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Apple Buys Artificial Intelligence Firm That Reads Emotions

Apple has purchased a company that can read people’s emotions, by recognizing their facial expressions using artificial intelligence. Your iPhone could soon tell you how you are feeling at any given time by using facial recognition technology and producing the results for a quick analysis. It could be used by sales executives, medical practitioners, gamers, security analysts and others to analyse and diagnose faces in general. The new technology could have many benefits if used intelligently.

Facebook Messenger App Is Killing The Phone Number

According to Facebook you no longer need to know someone’s phone number in order to make video and voice calls. Facebook Messenger renders the old phone number obsolete. It can send messages in all formats. Trusted Reviews reports: Facebook’s vice president of messaging products David Marcus claims users of the app no longer need to know a contact’s phone number in order to use the full communication spectrum. When speaking about the death of flip phones, which brought texting to the fore, Marcus wrote: “Old communication styles are disappearing too.

World’s First Passenger Drone Is Controlled By A Microsoft Surface

A Chinese company based in the culinary port city of Guangzhou has unveiled a single-passenger drone that can transport people up to an altitude of 11,000 feet. It can cruise at 62 miles per hour for over 20 minutes and is controlled with a Microsoft Surface. It is the most daring product to come out of the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The personal aerial vehicle is named EHANG 184 AAV and comes with a six figure price tag.

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