The next generation of cellular technology is expected to revolutionise the way we communicate, with its increased bandwidth and lower latency expected to facilitate emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles. "5G is really the first time that you're going to see the next industrial revolution that results directly from a new communications infrastructure," said Ferguson, speaking at Cyber Security Nordic, an information security conference in Helsinki, Finland. But for all the benefits it has been touted to bring, the proliferation of connected devices will cause headaches among security professionals in the "not too distant future", he warned. While autonomous digital weapons and deepfakes are "emotionally frightening", these problems are much further down the line and will be at a much smaller scale compared to the threats that will arise in a hyperconnected 5G world, he said. Previous generations of cellular technology have created fresh cybersecurity challenges.

There is currently keen interest amongst tech companies, investors, and research institutes in both artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. The buzz has reached corporations and financial institutions looking to tailor these technologies for their own businesses in order to keep pace in our increasingly digitized economy.-- This excitement has implications for securing patent protection -- Canada and the United States (as well as many other countries) operate on a "first to file" basis.-- That means you will want to file a patent application before other inventors monopolize protection for the technology in your area, potentially curtailing your competitive business advantage. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued revised guidelines on what constitutes subject-matter that is eligible for patent protection (under 35 U.S.C. -- 101), effective January 7, 2019.

Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to present an EU approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) within her first 100 days of taking office. However, the clock is already ticking and the EU needs to look at boosting the uptake and development of AI now while safeguarding citizens' rights, values and principles. This is an opportunity to not only build a framework for'Trustworthy AI', but also to take a leading role in AI to society's benefit. To do this, there are three points to keep in mind: working with the tools that we have, applying agile and inclusive policymaking, and boosting investment. To start, let's not fall into the trap of limiting or overregulating the market.

Images of seven people were passed on by local police for use in a facial recognition system at King's Cross in London in an agreement that was struck in secret, the details of which were made public for the first time today. A police report, published by the deputy London mayor Sophie Linden on Friday, showed that the scheme ran for two years from 2016 without any apparent central oversight from either the Metropolitan police or the office of the mayor, Sadiq Khan. Writing to London assembly members, Linden said she "wanted to pass on the [Metropolitan police service's] apology" for failing to previously disclose that the scheme existed and announced that similar local image sharing agreements were now banned. There had been "no other examples of images having been shared with private companies for facial recognition purposes" by the Met, Linden said, according to "the best of its knowledge and record-keeping". The surveillance scheme – controversial because it involved tracking individuals without their consent – was originally agreed between borough police in Camden and the owner of the 27-hectare King's Cross site in 2016.

Driver turnover has been above 90 percent for more than nine consecutive quarters and shows little sign of slowing down. What's more is that issues related to management and workplace policies and communication have caused 30 percent of drivers to leave their job. Keeping your drivers safe, recognizing them for doing the right thing, and offering a solid feedback loop are key to increasing driver engagement -- and retention. If the people who drive your products from one place to another do not feel like you have taken extra measures to keep them safe, then they will leave for jobs that do. Where does this leave you? The more drivers you lose, the more difficult it will become to transport your products.

When T4 co-founder and CEO Maks Khurgin was working at Bain and Company, he ran into a common problem for analysts looking for market data. He spent way too much time searching for it and felt there had to be a better way. He decided to build a centralized market data platform himself, and T4 was born. This week the company competes in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Startup Battlefield. What he created with the help of his long-time friend and CTO, Yev Spektor, was built on a couple of key components.

In a classroom in rural Maharashtra, students stare at a screen as it reads out their English textbook. The teacher occasionally clicks on a word for its Marathi translation -- the primary language of most students at the school -- or shows them a picture to make them understand a word. This method of learning has started to significantly improve the quality of English education in Maharashtra's government schools. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of EnglishHelper, which created the technology platform, the company developed it after researching the most efficient way to learn a new language. "The challenge is to get exposure to language as a student. This is a multisensory, repetition-based platform which won't confuse the student," he says.

The U.S. military's approach to AI is equal parts offense and defense, acknowledging that primary adversary China could also weaponize the technology as a form of asymmetrical warfare in which U.S. military superiority is blunted by dual-used AI technologies. Hence, the service said it would seek to organize and leverage its vast trove of operational data to develop new algorithms for future sensor as well as command and control systems. "Depending on the strategic choices we make now, our ability to operate around the globe may be blunted or bolstered by the adoption of--or hardening against--artificial intelligence," notes the U.S. Air Force's AI strategy released in September. The Air Force plan is part of a broader Defense Department effort to ramp up military AI capabilities under a Joint Artificial Intelligence Center created last year to coordinate AI R&D. The DoD strategy relies heavily on partnering with technology companies, a stance that has generated push-back at leading AI developers like Google.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way to work, live, and do business. From smart homes to robots, companies are depending on AI to expand their business. It allows them to invent new things to improve the lives of their customers. In this process, the government is playing its role by offering SRED financing. The Canada SR&ED (scientific research and experimental development) provides support for partnerships, individuals, and corporations who are involved in empirical development and scientific research in Canada.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is joining forces with two other research powerhouses to pioneer a new $5.5 million research center created by the U.S. Department of Energy to focus on the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence. The Center for Artificial Intelligence-Focused Architectures and Algorithms, or ARIAA, will promote collaborative projects for scientists at PNNL in Richland, Wash., at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, and at Georgia Tech. PNNL and Sandia are part of the Energy Department's network of research labs. ARIAA will be headed by Roberto Gioiosa, a senior research scientist at PNNL. As center director, he'll be in charge of ARIAA's overall vision, strategy and research direction.