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ATLAS, THE HUMANOID ROBOT

Meet Atlas, the gargantuan humanoid robot developed by the Alphabet-owned Boston Dynamics. Atlas can be seen running through a forest in an astonishing new video. The video’s experiment is also the first time that the robot’s capabilities have been tested outdoors. It has inspired a comparison of the 344 lb, 6’2 tall Atlas to the Terminator.

Marc Raibert, the founder of Boston Dynamics, explained the details of the experiment at the Fab Lab 11 conference at MIT earlier this month. The purpose of Atlas’ run through the woods was to find out how the robot would perform in an unfamiliar setting and test its balance.

Though Atlas currently requires the assistance of someone holding a connected power pack to run, Raibert has said that it will be able to run on its own in the future.

The Irish Examiner commented “Yes, the robots can now chase us through the woods.”And, aside from running, Atlas can also turn doorknobs because it has the ability to rotate its own wrists.

HISTORY OF ATLAS

Atlas the humanoid robot was debuted in July 2013 by Boston Dynamics, when the company was owned by Google (which is now owned by Alphabet.) It receives funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is interested in using the robot for military situations.

Like Google’s self-driving cars, the humanoid robot perceives the world with a laser radar system. As PCWorld pointed out, several changes were made to the robot this year as part of an upgrade. Among other improvements, its arms were repositioned to become visible to it, its actuators were modified to help it pick itself up from the ground and it was given lighter materials.

ROBO SAPIENS

After its release, artificial intelligence expert Gary Bradski claimed that “A new species, Robo sapiens, are emerging.”

Raibert’s ultimate goal is to develop robots that can equal or exceed human capabilities, he explained at the conference. The Boston Dynamics founder told the Fab 11 conference’s crowd that “We’re making pretty good progress, so [Atlas] has mobility that’s sort of within shooting range of yours.”

This goal, if achieved, might lend credence to some fears about AI.

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GOOGLE PURCHASES WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY

Technology giant Google has definitely realized the potential of online shopping and its huge economic influence. They released information regarding one of their next big online shopping developments. Google has just revealed its newest feature to mobile searching that will be implemented within the next few weeks. This was announced during a New York City event today. This new feature will allow you to order items directly through sponsored results on Google Search for your smartphone via a program called Purchases on Google. When shoppers search for a product on Google on their mobile phone, they will have the opportunity to purchase that item from a third-party retailer without having to leave the Google page. Your payment information is stored through Google and the company you purchase from will host the checkout pages that appear whenever you tap on a product advertisement. These developments are in addition to the mobile buy button that was rumored back in May of this year.

THROUGH THE REST OF this and next year, Google WILL INcORPORATE MORE RETAILERS

According to Google, they will partner with less than 20 retailers who will handle the orders and customize the Google purchase pages with their logos and respective branding. Consumers will be able to search for other items within the sections for retailers. Purchases on Google will expand to include more retail partners in the United States through this year and into next year.

GOOGLE NOW AND GOOGLE SEARCH ARE GETTING A SHOPPING UPDATE

Google is also included something called deep linking. Google Search will now be able to send you straight to eBay and other apps whenever you touch a sponsored result from the retailer. Google Search is also getting better about responding to voice questions that are related to shopping. Google Now is also adding new cards. One will display product reviews and the other will help you track the product’s price so you can be notified when there’s a sale or a great deal.

These new Google updates will definitely make online shopping a little easier, and a lot safer, than before.

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Under 1% OF IMPORTANT MAIL is ENDING UP IN THE SPAM FOLDER IN GMAIL

As indicated by Google, a tenth of a percent of messages in the Gmail inbox are spam. The average rate of important mail being rerouted to the spam envelope is even lower than that, at five hundredths of a percent. Despite the fact that these are seemingly astounding numbers, Google still wants to improve the Gmail spam envelope folder. Google wants to give its users the mail that they need and not mail that they don’t. They are discovering better approaches to support senders of important mail while additionally building up the most recent innovations in spam separating.

POSTMASTER TOOLS IS GOOGLE’S NEW GMAIL FEATURE

With a specific end goal to help confirm email senders getting the desired information sent, Google made Postmaster Tools. This uses a new algorithm in analyzing messages from high-volume senders. Postmaster Tools additionally performs other special services – for example, spam reports, reputation, and data checks on delivery errors.

As indicated by Google, Gmail’s new spam checks utilize the same intelligence that is already being utilized as a part of Google Search and Google Now. This is known as an artificial neural system, the spam filter is upgraded to recognize and block spam that makes it past the first filters. This spam is called “sneaky spam” and the new system is intelligent to the point that it can reflect individual preferences.

GMAIL WILL BECOME MORE INDIVIDUALLY PERSONALIZED

Google understands that not all inboxes are similar, and will distinguish whether the message was truly sent by its actual sender and not an impersonator that is searching for data. This backings apply to mail, for example, month-to-month bank proclamations, carrier travel schedule receipts, and those messages that clients hope to find in an auspicious way.

Although needed messages end up in the spam organizer some of the time, users have to check their spam folder. Google is attempting to verify clients and senders, so that users never need to do that again.

NEURAL NETWORKING IS BEING USED BY GOOGLE, FACEBOOK AND TWITTER

Alongside Facebook and Twitter, Google is one of the principle pioneers in neural networking and has effectively connected the innovation to various the services that they offer. On Twitter, the company plans to utilize the innovation to distinguish unwanted hate messages and junk mail. Neural networking will be utilized for a more textual understanding, so that spam and abuse is easily identified.

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