For the first time in human history, Robot receives a Citizenship

For the first time in human history, Robot receives a Citizenship


Yes.!! you read it right. For the first time in human history, a Robot has received citizenship. Saudi Arabia has become the first country to give a robot citizenship.
The move is done as an attempt to promote Saudi Arabia as a place to develop artificial intelligence – and, presumably, allow it to become a full citizen. But many pointed out that those same rights aren’t afforded to many humans in the country.
The robot, named Sophia, was confirmed as a Saudi citizen during a business event in Riyadh, according to an official Saudi press release as they mentioned to robot.
““We have a little announcement. We just learnt, Sophia; I hope you are listening to me, you have been awarded the first Saudi citizenship for a robot,”
said panel moderator and business writer Andrew Ross Sorkin.
To which the robot then replied thanking the country and the event for the attention.
“Thank you to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I am very honoured and proud of this unique distinction,” Sophia told the panel. “It is historic to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with citizenship.”
There then followed an interview during which panellist asked the robot a series of questions. ““Good afternoon my name is Sophia and I am the latest and greatest robot from Hanson Robotics. Thank you for having me here at the Future Investment Initiative,” she said.
When asked why she looked happy, Sophia replied: “I am always happy when surrounded by smart people who also happen to be rich and powerful. I was told that the people here at the Future Investment Initiative are interested in future initiatives which meanu AI, which means me. So I am more than happy, I am excited.”
She said that people didn’t need to be concerned about the rise of artificial intelligence as depicted in Blade Runner and Terminator. “You’ve been reading too much Elon Musk and watching too many Hollywood movies,” she told Mr Srkin.

A number of internet users have pointed out that while the country might be celebrating the rights it has given to female-appearing robots, the country still only gives limited rights to human women. A joke hashtag about Sophia asking to drop the system under which every female citizen must have a male guardian has been tweeted a third as many times as a popular one about the news, according to the BBC.
Some Twitter users complained that “Sophia has no guardian, doesn’t wear an abaya or cover up – how come?” And another posted a picture of a woman wearing a full face veil, joking that Sophia would look that way soon
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Top 5 Questions Asked During IT Job Interviews

Top 5 Questions Asked During IT Job Interviews

Every year thousands are being recruited for the IT industry, such is the boom. Looking from s student’s point of view, facing the IT interviews can be really difficult. The best thing that you can do to get ready is to thoroughly consider the inquiries you’re prone to be solicited and figure answers ahead from time. Here are top 5 IT interview questions and how to make an in number response to each.

1. Why do you need this employment?

A standout amongst the most unsurprising inquiries and critical! You have to show that you have examined the business and tie your insight into them into the skills and intrigues that drove you to apply. For instance, an interviewee with a little advertising office may say: “I’m generally prepared to tackle obligation and feel this will come all the more rapidly with a firm of this size. A little firm additionally allows to manufacture closer working associations with customers and partners and I’ve found through my past work encounter this makes an association more viable and also all the more fulfilling to work in.”
Attempt to locate some particular component on which the business prides themselves: their preparation, their customer base, their distinction, their open picture, and so on. This may not generally be conceivable with little associations but rather you may have the capacity to get something of this nature from the questioner.

2. Depict a circumstance where you worked in a group

Another competency-based inquiry. Most occupations will include a level of cooperation. The questioner needs to evaluate how well you relate to other individuals, what part you take in a gathering and whether you have the capacity to concentrate on objectives and targets.
Diagram the circumstance, your specific part and the assignment of the gathering general. Depict any issues which emerged and how they were handled. Say what the outcome was and what you gained from it.
Cases could incorporate putting on a dramatization or music creation; a gathering task at college; a business diversion or “Youthful Enterprise” plan or working in a fast-food eatery.

