Meet'Baby Boom': The supersonic passenger airliner that can fly Sydney to Los Angeles in just SIX HOURS Subscale XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator prototype was created by aerospace firm Boom New jet would cut the long haul journey from Sydney to Los Angeles to just six hours in total Jet is nicknamed'Baby Boom' and will be scaled up as a passenger plane for 45 passengers It will reach speeds of up to 2,335 km/h and travel from New York to London in 3.5 hours Jet is nicknamed'Baby Boom' and will be scaled up as a passenger plane for 45 passengers It will reach speeds of up to 2,335 km/h and travel from New York to London in 3.5 hours A sub-scale prototype of a futuristic supersonic passenger airliner could make travel even easier, making flights from Sydney to Los Angeles just six hours in the future. Claimed to be the'world's fastest civil aircraft ever made', the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator is due to take off on its first test flight in late 2017 and journey from Sydney to Los Angeles to just six hours in total Millions of devastated Tinder users are forced to spend a... Is Spotify damaging your hard drive? A bug that could harm... Google's self-driving cars can now perform tricky... The smartwatch that NEVER needs charging: Timepiece draws... Millions of devastated Tinder users are forced to spend a... Is Spotify damaging your hard drive? A bug that could harm... Google's self-driving cars can now perform tricky...

Then came eBay and Amazon in 1995....... Amazon started as bookstore and eBay as marketplace for sale of goods. Since then, as Digital tsunami flooded, there are tons of websites selling everything on web but these two are still going great because of their product recommendations. We as customers, love that personal touch and feeling special, whether it's being greeted by name when we walk into the store, a shop owner remembering our birthday, helping us personally to bays where products are kept, or being able to customize a website to our needs. It can make us feel like we are single most important customer. But in an online world, there is no Bob or Sandra to guide you through the product you may like.

One of the most visible features with the Windows 10 update is Cortana. The virtual assistant by Windows takes a huge step by making an appearance on desktop post mobile. And, trust us, there are many things that you can do.

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is gradually creeping into our homes and businesses. Amazon Echo is already available in the U.K., with Google Home on the way; Dominos Pizza launched a new chat-bot, supported by Facebook Messenger, for customers to interact with. And then there are the daily stories about how AI will change our lives. The theories around centaur approaches, which combine computing power from machines with the decision making of humans, will likely win through. Computing power is such that it can cut through mountains of information to find insight and decisions.

It was Assistant, the artificially intelligent digital helper that caters to your every whim and powers your every interaction. Assistant is invisible, in the design-jargon sense. The omnipresent concierge works in the background, predicting your needs, processing your requests, and offering neatly parceled answers to your questions. You never see the cogs behind it, you merely type (or speak) a command and read (or hear) tailored responses served on screen or through a speaker. This requires more than a smartphone, which explains the gadgets Google announced Tuesday.

It's 8:00 am on a Tuesday morning. You've awoken, scanned the headlines on your phone, responded to an online post, ordered a holiday sweater for your mom, locked up the house, and are driving to work, listening to some great new music on the radio. You've also used artificial intelligence (AI) more than a dozen times -- to be roused, to call up local weather report, to purchase a gift, to secure your house, to be alerted to an upcoming traffic jam, and even to identify an unfamiliar song. AI is already pervasive in our world, and it's making a huge difference in our everyday lives. But this is not the AI you've seen in sci-fi movies, with nervous scientists clacking on keyboards and attempting to halt machines from destroying the world. Sometimes it's obvious, like when you ask Siri to get you directions to the nearest gas station, or Facebook suggests a friend for you to tag in an image you posted online. Sometimes less so, like when you use your Amazon Echo to make an unusual purchase on your credit card (like that goofy holiday sweater) and don't get a fraud alert from your bank.

Artificial intelligence has played a role in customer service for some time now, but it's only recently that its full potential for transforming the customer experience has come to light. Conversational commerce is redefining the role of messaging apps in customer engagement, while self-service tools continue to simplify the customer service process and shift the role of human customer service agents in the contact center. Here are six ways artificial intelligence is reshaping customer experiences of both the present and the future. Targeted marketing practices based on customer behavior. Big data is a key player in targeted marketing practices, offering brands important insights into customer behavior.

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.

The major selling point of Android Auto is that it brings smartphone-like apps and services to your vehicle. Google Maps, access to music and weather updates are now taken for granted, but it's remained a mystery over why one of Android's most useful hands-free commands -- "OK Google" -- has taken so long to come to the infotainment software. Luckily, the search giant has finally recognized the need for the feature and is in the process of rolling it out, albeit at a slow pace. The feature was first spotted by Reddit user neo5468, who noticed that the latest versions of the Android Search and Auto apps enabled a new toggle for OK Google commands while driving. However, even if you have the new updates installed, Google appears to be limiting the expansion on an per account basis, so you may need to wait your turn.

You've seen it in the movies: super smart robots finally come to the conclusion that we humans are making a mess of things. Still think that's the stuff of science fiction? We're building machines that are smarter than we are, that can do our jobs for us, and that we will very soon come to depend on to maintain our technology-saturated lifestyles. With so much going on in the world of AI, we are becoming all but desensitized to the technology. So let's pause for a moment and look at the slightly creepy, but really cool advances taking place in AI today.