Innovation

Microsoft Creates Speech Recognition Tech With Human Accuracy

The system can transcribe conversational language as accurate as professional transcriptionists

8 years ago

BBC’s Micro Bit Computer Takes Aim At Worldwide Market

The BBC is taking its Micro Bit computer beyond British shores

8 years ago

Apple Drastically Scales Back Driverless Car Development And Shifts Gear With Project Titan

UPDATED: Apple has drastically cut back its work on creating driverless car systems

8 years ago

Germany Asks Tesla to Drop Its Autopilot Autonomous Driving System Branding

Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt voiced concerns that Autopilot will lead to drivers not paying attention to the road ahead

8 years ago

Canonical Delivers Openstack Cloud On IBM Iron For Canadian University

Canonical creates campus 'Research Cloud' to help Carleton University offer centralised system for researchers

8 years ago

Java Founding Father: IoT Is More Than Just Making Simple Tweaks To Existing Devices

James Gosling said most IoT efforts are simply tinkering rather than proper smart network deployments

8 years ago

US Government Believes AI Is Beneficial But Warns Of Job Risk

But AI will also present new opportunities for health, education, energy, and the environment

8 years ago

BT And Toshiba Showcase UK’s First Secure Quantum Communications

Quantum cryptography is being deployed to make intercepting communications on fibre networks all but impossible

8 years ago

Google’s DeepMind Creates AI That Can Navigate The London Underground

The AI system mixes deep learning neural nets with external memory to further mimic human learning

8 years ago

Microsoft HoloLens Coming To The UK, But Is More Expensive Than In The US

Microsoft HoloLens holographic computer comes to Europe and Australasia, but US is cheaper

8 years ago

MPs Say Government Must Consider The Impact Of AI

So far the government has shown a lack of leadership on addressing concerns over smart robots replacing human jobs, claims…

8 years ago

Huawei Provides $1m To Power AI Research At UC Berkeley

Huawei will send researchers to UC Berkeley to work on the next wave of AI tech

8 years ago

Odeon To Create Europe’s First IMAX VR Centre Using Acer And StarBreeze Tech

IMAX and Odeon are looking to bring virtual reality into cinemas

8 years ago

World Economic Forum Opens Tech-Focused San Francisco Office

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is intended to help guide public policy and regulation in the face of…

8 years ago

Microsoft Goes Green With Agder Energi Smart Grid Project

Its cold in the Nordics, so Microsoft teams up with the locals to help electricity grid cope with demand

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The BBC’s Technology Journey

The BBC has pioneered television, radio and online - but what do you know about Auntie's technology triumphs and its…

8 years ago

Digital Catapult Tests Blockchain ‘Smart Contract’

Blockchain could be used to encourage creative working patterns where companies law is too restrictive

8 years ago

AI Control Needs ‘Careful Consideration’ To Prevent Killer Computers

IP Expo 2016: Professor Nick Bostrom highlights the risks of creating a true artificial intelligence, even if its is completely…

8 years ago

Councils Sign Up For ‘Laggard’ Gov.UK Verify Trials

GDS is to trial the authentication scheme with 19 councils, as Capgemini says Verify delays are holding back UK e-government

8 years ago

Vodafone Tests 5G Systems To Help Cars Communicate

Vodafone's research could pave the way for self-driving cars

8 years ago

Microsoft Merges Research, Cortana And Bing Divisions To Create AI Arm

Redmond is looking to push AI technology into more of its services and has created a fourth group at the…

8 years ago

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600E And 410E Chips Target The IoT

The chips will be distributed as stand alone SoCs for the first-tine

8 years ago

Tech Giants Form ‘Partnership For AI’ Artificial Intelligence Alliance

Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft join forces to explore the challenges, opportunities and ethics of artificial intelligence

8 years ago

Google’s Self-Driving Car Crash Results In Lexus Being Towed Off

Google’s driverless car has been involved in yet another crash, though the blame is laid firmly at the fender of…

8 years ago

HERE Sucks Data From Cars To Power Traffic Services

Digital map maker HERE has revealed a set of traffic services which pull data from a car’s sensors, the company’s…

8 years ago

Twitter Data Will Be Used To Tackle LA Hate Crime

An $800,000 grant has been awarded to the University to create a social network powered hate speech detecting system

8 years ago

Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough Discovered By Canadian Scientists

Beam me up, Scotty. Researchers in Canada break record after teleporting information between two city-based locations

8 years ago

Bruce Schneier: ‘Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet’

Security expert Bruce Schneier suspects state-sponsored DDoS attacks are being levied at major internet infrastructure providers to test cyber defences

8 years ago

13 Companies And Organisations Transforming The Healthcare Industry

TechWeekEurope identifies some of the most interesting companies in the health-tech sector

8 years ago

Apple Releases Swift Playgrounds To Teach Kids Coding On iPads And iOS 10

The Cupertino company looks to encourage students to learn its Swift programming language

8 years ago