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2018 Subaru Outback Review
Edmunds expert review
There are a lot of choices in the SUV segment. Read some of our reviews and you'll quickly learn they all have their respective strengths and weaknesses. The 2018 Subaru Outback, though, is strong in just about all areas you'll really care about, including fuel economy, interior volume, off-road capability and standard in-car technology.
The Outback's standard 2.5-liter flat-four engine gets an EPA-rated 28 mpg combined, which is pretty respectable for a vehicle of this size. It also features a sophisticated all-wheel-drive system, plus hill hold and hill descent control, to help get off the beaten path with ease. And with 73.3 cubic feet of interior cargo volume, 60/40-split fold-down rear seats, and standard roof rails, you'll be able to bring all your toys and supplies while you're roaming the countryside. This year's Outback is packed with the latest technology, too. Every 2018 Outback now comes with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as part of its updated touchscreen display.
But the Outback does have one weakness: performance. While its four-cylinder engine may get good mileage, its 175-horsepower output is down on power compared to its class. (There is a six-cylinder engine available, though.) The Outback is also not particularly crisp or willing to drive with enthusiasm around turns. It's a compromise we wholeheartedly accept, however. If you're looking for a capable crossover SUV that's useful for just about any situation, give the Outback a look.
Notably, we picked the 2018 Subaru Outback as one of Edmunds' Best Midsize SUVs for this year.
What's new for 2018
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Trim levels & features
The 2018 Subaru Outback is a five-passenger wagon that comes in six trim levels: 2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Touring, 3.6R Limited and 3.6R Touring. The base model covers the essentials (roof rails, Bluetooth), while Premium and Limited trims include conveniences such as heated seats, leather and satellite radio. Touring trims are fully loaded, and 3.6R models have similar equipment but include a more powerful six-cylinder engine.
The base 2.5i starts with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine (175 hp, 174 lb-ft) and a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) that feeds power to all four wheels. Standard features include 17-inch alloy wheels, hill descent control, hill holding assist, automatic headlights, a rearview camera, roof rails (with integrated crossbars), air-conditioning, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, a height-adjustable driver seat, a 60/40-split folding rear seat, Bluetooth connectivity, Subaru's Starlink 6.5-inch touchscreen interface, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration, and a four-speaker sound system with a CD player, an auxiliary audio jack and a USB interface.
The 2.5i Premium adds rear privacy glass, heated exterior mirrors, a windshield wiper de-icer, foglights, dual-zone automatic climate control, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, an eight-way power-adjustable driver seat (with two-way lumbar adjustment), heated front seats, a cargo cover, a bigger 8-inch touchscreen, satellite radio, three additional USB ports (one front and two rear) and six speakers for the sound system. The Power Moonroof package adds the obvious plus an auto-dimming rearview mirror. A power liftgate with memory height is also optional.
The 2.5i Limited bundles the Premium options plus 18-inch wheels, a blind-spot monitoring system, rear cross-traffic alert, a front bumper underguard, keyless ignition and entry, leather upholstery, driver-seat memory functions, a four-way power passenger seat, rear air vents, heated rear seats and a 12-speaker Harman Kardon sound system. Xenon headlights are optional on the 2.5i Limited.
The 3.6R Limited gets the xenon headlights as standard equipment and a more powerful engine, but it is otherwise the same as the 2.5i Limited.
The Premium and Limited trims can be upgraded with Subaru's EyeSight system (adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, automatic high-beam headlights and upgraded gauges). Blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert are included in the Premium version of EyeSight, and navigation can be bundled with this package. The Outback Limited's version includes navigation, automatic braking for rear collisions and steering-responsive LED headlights. Note that Subaru bundles these items into one big package, so you can't order them individually.
The 2.5i Touring and 3.6R Touring trims include the standard features and options from the Premium and Limited trims, as well as the Driver Assist Technology package. Touring models also have different 18-inch wheels, dark exterior trim, fixed low-profile roof rails without crossbars, premium leather upholstery, wood grain interior trim, and a heated steering wheel.
Trim tested
Each vehicle typically comes in multiple versions, although trim levels share many aspects. The ratings in this review are based on our Full Test of the 2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited (2.5L flat-4 | CVT automatic | AWD).
