IFA, the world's leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, runs from 31 August to 05 September.

Crop losses at the hands of swarms of hungry insects could double by 2050 as bug populations thrive in the warmer temperatures brought about by climate change. The crops set to be hit hardest include wheat, maize and rice - particularly in northern climates - say scientists behind the shocking new study. The research predicts that pest-induced crop losses will rise by between 10 and 25 per cent for every 1 F (0.55 C) the planet's surface warms. Farmers should begin grow heat- and insect-resistant produce now in order to prepare for the crop-hungry bugs, scientists warned. The research, from an international team of scientists, used computer models to predict increases in insect populations in a warmer world.

AAAS analyst assists a human rights organization in gathering data during an exhumation. Against a backdrop of summer heat and a constant roar of distant howler monkeys, a scientific analyst piloted a drone to collect data from a hillside in northern Guatemala. At his side, anthropologists affiliated with a regional human rights group painstakingly cleared soil and roots from human remains in a mass grave. "Remains contorted, overlapping, interlaced, a cruel, tragic mashup of Hieronymus Bosch and H.R. Giger," noted Jonathan Drake, senior program associate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Geospatial Technologies Project, summoning images from 15th- and 20th-century artists to describe the nightmarish remnants of an atrocity estimated to have occurred sometime after 1980, during Guatemala's lengthy civil war. Clothing with burnt edges stuck to the bones of some.

Today's leading minds talk AI with host Byron Reese Episode 65 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Luciano Floridi discuss ethics, information, AI and government monitoring. They also dig into Luciano's new book "The Fourth Revolution" and ponder how technology will disrupt the job market in the days to come. Luciano Floridi holds multiple degrees including a PhD in philosophy and logic from the University of Warwick. Luciano currently is a professor of philosophy and ethics of information, as well as the director of Digital Ethics Lab at the University of Oxford. Along with his responsibilities as a professor, Luciano is also the chair of the Data Ethics Group at the Alan Turing Institute.

During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, inaccurate and misleading articles burned through social networks. Since then, tech companies--from behemoths like Facebook and Google to scrappy startups--have built tools to fight misinformation (including what many call "fake news," though that term is highly politicized). Most companies have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) in hopes that fast and automated computer systems can deal with a problem that's seemingly as big as the Internet. "They're all using AI because they need to scale," says Claire Wardle, who leads the misinformation-fighting project First Draft, based in Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. AI can speed up time-consuming steps, she says, such as going through the vast amount of content published online every day and flagging material that might be false.

Machine learning systems can be trained to recognize emotional expressions from images of human faces, with a high degree of accuracy in many cases. Image by Tsukiko Kiyomidzu However, implementation can be a complex and difficult task. The technology is at a relatively early stage. High quality datasets can be hard to find. And there are various pitfalls to avoid when designing new systems. This article provides an introduction to the field known as Facial Expression Recognition (FER).

Household appliance-maker Dyson today (Thursday) announced it is accelerating plans to develop electric cars in Britain – with a £200 million investment in track-testing facilities at its new UK research centre. The firm, which is branching out from its vacuum cleaners and hair driers to take on car giants with a new generation of high-tech electric vehicles, said the move would create'more high-skilled jobs for Britain'. It is being viewed as another vote of confidence in the United Kingdom in the run up to Brexit next Spring. Cleaning up in the electric car market: This artist's impression shows how Dyson's new campus at Hullavington Airfield in Wiltshire could look as it ramps up efforts to produce a range of new electric cars Dyson is currently recruiting an additional 300 automotive engineers on top of the 400 already in place and has said the electric car project could see the firm's present UK workforce nearly double to around 8,000. The battery-powered electric cars are being designed and developed in the UK, however lower labour costs mean final assembly is likely to be in South East Asia where much of the firm's wider electronic and hi-tech production already takes place.

US Open tennis players are turning to artificial intelligence from IBM's Watson to up their game on the court. The tech giant has partnered with the US Tennis Association (USTA) for over 25 years, but this year is the first time players in the tournament, which takes place in Flushing, Queens, will harness IBM's AI applications to help improve their performance. Watson is able to ingest hours of footage in a matter of minutes, automatically serving up key points and stats so that coaches can create detailed reports for players to use in subsequent matches. It also creates an indexed database of player footage that they can continuously draw from. Madison Keys, the US Open runner-up last year, is just one of several players taking advantage of the technology in the hopes that it will help her take home her first Grand Slam trophy.

Sony is bringing technology from its popular Bravia OLED television range to the small screen for the first time with the launch of its new Xperia smartphone. The Xperia XZ3 boasts a six-inch display the Japanese technology firm says can display'more vibrant colours' and higher quality images by leveraging the award-winning OLED technology found in the high-end Bravia TV line. The new handset is able to upscale content on the screen to high dynamic range (HDR), which can improve resolution as well as the range of colours seen on-screen. Sony unveiled the new smartphone during its annual press conference at the IFA technology tradeshow in Berlin, which runs from August 31 to September 5. The Xperia XZ3 will go on sale October 5 for £699 ($900), with pre-orders for the next-generation handset available from tomorrow, August 31.

Fans of Sony's high-end audio products will soon be able to control what they listen to – using the sound of their voices. The Japanese firm has announced that users will be able to use Amazon's Alexa smart assistant to control its soundbar and wireless headphones. This will give them access to tens of thousands of skills built into the AI software, including asking to play music, hear the news, and control smart home devices. Owners of compatible hardware will need to install the latest firmware updates to enable the voice assistant. Sony has yet to confirm the exact headphone and soundbars models that will get the firmware update.