Summary: This new study claims to be able to identify criminals based on their facial characteristics. Even if the data science is good has AI pushed too far into areas of societal taboos? This isn't the first time data science has been restricted in favor of social goals, but this study may be a trip wire that starts a long and difficult discussion about the role of AI. Has AI gone too far? This might seem like a nonsensical question to data scientists who strive every day to expand the capabilities of AI until you read the headlines created by this just released peer reviewed scientific paper: Automated Inference on Criminality Using Face Images (Xiaolin Wu, McMaster Univ.

Facebook is working on a "brain-computer interface", apparently to let people talk to each other by reading their minds. The company is secretly building a team apparently to work on new social media platforms that will use advanced neuroscience and electrical engineering. Among other mysterious jobs, it is advertising for a "brain-computer interface engineer" in its Building 8 team. That team will work on Facebook's most futuristic and secretive projects, according to the same listing. 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.

SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile carrier, certainly has been a leader in the race to 5G, and now comes news that the company will invest a total of $9.2 billion over the next three years to develop technology and services around the Internet of Things (IoT) and lay the foundation for 5G. SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho emphasized the urgency of a new $4.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and IoT on Wednesday, according to The Korea Herald. "As we witnessed at the CES 2017, investment in creating the New ICT ecosystem can no longer be postponed," Park said in a statement. "SKT will establish the new system through cooperation with others." The company is working with Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker Nvidia on using SK's mobile navigation T Map for the Korean map that will be included in autopilot technology Nvidia is developing.

If you don't follow the ins and outs of Silicon Valley personnel moves, you might have missed the news. Even if you saw it, it may not have made much sense. Chris Lattner is leaving Apple for Tesla? Lattner doesn't enjoy the name recognition of a Tim Cook or a Jony Ive. As the guy who built Swift, Apple's iPhone-centric programming language, he's one of those coders that other coders put on a pedestal.

Nintendo will release its next Legend of Zelda game alongside the Nintendo Switch, its brand new games console. Both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the console itself will come out on 3 March. Nintendo described the new game as the biggest Zelda adventure yet. "Explore a world of unprecedented size and discover more than 100 puzzle-filled shrines, plus a wide variety of weapons, outfits, and gear," it said in a release. "Players won't want to stop playing, and they won't have to, since Nintendo Switch allows them to continue the adventure anywhere, anytime."

WhatsApp has a gaping secuirty hole in the middle of its app. But it can be easily fixed. An issue with the way that the app deals with the security keys central to its encryption mean that people can actually spy on messages, one security researcher has found. End-to-end encryption is intended as a way of ensuring that messages can only be read by the sender and their intended recipient, but the encryption keys that power that technology can be a weak link if tehy are wrongly used. WhatsApp's implementation of end-to-end encryption – which is a large part of the company's focus on privacy and security – uses the widely-respected Signal protocol.

Nintendo's new home-and-away console has been unveiled in Japan. While we haven't got to touch those unusual controllers just yet (that'll be later today), we've got prices, launch titles, and a bunch of features that sound like a Nintendo fan's wish list fulfilled. We also have HTC's newest phone, the possibility of smartphones with folding screens, and a digital camera that leaves photo curation to AI. When our supercut of the press launch weighs in at 12 minutes, you know Nintendo had a lot to tell us about its new console. We've already told you the price and the date, but how about no more region-locking (a Nintendo'tradition'), a proper touchscreen and more.

Before he took office in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to end America's grueling conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his second term, he pledged to take the country off what he called a permanent war footing. "Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue," he said in May 2013. "But this war, like all wars, must end. But Obama leaves a very different legacy as he prepares to hand his commander-in-chief responsibilities to Donald Trump. U.S. military forces have been at war for all eight years of Obama's tenure, the first two-term president with that distinction. He launched airstrikes or military raids in at least seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. Yet the U.S. faces more threats in more places than at any time since the Cold War, according to U.S. intelligence. For the first time in decades, there is at least the potential of an armed clash with America's largest adversaries, Russia and China.

Nintendo has finally revealed details of its upcoming, shape-shifting Switch device. The console will go on sale on March 3, at a cost of £279.99 in the UK and $299.99 in the US. The system, which alternates between a home and mobile gaming device, is an effort by the Japanese firm to regain lost ground. Nintendo has finally revealed details of its upcoming. The console will go on sale on March 3, at a cost of £279.99 in the UK and $299.99 in the US'TV Mode' - lets you play using a classic set-top on a big screen.

The rise of new and emerging technologies are driving new forms of cyberattacks which will expose businesses to threats they're unprepared to face, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned. Its Global Risks Report 2017 details some of the key challenges facing the world this year, ranging from political uncertainty and climate change to how society isn't keeping up with the risks presented by technological change. IoT devices offered by firms ranging from Samsung to Phillips may be vulnerable to exploit and hijacking. While the report notes that new technology has the potential to bring great benefit to the world, practices such as connecting more and more business, industrial, and consumer devices to the internet in the name of productivity and efficiency also increases the risk of hacking and data breaches. "When you think about new technologies like AI and the Internet of Things, they're creating a broader attack surface for cyberattacks for those who want to steal data, disrupt business, attack industrial controls," said John Drzik, president of global risk & specialties at global insurance broker and risk management Marsh, at the launch of the report, which lists both data breaches and cyberattacks in the top ten most likely risks.