NOTE: Since this test was conducted, the current Subaru Outback has received some revisions, including an updated infotainment system with larger screens, improved interior materials, and additional noise mitigation measures. Our findings remain broadly applicable to this year's 2018 Subaru Outback.
Edmunds Scorecard
Seat comfort8.5
Ride comfort8.5
Noise & vibration6.5
Ease of use8.5
Getting in/getting out8.0
Driving position8.0
Small-item storage7.5
Cargo space9.0
Audio & navigation7.0
Smartphone integration8.5
Driver aids8.0
Edmunds expert review process
This review was written by a member of Edmunds' editorial team of expert car reviewers. Our team drives every car you can buy. We put the vehicles through rigorous testing, evaluating how they drive and comparing them in detail to their competitors.
We're also regular people like you, so we pay attention to all the different ways people use their cars every day. We want to know if there's enough room for our families and our weekend gear and whether or not our favorite drink fits in the cupholder. Our editors want to help you make the best decision on a car that fits your life.
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so i go to see the kids yesterday. their mom had to leave before i arrived, so she dropped them at the neighbor's house to wait for me.
things might have gone more smoothly had she notified me about this arrangement. oops.
so i arrive at the kids' house, ring the bell, knock on the door. not surprisingly, there is no one home. i sit in the car and wait for 40 minutes. no sign of anyone. (my kids live on a corner house; had the neighbors stepped outside their house to look for me, they would have seen the car sitting on the side street where i always park upon arrival). i called the house. no answer. i call her cell phone. no service.
so i left. filed a police report. drove several hours back home. a full day on the road for naught.
i'm supposed to drop off the kids at 4pm. at 4:20pm i get a message on my cell from their mother. she's going to be about a hour late.
she has no idea that the kids aren't with me. she never called the neighbor to see how things went. the neighbor never called her. whether this was a judgement call or they didn't have a contact number, i don't know. oops again.
since their mother is habitually late - and was an hour late on the previous visitation day - i'm suspecting this message was lost in the ether for two weeks and is finally reaching my voicemail.
two hours later she calls again, asking what happened. i ask her the same thing. she explains the whole neighbor thing. can i come make up the visit next week? we'll see, i say. (actually, next week is booked.)
final score:
me - 0
the kids - 0
their mom - 0
angel - 0
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Skin-Derived Precursors against UVB-Induced Apoptosis via Bcl-2 and Nrf2 Upregulation
1Department of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
2Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan 610041, China
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U.S. Sen. John McCain was posthumously given the 2018 Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Award in a ceremony in London on Thursday night. The award recognizes those who have fought for human rights in Russia and is named after a lawyer who was killed in a Moscow jail in 2009.
John McCain's daughter Meghan accepted the award on behalf of her late father. In a speech she contrasted his legacy with what she called the "bloody-handed dictator of Russia."
"John McCain defended and vindicated the memory of ordinary men and women with integrity, like Sergei Magnitsky. Vladimir Putin has them murdered. John McCain was a strong man. Vladimir Putin is weak man's idea of a strong man. John McCain on his death was remembered with gratitude and praised by the nation he served and loved. Vladimir Putin knows well that the greatest risk to his own life is his own people, and that he will be remembered as a tyrant and a thief," Meghan McCain told the audience in London.
John McCain became a prominent critic of Donald Trump's dealings with Russian leader Putin, criticism that the U.S. president strongly rejected.
McCain died in August from brain cancer at age 81.
Several other awards were made Thursday night, including to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, and to the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year jail term in Russia.
Magnitsky was beaten to death in police custody in 2009 after investigating a $230 million tax fraud allegedly carried out by senior Russian officials.
Bill Browder, the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, employed Magnitsky to investigate the fraud. He campaigned for the U.S. to adopt the Magnitsky Act in 2012, which allows the withholding of visas and the freezing of assets of human rights offenders. John McCain was key in pushing the legislation through Congress. Several other countries have since adopted similar legislation, including Canada and Britain.
"And so starting next year, we're not just going to honor Russian heroes, but in the spirit of the global Magnitsky Act, we're going to honor heroes from around the world," Browder said Thursday night.
Meanwhile this week, the United States used the Magnitsky Act to sanction 17 Saudi officials accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
US Denies Exploring Extradition of Turkish Cleric to Appease Ankara
The U.S. Justice Department denied it was planning to extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, following a media report suggesting Washington was looking into the extradition in exchange for Ankara's easing of its pressure on Saudi Arabia.
