Son (pictured above) said SoftBank will make the investment from a $100 billion technology fund that the company previously said it would raise in part using its own capital and commitments from the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund. First announced in October, the SoftBank Vision Fund will create as many as 50,000 tech jobs in the U.S, according to Son. The fund will also invest in a number of other countries around the world. The investment described by Son represents more than 30 percent of the total amount all venture capital firms had available to invest as of the middle of this year. But can an investment as large as the one Son outlined generate as many jobs as he claimed?

In this special guest feature, Peter Cnudde, VP of Engineering at Yahoo, provides a bird's eye view for the many ways that Yahoo is using machine learning at scale. This concept is driven by the irrational, yet popular notion that one day, machines will take over the jobs of humans. As Vice President of Engineering for Yahoo, Peter oversees the company's big data and machine learning platforms. He is particularly interested in large scale machine learning and its impact on our society. In the past, Peter has worked at several wireless telecommunications companies including Alcatel and RF Micro Devices.

Samsung's next-generation Galaxy smartphone appears to be poised to beat Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 to the punch now that Bloomberg has corroborated much of SamMobile's report saying the Galaxy S8 will be a bezel-free device with a wraparound display featuring an in-screen Home button. The phone should be unveiled in February 2018 and launch in March. That way, the Samsung device should enjoy a six-month lead over the iPhone 8's expected fall arrival. However, the Korean giant is considering scrapping plans for a dual-camera on the Galaxy S8 due to "higher manufacturing costs", one of the sources told the news gathering organization. "Samsung will create an all-screen front for the Galaxy S8 smartphones coming out next year and scrap the physical Home button," people with direct knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.

Samsung is expected to release its first major smartphone since it recalled the Galaxy Note 7 sometime in early 2017. The phone, which will presumably called the Galaxy S8, is rumored to include a brand new design and a smarter digital assistant, among other new additions. Tech pundits and investors will be eyeing this launch closely as Samsung looks to recover lost ground from the Note 7 fiasco. Here's a look at what to expect based on the rumors and reports that have emerged so far. In years past, Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy smartphones in February or March during Mobile World Congress, an annual tech conference in Barcelona.

It makes tomorrow different than yesterday. Technologies like IoT, AI, Cognitive, Cloud, Smart City, Connected Home, Mobile Pay, FinTech and more are all changing our world. Yesterday, they were a dream. Together, they are more powerful than you can imagine. In coming years, they will transform our world.

Samsung could use a big hit after its huge misstep with recent reports that some of its Galaxy Note 7s were catching fire and not in a cool Hunger Games kind of way. So, is artificial intelligence (AI) potentially one of the ways to recover? According to reports this week in The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, it very well could be one of the company's planned tactics. According to the WSJ, "people familiar with the matter" indicate that internal prototypes of the premium Galaxy S8 handset have a side button that can launch an advanced AI virtual assistant similar to Apple's Siri. Of course, the operative word in that sentence is "prototypes" so what actually comes to pass is not a guarantee.

Artificial intelligence (AI) will emerge as a key marketing point in the smartphone industry next year, with the world's leading handset manufacturers scrambling to add more AI functions to their upcoming flagship devices. The move comes as big data technology, allowing devices to make human-like predictions, has been identified as a core feature for a paradigm shift in the global handset market which has stagnated in recent years. The weak growth has been attributed to toughened rivalry among existing players and a slowdown in terms of technological innovations from industry-leading handset makers ― such as Samsung Electronics and Apple ― according to observers. According to market researcher Gartner, the smartphone market has reached 90 per cent penetration in key global markets this year - including the United States, Europe and Japan ― where lifecycles for premium handsets are extended to 2.5 years on average. The trend will prolong over the next five years, added the firm.

Rumors are flying about the latest Samsung flagship smartphone. Presumably to be called the Galaxy S8, it'll attempt to revive Samsung's burned edges from the Galaxy Note7 debacle. Here's everything we have heard so far about what Samsung is putting together. The details are pretty much in the rumor category at this point, but we'll continually update this article as we get more information. The latest Samsung phone usually wins the "best display" crown from Displaymate.

With the advent of faster communication platforms across devices, today's customer is willing to connect with service providers through new channels (social media, self-help, online assistance, live chat etc.) and seek a more seamless and simpler customer experience. Customer also demands a faster grievance capture. Here we look at the latest inventions in the area of machine learning and natural language processing and the benefits a communication service provider can derive from these while attaining efficient handling of customer's requests. With the advent of IVR (Interactive Voice Response) some of the activities were moved to machine interaction thereby reducing call volumes to the CSRs. To keep the key presses minimal, only few services are provided on IVRs.

The Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum in Tokyo this week had tongues wagging about all the possibilities in a new 5G world. While the Chinese tech company would be behind the infrastructure that delivers 5G, the emphasis was on the next generation of apps that such pipes could bring. Whether it's driverless cars or simply cars with artificial intelligence to help humans drive safer and smarter, the amount of data involved makes a 5G mobile network imperative. The showfloor had several examples of this, including a Toshiba concept which had the car talking to the driver to advise on safety, navigation and fuel stops. Virtual and augmented reality was mentioned liberally during the forum.