The writing is on the wall. Every major global governmental agency is warning of the imminent tipping point towards catastrophic climate change, even the world's largest oil company Saudi Aramco is now talking about reaching peak oil within the next 20 years, and the International Energy Agency projects that it will happen in more like 10. Solar and wind are cheaper than ever, and large-scale solar mega-projects are quickly becoming the norm. It makes sense, then, that even the supermajor oil companies are diversifying their portfolios and investing in their own demise--also known as the renewable energy sector. Way back in July, 2017 Oilprice reported that France's Total S.A. was "leading the charge on renewables". At the time, Total's website boasted: "For Total, contributing to the development of renewable energies is as much a strategic choice as an industrial responsibility. We are doing our part to diversify the global energy mix by investing in renewables, with a strategic focus on solar energy and bioenergies."

Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve efficiencies and precision in sleep medicine, resulting in more patient-centered care and better outcomes, according to a new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, the position statement was developed by the AASM's Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Medicine Committee. According to the statement, the electrophysiological data collected during polysomnography--the most comprehensive type of sleep study--is well-positioned for enhanced analysis through AI and machine-assisted learning. "When we typically think of AI in sleep medicine, the obvious use case is for the scoring of sleep and associated events," said lead author and committee Chair Dr. Cathy Goldstein, associate professor of sleep medicine and neurology at the University of Michigan. "This would streamline the processes of sleep laboratories and free up sleep technologist time for direct patient care."

Thematic funds are slowly claiming their dominance in the investment world. Notably, the collective assets under management in these funds have risen nearly three times to roughly $195 billion globally from $75 billion, over a period of three years, ending Dec 31, 2019 (per a Morningstar report). Moreover, the figure is equivalent to around 1% of total global equity-fund assets, rising from the 10-year ago level of 0.1%. Also, the options available for thematic investing have increased over time. By the end of December 2019, around 923 thematic funds were available for investing in the market (per a Morningstar's global database), with 154 new thematic funds being added globally in 2019. North America has witnessed thematic assets tripling to $30.5 billion during the trailing three-year period through Dec 31, 2019 on the back of solid net inflows.

Indeed, the global 3D imaging market is expected to grow from $4.9 billion in 2015 to $16.6 billion in 2020.

Humans can make mistakes, but so can machines. If we use artificial intelligence for legal work, what sort of quality is needed? A Friday ABA Techshow panel at the Hyatt Regency Chicago titled "Open the Pod Bay Doors: Problems with AI" discussed this question in detail. Is the goal to do something quickly? If the goal is to do something better than a human, which human?

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Digital technologies have transformed every industry in the Canadian economy. They have the power to help address some of the most challenging problems, from producing faster healthcare diagnoses to making businesses more efficient. They can improve quality of life in communities from anywhere in the world. Today, two Cape Breton technology companies announced new projects that will create well-paying jobs in emerging technology fields and generate sustainable economic growth in the Sydney area. Orenda Software Solutions Inc. is developing artificial intelligence and language understanding technology to measure social impacts and perform behavioural analysis.

Amazon's Ring keeps a log of every single time one of its cameras, doorbells or apps is activated and used, it has been revealed. Events that are logged include motion detected by the cameras, a doorbell being activated or pressed by a visitor, or an action by the user to activate a live feed to converse with a visitor. The data recorded also includes exact GPS co-ordinates of the devices as well as the duration of each event in seconds. It has also been found that every time the Ring app is used by a customer, a permanent note of the device model and which network it uses is saved and recorded in a vast database. Experts have slammed the feature and said it poses a'serious threat to people's privacy' and could easily be stolen or misused by criminals.

Philip Pullman is once again having a moment, thanks to the new blockbuster adaptation of His Dark Materials by the BBC and HBO. His fantasy classic--filled with witches, talking bears and "daemons" (people's alter-egos that take animal form)--is rendered in glorious steampunk detail. Pullman has also returned to the fictional world of his heroine, Lyra Belacqua, with a new trilogy, The Book of Dust, which probes more deeply into the central question of his earlier books: What is the nature of consciousness? Pullman loves to write about big ideas, and recent scientific discoveries about dark matter and the Higgs boson have inspired certain plot elements in his novels. The biggest mystery in these books--an enigmatic substance called Dust--comes right out of current debates among scientists and philosophers about the origins of consciousness and the provocative theory of panpsychism.

Ecommerce is a customer-first industry where only those businesses enjoy a great feat that stands high on customer experience, customer engagement, and customer convenience ladder. It's pushing the Ecommerce stores to embrace the cutting-edge technologies to enrich the customer's journey from onboarding to the checkout. The Ecommerce industry has taken great strides with mobile apps and now, after m-commerce, the artificial intelligence that's touted as the next biggest trend in the Ecommerce world is gearing up to transform the way online commerce operate and serve the customers with automation. According to Gartner research, "AI technology tops the list of top 10 technology trends which created new waves in 2017 and helping businesses in several ways. The global market for AI is expected to grow by 94% from 2016, and reach $1.5 billion by 2019."