"The Justice Department has not been involved in nor aware of any discussions relating the extradition of Fethullah Gulen to the death of Jamal Khashoggi," Justice Department spokeswoman Nicole Navas Oxman said.
NBC News reported Thursday that the Trump administration had been seeking ways to extradite Gulen, as a means to persuade Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ease pressure on Saudi Arabia over the killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month.
Gulen lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania and denies Ankara's accusation of involvement in a failed coup in Turkey in 2016.
On Thursday, the U.S. State Department denied any deal to extradite Gulen, but spokeswoman Heather Nauert said, "We continue to evaluate the material that the Turkish government presents requesting his extradition."
Turkish media reported Friday that President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Erdogan, and the two men "agreed to shed light on the Jamal Khashoggi murder in all its aspects and that any cover-up of the incident should not be allowed."
Gulen's extradition is a top diplomatic priority for Turkey, but Ankara has dismissed any talk of a deal.
"Turkey's pending request for Fethullah Gulen's extradition from the United States and the investigation into Khashoggi's murder are two separate issues. They are not connected in any way, shape or form," said a senior Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"At no point did Turkey offer to hold back on the Khashoggi investigation in return for Fethullah Gulen's extradition," he added.
Analysts point out it's doubtful Washington could make such an offer, given Gulen's extradition is a matter for the courts, which experts say is a potentially lengthy and challenging process. Also, given that Erdogan sees the Saudi crown prince as his chief rival in the region, his goals may extend well beyond an extradition.
Trump has sought closer ties with Saudi Arabia to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East, as well as to increase arms deals between Washington and Riyadh.
VOA's Mehmet Toroglu and Dorian Jones contributed to this report.
Pence Announces 'US-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership'
At a summit with Southeast Asian countries in Singapore, Vice President Mike Pence announced a new "U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership" that he says will spur renewed American investment in the region's digital infrastructure. VOA White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara brings the details from Singapore.
Court Papers: US Gets Indictment Against Wikileaks' Assange
American prosecutors have obtained a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose website published thousands of classified U.S. government documents, a U.S. federal court document showed Thursday.
The document, which prosecutors say was filed by mistake, asks a judge to seal documents in a criminal case unrelated to Assange, and carries markings indicating it was originally filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, in August.
A source familiar with the matter said the document was initially sealed but unsealed this week for reasons that are unclear at the moment.
On Twitter, Wikileaks said it was an "apparent cut-and-paste error."
U.S. officials had no comment on the disclosure in the document about a sealed indictment of Assange. It is unclear what charges Assange faces.
But Joshua Stueve, a spokesman for the prosecutors' office that filed the document that was unsealed, told Reuters, "The court filing was made in error. That was not the intended name for this filing."
Reuters was unable to immediately reach Assange or his lawyers to seek comment.
Charges confidential
Prosecutors sought to keep the charges confidential until after Assange's arrest, the document shows, saying the move was essential to ensure he did not evade or avoid arrest and extradition in the case.
Any procedure "short of sealing will not adequately protect the needs of law enforcement at this time because, due to the sophistication of the defendant, and the publicity surrounding the case, no other procedure is likely to keep confidential the fact that Assange has been charged," the document reads.
It adds, "The complaint, supporting affidavit, and arrest warrant, as well as this motion and the proposed order, would need to remain sealed until Assange is arrested in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and can therefore no longer evade or avoid arrest and extradition in this matter."
U.S. officials have previously acknowledged that federal prosecutors based in Alexandria have been conducting a lengthy criminal investigation into WikiLeaks and its founder.
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Representatives of the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have publicly called for Assange to be aggressively prosecuted.
Assange and his supporters have periodically said U.S. authorities had filed secret criminal charges against him, an assertion against which some U.S. officials pushed back until recently.
Facing extradition from Britain to Sweden to be questioned in a sexual molestation case, Assange six years ago took refuge in Ecuador's London embassy, where initially he was treated as a welcome guest.
But following a change in the government of the South American nation, Ecuadorean authorities last March began to crack down on his access to outsiders and for a time cut off his internet access.
Kasich: Midterm Turnout Suggests Opening for Independent Bid
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Thursday while he remains undecided about another presidential run, the midterm election results could suggest a greater opening for an independent or third-party candidate.
