AI pilot ‘sees’ runway and lands automatically

Image copyright TU Braunschweig An automatic pilot has landed a plane using image-recognition artificial intelligence to locate the runway. At large airports, systems on the ground beam up the position of the runway to guide automatic systems. But in late May a new AI tool landed a small plane carrying passengers, by “sight” alone at […]

AI pilot ‘sees’ runway and lands automatically

AI pilot ‘sees’ runway and lands automatically

Image copyright TUMuenchen An automatic pilot has landed a plane using image-recognition artificial intelligence to locate the runway. At large airports, systems on the ground beam up the position of the runway to guide automatic systems. But in late May a new AI tool, developed at the Technical University of Munich, landed a small plane […]

AI pilot ‘sees’ runway and lands automatically

AI pilot ‘sees’ runway and lands automatically

Image copyright TUMuenchen An automatic pilot has landed a plane using image-recognition artificial intelligence to locate the runway. At large airports, systems on the ground beam up the position of the runway to guide automatic systems. But in late May a new AI tool, developed at the Technical University of Munich, landed a small plane […]

British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach

Image copyright Getty Images British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it was “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said hackers had carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” […]

British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach

Image copyright Getty Images British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it was “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said hackers had carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” […]

Facebook tip-off leads police to Grimston rave

Image copyright Norfolk Constabulary Image caption Police sent specialist support units to the rave site at Grimston Police arrested five people and seized sound equipment at an illegal rave after they were alerted by someone who saw it advertised on Facebook. Officers were called at about 19:30 BST on Saturday and later discovered the event, […]

Facebook tip-off leads police to Grimston rave

Image copyright Norfolk Constabulary Image caption Police sent specialist support units to the rave site at Grimston Police arrested five people and seized sound equipment at an illegal rave after they were alerted by someone who saw it advertised on Facebook. Officers were called at about 19:30 BST on Saturday and later discovered the event, […]

Click 1,000: How the pick-your-own-path episode was made

Media captionViewers can choose the story in BBC tech programme This week is the 1,000th episode of BBC Click. To mark the anniversary, the team has created a special show that gives its audience complete control of what they watch. Welcome to what might be the future of television. By choosing the route of their […]

‘Excessive’ student mobile phone use linked to more sexual partners

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Does mobile phone overuse lead to more sexual partners? Overuse of mobiles by university students may have be related to lower grades, drinking problems and more sexual partners, a study says. In a survey of more than 3,400 people taking degrees in the US, those who said they had […]

‘Excessive’ student mobile phone use linked to more sexual partners

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Does mobile phone overuse lead to more sexual partners? Overuse of mobiles by university students may have be related to lower grades, drinking problems and more sexual partners, a study says. In a survey of more than 3,400 people taking degrees in the US, those who said they had […]