A selection of quotes from Carrie Fisher, the Star Wars actress, novelist and screenwriter, who has died aged 60. "When I got the part of a princess in this goofy little science-fiction film, I thought: it'll be fun to do. I'm 19! Who doesn't want to have fun at 19? "I'll go hang out with a bunch of robots for a few months and then return to my life and try to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. "But then Star Wars, this goofy, little three-month hang-out with robots did something unexpected. "It exploded across the firmament of pop culture, taking all of us along with it. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day.

Robots are omnipresent in pop culture. Since the term was coined nearly a century ago, robots have played the role of sidekick, villain, and protagonist in some of the greatest science fiction works of all time. But there's a lot that books and movies get wrong about our mechanical companions. Here are 11 myths about robots that your favorite TV shows and films have helped spread. It's hard not to associate robots with visions of the future, but we've been building artificial helpers to complete tasks for us for thousands of years.

Samsung today pulled the covers off of a new wireless speaker that it will formally introduce at the CES conference in Las Vegas next week. The H7 speaker features Samsung's previously announced Ultra High Quality (UHQ) audio and is capable of going down to 35Hz to deliver low bass, according to a statement. Wheels on the top of the gadget will let people adjust the volume and choose playlists from music streaming services. But what's notable is that the speaker doesn't have any smart intelligent assistant built in. Between the Amazon Echo and the Google Home, that sort of thing is in if anything is.

Today, big data, that is generated exponentially every hour, becomes a treasurable asset to many organizations. To be competitive in a dynamic data-driven and Web-centric market, most of the high-tech companies such as Google, Apple, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, etc. employ big data analytics (BDA) to mine insights within their big data to drive productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency. On the other hand, artificial intelligence (AI) has grown rapidly from a nascent stage to intermediate one in the last decade. AI is a youthful field in Computer Science in building an autonomous machine that intends to replace humans with daily activities. Robots mimic human behavior and frequently perform dangerous tasks.

Next time you want to watch a Disney movie, head to Hulu. The streaming provider on Tuesday announced it had acquired the licensing exclusive rights to more than 50 Disney theatrical films. The deal with Walt Disney Studios is Hulu's largest catalog deal for films with a studio to date. The multi-year deal applies to subscription video on demand, or streaming through a subscription-based provider like Hulu or Netflix. SEE ALSO: Disney's'Avatar' theme park robots are as amazing as the film characters Hulu started with TV shows but has been building up its library of movies.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to move from the summer of hype to the fall tech conference news cycle, mass confusion has begun on what AI can be used for. From fears of SKYNET, to hopes for the computer in StarTrek and Jarvis in Iron Man, the value will come from defining the proper outcomes. AI is more than just a fad. With a market size of $100B by 2025, Constellation sees the AI subsets of machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and cognitive computing taking the market by storm (see Figure 1). The disruptive nature of AI comes from the speed, precision, and capacity of augmenting humanity. Perception describes what's happening now.

Fight for the Rebellion or Empire in a wide variety of multiplayer matches for up to 40 players, or in exciting challenges inspired by the films available solo, split-screen or through online co-op. Star Wars Battlefront combines this epic action on a galactic scale with stunning visual recreations of some of the most iconic planets, weapons, characters, and vehicles in the Star Wars universe and the original sound effects from the films, to give Star Wars fans the ultimate, authentic and immersive interactive experience they've been looking for. This discounted deal Includes Star Wars Battlefront standard video game for PS4 and an official SteelBook, an Amazon Exclusive. A SteelBook is a limited, high quality, premium metal case. Check it out on Amazon now.

Facebook is warning people about a fake explosion in Bangkok, falsely suggesting that the entire city is at risk. The site has activated its "Safety Check" feature across Thailand's capital. That means that anyone it thinks is in the area will see a message informing them that there has been "an explosion", and encouraging them to mark themselves safe from it. But no such explosion actually happened and the fake alert seems to be the result of changes that the company has made to its Safety Check feature. It appears to have been activated by a minor incident, reported only in the local news, where a man took firecrackers to a government building in an apparent protest.

Much like The Force, technology surrounds us, penetrates us and binds together our galaxy, which is why it's so hard to identify which technologies might have the most significant impact in the coming year. What we can count on in 2017 is that a myriad of innovations will arrive. Some will alter our lives with the tectonic force of an earthquake. Other will sneak in quietly and change things in gentle, almost unnoticeable ways. My goal here is to focus on the technologies that will undergo the most significant change and have the biggest impact on our lives.

You'd think the proliferation of smartphone photography would have sparked a revolution in digital cameras. Sure, cameras are more connected now than ever, and mirrorless technology has helped make them smaller and lighter. But the basics -- shoot as much as you want to a memory card and access the photos when and wherever -- have remained. So new ideas are welcome, however bizarre they might be. Enter Relonch, a startup that wants to upend the way we use digital cameras.