Kasich made his second trip this year to New Hampshire, where he finished second in the state's leadoff Republican presidential primary in 2016.
"I'm encouraged every time I come back here," he told reporters in Concord before meeting with supporters. "I know everybody's wondering how I'm going to make a decision, when I'm going to make a decision. I don't know, but what's most important to me is that I can have a voice that can be a healing voice for the country."
Asked about his previous speculation about running as a third-party or independent, Kasich said all options remain on the table.
"I think there's a vast ocean in the middle. The middle has been numb, they didn't know what to do. But they did something they haven't done in 100 years, they voted. They turned out in unbelievable numbers to say we've had enough," he said. "Where that takes us, I can't quite tell. But if you have this big ocean in the middle, there's perhaps a chance for something that's unique in American history."
Kasich elaborated a bit later in Manchester, noting the rapid pace of innovation in technology and medicine.
"In an era of all this change, why wouldn't we think there could be fundamental political change?" he said. "The day will come, I think. When it will happen, I don't know."
The former congressman has been one of President Donald Trump's most outspoken Republican detractors, and said the president will have a hard time getting re-elected as a divider. He said the midterm elections showed the Republican Party needs to change its message on separating families at the border, health care and other issues.
"To me, there is a very positive message. And that is: Americans don't want the negativity. They don't want the chaos. They don't want the divide," he said.
In contrast to Trump, who characterizes the media as an enemy of the people, Kasich spoke later at the annual First Amendment Awards given by Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. The school is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded by the late president and publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader.
"The press is the one thing that holds the rich and the powerful accountable so we normal citizens can make up our minds about the current state of affairs, about our culture, about the world, about what we can do, and think and take action about," Kasich said.
Fergus Cullen, a former chairman of New Hampshire Republican Party, backed Kasich's 2016 primary bid and wrote him in on the general election ballot rather than vote for Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton. He refused to vote for any midterm candidate who supports Trump, leaving him with a nearly blank ballot.
"The election results to me suggest that enough Republicans are disgusted with the Trump administration that it's now costing other Republicans their chance to win," he said.
Kasich noted while many Republican governors lost, Ohio elected another Republican to replace him.
"Why is that? A big factor is because no one was left behind in the state over the last eight years," he said. "People in Ohio feel pretty good. They're not angry. They don't feel left out. They feel like why would I change, we're going in the right direction."
But back at home, the Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly spent Thursday thumbing its nose at the absent governor . Lawmakers overrode Kasich's veto of a measure expanding their power to revisit rules written and finalized by the government's executive branch. The Ohio House also passed a "stand your ground' gun bill and a restrictive heartbeat abortion bill like one Kasich vetoed in December 2016. Both measures still need to be voted on by the Ohio Senate before a bill reaches Kasich's desk.
Pence Announces US-ASEAN 'Smart Cities Partnership'
In Singapore, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has offered the Trump administration's support for Southeast Asia's digital and urban infrastructure development. In his remarks at the U.S. ASEAN Summit, Pence announced the new "U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership."
"This effort will spur renewed American investment in the region's digital infrastructure, advancing prosperity and security in Southeast Asia," Pence said, adding that it will enhance Washington's cooperation on cybersecurity with the regional bloc.
Smart Cities is a buzzword among ASEAN member countries as they face two mega trends, urbanization and digitalization. Southeast Asian nations are rapidly increasing in population, and a large portion of their people are gravitating toward cities, creating multiple challenges ranging from traffic congestion, water and air quality, to digital security.
Speaking to reporters, Pence called ASEAN an "extraordinary part of the world filled with remarkable people" and highlighted the administration's desire for greater economic engagement with the regional bloc. He said the U.S. has only "begun to explore the way that our investments and the economies of this region can contribute to growth and jobs and opportunity in the United States."
ASEAN smart cities network
Singapore, as the chair of ASEAN, proposed the creation of a network of 26 Southeast Asian smart cities in April 2018. The country is known for being very innovative in terms of incorporating digital technology in urban planning, and other Southeast Asian nations are eager to emulate that success.
The ASEAN Smart Cities Network is envisioned as a collaborative platform where up to three cities per ASEAN country work toward a common goal of smart and sustainable urban development that maximizes digital technology.
