Google Aims to Take Machine Learning Mainstream With New Cloud-Based Tools

At the GCP Next 2016 conference in San Francisco this week, Google announced the launch of Cloud Machine Learning, a suite of cloud-based tools, with which the company hopes to make sophisticated machine learning tools available to developers across the globe.

No, Google Is Not Calling JNU 'Anti-National'

Searching with key words such as "anti-national", "sedition", "patriotism" and "Bharat mata ki jai" on Google Maps now directs the users to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), which is caught in a row over its students being booked under sedition. This is not a case of Google taking a political stance, but rather because of a growing number of articles that link the two terms.

First look: Apple's all new iPhone SE

APNow that Apple has started taking orders, with shipments due in a week, keep these differences in mind:

Apple's new 4-inch iPhone SE is a good choice at a good price.

You get the same 12-megapixel rear camera that's in the much larger iPhone 6S, but for $250 less, at about $400. You also get the same speeds and graphics capabilities.

Microsoft AI Bot Taught To Say Offensive Things

Microsoft's new AI bot learns from interactions with other users

An attempt by Microsoft to create an artificial intelligence bot appears to have backfired after Twitter users taught it to say offensive things.

Watch 6 Teensy Robots Pull a 2-Ton Car

The old saying is that many hands make light work, but in this case, many tiny robot feet make light work, too.
A fleet of teensy robots, collectively weighing less than a typical apple, have moved a 3,900-lb. (1,800 kilograms) car and driver.

The super-luxury watches that take years to finish.

Fetching hundreds of thousands of pounds, they’re the ultimate statement piece. Who are the people that make the world’s most intricately designed watches?

 Roger Smith’s heart was in his mouth. Across the table from him sat George Daniels, the best watchmaker in the world. Here they were in Daniels’ own workshop, on the Isle of Man.