With drones getting more and more commonplace and the growing importance of regulating them, The European Commission recently proposed to put clear regulations in place for the use and ownership of drones within two years. "Drones mean innovation, new services for citizens, new business models and a huge potential for economic growth. We need the EU to be in the driving seat and have a safe drone services market up and running by 2019. The EU needs to take a leading role worldwide in developing the right framework for this market to flourish, by unleashing the benefits for key economic sectors," EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, said in the press release. The regulations, which will be worked out by the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research Joint Undertaking, will be employed across state lines and will apply to the European Union as a whole.

"Battlefield 1," published by Electronic Arts, is a first-person shooter video game that depicts a female Russian soldier with a shaved head. "Battlefield 1," published by Electronic Arts, is a first-person shooter video game that depicts a female Russian soldier with a shaved head. The Playa Vista team behind the World War I video game "Battlefield 1" has two goals: Create an epic, all-out experience and ensure that their choices are true to history. Workers scan textbooks and online resources as they decide what characters, weapons and battles to depict in the game. They ask for help from experts on the Allies and Central Powers.

The Royal Society doesn't have a quick fix. It recommends machine-learning students get a class in ethics to go along with their technical studies. It suggests that the UK government funds public engagement with researchers. What's beyond doubt is that machine learning is already all around us, and will grow in influence. Peter Donnelly, who chaired the group that put the report together, told journalists assembled for the launch of the research: "It can and probably will impact on many, many, areas of our personal and leisure activities."

Data is the lifeblood of any business. And while advances in machine learning have been revolutionizing almost every industry, some have lagged behind due to technical constraints. Healthcare and life sciences rely on information, but when it comes to data, many professionals in this arena are stuck with legacy technologies when conducting their research. As John Brownstein, Director of the Computational Epidemiology Group at the Boston Children's Hospital put it, "We're missing the data, we're missing the realtime information, we're missing the forecasting methods. And we're missing the consumer tools that feed back to the patient to inform us about what's happening around us."

The US recently flip-flopped on whether people have to register their non-commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the FAA at all, while China made it mandatory to register drones heavier than 0.55 pounds. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is working with member states and the industry to come up with safety rules that are as all-encompassing as possible, and will include the EU's basic aviation safety regulations. The European Commission will also finance the integration of drones into the existing aviation system, while a group of experts will be assembled to weigh in on future policy recommendations. The Commission proposes to have the systems for registering drones and drone operators, e-identification and geo-fencing up by 2019.

Great White North is on the top of that list. Because of its powerful academic research labs, Toronto has supplied a lot of talent in the field but has been experiencing a brain drain. As an effort to retain talent and make Toronto a global supplier of AI capability, the University of Toronto gathered a team of globally renowned researchers and founded the Vector Institute. The independent, non-profit AI research institution has created a lot of buzz and attracted a great deal of funding to its ongoing projects. With a combination of research and commercial goals, according to The Toronto Star, It will be backed by more than $150 million in public and corporate funding.

Loomis appealed the sentence, arguing that neither he nor the judge could examine the formula for the risk assessment as it was a trade secret. The state of Wisconsin countered that Northpointe required it to keep the algorithms confidential in order to protect the firm's intellectual property. Wisconsin's attorney general, Brad D. Schimel, even used the same argument that Loomis did, that judges do not have access to the algorithm either, although he seems to have spun it as a positive somehow. This is a bit like saying a game of chess is fairer if neither player knows the rules. Which is true, in a way, but it's unlikely to produce a game of chess, just two people throwing pieces round a board, which will result in no winners in the traditional sense.

Powers planned by the Government aiming to pave the way for commercial space flights in Britain will be included in the Queen's Speech alongside a raft of investments in transport infrastructure. The legislation, according to Department for Transport (DfT), will allow the launch of satellites from the UK for the first time, horizontal flights to the edge of space for scientific experiments and the establishment of spaceports in regions across Britain. The Queen's Speech, which has been delayed by two days due to the current instability in British politics, will also include measures to improve conditions for the 100,000 drivers of plug-in vehicles by "removing barriers that are preventing more drivers switching to electric". "As things stand, those wanting to use publicly-accessible charging points may need to register with several different companies that run them," the Department for Transport added. "The planned legislation will include measures to ensure drivers need register only once to make full use of the existing infrastructure."

The Cassini spacecraft has circled Saturn for nearly 13 years, gathering unprecedented insight on the ringed planet and its many moons. A dramatic new video shared by NASA looks back at some of the early highlights of the Cassini mission, compiling clips from several flybys and set to eerie music. The result is a breathtaking new perspective reminiscent of science fiction, showing some of Cassini's most remarkable observations as never seen before. The Cassini spacecraft has circled Saturn for nearly 13 years, gathering unprecedented insight on the ringed planet and its many moons. When it comes to space, it isn't always easy to understand how big objects really are.

Innovation in the business world is accelerating exponentially, with new, disruptive technologies and trends emerging that are fundamentally changing how businesses and the global economy operate. To adapt, thrive, and innovate, we all need to be aware of these evolutionary technologies and trends and understand the opportunities or threats they might present to our organizations, our careers, and society on a whole. With this in mind, I recently had the opportunity to compile 99 Facts on the Future of Business in the Digital Economy. This presentation includes facts, predictions, and research findings on some of the most impactful technologies and trends that are driving the future of business in the digital economy. To make it easier to find facts for specific topics, I have grouped the facts into six subsets; in this post I'll share the second subset.