BFSI companies on account of escalating incidences of defaulters and stringent regulations for ensuring compliance with banking principles.