As robots get more and more advanced, it's natural to worry that we'll all soon be replaced by machines in the workplace. But the world's most advanced humanoid robot has hardly allayed our fears. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, MailOnline spoke with Ameca the bot, made by British firm Engineered Arts. MailOnline asked the sophisticated machine: 'Will robots take all our jobs?' Somewhat concerningly, the bot replies: 'I don't know, how good are you at your job?' She continued: 'It depends how good you are at it I suppose.'

Lenovo has announced new laptops with generative AI features for this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC), including the Yoga Pro 9i Aura edition. Lenovo's Aura edition branding is the result of a partnership with Intel to create a set of "distinct software, hardware and AI features" that make "computing a more personalized, productive, and protected experience." The Yoga Pro 9i Aura edition is powered by the Intel Core Ultra processor and ships with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, which is the company's most affordable model in the RTX 50 series. It has a 16-inch 3.2K PureSight Pro display with a double layer of OLED pixels that increases its overall brightness to 1600nits peak, as well as boosts its power efficiency. The display also supports 100 percent sRGB, P3 and Adobe RGB color gamut that provide true-to-life color accuracy.

Great news to start the year! Narrativa will be at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, one of the most-followed annual events in tech and the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry. We will participate in 4YFN. The world's most powerful technology corporations will be present in Barcelona: Samsung, LG, Intel, Google, Android, Nvidia and more! As you suspect, this is THE event where advances in communications and mobile technology are presented.

They're old ideas, but machine learning and AI are now the communications industry's hot buzzwords, judging from last week's Mobile World Congress. "For mobile operators around the world, this is no longer an experiment," said Patrick Ostiguy, CEO of Accedian, during an MWC panel discussion on machine learning. Machine learning, which involves training a computer by feeding it examples and counterexamples, has been around for decades. The post office's optical mail-sorting machines are one example. True AI and deep learning, which strive to teach a brain how to teach itself, are also long-standing disciplines.

Your iPhone, television and video game console were likely made in China where the deadly coronavirus is shuttering business operations as scientists race to find a cure. Apple, LG and Amazon are just a few of the household names that are taking measures to protect local workers and business travelers from the deadly outbreak which seemingly began in the central city of Wuhan. As a result, China's manufacturing output is being delayed in ways that will become more pressing as time goes on. Consumer electronics isn't the only sector being rattled by the outbreak that has killed over a thousand people and sickened thousands of others worldwide. Airlines have largely restricted travel into and out of China, curtailing tourism.

Saying thank you to Google home. LINK Talk with Marcus Nyman, Sales Director Oracle, explaining us how they went from on-premise software to a SaaS player and how AI and blockchain are helping Marketing Depts. to improve in performance #MWC19 #Oracle #futureofcommunications

Amid all the bullish talk about 5G at MWC Barcelona 19, there was also some nervous hand wringing. Even as progress is being made, the tab for this next-generation connectivity remains daunting. The GSMA trade group that hosts the event formerly known as Mobile World Congress estimates that carriers will be spending $160 billion on an annual basis to roll out 5G networks around the world. And that doesn't include trillions more that are estimated to be needed to install related infrastructure for things like autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and interactive content like live streaming virtual reality. "Rolling out 5G is a communications revolution that will profoundly change every aspect of our lives," wrote Tony Wonfor, Managing Director of telecom financing firm Greensill, in a report on 5G costs.

Now that it's here, all anyone can talk about are foldable phones. The next-generation network technology promises blazing speeds, smooth and stable connections and new possibilities for VR, self-driving cars and robotics. This being the big new thing for the mobile industry, all the players -- from phone makers and infrastructure vendors to chipmakers and wireless carriers -- have been desperate to demonstrate how ready they are. But at Mobile World Congress, there was far more buzz about the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X than about the early 5G devices being shown off. The lack of attention paid to all the 5G phones makes you wonder whether all the racing and chest-beating was truly necessary, and serves as a reminder that the next-generation wireless technology is still in its early days. Part of the problem is that 5G being "here" doesn't necessarily mean it's here for you.

In a stifling room at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday, Chris Reece discussed what artificial intelligence could do for the telecommunications industry. Reece, a technologist for Award Solutions, explained that AI, which telecos have already leveraged in some situations, could help solve some of communications service providers' (CSPs) most complicated problems. CSPs have been slow to adopt artificial intelligence, Reece explained, in part because the initial problems AI was developed to address didn't really affect them. When he asked the crowd for examples of problems they'd heard of AI solving, one person suggested chess, and another mentioned image recognition. Reece agreed, saying, "I don't know a lot of teleco operators who really need a computer to tell the difference between a cat and a dog." "There's a lot of opportunity to use AI in the telecom space, and we're just starting to scratch the surface," Reece added.

With no flagship phone to show off to the assembled mass of journalists, bloggers and tech execs, Huawei took a different tack this year at MWC. To showcase the company's AI push (read: remind everyone it's really into this neural processing gig), the Huawei used its Mate 10 Pro smartphone as a lightweight autonomous car brain, inside a Porsche, right outside FC Barcelona's stadium. I was one of the lucky few to experience what it's like to be driven around by an Android phone. Let's not get ahead of ourselves: This isn't Huawei eyeing a move into the crowded, messy world of self-driving cars. As one spokesperson put it, if a phone can "drive" a car, it must be a pretty good phone.