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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is reported to be set to unveil its first Windows 10-powered smartphone early next year. The surprise announcement about what is being called the "HP Falcon" flagship smartphone may come during the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain, from February 22-25, Bidness Etc reported . The  HP  Falcon is rumoured to be powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset and Adreno 530 GPU, with at least 2GB of RAM and 5.8-inch QHD display. The device may have 64GB of inbuilt storage and will feature a 20-megapixel rear camera with a 12-megapixel front camera. These specifications may make it well ahead of other Windows 10 smartphones like recently launched  Lumia 950  and  Lumia 950XL . According to the report, the launch of HP Falcon will present Windows lovers with more choices and may force  Microsoft  to go ahead with its Surface smartphone. Notably, the name and specifications of the HP Falcon were tipped earl...

Say hello to Nadine, an unconventional robot with her own personality, mood and emotions. She is friendly, can greet you back and remember your name and your previous conversation with her. Powered by intelligent software similar to Apple's Siri or Microsoft's Cortana, Nadine is the latest social robot developed by scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore. Nadine can be a personal assistant in offices and homes in future. And she can be used as social companion for the young and the elderly, the researchers said. "This is somewhat like a real companion that is always with you and conscious of what is happening. So in future, these socially intelligent robots could be like C-3PO, the iconic golden droid from Star Wars, with knowledge of language and etiquette,"  said Nadine's creator  Nadia Thalmann, professor at NTU. A humanoid like Nadine is just one of the interfaces where the technology that the NTU scientists developed can be applied....