Bosch and TomTom have come together to create high-resolution road maps based on radar signals. The product of the two companies' collaboration, a system called "radar road signature," is a move towards automated driving. To form the maps, radar signals transmitted by driving cars are used to collect billions of reflection points bouncing off of surrounding structures like road signs and lane dividers. The radar data are then transmitted to a cloud-based server and integrated into a TomTom mapping system, which is then made available to cars on the road. According to Bosch, automated vehicles can use the radar-based map to pinpoint their lane location to within a few centimeters; the first data collection vehicles are expected to hit roads by 2020, starting in Europe and the US.

Earlier this week, the rather brilliant Tekken 7 was released, making for another excellent addition to the fighting series. Now, comes the Switch exclusive ARMS, a fun addition to Nintendo's original property line-up that takes Wii Sports' boxing mode and creates a rather excellent, skill-based game. Like the aforementioned Wii game, when playing ARMS you use the Joy Cons as fists, punching the air, your character mimicking your movements. Instead, they're extendable -- like stretch Armstrong -- reaching out until they finally hit something. Importantly, you can swerve your fists as they travel forward like seeker missiles trying to reach their target. By twisting your fists around various objects using the motion controls, you can get an advantage over your opponent and make your attacks harder to block.

Headlines abound of hackers successfully exploiting vulnerabilities in digital systems. The latest ransomware attack on the NHS shows the scale of which these attacks can occur, as well as the ongoing disruption they can cause. Staying ahead of the cyber security curve therefore has never been so important for organisations, public and private. Just recently, a survey of 1,200 companies conducted by the British Chambers of Commerce revealed that one in five British firms was hit by a cyberattack in the past year. Three quarters of the firms also admitted to not having even basic protections in place.

Baxter is wider than a man, and almost as tall, with smooth red skin and long, powerful arms. Its face is a flat screen, with cartoon eyes staring blankly into the middle distance. But suddenly those eyes shoot a glance towards something in the room. Robots have been part of the production line for decades, but until recently they've been kept apart from humans for safety reasons – either inside physical cages or behind invisible fences that act as a kill-switch when crossed. There have still been accidents.

Google taught DeepMind to play Atari games all on its own, but letting humans help may be faster, according to researchers from Microsoft and Germany. They invited folks of varying skills to play five Atari 2600 titles: Ms. Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Video Pinball, Q*Bert and Montezuma's Revenge. After watching 45 hours of human gameplay, the algorithm could beat its mentors at pinball, though it struggled at Montezuma's revenge -- just as Deepmind did. Unlike with DeepMind's trial-and-error methods (below), however, the human-aided AI learned to play the games in less time than other AI systems. "Current state-of-the-art approaches require millions of training samples," the paper states.

FILE - In this March 22, 2006, file photo, Delphi's World Headquarters is shown in Troy, Mich. Automotive electronics and parts maker Delphi and French transport company Transdev have plans to use autonomous taxis and a shuttle van to carry passengers on roadways in France without a human behind the wheel as early as 2018. The companies announced the partnership Wednesday, June 7, 2017, and said it could be the first deployment of autonomous taxis and vans on real roads without human backup pilots. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) The Associated Press

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah's Al Manar TV channel said it would broadcast footage on Wednesday of an Iranian drone tracking a U.S. plane over southeastern Syria. It said it would air the footage during its news broadcast at 5:30 p.m. local time (1430 GMT). The announcement came as tensions grow between Washington and the military alliance that backs the Syrian government, including Iranian-backed forces. Not all U.S. presidents are missed once they leave the White House. President Donald Trump announced Wray's nomination for FBI director on Twitter.

Andrew Ng is one of the foremost thinkers on the topic of artificial intelligence. He founded and led the "Google Brain" project which developed massive-scale deep learning algorithms. In 2011, he led the development of Stanford University's main Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform. His course on Machine Learning would eventually reach an "enrollment" of over 100,000 students. That experience led Ng to co-found Coursera, a MOOC that partners with some of the top universities in the world to offer high quality online courses. Today, Coursera is the largest MOOC platform in the world.

Data's utility is not rooted in amassing the largest quantities of data; it's predicated on understanding how data relates–both to itself and to business objectives–in a timeframe that fits the speed of business. Relationships between data can be formed by linking data based on meaningful statements within a Semantic Graph or triplestore database. These relationships provide a form of machine intelligence that is essential to expanding the understanding of how data relates to each other. Based on these data relationships, the reasoning in the triplestores will instantly conclude that Patient X is at risk of a drug interaction. Such an example illustrates the instantaneous usefulness of relationships between data.

French automaker Renault SA will supply the venture with Zoe electric minicars, according to Yann Leriche, Transdev's chief performance officer. The test phase will start later this year with two Zoe minicars in Rouen in Normandy and a shuttle bus in the Paris suburb of Saclay, Leriche told the media briefing. Initially, the vehicles will have "safety" drivers on board, but the plan is to move quickly next year to tests of fully driverless vehicles that are remotely controlled and monitored by human operators, he added. Delphi has been building its expertise and capability in self-driving vehicles through partnerships, investments and acquisitions.