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World Economic Forum Urges ‘Balanced’ Regulation For AI & Transformative TechWorld Economic Forum Urges ‘Balanced’ Regulation For AI & Transformative Tech

World Economic Forum Urges ‘Balanced’ Regulation For AI & Transformative Tech

Ahead of event in Davos, World Economic Forum (WEF) says regulation needs to be balanced to maximise benefits and mitigate…

8 years ago
Pentagon Tests Swarm Of Drones For Military ReconnaissancePentagon Tests Swarm Of Drones For Military Reconnaissance

Pentagon Tests Swarm Of Drones For Military Reconnaissance

The rise of the weaponised Internet of Things could start here

8 years ago
Greenpeace Praises Apple, Google & Facebook But Slams Netflix, Amazon On RenewablesGreenpeace Praises Apple, Google & Facebook But Slams Netflix, Amazon On Renewables

Greenpeace Praises Apple, Google & Facebook But Slams Netflix, Amazon On Renewables

Apple retains top spot as Greenpeace puts pressure on technology firms to boost green energy commitments

8 years ago
Isle Of Man Targets Blockchain And Digital Payments For Fintech FutureIsle Of Man Targets Blockchain And Digital Payments For Fintech Future

Isle Of Man Targets Blockchain And Digital Payments For Fintech Future

Blockchain is the future, but there's still plenty of work to be done before its becomes mainstream

8 years ago
Samsung Tempts Apple Users Onto Gear Platform With Extended iOS CompatibilitySamsung Tempts Apple Users Onto Gear Platform With Extended iOS Compatibility

Samsung Tempts Apple Users Onto Gear Platform With Extended iOS Compatibility

Will it be enough to tempt Apple users onto the Gear platform in an unpredictable smartwatch market?

8 years ago
IBM Becomes First Tech Company To Get 8,000 Patents In One YearIBM Becomes First Tech Company To Get 8,000 Patents In One Year

IBM Becomes First Tech Company To Get 8,000 Patents In One Year

More than a third of the patents related to AI, cognitive computing and cloud computing alone

8 years ago
Intel Reveals Credit-Card Sized Computer For Bringing Processing Power To IoTIntel Reveals Credit-Card Sized Computer For Bringing Processing Power To IoT

Intel Reveals Credit-Card Sized Computer For Bringing Processing Power To IoT

CES 2017: The Compute Card features Intel's Kaby Lake processors and flexible connectivity options

8 years ago
The 8 Best Smartwatches For BusinessThe 8 Best Smartwatches For Business

The 8 Best Smartwatches For Business

Thinking about a smartwatch for business? Here are the best timepieces for your workday

8 years ago
Intel’s VR And AR Project Alloy Headset Due For Release In 2017Intel’s VR And AR Project Alloy Headset Due For Release In 2017

Intel’s VR And AR Project Alloy Headset Due For Release In 2017

CES 2017: Intel outlines IoT, 5G, and driverless car plans alongside virtual reality work

8 years ago
Nvidia Xavier Supercomputer Aims To Turn Cars Into AIs On WheelsNvidia Xavier Supercomputer Aims To Turn Cars Into AIs On Wheels

Nvidia Xavier Supercomputer Aims To Turn Cars Into AIs On Wheels

Nvidia is bringing more supercomputer power into cars, and cloud gaming and Google's AI into homes

8 years ago
Five Of The Most Innovative New Products Debuting At CESFive Of The Most Innovative New Products Debuting At CES

Five Of The Most Innovative New Products Debuting At CES

CES 2017: Here are snapshots of a few innovative products being demonstrated at CES this week

8 years ago
11 Stories And Trends That Dominated Tech In 201611 Stories And Trends That Dominated Tech In 2016

11 Stories And Trends That Dominated Tech In 2016

Time to take a look back at what has been an extremely interesting 2016...

8 years ago
Electric Cars Trend To Cause Job Losses, Warns Tyre MakerElectric Cars Trend To Cause Job Losses, Warns Tyre Maker

Electric Cars Trend To Cause Job Losses, Warns Tyre Maker

Tyre maker predicts electric cars will cause job losses, but cannot predict how many jobs the electric trend will create

8 years ago
Amazon Plots ‘Airship Warehouse’ For Drone DeliveriesAmazon Plots ‘Airship Warehouse’ For Drone Deliveries

Amazon Plots ‘Airship Warehouse’ For Drone Deliveries

Patent reveals plan to create ''airborne fulfilment centres' or 'flying warehouses' to act as mothership for drones

8 years ago
Uber Moves Self-Driving Cars To ArizonaUber Moves Self-Driving Cars To Arizona

Uber Moves Self-Driving Cars To Arizona

Arizona offered open roads to Uber after California ran its self-driving car test programme off the road

8 years ago

DeepMind Strengthens NHS Ties With Imperial College Partnership

The organisations plan to launch a range of clinical mobile apps to improve patient care

8 years ago

White House Releases Report Preparing For AI Future

Job losses and changing skill requirements are two of the possible negative economic impacts

8 years ago

Uber’s Driverless Testing Hits A Bump In The Road

The California Department of Motor Vehicles says Uber failed to comply with state regulations

8 years ago

Amazon Selects Montreal For Canadian Data Centre

Cheap hydro power convinces Amazon to open its Canadian data centre in Montreal

8 years ago

Alphabet’s DeepMind Makes First Moves Into US

A DeepMind presence in the US will aid collaboration with parent company Google

8 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Jarvis-Inspired AI Home Assistant

"Building Jarvis was an interesting intellectual challenge"

8 years ago

Labour Ridiculed For Wanting To Regulate Algorithms

Companies algorithms should be made transparent to government for industrial regulation to be effective, the party argues

8 years ago

EU Regulators Consider New Big Data Rules

A consultation asks whether the rapidly growing area is adequately covered by existing privacy, competition and consumer protection laws

8 years ago

Facebook’s Aquila Drone Crash Was Due To Turbulence

Turbulence caused the Aquila drone to suffer a "structural failure" during its inaugural flight

8 years ago

ENISA: Encryption Back-Doors ‘Not A Solution’

EU security body concludes government-mandated backdoors would make legitimate services less secure and harm law enforcement

8 years ago

BMW Hooks Up With IBM Watson For AI Car Research

Can I adjust your seat? BMW and Big Blue to apply artificial intelligence to future cars, with IBM Watson help

8 years ago

Digital Realty: Data Centre Renewables Are Up, But The Work’s Not Done

Rob Coupland, Digital Realty's MD of EMEA, explains the growing impact of renewables in the data centre industry

8 years ago

Microsoft Opens Cortana To OEM Kit, Hints At Amazon Echo Rival

Expect to see Microsoft's digital assistant appearing in new hardware soon with launch of developer and OEM tools

8 years ago

McLaren, Sharp, And Ilika Join Forces To Develop Autonomous Energy Harvesting IoT Tech

The Digital Catapult also revealed the winners of the IoT Boost Programme

8 years ago

Google’s Alphabet Launches Waymo Driverless Car Company

Google's driverless car development appears to be nearing fruition

8 years ago