Machine learning & AI

US launches artificial intelligence military use initiative

The United States launched an initiative Thursday promoting international cooperation on the responsible use of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons by militaries, seeking to impose order on an emerging technology ...

Business

Could space-based satellites power remote mines?

Many space-based technologies are still looking for their "killer app"—the thing that they do better than anything else and makes them indispensable to whoever needs to have that app to solve a problem. At this point in ...

Hardware

New materials for the computer of the future

Novel materials could revolutionize computer technology. Research conducted by scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI using the Swiss Light Source SLS has reached an important milestone along this path.

Consumer & Gadgets

Nokia has bigger welcome mat for Refocus camera app

(Phys.org) —Nokia found customers happy with its show of "shoot-first, focus later" technology in its PureView-imaging technology branded handsets. Nokia now has released the app for anyone with a Lumia smartphone running ...