Philip Hammond says he wants the UK to become a "world leader" in 5G, the next-generation mobile technology that proponents say is the key to an internet-connected world of driverless cars, smart home appliances, delivery drones and lightning-fast video on the go. The government, which has published a 70-page tome on its future 5G strategy, said in the budget it would invest up to £16m to run trials and support the technology's development, to make sure the UK is at the crest of the "next wave of mobile technology services". However, 5G, which is set to be rolled out in the UK next decade, also has its critics. They argue consumers don't need the superfast speeds the upgrade from current 4G technology promises, and many in the industry believe that logistical issues mean that 5G may not be properly rolled out in the UK for decades. In the meantime, there are still basic infrastructure issues – including rural areas with little or no broadband coverage at all – that need sorting out.

Reality and the digital world are coming together. Cheap sensors, combined with the Internet of Things and big data processing, allow a company to monitor equipment, product, environment, and more. The end result is instant reaction at the point of interaction. This is a radical change in how business operates, according to Suresh Acharya (pictured), head of JDA Labs at JDA Software Group Inc. "What is changing dramatically is the fact all of this is being digitized," said Acharya. He spoke to John Furrier (@furrier), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE's mobile live-streaming studio, at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, TX. (*Disclosure below).

Another day, another fun internet thing that uses neural networks for facial manipulation. This time it's DeepWarp, a demo created by Yaroslav Ganin, Daniil Kononenko, Diana Sungatullina, and Victor Lempitsky, that uses deep architecture to move human eyeballs in a still image. First spotted by Prosthetic Knowledge, DeepWarp is focused on realistic "gaze manipulation." The authors of the demo acknowledge that similar projects already exist (like the smile-manipulator FaceApp), but without such a singular, detailed focus. The authors note that their findings in this study could be applied to solve real-world issues of eye movement, like for "gaze correction in video conferencing."

Unless you've been hiding out in a doomsday bunker you'll have heard the news that the robots are coming for your job. They are already delivering takeaways in Washington, DC, flipping burgers in California, doing data entry in accounting firms worldwide, writing articles for the Associated Press, appealing parking tickets, correcting errors on Wikipedia, managing Amazon's warehouses, creating ads for Coca-Cola and helping in complex surgery. Soon "there will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better", according to the gloomy prediction of Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive and notorious worrier about the robot apocalypse. Lest you think your role is safe, a recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute brings the cheery news that by 2055 robots will be doing more than half of what qualifies as work in today's world. McKinsey has provided a search tool where you can check how vulnerable your occupation is to partial or complete automation, but I'll save you the trouble: unless your job involves owning the corporation that builds the robots it's probably deemed at risk.

When it comes to the public cloud, launching VMs, provisioning storage, and configuring networks is no more cutting edge. The core building blocks of IaaS have gone past the evolution phase to become stable. With enterprises adopting public cloud at a rapid pace, we cannot expect further disruption to the cloud infrastructure services. Mainstream providers will only add newer VM type, additional regions and zones, and optimized storage and network services. With IaaS hitting a plateau, what will take public cloud to the next level?

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

From The Jetsons to I, Robot, science fiction writers have illustrated both exciting and frightening visions of the impact computers, robots or other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) could have on society and mankind. As technology has become increasingly integrated into our lives, the prospect of living with super-intelligent machines has become not only conceivable, but perhaps inevitable. Roman Yampolskiy, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at UofL's Speed School of Engineering, will share his insights into the current and future reality of artificial intelligence at the next Beer with a Scientist event, March 15 at 8 p.m. at Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St. "Many scientists, futurologists and philosophers have predicted that humanity will achieve a technological breakthrough and create Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), machines that can perform any task as well as a human can," Yampolskiy said. "It has been suggested that AGI may be a positive or negative factor in all domains, including technology and economy. I will attempt to analyze some likely changes caused by arrival of AGI." Yampolskiy is interested in AI, AI safety, cybersecurity, digital forensics, pattern recognition and games related to artificial intelligence.

March 9, 2017 --Physicist Stephen Hawking may be a proponent of artificial intelligence, but he has also been outspoken about the potential challenges it creates. In a recent interview, he sounded a similar tone, and offered a solution that conservatives may find hard to accept. Speaking to The Times of London to commemorate being awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City of London, a title that was conferred on him on Monday, Professor Hawking expressed optimism for the future. He added, however, that he is concerned about artificial intelligence (AI), as well as other global threats. "We need to be quicker to identify such threats and act before they get out of control," Hawking said.

These days, talking to a bot is commonplace. Think Siri, or your chatty banking app. But you wouldn't talk to your toaster like you talk to a friend -- unless your toaster had a great sense of humor. These days, talking to a bot is commonplace. Think Siri, or your chatty banking app.

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