Loom Systems Ltd. is joining the growing ranks of companies applying artificial intelligence to the task of making sense out of the mass of data that overwhelms security professionals. The company today is announcing an operational analytics platform for real-time detection and resolution that reads log files and looks for anomalies. The Tel Aviv-based company says it does this by mathematically modeling the ways in which humans analyze such data, and then simulating the process via machine learning. It correlates each metric to baseline patterns in order to detect anomalies and predict future trends. The result is what the company claims is a 45 percent reduction in mean-time-to-resolution and a 93 percent reduction in log file clutter.

Over the few past years, the demand for real-time interpretation services has increased considerably. The globalisation of business can be considered a huge contributing factor for this phenomenon, as it has increased the opportunities for international trade and opened new markets for businesses all around the world. In order to be competitive and keep up with this increase in demand for interpreting services, developers have been working on technological solutions to meet the requirements for high-quality simultaneous interpretations, but can tech really replace humans when it comes to interpreting? Real-time translation systems include applications that can be installed on smartphones, computers, or other gadgets linked to the Internet. The words of the speaker are transcribed by a computer server, which analyses the content and selects the closest translation from a vast collection of phrase pairs in its database.

SoftBank's robot, 'Pepper', performs during a news conference in Taipei Thomson Reuters Drew Breunig works with data, technology, advertising and more. He works on business applications at @PlaceIQ and is Co-founder at @GetReporter. Follow him on Twitter at @dbreunig. As buzzwords become ubiquitous they become easier to tune out. We've finely honed this defense mechanism, for good purpose. It's better to focus on what's in front of us than the flavor of the week.

We are living in the Rise of the Machines. No, Skynet and its hordes of Terminators haven't materialized just yet, but there are many that fear that advances in automation and Artificial Intelligence are a serious threat to humanity in at least one aspect: jobs. In America, more jobs are already lost to robots and automation than to China, Mexico or any other country. But the global impact of the these systems will be felt even more strongly. I believe that the proliferation of'virtual talent' will have a profound effect on intellectual offshoring and business process outsourcing, one that will be especially pronounced for emerging countries.

Imagine if you could pick between Uber drivers based on their driving experience. Would you hire an experienced driver who has logged hundreds of thousands of road miles or one who has driven just a few hundred miles? I'll bet you'd go with the experienced driver. Now apply the same question to driverless cars. The same logic applies: Go with experience. That's because the deep learning AI techniques used to train driverless cars depend on data--especially data that illuminates rare and dangerous "edge cases."

When President Donald Trump was on the campaign trail, one of his biggest promises was to create American jobs, vowing to stop companies from making jobs abroad. But it may not be Trump who generates the greatest number of manufacturing jobs during his first months as president -- instead, it may be Japan. The country may create 700,000 jobs in the U.S., build a $7 billion factory and strengthen the American economy. The jobs could come from a Japanese investment plan Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to present Friday to Trump in Washington, D.C. "The investment will be by a Japanese consortium that will also include manufacturing equipment makers," an unidentified source told Reuters last week. Japan was expected to invest in both private and public funds and focus on developing U.S. infrastructure by way of high-speed railways in Texas, California and the northeastern U.S. The plan would also create closer ties between Japan and the U.S. by including global infrastructure investment, artificial intelligence research, and collaboration on topics like space exploration and cybersecurity, according to Reuters.

You wouldn't know, turning into this nondescript street in Stockholm and padding up the stone steps to Minecraft HQ, that anything special was being made up here. The truth only becomes clear when you step through the door and discover the endless shelves filled with awards (including a Bafta) and the vast boxes of Minecraft merchandise piled in every corner. This is where they make what many regard as a digital version of Lego: a game that's been downloaded more than 100m times on PCs, consoles and smartphones since its launch in 2009. If you have children aged between six and 16, the chances are they're hooked on this strange, blocky pursuit. And the chances are you've asked yourself: why? To truly understand the appeal of Minecraft, you need to understand the studio behind it.

Newly-discovered radiation levels in one of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's reactors are stunningly high, the Japan Times and others have reported. The space is so radioactive that even a robot couldn't last two hours, let alone a human. It was on March 11, 2011, that the coastal power plant in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture was hit by a tidal wave, which not only cut off the plant's electrical power, also took out the generators that provided its backup power. The natural disaster triggered the meltdown of three reactors at the plant. The new readings come from inside reactor two, where the radiation levels are 530 sieverts per hour, according to Tepco, the Tokyo Electric Power Company.

The biggest phone show of the year, Mobile World Congress (MWC), will take place in Barcelona between 27 February and 2 March, providing a platform for technology giants such as Samsung, LG and Sony to unveil their latest wares. A number of high-profile gadgets are expected to launch at MWC, including smartwatches, tablets and several flagship smartphones. Many of the companies in attendance have already sent out invitations for their respective launch events, and we've seen plenty of speculation about the upcoming announcements. Our breakdown of the launches lined up for MWC 2017 follows, but first it's worth knowing what won't happen at the event. The sheer scale of MWC means that getting your head around every companies plans can be a bit of a pain.

The nexus of disruption as the digital world collides with the physical is the gadget. Yes, we have lots of apps. We have platforms and clouds and a whole bunch of data. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are coming to make sense of all that data. But the core brick in the edifice is the gadget.