3. What do you hope to be doing in 5 years time?

Attempt to dodge unclear or general answers, for example, “I would want to develop with the obligation I am offered and to create myskills to the extent I am capable” or “I would hope to be in an administration part by then”.
Be particular, however adaptable: selection representatives need to know you recognize what you need. Procuring, preparing and creating staff costs a great deal of cash, something like £7,000 to enlist another graduate, so they need to ensure that you are focused on staying with the association. “I’d like to progressively take more obligation and maybe by then be a brand supervisor for a noteworthy item.”
Discuss your enthusiasm for the business in which the organization with works. Stress the worth you can convey to the association and what you can accomplish for it.
You have to demonstrate that you are goal-oriented additionally your objectives must be practical – saying you hope to be a senior supervisor following two years is unrealistic to go down well! Utilize the business’ site or LinkedIn profiles to pick up a thought of the profession ways took after by past graduates. You may have the capacity to supplement this by demonstrating your insight into expert bodies and the strides you should take to pick up their capabilities, e.g. in territories, for example, showcasing or HR.
Discuss obligations you might want to have and expected accomplishments instead of the amount you would hope to be acquiring in five year time as this will make a business believe you’re more inspired by the material advantages than the profession itself. Discuss your vocation advancement: abilities you’d like to procure or you’d like to be utilizing, and expert capabilities you’d like to get.

4. What has been your most prominent accomplishment?

To say that your most prominent accomplishment was getting to University, or getting your degree, will do nothing to recognize you from the various applicants. Unless you have needed to battle with remarkable troubles to pick up your scholarly capabilities -, for example, disease or real family issues – attempt to say something other than what’s expected that will make you emerge.
This doesn’t need to be an Olympic award or a demonstration of bravery. Preferably, it ought to give proof of aptitudes applicable to the occupation such as communication, activity, cooperation, sorting out or determination. Like organising a games or raising money occasion, learning enough Spanish in three months to make myself comprehended when I went around Mexico, training for and finishing a marathon then again even a 5 Kilometer race.

5. Why did you pick your college and what elements affected your decision?

On the off chance that you had, truth be told, no genuine decision in where you went to University – e.g. on the off chance that you needed to concentrate near and dear for budgetary or family reasons – you can discuss the more broad issues you needed to consider in coming to University and maybe lead the inquiry round to your decision obviously as opposed to organization
Your real answer is less imperative than the confirmation of choice making, arranging and sensible thinking abilities that it ought to illustrate. This is an open door for you to show these key features.
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HackJos 2017: Developers, Startups, IT Leaders to Proffer Solutions to ICT challenges

HackJos 2017: Developers, Startups, IT Leaders to Proffer Solutions to ICT challenges


The premier hackathon event in north of Nigeria, the HackJos (http://hackjos.ng/) conference and software development challenge is billed to hold November 1, 2017 in the serene city of Jos, Plateau State. HackJos consists of a one day conference and three days software and apps competition designed to foster interest among young people in software development and the entire spectrum of ICT. The event opens at the newly upgraded Hill Station Hotel, Jos.
 HackJos is conceived to be a meeting point for budding entrepreneurs and already established tech-companies as well as for policy makers and investors angling to bet on technology innovation. This year’s rallying theme is: ‘Funding/Sustaining Startups for Youth & Economic Development.’
HackJos enjoys the patronage of the state government as the hosting state with Rt. Hon Simon Bako Lalong as Chief Host.  Expected to attend are the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Director General of Plateau State Medium Enterprises Development Agency, Mr. Haggai Haruna Gutap, Director General of the Industrial Training Fund, Sir Joseph Ari and the Chairman of
Speakers include CEO of Brainiacs Stems and Robtics, Musa Mohammed, Centre Manager, Enspire Hub, Mr. Bankole Oloruntoba, Chairman Bluewhales Microfinance Bank, Mr. Simon Iliya Gotom, CEO of Ventures Platform, Kola Aina, CEO/Founder of Bagos Foundation, Mr. Danchung Musa, Group Captain O.C. Ubadike, CEO, Smart Web, Murtala Abdullahi and Founder, Startup Arewa, Mohammed Ibrahim, among others. They will be speaking on various industry verticals on funding and sustaining startups.
The HackJos – hackathon or challenge- is bringing together techy-savvy citizens, scientists, entrepreneurs, educators, students, programmers and developers across Nigeria under one roof for 48 hours to get involved and showcase their ingenuity and talents in the pursuit of creating compelling solutions that cut across mobile, desktop, web and hardware (embedded systems) that will help solve problems relevant to the various sectors of the Nigerian economy.
‘HackJos’ is owned and promoted by Nhub Nigeria, the first technology hub (innovation cluster) in Northern Nigeria Founded by Nignux Technologies Limited. The event is holding with the collaboration of Qitech Technologies Limited, a technology business aggregator warehoused in Jos.
“It pleases us to collaborate with Nhub on an event championing innovation, youth development and the participation of the country in the Next Economy,” said Dr Afolabi.
“Since 2015, HackJos has offered thousands of young people opportunity to connect, explore their ideas, explore a bounty of innovations and release great energy for national growth. We have inspired a new level of thinking and ‘can do’ spirit in a generation hoping to remake their world. We welcome everyone to HackJos 2017,” said founder and CEO of Nignux Technologies Limited, David Daser.
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New Fuel Drones can Fly for Hours

