HSBC is using IBM artificial intelligence (AI) technology to process documents related to international trade. Banks are automating manual processes at a rate of knots as AI technology becomes more trusted in the sector, with the technology helping to cut costs without reducing compliance. HR and IT departments have begun to work closely together over the last few years. While HR historically has often received limited attention, companies now understand the key role the department plays in the business. You forgot to provide an Email Address.

For a decade or so before the market for touchscreen smartphones took off around 2010, BlackBerry's hand-held communication devices were ubiquitous among thumb-jockeying executives trying to keep in touch with the office outside working hours. After several recent failed attempts to launch new phones and operating systems to compete against Apple, Google and Samsung Electronics products, the company that "made the modern cellphone," as BlackBerry's CEO John Chen puts it, is hoping to become the main supplier of secure applications and software for the next generation of internet-linked devices -- the much- touted "internet of things" -- from web-connected self-driving cars to "smart" domestic appliances that are expected to take off over the coming decade. "It's going to be very much driven by securing end-point communications," Chen told the Nikkei Asian Review. "We want to be the number one secure communications in IoT. We have signed a deal with Ford for seven years to help them build their next generation cars."

With the progressing year, the technology diversified ways in which we could communicate and retrieve the information from the pocket fitting devices. Technologies such as IoT, automation, and cognitive computing moved beyond the conceptual stages in 2016. As the year takes up, companies throughout the world are developing their business strategies. In order to move forward in the competition, companies are turning towards major investments in technology. The world's biggest consumer technology convention, CES is one of the best places to find a handful of key technologies. CES 2017 finished another spectacular year with pioneering technology trends including smart homes to self-driving cars. This year is assumed to bring transformative technology trends for us to explore and invest in. AI, also known as Artificial Intelligence has been studied for decades and now the vision of transforming insentient objects into intelligence is gradually becoming a reality. AI based Innovations are now pondering into the market and becoming part of our daily lives with quick adaptability. Artificial intelligence assists humans and handles the tasks flawlessly, without interrupting your comfort. Whether to set an alarm, or remind you of something important, or to play your favorite music or to read out general news for you or to find your phone, AI can make the task more convenient and smart. Sit back and relax while you command your device to do things for you.

You are presented with two decks, one with images and the other with words. The magician shuffles and distributes the decks into piles of four cards. You get to choose two piles, one from the word deck and one from the image deck, to make a hand of eight cards. Then you're invited to pick a word card and and an image card from your hand. Once you've selected a pair, you watch the magician reveal a previously written prediction about the cards you've chosen.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months; here's what we have so far (send us your events!): Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Prior to deployment, robots must be extensively trained and tested. With physical prototypes, this can be expensive and impractical.

I've always wondered what these enigmatic objects really are. Do they come from outer space? Are they about to open and unleash a robot army? What strange message do they bring from their impersonal dimension? At last I know, because I have met them.

Costing £3.1billion and weighing 65,000 tonnes, she's Britain's biggest and most advanced warship ever built. But HMS Queen Elizabeth has been outmanoevred by a £300 drone which landed on the deck completely unchallenged. The drone pilot, who wanted to remain anonymous, made the daring flight while the aircraft carrier was docked at Invergordon, Scotland in July. He flew over the carrier before touching down on the four-acre deck and then taking off again unchecked. Princess Diana's driver: Her death'stirred things within me' The flight may now be discussed in Scotland's Parliament by MSPs concerned about security flaws.

An advertisement posted on Craigslist on August 9 by a San Francisco couple in their 40s is driving the internet wild. Even though their requirement might read as nothing out of the ordinary – a personal assistant – it is the details that make up for bizarre reading. The couple has listed their profession as biotech executives who lead extremely busy lives. So busy in fact, that they need a full time assistant, who would need to put in 40 hours per week to accomplish tasks such as cleaning up dog vomit and swim across the sea. Some of the problems that the couple seem to facing are: "resorting to unhealthy take-out and processed foods, personal social media accounts are neglected," buying "fresh flowers but don't have time to trim daily and change the water, indoor plants are dying...nail polish gets chipped and remains chipped, investment opportunities go un-researched, and that crucial'date night' consists of collapsing onto the sofa and watching a movie."

When Amazon first debuted same-day delivery service in Boston, it seemed a promising alternative to poorly-stocked, overpriced, or low-quality supermarkets in neighborhoods like Roxbury. But the service didn't extend there, despite delivering to residents on all sides of Roxbury. Amazon was assailed for overlooking the comparatively lower-income Boston neighborhood, and the company, in its defense, said customer data and delivery logistics played into the decision. Amazon didn't overlook just Roxbury, either. According to a Bloomberg report, in Chicago, New York, Boston, Atlanta, and other cities, black residents were half as likely to live in same-day delivery areas as white residents, despite paying the same $99 membership fee. Today, data collected on individuals, when combined with artificially intelligent systems, are used for rolling out new services, populating newsfeeds, targeting advertisements, determining healthcare treatment plans, even levying court rulings.

"We've seen a rapid acceleration of investment into and deal activity around intelligent automation and IoT start-ups over the last 12 months," said Roy Jubraj, digital & innovation lead for Accenture's financial services practice in the UK. It coincided with the graduation of the latest cohort from Accenture's accelerator, Fintech Innovation Lab, which included an insurtech group for the first time. "These technologies are primed to disrupt the industry in the years to come, so it's fitting that we've established a dedicated insurtech stream as a key part of Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab in London," Jubraj added. Fintech Innovation Lab London The Fintech Innovation Lab London is modeled on a similar program, co-founded in 2010 by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City. "We've seen a rapid acceleration of investment into and deal activity around intelligent automation and IoT start-ups over the last 12 months," said Roy Jubraj, digital & innovation lead for Accenture's financial services practice in the UK.