Tan Chee Haw, Singapore's chief Smart City officer explains the three pillars with which digital technology will improve the lives of citizens. One is the digital economy, which is about "creating a vibrant and innovative digital economy that can create new jobs, opportunities to help people and businesses." Second is the digital government concept, to transform the way that governments deliver services that is "citizen-centric." The third is "digital society" which focuses on ensuring all segments of the population to be digital ready and can benefit from these initiatives.
US technology and innovation
The United States is still seen by the region as a leader in innovation and a natural partner in the smart cities initiative.
"The most advanced technologies do come from the U.S.," said Lim Tai Wei, senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. ASEAN countries would like to know how "they can work with American companies and partners in order to strengthen ASEAN's position as a network of smart cities," he said.
The partnership will offer opportunities for American companies to develop urban digital infrastructure ranging from payment mechanisms to smart transit systems.
The head of Southeast Asia for the consultancy group Control Risks, Angela Mancini is skeptical on how much the United States can actually offer, considering "it has its own challenges with infrastructure and technology."
Free and open Indo-Pacific
The Smart Cities Partnership is part of what Pence said is proof of the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific region, which he calls "steadfast and enduring." He stressed that Washington "seeks collaboration, not control, and we are proud to call ASEAN our strategic partner."
On the security front, Pence stressed Washington's commitment to "uphold the freedom of the seas and skies, where we stand shoulder to shoulder with you for freedom of navigation and our determination to ensure that your nations are securing your sovereign borders."
Pence said the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision "excludes no nation." However, a big part of the strategy is aimed to protect freedom of navigation, particularly in light of China's territorial ambitions in the South China Sea. "We all agree that empire and aggression have no place in the Indo-Pacific," he said.
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An urban region
The United Nations reported that two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities by 2050. Already home to 53 percent of the world's urban population, Asia will see this proportion expand to 64 percent by 2050.
The 26 Southeast Asian pilot smart cities are Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok, Banyuwangi, Battambang, Cebu City, Chonburi, Da Nang, Davao City, DKI Jakarta, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Luang Prabang, Makassar, Mandalay, Manila, Naypyidaw, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Siem Reap, Singapore, Vientiane, and Yangon.
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Southern California Fires Uproot Hollywood Celebrities
Thousands of firefighters in California are battling deadly wildfires in northern and southern parts of the state. So far 56 people in the state have died as a result of the fires. Many more have lost their homes. The wildfires in Southern California have been sweeping through many affluent communities near Los Angeles. Some residents are now returning home. Among them, celebrities are who posting their thoughts and experiences on social media. VOA's Elizabeth Lee reports from Los Angeles.
Debut of China AI Anchor Stirs up Tech Race Debates
China's state-run Xinhua News has debuted what it called the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) anchor. But the novelty has generated more dislikes than likes online among Chinese netizens, with many calling the new virtual host "a news-reading device without a soul."
Analysts say the latest creation has showcased China's short-term progress in voice recognition, text mining and semantic analysis, but challenges remain ahead for its long-term ambition of becoming an AI superpower by 2030.
Nonhuman anchors
Collaborating with Chinese search engine Sogou, Xinhua introduced two AI anchors, one for English broadcasts and the other for Chinese, both of which are based on images of the agency's real newscasters, Zhang Zhao and Qiu Hao respectively.
In its inaugural broadcast last week, the English-speaking anchor was more tech cheerleader than newshound, rattling off lines few anchors would be caught dead reading, such as: "the development of the media industry calls for continuous innovation and deep integration with the international advanced technologies."
It also promised "to work tirelessly to keep you [audience] informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted" 24/7 across multiple platforms simultaneously if necessary, according to the news agency.
No soul
Local audiences appear to be unimpressed, critiquing the news bots' not so human touch and synthesized voices.
On Weibo, China's Twitterlike microblogging platform, more than one user wrote that such anchors have "no soul," in response to Xinhua's announcement. And one user joked: "what if we have an AI [country] leader?" while another questioned what it stands for in terms of journalistic values by saying "What a nutcase. Fake news is on every day."
Others pondered the implication AI news bots might have on employment and workers.
"It all comes down to production costs, which will determine if [we] lose jobs," one Weibo user wrote. Some argued that only low-end labor-intensive jobs will be easily replaced by intelligent robots while others gloated about the possibility of employers utilizing an army of low-cost robots to make a fortune.
