Security researchers have discovered Android malware that may have infected up to 36.5 million users. Dubbed'Judy', the malware was found on over 40 apps, many of which were available to download from Google Play for "several years". CheckPoint, which spotted the malware, has described it as "possibly the largest malware campaign" found on the Play Store. 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.

Facebook has claimed that a new German law that threatens to impose heavy fines on social media companies if they fail to delete hate speech and fake news, could lead to tech firms deleting legal content to avoid paying the punishing sanctions. The legislation, known as the Network Enforcement Act, was proposed by the German government in March and approved by the cabinet a month later, although it is yet to come into effect. Facebook reportedly issued a statement over the weekend explaining why the law "is not suitable to combat hate speech and false news". According to Business Insider, the company said in the statement that "the draft law provides an incentive to delete content that is not clearly illegal when social networks face such a disproportionate threat of fines." Facebook added: "It would have the effect of transferring responsibility for complex legal decisions from public authorities to private companies. And several legal experts have assessed the draft law as being against the German constitution and non-compliant with EU law. Facebook is committed to working in partnership with governments and civil society on solutions that will make this draft law unnecessary."

ARM is unveiling its first Dynamiq processor designs today, and the company said that the family will boost artificial intelligence performance by more than 50 times over the next three to five years. The new family aims to spread AI processing from the edge to the cloud. The processors include the ARM Cortex-A75, which delivers massive single-thread compute performance at the high end; the ARM Cortex-A55, a high-efficiency processor; and the ARM Mali-G72 graphics processor, which expands the possibilities for virtual reality, gaming, and machine learning on premium mobile devices, with 40 percent more graphics performance. ARM's partners are expected to launch chips in 2018. To better handle AI processing, ARM realized that it needs to make basic changes to the computing architecture, with faster, more efficient, and distributed intelligence between computing at the edge of the network (like in smartphones and laptops) and in the cloud-connected data centers, said Nandan Nayampally, vice president and general manager of the Compute Products Group at ARM, in a blog post. That AI technology also needs to be secure, as recent survey data shows 85 percent of global consumers are concerned about securing AI technology, Nayampally said.

Japan and Germany may be sitting on a ticking demographic time bomb where aging populations begin to drag down economic growth. Increased automation and more use of robotic technology in these manufacturing powerhouses could help cushion the impact, according to Moody's Investors Service. "To the extent that robots can undertake activity that require labor, they will compensate for the negative impact that a slower growth in labor force would have otherwise had on growth," Moody's analysts wrote in the report this month. Dependency ratios -- the share of those older than 65 years of the total population -- are projected to soar in both Germany and Japan. But these countries have two things going for them.

PwC's report on the impact of automation on jobs suggests that almost a third of UK jobs are at risk of being replaced by robots following advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. The report warns that without careful consideration certain low-skilled jobs will be drastically exposed over the next 15 years. But what if people step back from the doom-and-gloom for a second? Businesses can't ignore the significant benefits that come from bringing AI into the workplace forever. It wasn't too long ago that AI largely belonged in the genre of science fiction.

Helsinki, Finland - An audience of international peace brokers have gathered inside a room in the historic House of Estates. They have come from South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Ukraine, Colombia and elsewhere to hear a scientist speak. That scientist is Timo Honkela, and his keynote speech on the second day of April's National Dialogues conference is titled Peace from a Different Perspective - a Dialogue of a Million People. But 54-year-old Honkela is working on a machine that he hopes will facilitate world peace. "World peace would be a good goal to work for in my remaining days," he says, smiling over a cup of coffee during a break in the conference.

April 2016 One of the largest suppliers of electronic healthcare record systems to General Practitioners in the UK realise that an algorithm used to estimate patients' risk of heart disease or stroke has been coded incorrectly. As a result of this simple programming error, thousands of patients were given incorrect information about their risk, potentially receiving unnecessary drugs or missing out on preventative treatment. Feb 2017 Researchers from Stanford University publish a research letter in Nature describing the use of a deep convolutional neural network (a type of machine learning algorithm that takes inspiration from the layered structure of the part of the brain responsible for vision) to diagnose skin cancer. By training the algorithm on 130000 pictures of assorted spots, rashes, blemishes and skin lumps, the neural network was able to diagnose skin cancers with the same level of accuracy as qualified dermatologists. In principle, the system could be used to automatically diagnose likely skin cancers from a smartphone snap: skin selfie to diagnosis in seconds.

PREDICTING HOW artificial intelligence technology will evolve in the following ten or 20 years, or even beyond, is very difficult to say the least. However, certain is the fact that there is much to be gained to go around for everyone. It is estimated that by the year 2018, robots will literally be supervising more than three million of us at work; and by 2020, smart machines will become a major investment priority amongst at least 30% of all CIOs. Right now, many different fields, spanning from customer service to journalism, are already being set aside by increasingly able AI that can replicate human abilities and experience. Already before our eyes is an aspect that we once thought only belonged in future technology.

It is a scene we all dread – an enormous space rock colliding with Earth, causing widespread chaos and destruction. And experts have warned that the dreaded scenario could become a reality this year. A leading astronomer from Nasa has tweeted a list of five known asteroids expected to fly scarily close to Earth within the coming year. It is a scene we all dread – an enormous space rock colliding with Earth, causing widespread chaos and destruction. And experts have warned that the dreaded scenario could become a reality this year (artist's impression) He said: 'A list of known asteroid close approaches to Earth - less than five Lunar Distance - within the coming year', along with a table detailing the five asteroids.

Soren Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany and seemed set to continue his work in Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence was pioneered and established. Instead, he went to China. "You couldn't have started a lab like mine elsewhere," Schwertfeger said. The balance of power in technology is shifting. China, which for years watched enviously as the West invented the software and the chips powering today's digital age, has become a major player in artificial intelligence, what some think may be the most important technology of the future.