Innovation

China ‘Leapfrogs’ US With Home-Built Supercomputer

A new research system using China-built chips is more than four times as powerful as the US' top machine

9 years ago

Bank Of England Tests Blockchain With PwC

Central bank and PwC to test how blockchain could be used for distributed ledger technology

9 years ago

Microsoft Makes AI Move For Wand Labs

Reinforcements for malfunctioning Tay chatbot? Microsoft purchases AI app specialist Wand Labs

9 years ago

Google Opens European Machine Learning Centre

Zurich is now home to Google's Machine Learning research group in Europe

9 years ago

Apple Pushes To Make Siri’s AI More Useful And Reliable

ANALYSIS: Apple continues to improve Siri with support for new platforms and third parties, but data privacy remains a stumbling…

9 years ago

London Council Deploys UK’s First Public Sector Artificial Intelligence Service

Enfield Council plans to deal with online customers through ‘Amelia’ artificial intelligence platform

9 years ago

Philips LED System To Light Up Euro 2020

World’s first LED sports pitch lighting system to be installed in Holland to improve spectator and HDTV experience

9 years ago

Google Reveals What Voters Are Searching For Ahead Of EU Referendum

Google shows off regional analytics on how UK citizens are looking to vote in the upcoming EU referendum

9 years ago

Apple Plans Renewable Energy Sale With New Company

Apple Energy will offload excess renewable energy from solar farms to sell directly to customers

9 years ago

HTC Unveils Business-Focused VR Headset

Business Edition of the HTC Vive will be available from June 2016

9 years ago

Microsoft Offers Minecraft Education Edition To Schools And Teachers

Minecraft beta opens up so the game can help teachers and students explore ways to build and design a world

9 years ago

Local Authorities Clueless About PC Energy Consumption

FOI request reveals that majority of London local authorities are entirely unaware of their IT power usage

9 years ago

Intel Unveils VR And 4K-Focused 10-Core i7 CPU

Intel lifts lid on new Broadwell family at Computex, including 10-core Extreme Edition 'mega-tasker' ready for 4K, gaming, and virtual…

9 years ago

Apple Challenges Bid To Block iMessage, Facetime

The company argues its customers would be harmed by removing iMessage, Facetime and VPN On Demand from its devices

9 years ago

Oculus VR DRM Is Cracked In Just 24 Hours

Virtual reality headsets at risk of piracy after DRM software is hacked to allow Oculus software to be ported to…

9 years ago

Fitbit Fitness Devices Deliver ‘Inaccurate’ Heart Rate Readings

Study reveals that heart rate technology in Fitbit devices may not have recorded health information properly

9 years ago

Google Has Its Very Own Chip For Artificial Intelligence

Google has been testing out a custom chip designed for artificial intelligence and machine learning that will work with TensorFlow

9 years ago

HP Jet Fusion 3D Is ‘First Production Ready’ Commercial 3D Printer

Nike and BMW among companies signed up for HP Jet Fusion 3D printers, which will be made available to businesses…

9 years ago

Microsoft, Google Back Royal Society ICT Teaching Push

Tech giants support Royal Society study into how to improve computer science teaching in schools

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Virtual Reality

With virtual reality devices flooding the world, how much do you know about the next big technology?

9 years ago

The Future Of Money: Bitcoin, Blockchain And Beyond

Money could be heading the way of Uber, Twitter and Airbnb in ‘cutting out the middleman’ (banks), says Mark Cotter,…

9 years ago

Google Cardboard Goes On Sale In The UK For Just £15

Budget Google Cardboard device will allow more people than ever to enjoy virtual reality in the UK

9 years ago

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Goes Contactless

Contactless fever to sweep Eurosong contest as Visa Europe provides payment wristbands for 65,000 attendees

9 years ago

PwC Predicts Drones Will Take Over The World

Market for drones could already be worth as much as £88bn, report claims

9 years ago

IBM’s Quantum Computing Is For ‘Anyone’, But Is It For Everyone?

ANALYSIS: IBM goes public with its quantum computing experiment to enlist the help of scientists and researchers around the world,…

9 years ago

HTC Vive X Accelerator Offers £69m To Virtual Reality Startups

HTC Vive X fund offers initial $100m investment across three cities with the hope of stimulating the virtual reality ecosystem

9 years ago

Volvo Is Bringing Self-Driving Cars To London’s Streets In 2017

“Most ambitious” trial to date will see Volvo XC-90 vehicles drive themselves around the capital

9 years ago

AT&T Teams Up With Otis For Smart City Push

Intelligent elevators and escalators among new possibilities following partnership

9 years ago

Nokia Buys Wearable Tech Experts Withings

£131m acquisition of French digital health specialist will see Nokia back in the devices game

9 years ago

Super-Long Lifespan Battery Invented By Scientists

Scientists claim rechargeable battery breakthrough with drastically increased battery lifespan

9 years ago