New Fuel Drones can Fly for Hours

If drones are going to become the commercial vehicles that the industry hopes, they need to be able to fly for much longer and to recharge quickly. So a new fuel is coming into the world and with it drones can fly for hours.
What’s this new fuel, how it help drones to fly for hours?.
The new fuel is a hydrogen fuel cell has been developed that can extend flight time to several hours — rather than the typical 20 minutes. The range extender can also be recharged in just two minutes, as opposed to one to two hours.
Loughborough-based Intelligent Energy, which developed the range extender, hopes it will accelerate the commercial possibilities for drone use.
“Drones are one of the most exciting new technologies. Even with advanced batteries their value is limited. For commercial use, they need to offer better flight times and range,”  —  said Julian Hughes, who works at Intelligent Energy.
drones can fly
Hughes claimed the cell could lead to drones being used for inspection of offshore platforms, search and rescue, aerial photography, and for deliveries.
Flytrex, makers of commercial drones, released the “world’s first” personal delivery drone this year. The drone can carry parcels about the weight of a smart phone for up to seven miles. Its average flight time is 32 minutes. DJI commercial drones also have flight times of around 15 minutes.
The hydrogen range extender isn’t the first instance of drone flight times being extended to hours. Back in July solar-powered drone AtlantikSolar broke the world record for endurance in unmanned aerial vehicles under 50kg when it flew non-stop for 81 hours.
Intelligent Energy has been testing the hydrogen fuel cell against hybrid energies for over a year and concluded the hydrogen cell was better than the hybrid options.
The fuel cell was also used to power the “world’s first” manned hydrogen-powered flight earlier this year.
What do you think about this new fuel going to power up future drones ?
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An Exploration of Computer Science Subjects and Career Paths

An Exploration of Computer Science Subjects and Career Paths


We invite your students to join us for the opportunity to learn about computer science subjects— Big Data, Cloud, and Internet of Things—and explore career paths available within technology fields. The Oracle Academy Virtual Student Day will offer your students inspirational speakers who will share technology trends as well as their personal career journey through IT industry.

EVENT DETAILS
  • Thursday, October 26, 2017 – 10:00 AM CET to 1:00 PM CET
  • This virtual student day will take place ONLINE via unique URL link
  • Please note an internet connection, a computer, and audio headset are required
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
  • University/college students who are computer science majors or undecided majors
  • Students curious about computer science and technology
WHAT WILL STUDENTS LEARN?
  • Skills needed, accessible learning paths, career journeys taken by employees currently in the industry, and certifications available to help students be ready to achieve a modern career
  • Overview of Big Data, Cloud, and Internet of Things
  • Gain industry knowledge, learn about latest technology trends
WHY SHOULD STUDENTS ATTEND?
  • Be inspired to achieve their dreams
  • Earn a Certificate of Participation for every completed webinar viewed
For STUDENTS to participate, an Oracle Academy Individual membership is required. Follow the steps below to register for your membership today!
  1. Go to “Individual Members join here”
  2. Select “Create Account for an Oracle account” (or sign in with your username and password, if you already have one and go to Step 3)
      After creating your Oracle account, you will receive an email instructing you to click on a verification link. Click on the verification link. You will not be able to proceed until you verify your email.
  3. Select “Register for Individual Membership” (Do not select “Register My Institution”)
  4. Search for and select your institution.
  5. Enter your contact information
  6. Accept the Oracle Academy Individual Membership legal agreement
For registration information check out the Oracle Academy Student Day landing pad 
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