Innovation

Boston Dynamics Shows Off Handle, A Six-Foot Tall ‘Nightmare-Inducing’ RobotBoston Dynamics Shows Off Handle, A Six-Foot Tall ‘Nightmare-Inducing’ Robot

Boston Dynamics Shows Off Handle, A Six-Foot Tall ‘Nightmare-Inducing’ Robot

The two-wheeled robot showed off some of its impressive athletic capabilities

8 years ago
UK Government Sets Sights On £650bn AI Sector With FundingUK Government Sets Sights On £650bn AI Sector With Funding

UK Government Sets Sights On £650bn AI Sector With Funding

New government plans set to include a major industry review and a £17.3m funding boost for universities

8 years ago
Microsoft and Cambridge University Design AI That Can Create Its Own ProgramsMicrosoft and Cambridge University Design AI That Can Create Its Own Programs

Microsoft and Cambridge University Design AI That Can Create Its Own Programs

The smart software aims to aid not replace human programmers

8 years ago
Visa Opens London Innovation Centre To Develop Payment TechVisa Opens London Innovation Centre To Develop Payment Tech

Visa Opens London Innovation Centre To Develop Payment Tech

Visa opens its largest innovation centre as the world of digital payments continues to grow

8 years ago
Microsoft HoloLens Successor Slated For 2019Microsoft HoloLens Successor Slated For 2019

Microsoft HoloLens Successor Slated For 2019

Redmond is happy taking its time with mixed reality

8 years ago
Bill Gates Supports Income Tax For RobotsBill Gates Supports Income Tax For Robots

Bill Gates Supports Income Tax For Robots

Taxation could be used to ease the effects of the job displacement caused by automation, Gates argues

8 years ago
Connected Car App Security Flaws Uncovered By Kaspersky LabConnected Car App Security Flaws Uncovered By Kaspersky Lab

Connected Car App Security Flaws Uncovered By Kaspersky Lab

Hackers could unlock your car or start its ignition via car app flaws discovered by Kaspersky Lab researchers

8 years ago
Google’s Project Loon Leaps Forward With Weather-Predicting Machine LearningGoogle’s Project Loon Leaps Forward With Weather-Predicting Machine Learning

Google’s Project Loon Leaps Forward With Weather-Predicting Machine Learning

Google is now "years closer" to rolling out a network of the balloons thanks to machine learning

8 years ago
Ford Invests $1bn In Argo AI To Accelerate Self-Driving Car DevelopmentFord Invests $1bn In Argo AI To Accelerate Self-Driving Car Development

Ford Invests $1bn In Argo AI To Accelerate Self-Driving Car Development

The two firms will combine artificial intelligence and engineering expertise to being an autonomous car to the road in 2021

8 years ago
Apple’s Tim Cook Says AR Could Have The Same Tech Impact As SmartphonesApple’s Tim Cook Says AR Could Have The Same Tech Impact As Smartphones

Apple’s Tim Cook Says AR Could Have The Same Tech Impact As Smartphones

The Cupertino CEO believes that augmented reality is for everyone

8 years ago
Microsoft Trial Helps Dyslexic Kids With OneNote AppMicrosoft Trial Helps Dyslexic Kids With OneNote App

Microsoft Trial Helps Dyslexic Kids With OneNote App

Feel good Friday. Trial conducted in a UK school by Dyslexia charity reveals benefits from using Microsoft's OneNote

8 years ago
Automation Kills Hundreds Of Jobs At Goldman SachsAutomation Kills Hundreds Of Jobs At Goldman Sachs

Automation Kills Hundreds Of Jobs At Goldman Sachs

Tech can be a blessing and curse, after Goldman Sachs reveals how automation removed need for equity traders

8 years ago
Government Must Use AI To Cut 250,000 Jobs, Says ReformGovernment Must Use AI To Cut 250,000 Jobs, Says Reform

Government Must Use AI To Cut 250,000 Jobs, Says Reform

Think tank Reform urges the use of artificial intelligence, chat bots and drones to automate everything from public-sector administration to…

8 years ago
Does Virtual Reality Have A Place In The Classroom?Does Virtual Reality Have A Place In The Classroom?

Does Virtual Reality Have A Place In The Classroom?

IN DEPTH: The short answer is 'yes.' The long answer? Well, that's a bit more complicated...

8 years ago
Cancer Research Smart Benches Offer Londoners Solar Power Charging And Free Wi-FiCancer Research Smart Benches Offer Londoners Solar Power Charging And Free Wi-Fi

Cancer Research Smart Benches Offer Londoners Solar Power Charging And Free Wi-Fi

The smart benches come with contactless payment tech to enable people to make small on-the-fly donations

8 years ago

Ocado Works With EU Universities To Create Soft Touch Robotic Arm

The online grocery giant is looking to further push its automation agenda

8 years ago

US Tech Firms Criticise Trump Immigration Ban

Silicon Valley firms acknowledged immigration curbs could affect their ability to do business

8 years ago

Apple To Join Google, Facebook, IBM And Microsoft In ‘Partnership For AI’ Alliance

Apple set to join non profit 'the Partnership on AI' to collaborate on artificial intelligence research

8 years ago

Android Veteran Hugo Barra Joins Facebook As VR Head

Big name signing to lead Facebook's virtual reality team at Oculus, and welcomed personally onboard by Zuckerberg

8 years ago

D-Wave Releases £12m 2000Q Quantum Computing Processors With 2,000 Qubits

Temporal Defense Systems will use the data crunching power of quantum computing to tackle cyber threats

8 years ago

Google And Raspberry Pi Partnership Could Bring AI To Micro Computers

Developers are being quizzed on what machine learning tools they would like to use with the Raspberry Pi

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Tells Court That Oculus VR Theft Claims Are ‘Wrong’

Oculus' products are built on its own code, says Facebook chief executive in court testimony

8 years ago

HSBC Calls On High-Flying CEOs For Tech Advice

The advisory board of high-profile CEOs will focus on disruption, cyber and infrastructure

8 years ago

Microsoft Buys Deep Learning Startup Maluuba And Signs Up AI Expert

Maluuba will join Microsoft's AI and Research organisation, giving it the resources and scalability to advance its research

8 years ago

Nissan To Test Self Driving Cars In London Next Month

Sign of the times. Modified Nissan Leaf to be driven on crowded public streets in London next month

8 years ago

Google Officially Ditches Project Titan Drone Broadband

Engineers scattered to other divisions as Titan doesn't make enough progress to continue

8 years ago

On The Trail Of Autonomous Cars At CES 2017

ANALYSIS: Promising autonomous vehicle technology was everywhere you looked at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, but sorting out which promises…

8 years ago

Poll: Should We Fear Or Embrace AI?

POLL: What do you think about artificial intelligence and automation?

8 years ago

How Is A Perfect Smart City Built?

IN DEPTH: Smart cities are a recent innovation. How does a local authority harness the benefits?

8 years ago

MIT Researchers Create Super Strong, Yet Light Material Using Graphene

Ten times stronger than steel but still light. Researchers blend flakes of graphene for new super tough material

8 years ago