Gill Pratt, chief executive officer of Toyota Research Institute, speaks at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2016. Toyota established a $1 billion Silicon Valley beachhead when it created the Toyota Research Institute in 2015 to focus on next-generation mobility, robotics and advanced materials. Now it's furthering that effort with a dedicated venture fund focused on innovative startups working on complementary tech solutions. The automotive giant on Tuesday launched Toyota AI Ventures, with initial funding of $100 million. The first three companies its backing are Israel-based Intuition Robotics; SlamCore of the U.K.; and Nauto, a Silicon Valley-based firm.

Over the last several years, a team of roboticists at the University of Tehran has been working on increasingly large and complex life-size humanoids. For their latest project, however, the Iranian researchers decided to build something smaller--and cuter. Surena Mini is a knee-high robot with a sleek 3D-printed body, articulated limbs, and a round head with two camera-eyes. "The main purpose of this robot is to provide researchers and students with a reliable robotic platform for educational and research applications," Aghil Yousefi-Koma, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Tehran, told IEEE Spectrum. He added that his group also has plans to offer the robot "for helping autistic and deaf children."

AI beat us at chess, and now they're looking to defeat us in soccer too. After Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence bested our best Go player, South Korea is now setting its sights on making AI that can play soccer. Hosted by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), the AI World Cup will see university students across South Korea developing AI programs to compete in a series of online games, reported The Korea Times. The prelims will begin in November. "The football matches will be conducted in a five on five tournament," a KAIST spokesperson told the publication on Tuesday.

Facebook is going to start pushing more adverts out to users, the company has revealed. It's set to introduce ads to Messenger, its chat platform, which Facebook users have to install in order to message other users. The company has hinted that it's close to maxing out the total number of ads it can squeeze into people's News Feeds, and adding more of them to Messenger appears to be its solution. 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.

The iPhone 8 might not be ready before its release date, a new report claims. Some central features in the new Apple handset still look like they will need more improvement at launch, according to Fast Company. As such, Apple might ship the hardware required to make them work, but not enable them until it can send a fix through a software update later on. The new iPhone is expected to be the most radical redesign ever, and bring with it new features including a screen that stretches all the way over the front of the screen. 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.

Donald Trump says he will not reign in his use of Twitter, despite criticism of his online behaviour. He's a known to be a big fan of the social media platform, and chose to keep tweeting from his @realDonaldTrump account even after gaining control of the @POTUS account after becoming President. In recent weeks, he's caused widespread controversy by using the platform to attack Mayor of London Sadiq Khan over his response to the London Bridge terror attack, and by posting an edited video of him wrestling with a man whose head had been replaced with a CNN logo. 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.

The first legitimate-looking picture of Google's highly anticipated upcoming flagship smartphone has leaked. The Pixel is one of the best handsets on the market, and is considered by many to have the most impressive camera capabilities of any smartphone. Its successor appears to be at least partly inspired by the Samsung Galaxy S8 and HTC U11 – two handsets it will go head-to-head with when it launches later this year. 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.

"Overwatch" broadcasters stand beside the trophy awarded to the winner of the "Overwatch" World Cup, a tournament held by Blizzard Entertainment last year. "Overwatch" broadcasters stand beside the trophy awarded to the winner of the "Overwatch" World Cup, a tournament held by Blizzard Entertainment last year. More than 6,000 people waited in a snowstorm to buy New England Patriots season tickets after Robert Kraft bought the struggling football franchise in 1994. "If the fans really believe you're committed to winning, you have a great opportunity to build a great franchise," he recalled at an investment conference in Beverly Hills last year. Kraft, who saved the Patriots from moving and turned them into a perennial Super Bowl contender, is now wagering millions of dollars that New Englanders will get behind him once again.

Visabot, a Facebook-owned artificial intelligence tech company, has launched a $150 service to help the Facebook Messenger users navigate through the complicated process of applying for a Green Card. "We created our own immigration AI so our success rate grows as the bot learns. What you need to do is answer are you a U.S. citizen other thing you should know and the bot will use this info to generate the whole package for you all you have to do is file it with us immigration services," Visabot COO Andrey Zinoviev announced Tuesday. Read: Immigration Reform 2016: Were Green Cards Sent To Wrong People? The service will let you know -- immediately upon entering your data -- whether you qualify for a Green Card.

For Samuel Hookham and his younger brother, Overwatch was an obsession that took root last spring. They played the fast-paced shooter video game almost every day, passing the PlayStation 4 controller back and forth across the couch in their family's California home. Samuel was surprised to find himself selecting a female avatar. Overwatch offers two dozen characters of different genders and races, each with a richly drawn personality. But when Samuel played, he was almost always Symmetra, a slight but potent warrior.