Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

VIENTIANE – U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shook hands and had a brief chat on Wednesday, officials said, easing a standoff after Duterte called Obama a "son of a bitch" ahead of a summit of Asian leaders in Laos. The presidents of the two longtime allies were due to hold talks on Tuesday but the White House canceled the meeting after Duterte's insult. "I'm very happy that it happened," Philippines' foreign minister, Perfecto Yasay, said of their short meeting. "It all springs from the fact that the relationship between the Philippines and the United States is firm, very strong." Duterte had his outburst on Monday when he was defending his war on drugs that has killed at least 2,400 Filipinos.

Information Extraction is the first step in the NLP process.

Daimler AG DDAIY 1.14 % said on Wednesday it would join with U.S. startup Matternet to develop drones for its delivery vans and invest 500 million ( 562.7 million) over the next five years in designing electric, networked vans. Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars and trucks, acquired a minority stake in Menlo Park, Calif.-based Matternet as part of the partnership, a spokeswoman said. Daimler's overall investment in the initiative, called adVANce, will go to vehicle digitization, automation, robotics and mobility solutions technologies. "We are looking beyond the vehicle to the whole value chain and the entire environment of our clients," said van division chief Volker Mornhinweg. The goal is to turn vans into "intelligent, interconnected data centers," he said.

One of the highlights of last week's Content2Conversion conference was a keynote by the always-stimulating Tim Riesterer of Corporate Visions, who argued that an effective sales presentation should (1) start with an unfamiliar factoid that shows why change is essential (a concept similar to the CEB "challenger sale") (2) show that you have a solution and (c) contrast your solution with other approaches to clarify how it's different and better. Riesterer's own talk followed exactly that template, a bit of consistency I always admire. This in turn got me thinking about my presentation on machine learning systems at the MarTech conference in March. I pretty much finished drafting it last week, but it was still an interesting exercise to imagine recasting it along the lines Riesterer proposed. Linear thinker that I am, this meant first looking for an appropriate factoid about why the growth of machine intelligence poses a threat that can't be ignored.

The rise of the'internet of things' has brought about a new era of personal security, especially for the super rich. Artificial intelligence and connected smart devices now allow wealthy homeowners unprecedented control over their properties, with high-tech cameras and locking systems to help regulate exactly who goes in or out at all times. But, while some have taken to extreme safeguarding measures, with rooms that can seal themselves off during a break in, and even plans for emergency evacuation via helicopter, lack of cyber security still leaves many customers'sitting ducks,' experts warn. Artificial intelligence and connected smart devices now allow wealthy homeowners unprecedented control over their properties, with high-tech cameras and locking systems to help regulate exactly who goes in or out at all times. Rich homeowners are turning to technology to keep their properties safer than ever. Facial recognition systems can learn regular visitors to pinpoint a stranger, and alert owners of their presence.

Artificial Lawyer caught up with Cian O'Sullivan, founder of Beagle, the automated contract analysis system that is just celebrating a year and a half of operations and landing VW as a client. We discussed how Beagle came about, why maybe sometimes it's better not to talk to lawyers about AI and how come the company has one of the world's largest auto companies as a client, and then some. Cian O'Sullivan's web camera is not working when Artificial Lawyer calls for a video conference and so is treated to a picture of a soccer pitch in Colombia that the legal tech company founder took on his travels. The international reference makes sense once you start to talk to O'Sullivan. The Canadian travels a lot.

People will get the chance to see rarely-viewed art from the Tate's collection in a new exhibition that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to match historic paintings with modern photos. The display at Tate Britain will use cutting-edge technology to study the latest pictures from global news agency Reuters and compare them with one of 50,000 pieces in the gallery's archives based on their colours and themes. The creators of Recognition, which will run 24 hours a day online as well as in the Tate, hope the digital project will not only unearth some pieces of art that people rarely see, but also create a virtual gallery of its own. "The Tate archive is very difficult to explore, and this makes it easy," said Isaac Joseph Vellentin, 22, one of the creators of Recognition. "In our digital age, there is so much content. We are juxtaposing these images to get more out of them. We are taking two things that are close but far apart in their time frame. But we are also looking at human life. It's more what people take away for themselves."

That is precisely what scientists and academics are doing at a British conference also covering all-too-modern issues like digital intimacy and older Facebook users. The Human Choice & Computers conference in Manchester starting Wednesday is focusing on the "constantly evolving intimate relationships" between humans and technology. University of Oslo Professor Charles Ess says social robots, such as mechanical dolls, "may well be able to offer good sex on demand." But adds that human virtues need to be cultivated "to avoid becoming identical with the machines that serve us." Kathleen Richardson from Britain's De Monfort University, who heads a campaign against sex robots, told Sky News that using sex robots would "increase human isolation" as people try to meet their "complex needs" with inanimate objects.

Cognitive computing – technologies that can learn and reason – are being applied with increasing frequency by leading Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies. IDC, the highly respected technology research firm, estimates that by 2020, 50 percent of all business analytics software will incorporate cognitive computing functionality.[1] It promises a dramatic shift in technology's role in the business. Cognitive technologies go past automation and analytics – providing a solution that can actually understand, learn, and think through any objective, process, problem, or question you present. Having worked in the procurement profession for years, it's clear to me that cognitive technologies will change how procurement operates and disrupt industries, just like major technological innovations that have come before (e.g., e-sourcing, the Internet, cloud-based solutions).