A simple use case
Industry experts said the digital anchor system is based on images of real people and possibly animated parts of their mouths and faces, with machine-learning technology recreating humanlike speech patterns and facial movements. It then uses a synthesized voice for the delivery of the news broadcast.
The creation showcases China's progress in voice recognition, text mining and semantic analysis, all of which is covered by natural language processing, according to Liu Chien-chih, secretary-general of Asia IoT Alliance (AIOTA).
But that's just one of many aspects of AI technologies, he wrote in an email to VOA.
Given the pace of experimental AI adoption by Chinese businesses, more user scenarios or designs of user interface can be anticipated in China, Liu added.
Chris Dong, director of China research at the market intelligence firm IDC, agreed the digital anchor is as simple as what he calls a "use case" for AI-powered services to attract commercials and audiences.
He said, in an email to VOA, that China has fast-tracked its big data advantage around consumers or internet of things (IoT) infrastructure to add commercial value.
Artificial Intelligence has also allowed China to accelerate its digital transformation across various industries or value chains, which are made smarter and more efficient, Dong added.
Far from a threat to the US
But both said China is far from a threat to challenge U.S. leadership on AI given its lack of an open market and respect for intellectual property rights (IPRs) as well as its lagging innovative competency on core AI technologies.
Earlier, Lee Kai-fu, a well-known venture capitalist who led Google before it pulled out of China, was quoted by news website Tech Crunch as saying that the United States may have created Artificial Intelligence, but China is taking the ball and running with it when it comes to one of the world's most pivotal technology innovations.
Lee summed up four major drivers behind his observation that China is beating the United States in AI: abundant data, hungry entrepreneurs, growing AI expertise and massive government support and funding.
Beijing has set a goal to become an AI superpower by 2030, and to turn the sector into a $150 billion industry.
Yet, IDC's Dong cast doubts on AI's adoption rate and effectiveness in China's traditional sectors. Some, such as the manufacturing sector, is worsening, he said.
He said China's "state capitalism may have its short-term efficiency and gain, but over the longer-term, it is the open market that is fundamental to building an effective innovation ecosystem."
The analyst urges China to open up and include multinational software and services to contribute to its digital economic transformation.
"China's 'Made-in-China 2025' should go back to the original flavor … no longer Made and Controlled by Chinese, but more [of] an Open Platform of Made-in-China that both local and foreign players have a level-playing field," he said.
In addition to a significant gap in core technologies, China's failure to uphold IPRs will go against its future development of AI software, "which is often sold many-fold in the U.S. than in China as the Chinese tend to think intangible assets are free," AIOTA's Liu said.


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This Friday released Rajkumar Hirani's directorial Sanju has passed the opening weekend on a solid note and now on weekdays as well, it is showing strong performance at the box office. Due to positive word of mouth, the film has gained a good hold over the audience and heading with better pace than Salman Khan's Race 3.
Presented by Fox Star Studios' has received mostly positive reviews from the critics, due to its impressive story-line and impactful performances by all the actors, especially Ranbir Kapoor and Paresh Rawal. The audience also liked it and showed big thumbs up.
After a solid opening, this biographical drama picked up very well over the weekend and did the business of total 120.06 crores, that included 34.75 crores of Friday, 38.60 crores of Saturday and 46.71 crores of Sunday. With this, it has registered the second best opening weekend of the year after Baahubali 2 Hindi (128 cr).
Now Sanju is running on weekdays and despite normal working days, it is heading strongly. On Monday, the film faced a drop of approx. 27.05% than Friday and minted the amount of 25.35 crores. Then on Tuesday, it remained almost steady and raked the business of 22.10 crores.
After 5 days of release, the total collection of Ranbir starrer has become 167.51 crores at the domestic box office. As per current trend, it is positively expected to collect around 200 crores by the end of this week.
Sanju has also left behind the lifetime collections of several biggies of 2018 which includes Parmanu, Veere Di Wedding, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, Raid, Hichki and October to name a few. It will soon cross the lifetime collections of Race 3 and Baaghi 2.
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Come October 17 and the channel will complete the repositioning it kicked off two years ago.
"Dropping the 'Music Television' from under the logo is a big symbolic statement. MTV is about new ideas, new formats...," MTV India Senior Vice President Ashish Patil said. MTV's new image will have a new graphics environment that aims to engage viewers through RSS feeds, mobile contests, scrolls, scraps and pop ups.
