Ed Baig reviews the Samsung Galaxy S9 (S9), from super slow-mo to AR Emojis. Samsung Galaxy S9 comes in three colors in the U.S. This one is lilac purple. When Samsung unleashed the Galaxy S4 smartphone in 2013, it piled on so many newfeatures, I joked that it was like Samsung was auditioning for a Las Vegas magic act. Fast-forward five years to the Galaxy S9 and S9 that I've been checking out for a week and a half, and it's comforting that Samsung no longer goes hog wild with parlor tricks, unless you want to count super slo-mo video or animated emojis.

Samsung's Galaxy S9 is a strange breed of smartphone. With a Snapdragon 845 processor, great camera, and 18:9 screen, it has all the trappings of a fantastic 2018 handset. Yet, at the same time, it's remarkably similar to the Galaxy S8 that it replaces. In fact, it's so much like its predecessor, issues we might normally overlook become all the more obvious this second time around. Samsung's hook with the Galaxy S9 is a "reimagined" camera, but the camera's new features--namely Dual Aperture, Super Slow-mo, and AR Emoji--are equal parts gimmick and catch-up to competing models. And because Samsung is limiting the dual camera and Live Portrait mode to the larger Plus model, the S9 (the phone I'm reviewing here) feels less like a new phone than a mid-cycle refresh.

Smart 5G systems will enable a range of emerging technologies that have the potential to improve lives at a pace and scale not seen before. And machine learning holds great promise to optimize 5G and future networks. This will affect ITU's standardization work in fields such as coding algorithms; data collection, storage and management; and network management and orchestration – raising a host of important questions such as: These questions will be central to ITU's 10th annual Kaleidoscope academic conference from 26-28 November in Sante Fe, Argentina. "Kaleidoscope 2018: Machine learning for a 5G future" is the tenth in a series of peer-reviewed academic conferences organized by ITU to bring together a wide range of views from universities, industry and research institutions. The aim of the Kaleidoscope conferences is to identify emerging developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and, in particular, areas in need of international standards to aid the healthy development of the Information Society.

The leak corroborates earlier reports that the Pro would have a third rear camera where its siblings would'only' have two. Huawei has been teasing the P20's March 27th launch event with promises of seeing "mooore with AI," so there's a good chance the third camera is being used for object recognition. Also, it's notable that the P20 Lite is the only one of the bunch with its fingerprint reader on the back, though it's not yet clear why. It shouldn't be a slouch -- the Lite will reportedly carry a 5.8-inch screen, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of built-in storage. While there are still some details up in the air (such as availability and price in key areas), the leak illustrates Huawei's strategy: like ASUS, it's gunning after Apple with all-screen phones in a wider price range.

Artificial Intelligence(AI) is the next big move in Technology. With all the areas getting impacted, it is also expected to bring about changes in the smartphone industry as well. In this article, we have compiled a list of 5 ways in which Artificial Intelligence will impact Smartphones in 2018. The market has ample number of apps that translate text from one language to another. All these apps make use of Internet data to upload the text to be translated and then translate it.

Google is allowing UK users to make phone calls to mobile numbers and landlines on its Home smart speakers, free of charge. Itw Home and Home Mini smart speakers will be able to place hand-free calls to ordinary UK numbers using Wi-Fi. The latest update will be rolled out across the UK this week. Users in the US have been able to make phone calls using the device since August last year. Google Home users will soon be able to make phone calls to mobile numbers and landlines, free of charge.

Wireless LAN provider Mist has secured $46 million in funding for its pioneering AI-powered WLAN services. Founded by former Cisco executives, Mist claims its cloud-based WLAN offering for enterprise is the world's first self-learning network, driven by the company's proprietary AI technology, which automates much of the network's management. The programmable cloud architecture is able to track and adapt to each user and their devices in order to deliver a reliable and consistent connection, according to a company blogpost. It does this by tracking over 100 pre- and postconnection states for every Wi-Fi client, and then sending that information to the Mist Cloud every few seconds to be run through multiple machine learning algorithms. The solution can also calculate mobile users' locations with low latency.

Huawei is expected to announce its 2018 flagship Android phone in a couple of weeks and it looks like the company will also debut its own virtual assistant for the Chinese market. Evidence has surfaced suggesting that Huawei will soon announce HiAssistant, the company's answer to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. The existence of HiAssistant was first discovered by XDA-Developers, which examined the firmware files of EMUI 8.1 for the Huawei Mate 10. Apparently, HiAssistant will only run on future Huawei phones that are being powered by the company's own Kirin 970 system-on-chip (SoC). This will most likely include the Huawei P20 and P20 Plus, which are both expected to be announced in Paris on March 27.

Google has started offering free voice calls through its Home smart speakers to UK landlines and mobile phones, bringing it in line with US offerings. Following an update rolling out this week, Google's Home and Home Mini smart speakers will be able to place calls to ordinary UK numbers over its wifi connection, for hands-free phone calls. It doesn't need a mobile phone to work, unlike some rival systems. Google Assistant will be able to call any number in your Google Contacts, as well as millions of businesses. Assistant is able to recognise the voice of up to six different users, giving them access to their own personalised contacts, meaning a command to "call mum" should call the right mother.

Cut to the first official day of the show, and it was almost impossible to avoid the in-your-face signs attempting to lure you to "5G open innovation" demos. Everywhere we turned, we were confronted with yet another banner. This isn't surprising of course, 5G is very much a mobile communications standard and we were in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, after all. This isn't the first time 5G news has permeated MWC -- in years past, we saw companies show off "the first 5G phone," even before the spec was approved. But at MWC 2018, we were seeing not just a few obvious proofs of concept, but a broad creative range of connected devices.