Donald Trump has challenged the new London mayor to an IQ test after Sadiq Khan said he was ignorant. Mr Khan was responding to Mr Trump's stance on Muslims that they should banned from entering America. Speaking in an interview with Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain, he also warned he may not have a "very good relationship" with UK Prime Minister David Cameron if he wins the US presidency.

This article, co-authored by Harvey Lewis, research director at Deloitte UK, unveils the possibilities presented by artificial intelligence. In the 2015 film, "Ex Machina", the character Nathan Bateman, an archetypal eccentric billionaire, suggests that "one day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa. An upright ape living in dust with crude language and tools, all set for extinction." Given the surge of interest in artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, fueled by big data and ever more sophisticated algorithms and hardware, it should come as no surprise that famous entrepreneurs and even eminent scientists in the real world are asking whether computers could one day threaten the survival of humankind. Governments and businesses around the world are continuing to invest billions of pounds in the technology.

The big news this week was STAR, a robot that outperformed surgeons. Initially, the robots were designed to look and work like humans. This was the image from popular comics when I was growing up. However, now that robots have become mainstream, most robots are very unlike humans, and that is their strength. Let us explore this thought.

Human beings have a love-hate relationship with automation. Some of the time we love it, and the rest of the time we absolutely hate it -- without much daylight in between. We love DVRs, learning thermostats, and Dollar Shave Club. We hate subscriptions we don't want, memberships we don't use, and meaningless auto-reply emails. Some of the biggest names in tech are coming to TNW Conference in Amsterdam this May.

Every month, nearly 20% of the country gets a Social Security check. What if that number were 100%? What if the government gave everyone an income? Its popularity last peaked in the 1970s and now, after a relatively dormant few decades, it's making a comeback. Pilot projects have been announced in Finland, the Netherlands, and Canada.

There's a question at the heart of the Uncharted games that the latest title, released to great acclaim this month, tackles most directly: is the dashing lead protagonist, Nathan Drake, a hero or a thief? The continuing success of Naughty Dog's action-adventure series, along with the resurgent Tomb Raider games, shows that the "adventuring archaeologist" trope is a resilient one. The modern precursor of both Nathan Drake and Lara Croft is of course Indiana Jones, who retains a vice-like grip over the public imagination. But Jones represents an archetype that stretches back much further, of course; his true inspiration can be traced beyond the 1950s movie matinee serials and pulp comics that inspired George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and toward the great colonial fantasies of King Solomon's Mines, The Lost World and the Boy's Own magazines. There are even older precedents: Egyptian literature from the first century CE introduces Setna – a prince who raids tombs in search of a magical book.

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

Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety and convenience, but they could also lead to more traffic jams. The problem is that too many people will use the technology when it becomes widely available, according to transport researchers. Experts foresee robot cars chauffeuring children to school, dance class and baseball practice. The disabled and elderly will have new mobility. Self-driving cars will give commuters a new freedom as they travel to the office, but they could also lead to more vehicles on the road, according to transport experts.

In Little Britain, the world-weary character Carol Beer responds to all customer enquiries by clacking into her PC keyboard, glancing at the results shown on screen, and nasally intoning: "Computer says, 'no'". It does however severely underplay the current real-world situation. In reality the computer often says'no' these days without any need for a Carol Beer to input data or to even speak to the customer. Small computer programmes are used to cut out the middle-human. The chances are that if you were to apply for a loan or a credit card online today, behind the scenes a computer is working its way through an algorithm, whirring away in a split-second to decide whether your application will be successful by classifying you as'low risk' (computer says, 'yes') or as'high risk' (computer says, 'no').

Man Group is changing the focus of an Oxford University department it funds to machine learning. Investors have been urged to reject its pay plans later this month. City Talk: Barratt Developments sees strong market, Compass profit rises, Experian plans share buyback. Bank league tables can be a surprisingly thorny issue. Cut the right way, anyone can be number one.