In late February, the UN-Secretary General held a press conference, highlighting the risk of starvation in East Africa and the necessity to raise funds to address the emergency situations in Somalia and South Sudan. Drought has been back in these countries and their neighbours since 2016, leading to a huge current food crisis. While governments are trying to handle the situation, how could technology innovations help prevent starvation and improve agriculture management in the future? We met with Laurent Rivière, a French 30 years-old entrepreneur, who shared with us his view on the subject with a combination of engineer pragmatism and changemaker idealism . Founder and CEO at Sunbirds for two years, he explained to us how his "bird of the sun," his solar drone, is addressing the agriculture challenges of the 21st century.

Microsoft has started blocking Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 updates for computers running certain new chipsets. The company announced plans last January to block next-generation Intel, AMD and Qualcomm processors from system updates on older versions of Windows, but didn't reveal when support would be cut. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar. Japan's On-Art Corp's CEO Kazuya Kanemaru poses with his company's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot'TRX03' and other robots during a demonstration in Tokyo, Japan Japan's On-Art Corp's eight metre tall dinosaur-shaped mechanical suit robot'TRX03' performs during its unveiling in Tokyo, Japan Singulato Motors co-founder and CEO Shen Haiyin poses in his company's concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China A picture shows Singulato Motors' concept car Tigercar P0 at a workshop in Beijing, China Connected company president Shigeki Tomoyama addresses a press briefing as he elaborates on Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo.

The next time you're strolling through a Walt Disney theme park, your snugly hug or photo with your favorite character may be with a super realistic robot-- and not a person in a costume. Disney Enterprises Inc. announced it has filed a U.S. patent for a 3D printed, interactive, soft robot. The application describes the new "soft body" robot to be built specifically for "physical interaction with humans." Disney has a dedicated robotics research department, which is currently developing several projects designed to create a "future in which robots interact with humans in complex, unpredictable environments." If thoughts of a sci-fi world where sentient Disney characters take over the planet and wipe out humanity crossed your mind, fear not, the patent details the robots will actually be operated via a romote controlled device.

Amazon.com Inc. is embracing artificial intelligence to deliver goods more quickly, enhance its voice-activated Alexa assistant and create new tools sold to others through its cloud-computing division, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said in his annual shareholder letter. Changes ushered in by artificial intelligence and machine learning will help the companies that embrace them and put up barriers for those who don't, the world's second- richest man wrote in a 1,700-word letter released Wednesday. Bezos repeated familiar themes, such as the need to operate a business like it's always "Day 1" to keep a startup mentality and the ability to act quickly on limited information to stay ahead, what he calls "high-velocity decision making." His emphasis on artificial intelligence and machine learning was the most concrete indication of areas in which the e-commerce giant will continue to invest. Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being programmed, and is used in autonomous cars, speech-recognition and internet search engines.

Hey Accenture, are you aware that your PR firm is pitching your latest corporate beta for a creepy face and emotion-monitoring algorithm as a party trick? Do you know what a party is? Have you read the definition? Would you call requiring people to download an app before they can get into an event a party-time kind of thing to do? Would you say that demanding that people scan their faces so they can be recognized by an algorithm fun times? Does having that same algorithm watch and record every interaction that happens in the Austin bar or event space you've filled with some light snacks and a bunch of free liquor count as rockin like Dokken? Do good hosts require people to become lab rats in the latest attempt to develop HAL?

Rick and Morty fans, you've got a week to get VR-ready for the series' debut in the virtual realm. Adult Swim and Owlchemy Labs, creator of Job Simulator, announced today that the long-awaited VR title, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, will land on April 20th (4/20, of course). The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive game puts you in the shoes of a Morty clone -- which means you should be prepared to be in constant danger. You'll be able to explore Rick's lab, the family home and, naturally, alternate worlds. And yes, it looks like there's lots of Job Simulator DNA in there.

Amazon.com Inc. is embracing artificial intelligence to deliver goods more quickly, enhance its voice-activated Alexa assistant and create new tools sold to others through its cloud-computing division, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said in his annual shareholder letter. Changes ushered in by artificial intelligence and machine learning will help the companies that embrace them and put up barriers for those who don't, the world's second- richest man wrote in a 1,700-word letter released Wednesday. Bezos repeated familiar themes, such as the need to operate a business like it's always "Day 1" to keep a startup mentality and the ability to act quickly on limited information to stay ahead, what he calls "high-velocity decision making." His emphasis on artificial intelligence and machine learning was the most concrete indication of areas in which the e-commerce giant will continue to invest. Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being programmed, and is used in autonomous cars, speech-recognition and internet search engines.

SYS-CON Events announced today that Auditwerx will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Auditwerx specializes in SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 attestation services throughout the U.S. and Canada. As a division of Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI), one of the top 20 largest CPA firms nationally, you can expect the resources, skills, and experience of a much larger firm combined with the accessibility and attention of a boutique firm. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.

KEY DYNAMICS: Software "robotic" applications recently picked up lot of media attention which acts like excel macros and replicates human employee's mundane tasks/actions is transforming the enterprises internal processes and IT functions. RPA tools has witnessed an evolution in terms of capabilities, value delivery, deployment models and impact on global mindset. Organizations dealing with global pressure to increase their revenues, transform their business models and reduce operational costs are leveraging RPA solutions and services in conjunction with machine learning, cognitive computing, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, speech recognition, vision technology, big data analytics, and many more technologies. Integration of RPA capabilities with these above mentioned technologies broadens the application areas and support companies to become agile in their digital journey. However, this is creating challenge for human workers to be replaced and force them to think hard on re-evaluating their existing skill base and reskill to stay relevant in the market.

Newswire) Digital Reasoning, a leader in cognitive computing, was announced as the company with the'Best Artificial Intelligence Technology' at the WatersTechnology.com Digital Reasoning created the Synthesys cognitive computing platform, which is one of the most widely-adopted AI systems within financial services and used by many of the world's leading investment banks in applications ranging across risk and compliance, financial crime, and customer insights. Synthesys understands and analyzes human communications. Most communications data is unstructured, making it virtually unreadable using conventional technology. By applying artificial intelligence, Synthesys makes sense of human language in text, audio and images, and resolves who is talking about what and with whom.