Microsoft has released a new chat program meant to let colleagues talk to each other. The app will allow people to chat as well as to work together on documents at the same time, in a way similar to Google Docs. But its main competitor will be apps like Slack and Hipchat, which are both instant messaging services that have taken over many connected offices. Connected company president Shigeki Tomoyama addresses a press briefing as he elaborates on Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo. A Toyota Motors employee demonstrates a smartphone app with the company's pocket plug-in hybrid (PHV) service on the cockpit of the latest Prius hybrid vehicle during Toyota's "connected strategy" press briefing in Tokyo An employee shows a Samsung Electronics' Gear S3 Classic during Korea Electronics Show 2016 in Seoul, South Korea Visitors experience Samsung Electronics' Gear VR during the Korea Electronics Grand Fair at an exhibition hall in Seoul, South Korea Amy Rimmer, Research Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover, demonstrates the car manufacturer's Advanced Highway Assist in a Range Rover, which drives the vehicle, overtakes and can detect vehicles in the blind spot, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire Chris Burbridge, Autonomous Driving Software Engineer for Tata Motors European Technical Centre, demonstrates the car manufacturer's GLOSA V2X functionality, which is connected to the traffic lights and shares information with the driver, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire In its facilities, JAXA develop satellites and analyse their observation data, train astronauts for utilization in the Japanese Experiment Module'Kibo' of the International Space Station (ISS) and develop launch vehicles The robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances to the music during the Japan Robot Week 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight.

"What is it like to be a bat?" the philosopher Thomas Nagel wondered in 1974. But something essential about the experience was off limits to his imagination. "I am restricted to the resources of my own mind, and those resources are inadequate to the task." Nagel's famous essay considered a sticky problem: what is the relationship between our body and our mind? The question of what it's like to be someone, or something, else, has continued to tantalise. Now, research into making telerobotics happen may offer a weird and cool possibility – that of beginning to understand, if only a little, the experience of entities that are not at all like us.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is in the midst of a renaissance. New techniques are producing results, such as the defeat of a Go world champion by an AI system developed by a subsidiary of Google, which would have been unthinkable five years ago. These techniques are not just being used to play games. Today, AI is being applied to one of humanity's most daunting challenges: the hunt for a cure for cancer. AI has huge potential for helping scientists manage the mind-boggling complexities of research and other data, to expedite cancer drug discovery and translate scientific findings into real benefits for patients.

Manufacturing is still flourishing, even as machines do increasing amounts of work. Photo via Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump blames Mexico and China for stealing millions of jobs from the United States. Would Trump disrupt the economy? This billionaire hopes so Trump says he'll bring jobs back to America. Economists are skeptical Column: Trump's outrage over outsourcing doesn't apply to his own merchandise Despite the Republican presidential nominee's charge that "we don't make anything anymore," manufacturing is still flourishing in America.

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'Tina the Turner' cheese robot helps keep the wheels of cheddar production in motion British dairy farmers have become the first in the world to employ a robot to turn their award-winning cheddar cheese. Nicknamed Tina the Turner, the robot is a modified Swiss machine, used to turn Comte. Say'cheese': Cheesemakers Richard and Tom Calver (pictured) of Somerset have employed the cheese cheddar handling robot to automate the vital turning process, which helps the cheese to mature No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules.

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Facebook has banned an insurance company from using people's profiles to price their insurance. Just hours after Admiral announced that it would launch a new app that scoured Facebook profiles and tried to work out their personalities, the site has said that the plan breaks its terms and so will be banned. Admiral had hoped that by using Facebook information it could build up a picture of people, and hopefully work out whether they were more or less likely to crash. Customers could be given up to a 15 per cent discount if they signed up to the app. Connected company president Shigeki Tomoyama addresses a press briefing as he elaborates on Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo.