Artificial Intelligence is often interchanged with the word robotics. Although AI might be the single most tremendous technology revolution of our days, with the potential to disrupt almost all aspects of human existence, it does not mean robots are not crucial in our digital world. From helping fight the recent COVID-19 by carrying infectious samples, medicines, food from one place to other to disinfecting public space, to helping manufacturing sectors in assembly lines to inspecting raw materials, robots are almost omnipresent. However, it is still far from being the silver bullet due to the bias of Artificial Intelligence. Recently in May, when Microsoft proposed to replace their human editors with an AI, much was at stake due to Microsoft's reputation of racist bot Tay.

While the NBA continues to move toward restarting its season with players and other personnel isolated at Walt Disney World in Orlando, details of how it hopes to manage the people on site are leaking out. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the specifics were laid out in an informational memo dubbed "Life inside the Bubble," that described testing plans, quarantine protocols and more. Inside the Orlando bubble, NBA players will have the option of wearing a ring that could help with early detection of coronavirus; track temperature, respiratory and heart rate. The part that's specifically interesting to us -- other than players only lounges with NBA 2K and bracelets that beep if people are within sx feet of each other for too long -- is its proposed use of Oura's smart rings. Earlier this month, study results from West Virginia University's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute suggested that physiological data from the rings, combined in its digital platform with information obtained from wearers via in-app surveys, can "forecast and predict the onset of COVID-19 related symptoms" three days in advance, with 90 percent accuracy.

Google has said it is exploring why a picture of Winston Churchill went missing from a search list of former UK prime ministers, amid controversy over the legacy of the wartime leader. The company apologised on Sunday morning for the disappearance of the picture from its "knowledge graph" listing, adding that many photos of Churchill could still be found on its search engine. In a statement made on Twitter, Google's search liaison team said: "We're aware an image for Sir Winston Churchill is missing from his Knowledge Graph entry on Google. This was not purposeful and will be resolved." The problem, which was fixed at around midday on Sunday, was allegedly not specific to Churchill, with a similar problems occurring with images of former prime ministers Harold Wilson, Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin.

Researchers have figured out a way to transform a few dozen pixels into a high resolution image of a face using artificial intelligence. A team from Duke University in the US created an algorithm capable of "imagining" realistic-looking faces from blurry, unrecognisable pictures of people, with eight-times more effectiveness than previous methods. "Never have super-resolution images been created at this resolution before with this much detail," said Duke computer scientist Cynthia Rudin, who led the research. The images generated by the AI do not resemble real people, instead they are faces that look plausibly real. It therefore cannot be used to identify people from low resolution images captured by security cameras.

The Internet Archive has had to shut down its National Emergency Library program because of a lawsuit from four publishers. The Emergency Library is a "temporary collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed," according to the Internet Archive's website. Usually, books from the Internet Archive can be checked-out via a waiting list. Musician uses algorithm to generate'every melody that's ever existed' Musician uses algorithm to generate'every melody that's ever existed' In a blog post, the Archive asked for the publishers to "call off their costly assault." It also said it would not completely end the online lending completely; instead, it would go back to controlled digital lending.

Samsung has created a special edition Galaxy S20 smartphone for K-pop fans, the Galaxy S20 Plus BTS Edition. BTS, who are also known as the Bandtan Boys, are a seven-member South Korean boy band which has become the best-selling artist in South Korean history. The band is also the fastest group since the Beatles to earn four number one albums in the US in under two years. The new aesthetic for the smartphone features a "Haze Purple" colour scheme, with the BTS logo on the back and the band's heart iconography on the camera. It will also come with custom Android theme with a live wallpaper and an "inspiring" lock screen, according to Samsung.

Xbox players will get their games free on the new generation console, Microsoft has confirmed. The company's "Smart Delivery" feature will let people buy a version of a game for the current generation of Xbox One, and then have that available when they come to play on the upcoming Xbox Series X, the company said. Any developer can implement the feature in their game, and it can be used even on physical titles. Microsoft will bring the feature to all Xbox Game Studios titles, which include Halo Infinite. Publishers and developers will choose whether to implement it on their games, meaning that some third-party titles could have to be bought twice, if those making them decide so.

Google has been accused of a conspiracy and a cover-up over a disappearing image of Winston Churchill – but the affair appears to have been both more complicated and innocent than it first appeared. Outcry was prompted among some specific people on social media over the weekend when it emerged that searching for Winston Churchill no longer showed an image of the former prime minister, and instead just text responses to the query. The search company was attacked by people including culture secretary Oliver Dowden, who expressed his "concern" that the image had been removed for sinister reasons. It disappeared amid ongoing debate about the place of statues in public life, racial inequality, and Churchill's legacy, leading some to suggest the decision was a political move. But Google said it was in fact the result of a bug that occurred when Google tried to change rather than remove the image.

Google has removed 36 applications from the Play Store after they were found to be responsible for unwanted adverts and taking users to malicious websites. The apps would also remove their icon from the smartphone's home screen and apps folder, making it harder for the user to uninstall it. Researchers from WhiteOps found fraudulent code in a number of beauty camera applications, with names such as "Yoroko Camera," "Beauty Collage Lite," and "Rose Photo Editor & Selfie Beauty Camera". Many of these apps can be identified by a large number of installations in a short space of time, and a large amount of 5-star and 1-star ratings, resulting in a "U-shaped distribution." Altogether, these apps were downloaded more than 20 million times, 565,833 per app on average.

The EU has opened a major investigation into Apple over concerns that it uses its platforms unfairly. The EU commission will pursue antitrust investigations against the company over its App Store and Apple Pay products, which critics argue have stifled competition. The Commission said it was investigating Apple Pay over allegations the tech giant wields its control over the Pay platform to force developers into using it over others. It said a preliminary investigation had raised concerns that "Apple's terms, conditions, and other measures related to the integration of Apple Pay" may "distort competition and reduce choice and innovation". In addition, the EU Commission announced it had opened a second investigation into concerns that the firm's App Store restricts developers from informing iPhone and iPad users of alternative purchasing possibilities, instead pushing "mandatory use of Apple's own proprietary in-app purchase system".