The big-budget video-game adaptation "Warcraft" came in second with 24.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That was a more middling debut, but the film, taken from the "World of Warcraft" video game franchise, has been a lucrative hit in overseas markets, particularly China.

Asimov's First Law of Robotics is very clear: Robots may not harm people. Although there are certainly plenty of large robots, often used in manufacturing, that one would have to consider dangerous, roboticists have generally hewed to that rule. The "law," penned by science-fiction giant Isaac Asimov in his 1942 short story Runaround, was one of three rules, the second of which reads, "A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law." To be sure, accidents involving robots happen, like when someone gets too close to an industrial robot. But now a Berkeley, California man wants to start a robust conversation among ethicists, philosophers, lawyers, and others about where technology is going--and what dangers robots will present humanity in the future.

Following on soon from the remarkably Smart Devices we are enjoying(!) Your next, or perhaps your last, smartphone will be cleverer than you are. Its IQ will be way above anyone less than a genius. Artificial (General) Intelligent robots will be cleverer than us, able to do anything we can do, better, and faster, for twenty four hours a day, with no time off demanded either, except perhaps for an occasional self-service. Most of the jobs only humans could do before will be gone, and this situation will soon seriously begin to happen, well before the end of the next decade.

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

I read a few articles claiming that the windshield was possibly hit by a bullet or rock, shortly before the deadly derailment. The FBI experts say that a broken windshield will exhibit different patterns, depending on whether it was hit by an impact (rock) or because of the crash.

HPE has maintained an aggressive stance on the company's proposed future in machine learning and AI at this week's Discover 2016 conference in Las Vegas.

The concept of statistical learning started from the method of least squares in the early 1900s has led to the invention of linear regression method. Most of the concepts at those times were applied to astronomical science. The evolution of linear and multiple regression methods gave rise to quantitative statistical computing. Statistical computing divides the majority of the conundrums into two categories. Those are supervised and unsupervised learning categories.

A new Sowing Application for farmers combined with a Personalized Village Advisory Dashboard for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is hoping to see feedback and radical improvements for agriculture and small-holder farmers in the state. The sowing app is to help farmers achieve optimal harvests by advising on the best time to sow crops depending on weather conditions, soil and other indicators. This has been made possible through a partnership between the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Microsoft and the Andhra Pradesh government. The pioneering digital tools are released by ICRISAT with development undertaken by Microsoft. The Personalized Village Advisory Dashboard has been especially developed to enable officials of Andhra Pradesh Primary Sector Mission (APPSM) – Rythu Kosam, to better manage programs of scale.

Patricio Pagani is an executive director at Infotools, and is responsible for all clients and new business in the Americas. Patricio's research career started in 2000, at Coca-Cola. He joined Infotools in 2004. Former president of the New Zealand Market Research Society and current ESOMAR representative, Patricio is a sought-after public speaker worldwide. As an Argentinean who lived in New Zealand for ten years, he is quite fond of rugby, while staying loyal to his other passions… football and playing the guitar.

When cars make it possible to go hands-free, experts say we might be going more hands-on. Self-driving vehicles will eventually hit the streets in droves, and many cars now on the road have semi-autonomous functionality. Letting cars drive themselves frees up drivers to do other things--like eat breakfast, put on mascara, and yes, even have sex. Already drivers are exploiting self-driving car features. In October, three men drove a Tesla Model S P85D from California to New York in just 57 hours and 48 minutes, with Tesla's autopilot feature on for 96 percent of the drive.