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Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to be retired and cheaper packages to launch

The Independent - Tech

Sky is set to retire Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, it has been reported. The broadcaster will also introduce new subscription packages that are significantly cheaper than those on offer currently. It will get rid of its numbered sports channels and replace them with channels for specific sports, like the existing Formula One channel. 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.


Twitter can predict riots faster than police

The Independent - Tech

Twitter can be used to detect dangerous incidents before they're reported to police, a new study says. Researchers from Cardiff University used algorithms to analyse 1.6 million tweets related to the London riots that took place in 2011. They found that, by scanning Twitter, computer systems could have detected trouble in Enfield an hour and 23 minutes before police were alerted to it. 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.


'Petya' computer virus spreads all the way across the world, but is gradually slowing down

The Independent - Tech

The computer virus that spread rapidly across the world is still making its way to more companies and countries – but is gradually slowing down. The software doesn't appear to be vulnerable to the same "kill switch" that stopped the similar Wannacry virus just weeks ago, however, and so is likely to continue to travel around the world. The attack appeared to have started in Ukraine and then made its way across Europe, hitting companies including the world's biggest advertising company in Britain and Danish international Maersk. It then continued to spread, arriving in the US and then in Asia. 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.


Using the TensorFlow API: An Introductory Tutorial Series

@machinelearnbot

Editor's note: The TensorFlow API has undergone changes since this series was first published. However, the general ideas are the same, and an otherwise well-structured tutorial such as this provides a great jumping off point and opportunity to consult the API documentation to identify and implement said changes. In this tutorial I'll explain how to build a simple working Recurrent Neural Network in TensorFlow. This is the first in a series of seven parts where various aspects and techniques of building Recurrent Neural Networks in TensorFlow are covered. A short introduction to TensorFlow is available here.


AI to Ensure Fewer UFOs

IEEE Spectrum Robotics

Or is it a remotely operated quadrotor conducting surveillance or preparing to drop a deadly payload? Human observers won't have to guess--or keep their eyes glued to computer monitors--now that there's superhuman artificial intelligence capable of distinguishing drones from those other flying objects. Automated watchfulness, thanks to machine learning, has given police and other agencies tasked with maintaining security an important countermeasure to help them keep pace with swarms of new drones taking to the skies. The security challenge has only grown over the past few years: Millions of people have bought consumer drones and sometimes flown them into off limits areas where they pose a hazard to crowds on the ground or larger aircraft in the sky. Off-the-shelf drones have also become affordable and dangerous weapons for the Islamic State and other militant groups in war-torn regions such as Iraq and Syria.



These drone racing goggles could spark the sport's digital era

Engadget

Drones with digital video capabilities already exist, but in the racing world, analog is still king. Fat Shark has been the go-to maker of racing drone goggles for several years, and it's about to double down on digital, which in turn could be the nudge toward dropping analog feeds that the sport needs. The $350 Base HD is the company's first all-digital headset, and it comes with a fancy new 720p LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) display improved brightness, contrast ratios and clarity and a 28 degree field of view (this might sound small, but drone racing doesn't call for a huge FOV). Racing drones might be fast, but in terms of core technology, things move fairly slow. While DJI has introduced gesture control and computer vision into their consumer drones over the last few years, the average racing quadcopter has mostly just gotten smaller and quicker.


Your.MD raises $10M to grow AI-driven health information service and marketplace

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Your.MD, an AI-driven health information service delivered via a bot, has raised $10 million in new funding. The round was led by Orkla Ventures, the venture arm of Orkla, a leading supplier of branded consumer goods to the health, pharmacy, and grocery sectors in the Nordics, Baltics and parts of Central Europe. Existing investor Smedvig Capital and other unnamed existing shareholders also participated. Billed as a AI-based "pre-primary care service," Your.MD is available for web, iOS, Android, Facebook Messenger, Skype, Slack and Telegram. It is part chatbot, helping users figure out what might be wrong with them via a conversational interface that drills down into your symptoms, and part next-generation search engine to surface detailed and verified information on various medical conditions.


The EU fires a warning shot at Google and other Internet giants

Los Angeles Times

Alphabet Inc.'s most successful product -- the Google search engine -- may now be its most problematic. On Tuesday, the European Commission's top antitrust regulator levied a $2.7-billion fine against Alphabet and Google for the way the search engine handles requests for information about products. Specifically, Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that Google skewed its results to bury links to rival companies' comparison shopping sites while prominently featuring its own service, Google Shopping. Google responded that it's simply trying to give users what they want and denied "favoring ourselves, or any particular site or seller." It has a lot at stake: Google has integrated many different offerings into its search engine, including its mapping and travel services.


The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Social Media

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AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been a hot topic in 2017, especially when looking at the future of Artificial Intelligence in Social Media. Investment has been growing in AI, and this is expected to grow by around 300% throughout the rest of this year. A third of the world's population is using Social Media, and AI is playing a huge part in how businesses are communicating with potential prospects online. This is very exciting for me, as I have seen the evolution of Social Media all the way from the Myspace/Bebo days, all the way to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google and now SnapChat. AI is not going anywhere and in fact, it is going to become more widely used by businesses, which is why I wanted to write this article.