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Amidst the robot’s most impressive performance is a party trick where it is able to slice a runner bean lengthways. The robot fought against Isao Machii, a renowned Japanese swordsman from whom it learned how to have altercation by motion capturing his moves. According to The Independent, Machii can slice a fried shrimp shot at him at about 130 km per hour. However, when he was pitted against the machine, he lost the swordfight....

According to CEO and co-founder Andrew Arruda, a few other law firms have signed license agreements with Ross, and are likely to make announcements soon.. Built on IBM’s cognitive computer Watson, Ross “the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney”, is designed to understand your questions, and respond with a hypothesis backed by references and citations. Ross also learns from experience, gaining speed and knowledge the more you interact with it. “You ask your questions in plain English, as you would a colleague, and ROSS then reads through the entire body of law and returns a cited answer and topical readings from legislation, case law and secondary sources to get you up-to-speed quickly,” the website says....

Now you can run Ubuntu with Xfce in a browsersHow does the Icebergs’ offering works However, there is new startup called Icebergs, which provides a new cloud-based service that runs a traditional Xfce desktop environment on top of Ubuntu Linux. Currently, it is based on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr), running Linux kernel 3.13. It offers users with a full and complete desktop environment, as everything is written in HTML5. The users can also install the software they need, as it provides them root (system administrator) access....

According to a new report from the renowned TF International Securities analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, Samsung is reportedly planning to release three models of the upcoming flagship, Galaxy S10 in the year 2019 to match Apple’s rumored trifecta of iPhones. Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the S10 lineup will be launched in three different models: one with a 5.8-inch panel, another with a 6.1-inch display and a third one with a 6....

The sleek Galaxy S8 smartphone’s standout features are a screen that goes nearly to the edges of the device, and a virtual assistant named Bixby. Based on what we know about the Samsung Galaxy S8 and rumors that we are hearing about the iPhone 8, let’s have a look at the specifications and features of Galaxy S8 and iPhone 8. Display Samsung Galaxy S8 comes with a 5.8” Super AMOLED Quad HD + display [2960 x 1440 pixels (570ppi)] with an aspect ratio of 18:5:9....

Just one year after debut, Samsung has announced three new commercial products into the real world based on the NEON project. These products are NEON View, NEON Frame, and the NEON Studio, which will be part of the company’s NEON WorkForce and NEON Content Creation services. For those unaware, Project NEON is not an AI (artificial intelligence) assistant but a smarter version of a simulated human assistant. Each avatar (known individually as “NEONs”) powered by complex machine learning (ML) and AI algorithms will have his or her own unique personality and can show expressions, movements, and dialogues....

For those unaware, DeX is a docking station for the Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 smartphones that allows you to plug the device to an external display, power, Ethernet, and USB devices, which in turn offer users an Android-based desktop-like experience. Until now, Galaxy S8/S8+ and Note 8 users have been able to run Android apps in this desktop environment using DeX, but now the users will be able to convert their device into a GNU/Linux PC....

Created by founder of Hanson Robotics, Dr. David Hanson, Sophia is an artificial intelligence robot designed to look like Audrey Hepburn, can respond to questions and whose purpose is to help in elderly care facilities and assist visitors to parks and events. The announcement of citizenship was made by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the panel moderator who is co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box and founder and editor at large of Dealbook at the New York Times....

Scientists have developed a way of uploading information to one’s brain that almost imitates the methods used in The Matrix, similar to Keanu Reeves’ character Neo in The Matrix trilogy. The character Neo had a range of kung-fu skills ‘uploaded’ directly into his brain in just a few seconds. Scientists at HRL Information and System Sciences Laboratory in California have been working to make real life imitate art, very much in the style of The Matrix, by developing what is termed low-current electrical brain stimulation to modulate a person’s learning of complex, real-world skills....

A team of 11 geologists submitted their findings in a paper known as “Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent” in Geological Society of America, and claimed Zealandia to be recognised as the world’s eighth continent in its own right. “Based on various lines of geological and geophysical evidence, particularly those accumulated in the last two decades, we argue that Zealandia is not a collection of partly submerged continental fragments but is a coherent 4....

The patient started experiencing continuous déjà vu in 2007, after taking LSD during his first year of university. He has a history of anxiety and a family record of obsessive compulsive disorder. Although few of the incidents only lasted minutes, they could also carry on for much longer. The patient told scientists that he felt “trapped in a time loop” and found the experiences “very frightening”. As a result, he stopped watching TV, listening to the radio, or reading newspapers and magazines, because he felt like the content had been taken from his memories....

“They thought they could take Harambe down…they were wrong. Join Harambe as he uncovers the true motive behind his assassination attempt!” the game’s description reads. For those unfamiliar, Harambe was a 17-year-old Western lowland gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. The animal was fatally shot in May to rescue a three-year-old who fell into a zoo enclosure where he was grabbed and dragged by Harambe. The tragic killing of the gorilla led to a public backlash with many questioning if the animal should’ve been killed and others demanding the toddler’s parents to be held accountable....

Recently, Microsoft unveiled the specs sheet of Xbox Series X. Following Microsoft’s unveil, Sony has finally unveiled PlayStation 5 specs today. As you might know, both these consoles will be launched by the end of the year. So here’s everything you need to know about the much-awaited PlayStation 5. PlayStation 5: Hardware Specifications Sony’s next-generation console is a very powerful machine and it supports backward compatibility. PlayStation 5 is powered by a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3....

Warning!!! If you are a Game of Thrones fan, there is a spoiler alert : Daenerys and Jon Snow will finally meet in the GoT Season 7 and Daenerys will reach Westeros. Up to its latest season 6, the Game of Thrones episodes has been the most pirated shows in history with most episodes climbing to the number one in torrent download charts. And Game of Thrones Season 7 will be no different....

Released by Intel, the company that created the code for the Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT) had developed the technology specially for Prof Hawking. However, it hopes that it will be able to help others who suffer from ACLS, the motor neuron disease (MND) known as Lou Gehrig, and similar disabilities. The company hopes that the developers will be able to experiment and expand on the system by creating new interfaces and ways for sensors to connect with the system....

As per the tweets on Twitter, the issues is affecting iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus et.al. According to MacRumors, the restarts happens at about 10 to 30 minute intervals and it is occurring on devices that run on iOS 8.1 and 8.3. Let’s have a look at some of the tweets that T-Mobile iPhone users wrote about the “blue screen” issue: — Pete Halvorsen (@petehalvorsen) June 25, 2015...

Musk also tweeted last Friday to reiterate that Tesla used too many robots to produce the Model 3 electric vehicle in Tesla’s only auto factory. “Excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated,” he said. According to Musk, too much of automation led to “production hell” that went on for months, which in turn led to failure in reaching its production targets. “We got complacent about some of the things that we felt were our core technology....

But with so much available at the touch of a button, the opening of a laptop and tap in an App Store, aren’t we missing out somewhat? There are so many areas we can now use tech to make home improvements. We take a look at a few of the best ways… Smart Locks Smart Locks really are a superb bit of kit that will keep your mind at ease 24/7....

We all owned Windows XP run PC/laptops at some point during last decade (Linux PC owners excuse) and we were always greeted by the iconic wallpaper sitting on our desktop. The default wallpaper was so enchanting that many Windows XP owners made it their default wallpaper. Is it image real? Over the years, not only Windows XP users but other too felt that this image was a photoshop. The meadow was just too perfect with the lights and clouds adding to its beauty....