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Montana landscapes and stories are commanding screens and collecting positive reviews at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
"Wildlife" and "Rainmaker" - both made in Montana - received invitations to the prestigious festival, which continues through Saturday in Cannes, France.
"Wildlife" was partially filmed on location in and around Livingston, while "Rainmaker" was written and produced by Missoula filmmaker Katherine Cronyn and was filmed in Montana by a mostly Montana crew.
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Call is out to FFNC fans
FOOTBALL Far North Coast is calling on the NSW North Coast to help generate $25,000 in much-needed funds.
Through Telstra's True Supporters Program, the FFNC hopes to raise enough money to fund the upgrade of its facilities, the development of its players and the support of both coaches and administrators.
General manager Steve Mackney believes his organisation plays a significant cultural and social role across the region, and said that with 30 clubs, 430 junior teams and 140 senior teams, this funding would help it continue the great work it does.
The True Supporters program aims to give local clubs the opportunity for a little extra support.
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The OpenIndiana project is pleased to announce the next development release of the open source, enterprise operating system. OpenIndiana build 151a is now available for 32 and 64-bit x86 architecture systems. We hope you're as excited as we are for the first complete platform for servers and desktops that offers the full power of the virtualisation, observability, management, networking, and storage technologies from the illumos project. Please see the release notes for full details of what's new. This milestone also marks the one year anniversary of our first release. Look for our first stable release in the near future!
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For me, it is always good to see this kind of solaris news.
I still use my openindiana system at home as a jack-of-all-trades server, but it has been upgraded so many times it is beginning to show its age (many devel upgrades in the last 3 years).
However, I think I'll also wait until snapshots are fixed to spend time on the upgrade.
Also, why the switch to KVM? I rather liked zones, but maybe the implementation was too difficult to maintain? Or are there actually features in KVM that people prefer?
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This is a very important story for me. While it's very much a fictional story, there are definitely elements of it that I have drawn from my own life. It's a story about depression, and definitely became part of my own healing process as I was writing it. I hope that regardless of how people feel about the writing style or the character they share the story (or their own story) to raise awareness about what depression is really like. How it isn't definable as just feeling sad or being unproductive.
"So long for now! And remember, if you liked this look, have suggestions or questions, please leave a comment below. Like and subscribe to see more weekly tips from me! Always yours, Mel!"
Melanie waved at the camera for a few seconds before reaching over and stopping the recording. She let out a sigh and looked down at her desk. Glitter eyeshadow and loose powder covered just about every surface, including her keyboard. Mel had a feeling that if she ever took apart her laptop it would look like a pixie had hemorrhaged to death in it.
Leaning back in her chair, Mel stretched her arms and stifled a yawn. She had been up all the previous night practicing her Halloween cat eye for her channel and then had wanted to film while the sun was coming through her bedroom window at a good angle. Part of her wanted to just edit the video and be done with it, but she knew it would end up looking like crap if she did that with no sleep. She would end up putting the video up at like one in the morning on Friday instead of Thursday afternoon like she was technically supposed to for her schedule, but none of her regular viewers seemed to care. It had almost become a running joke with them taking bets on when she would finish.
A smile crept across her face for a second. Mel's following was small, but loyal and very vocal. She had about 30,000 subscribers, but only averaged 5,000 views per video. It wasn't the most popular channel, but Mel considered herself lucky to reach that many people. The smile slipped away though as she mentally began to prepare for the barrage of hateful comments. That was the downside of the internet. Some people just wanted to make other people feel bad about themselves.
Mel sighed again.
She got up from her chair and walked across the room to her wardrobe. The doors were stuck open from the pile of clothes at the bottom that had begun to spill out onto the floor. Grabbing an oversized shirt off the top of the pile, Mel pulled off the tight black t-shirt she wore for the video and replaced it with the more comfortable top. As usual, she hadn't bothered putting on pants to film. No one saw her standing up anyway.
The light was still on in her bathroom even though the sun was fully risen. Mel flicked it off and ran warm water into the sink. She ran a make-up removing wipe over her face before splashing it with the water. The exhaustion really kicked in then and she fumbled behind her for a towel to wipe the running mascara out of her eyes. She finally grabbed one and patted her face dry before looking up.
Meredith stared back at her from the mirror.
