Developments in the field of artificial intelligence and a recent string of attacks on numerous websites signal a terrifying future of cyber warfare, Elon Musk told his five million Twitter followers on Thursday. His dire warning pertains to a mixture of machine-learning AI and rather "vulnerable" systems that lay the foundation of the internet. Musk said that the future of cyber warfare may not be waged with humans and our weapons, but with AI systems. Just recently, an unknown group of hackers launched a massive "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack that took down part of the internet in the West. Analysis of the incident confirmed that the hackers used a huge "botnet," or a system of computers, that comprised simple internet of things (IoT) devices to overload the systems of Dynamic Network Services (Dyn), a firm that is part of the internet address system.

The number one goal in United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 is: eliminate poverty. Today, around 1 billion people, that's roughly one seventh of the world's population, live in extreme poverty by earning less than 1.90$ per day. Though studies reveal that global poverty is reducing, we are still a long way from our goal. To eradicate poverty, we first need the poverty distribution across the globe. The following diagram gives a rough estimate.

The dismal science is getting a data boost through a research partnership between a global bank and the U.K.'s national center for data science. The Alan Turing Institute and London-based HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HSBC) said they are launching the multimillion-pound data science research effort to better "understand changes in the U.K. economy." Launched last year, the Turing Institute brings together researchers from top British universities focusing on mathematics, computer science, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The goal of the economics data research, the partners said, is to "catalyze research into'big data' and algorithms." Also participating in the economic data initiative is the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Researchers are pulling inspiration from the Wright brothers' twisted wood-and-canvas wings in order to make today's flying more efficient. MIT and NASA have designed a new kind of bendable, 'morphing wing' system that is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic and assembled by small robots. The new structure could simplify the manufacturing process and greatly reduce fuel consumption by improving the wing's aerodynamics. MIT and NASA teamed up to create a new kind of bendable, 'morphing wing' system made of tiny, lightweight'digital materials' and assembled by a team of small robots MIT and NASA created a new kind of bendable, 'morphing wing' system of carbon fiber reinforced plastic that are assembled by a team of small robots. Miniature robots crawl along or inside the wing structure as it takes shape.

The internet is about to become a vicious, chaotic battlefield, and Elon Musk says advanced A.I. could make the carnage even worse. According to a short exchange on Musk's Twitter today, the systems that keep the internet running are particularly vulnerable to simple, brute-force computing attacks -- the kind of cyberwarfare that artificial intelligence excel at. On October 21, an unknown group of hackers wiped out part of the internet in the United States and Europe with a massive Denial of Service attack. The hackers used a massive "botnet" -- linked computers able to perform coordinated functions -- of simple Internet of Things devices to relentlessly overload the servers at Dyn Systems, which provides DNS services to a huge number of websites, including Spotify, Twitter, Netflix, and Reddit. For the most part, cybersecurity authorities believe that a human being or group of people orchestrated and executed the attack, plugging in the botnet's targets and making sure their digital blows landed.

"Loving" is an unpretentious film about unassuming real people, but don't let that mislead you. Just as Richard and Mildred Loving ended up overturning the status quo and making American legal history, so this feature on their lives by writer-director Jeff Nichols turns out to be a film of quiet but quite significant strengths. Nichols, responsible for "Mud," "Take Shelter" and the underappreciated humanistic science fiction epic "Midnight Special," has gone in a different, more historical direction here. He's made an involving socially conscious drama about the interracial couple whose marriage, illegal in their home state of Virginia, led to the unanimous 1967 Supreme Court ruling that racist anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional. But "Loving" is hardly a legal drama rife with attorney strategies and courtroom scenes.

There are few places better positioned to become a "smart city" than Singapore. That's an easy statement to justify. Singapore is an island city-state just 30 miles across that has been governed by the same party for decades. Putting the implied democratic flaws to one side, the geography and political stability of Singapore have aided the city in preparing for the future. Two years ago, those preparations got a name: "Smart Nation," an ambitious program to push the city, its residents and its government into the digital age.

NASA's Curiosity rover spotted a strange rock on Mars, so of course, it shot it with a laser. The intrepid, car-sized robot found an egg-shaped, golf ball-sized shiny rock that looked unlike any other rocks around it on Oct. 27. NASA Scientists controlling the rover suspected that the odd rock is an iron meteorite that found its way to the Martian surface. SEE ALSO: History's most spectacular Mars mission fails So to confirm their suspicions, the researchers had Curiosity fire its laser at the meteorite. The laser instrument (called ChemCam) has a specific scientific purpose.

This brings the three-year-old company's total funding to over $8 million. Photo taken by Alex Villafania The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is planning to incorporate research into artificial intelligence (AI) in its 2017-2022 development agenda in an effort to ramp up the country's science and technology research programs. DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said during the recent National Research and Development Conference that they intend to incorporate AI into the Philippine Development Plan called "Ambisyon Natin 2040." Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing (MEVIS) in Bremen, Germany have developed software that uses deep learning to facilitate the detection of tumours in progressive cancer treatment images. The package will be demonstrated in Chicago at the world's largest radiology meeting, RSNA, on 27 November to 2 December.

Nasa is planning an ambitious mission that will see a robotic spaceship visit an asteroid to create an orbiting base for astronauts. The robot shipwill pluck a large boulder off the space rock and sling it aroundthe moon, becoming a destination to prepare for futurehuman missions to Mars. Nasa also plans to study the asteroid and test deflection techniques that one day may be necessary to save Earth from a potentially catastrophic collision. Now the space agency has created a mock-up of its robot arm and tested it using a mock asteroid boulder. The robot ship will pluck a large boulder off an asteroid and sling it around the moon, becoming a destination to prepare for future human missions to Mars.