Internet tech giants, such as Google, Apple, Alibaba, and Tencent, are competing for market shares by coming up with cutting-edge tech products which they believe will enter and influence people's lives in the near future.

Google DeepMind's differential neural computer (DNC)

A recent story in Nature introduced a machine that combines a neural network with a computer so that it can "learn like a human and handle data like a computer". It was developed by DeepMind, Google's artificial intelligence company in London.

According to test results, it can read graph structures, including family trees and transport networks. It is also able to determine the fastest route on the London Underground without any prior knowledge of the train system, and solve a block game based on goals described in symbolic languages.