Google Chrome just revamped its app on iOS devices that support 3D Touch with its new update Wednesday. The new update allows users to use 3D touch on the Google Chrome app to open up a menu of options, including "Scan QR Code," voice search, opening an incognito tab and regular tab. Here's how the 3D menu on Google Chrome looks like now: The Scan QR code feature is helpful for users, since it skips the step of downloading a separate app to scan codes. The update also lets users search for "QR" by using Spotlight on iOS. Google Chrome adds "Scan QR Code for iOS app.

Nato must begin to compete on the cyber-battlefield to counter Russian hacking aimed at undermining democracy in the US and western Europe, the British defence secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has said. In his most hard-hitting comments yet about Russia, he accused it of targeting the US, France, Germany, Holland, Bulgaria and Montenegro, which is due to become a full Nato member this year. Fallon blamed Russia for helping create the age of fake information. "Today we see a country that, in weaponising misinformation, has created what we might now see as the post-truth age. Part of that is the use of cyber-weaponry to disrupt critical infrastructure and disable democratic machinery," he said.

A major challenge for using data to make predictions is distinguishing what is meaningful from noise. The image represents one approach that visually indicates the complexity of the problem by highlighting some links in a network and deleting other possible links, with the hole indicating the more meaningful information. We have tried to predict the future since ancient times when shamans looked for patterns in smoking entrails. As this special section explores, prediction is now a developing science. Essays probe such questions as how to allocate limited resources, whether a country will descend into conflict, and who will likely win an election or publish a high-impact paper, as well as looking at how standards should develop in this emerging field.

If you forget to tag or add a description when uploading a photo or gallery to Facebook, it can be tough to find an image when you need it. Or at least it used to be. The social network revealed today that it built an AI image search system that can "see" things in your photos even when you forget to add the aforementioned identifiers. Facebook says the system uses its Lumos platform to understand the content of photos and videos and quickly sort through the items you've uploaded. This means that if even if you can't remember when a photo was taken, if you remember the content, you might still be able to find it with ease.

It's only a matter of time before TensorFlow reaches production Hadoop and Big Data clusters in Global 5000 industries. I have seen my example TensorFlow scripts running very consistently without crashing for thousands of uses. The one thing missing is Enterprise support for TensorFlow, especially containerized and managed. I think a number of Big Data vendors will start doing that soon. A good time to revisit and retry the Neural Image Caption Generator in TensorFlow, I will post my findings on how well it runs on a OSX 10.12 Intel 2.5 GHz i7 with 16 GB RAM.

Everyone's talking about how AI will revolutionize so many things. Most of today's discussions take place at the application level, although AI will impact software development too. Some vendors, ISVs and consultants anticipate such a shift, but they aren't able articulate the specifics yet. For years, organizations have been building software using certain types of knowledge. Now, they also have to consider the probable impacts of AI.

More than 90% of surveyed trusts say they still rely on hand-written reports - Photo credit: Flickr, ad.mak, CC BY 2.0 According to figures released following a Freedom of Information request by the communications solutions company Nuance, 93% of the 30 trusts that responded said they handwrite reports. The same proportion said they relied on traditional word processing methods to type up electronic patient records. However, the FoI also indicated an increasing interest in AI across the NHS, with 43% of trusts reporting that they were considering how to use AI as a way of allowing patients to "self-help" when accessing health services. In a statement published alongside the FoI responses, Nuance said that such technology included virtual assistants, speech recognition technology and chat-bots. Last year, Enfield Council became one of the first local authorities to use AI assistance, with the introduction of IPSoft's Amelia systems to help residents carry out online tasks.

Exciting changes are underway for technology in health care. In our post about what to expect in 2017 we touched on many key trends, but one particular emerging technology deserves a closer look: artificial intelligence (AI). "While the U.S. health industry lags behind other industries … in deploying emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, drones, and virtual reality, 2017 is the year to prepare for the eventual arrival of these technologies and their impacts on business models, operations, workforce needs, and cybersecurity risks," stated consulting firm PWC's annual trend report. Here are three ways that artificial intelligence is being used to predict patient outcomes, potentially transforming the way doctors treat patients. In December 2016, Microsoft India, in collaboration with the country's L V Prasad Eye Institute, launched Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE), a research group that will leverage artificial intelligence to deliver large-scale eye care.

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