"Oh no, not you," Mel said to the other her. Meredith just sneered at her, long trails of black make-up running down her face and onto her neck. Mel scooped up more water and scrubbed at her skin, but when she looked up again Meredith was still there.
"Pathetic," one of them said, Mel wasn't sure which. She turned away and went back into her room. The sun was suddenly too bright and she crossed the room to pull the curtains shut. Meredith grimaced back at her in the window reflection right before she tugged the heavy blackout curtains across it. Mel flopped onto her unmade bed and pulled a blanket over her head. She curled up in a ball, the air quickly becoming too warm and humid from her breath, but she dared not uncover her head. She knew Meredith was out there. Just biding her time.
"How's it going?" Meredith asked.
"I'm not talking to you," Mel replied and pulled the blanket closer around her head.
"I'm just here to help, though," the other girl replied in a wheedling voice.
"I don't want any help you have to offer."
"Well, maybe just listen to me then."
Mel was silent; trying desperately to block Meredith out.
"How many people do you think are going to watch that video?" Meredith asked after a few seconds of silence had gone by, "I'm guessing not very many. What like a few hundred? Maybe a thousand? Pfft. Who would want to watch a video about makeup by a girl no better than average? You can't even do anything cool like SFX or body painting? What's the point?"
"Go away," Mel said, her voice muffled by the blanket.
"No," Meredith replied with vehemence and threw back Mel's covering, "look at me."
Mel sat up and looked in the full length mirror next to her wardrobe. Meredith glared at her.
"What do you want?" Mel asked, exasperated.
"I want you to stop trying to be something you're not," Meredith said, "it's just pathetic. You have no right to try and teach other people how to do something you're barely skilled at. It's disingenuous. You're lying to these people. Acting like such a big deal when the most basic girl can do the "tricks" you teach."
"It's not like I tell people I'm a makeup artist," Mel replied, "it's just for fun."
"Fun? You're a fraud. An ugly fraud who has no right to tell other people what to do!"
"Shut up!" Mel grabbed a pillow and threw it at Meredith. It hit the mirror and fell to the floor with a soft thud, but Meredith was unphased.
"I'm not going anywhere!" Meredith grabbed a red lip liner from the bedside table and began to write.
"Fraud," across Mel's arm.
"Fake," down her neck.
"Bitch," on her stomach.
"Slut," on her thigh.
"Worthless," across her chest.
"Stop it! Stop it!" Mel screamed and threw the liner across the room.
Meredith grinned from the mirror, but said nothing.
Mel got up and went into the bathroom. She ran some hot water into the bathtub and got in when it was only half full. It was too hot, but she didn't care. Pulling her knees up to her chest, Mel sobbed into the words on her thighs. The remnants of black eye makeup running into the red scribbles, creating messy streams. Mel grabbed a washcloth and scrubbed at her skin until it was raw, but she could still see the words.
"It's not coming off because it's true," Meredith said from the bathroom mirror. Mel rubbed harder until it hurt too much. She dropped the washcloth in the water and leaned back in the tub.
For just a second she let water cover her head. For a second time stopped. For a second everything was quiet.
Mel came back above the surface. Her sobbing renewed as she added more hot water to the tub and it made her skin ache where she had tried to rub Meredith's messages away. The water came up just below the rim of the tub. If Mel moved too much it sloshed over the sides a little. A mess to clean up later. Or not. She didn't care.
"Betcha can't hold your breath for a minute," Meredith says.
Mel takes a defiant deep breath and sinks below the surface again. It's quiet; just the sound of her heartbeat in her ears. After ten seconds her chest already hurts. She knows the water ends just inches above her face, but it seems like a mile. Twenty seconds. Meredith is right. Everything is so pointless. Just like this game. Why should she hold her breath? Thirty seconds. Just breathe the water in. Do it! Do it! – her head breaks the water and she gasps for air.
"Chicken," Meredith says.
"No!" Mel stands up and water courses off of her, running red with the leftover lip liner and maybe a little blood from her scrubbing. "No. No. No. No. No!" she screams and steps out of the tub and rushes to the mirror. Meredith is there; glaring as usual.
"No," Mel says and picks up a tube of lipstick from the side of the sink. She draws a heart around Meredith's face which begins to soften. "Not today" she intones as she writes it on the mirror.
Mel stares at herself through her drawing. She turns away from the mirror and sighs, whispering to herself again, "Not today."


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