Innovation

Microsoft Ventures Strengthens AI Love Affair With Startup FundMicrosoft Ventures Strengthens AI Love Affair With Startup Fund

Microsoft Ventures Strengthens AI Love Affair With Startup Fund

Microsoft firmly believes Artificial Intelligence is the future and is looking to get a head start over its rivals in…

8 years ago
Bill Gates And Friends Invest $1 Billion in Clean Energy TechBill Gates And Friends Invest $1 Billion in Clean Energy Tech

Bill Gates And Friends Invest $1 Billion in Clean Energy Tech

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has assembled an all-star team to tackle the issue of renewable energy over the next 20…

8 years ago
Pebble Acquisition By Fitbit Marks New Era For WearablesPebble Acquisition By Fitbit Marks New Era For Wearables

Pebble Acquisition By Fitbit Marks New Era For Wearables

ANALYSIS: Pebble is being acquired by fitness tracker vendor Fitbit, but that doesn't mean the wearable market is dead

8 years ago
Google Builds Up Self-Driving Cars Team Ahead Of Moonshot GraduationGoogle Builds Up Self-Driving Cars Team Ahead Of Moonshot Graduation

Google Builds Up Self-Driving Cars Team Ahead Of Moonshot Graduation

Alphabet is advertising for a head of real estate to establish a new base for its autonomous project when it…

8 years ago
Drone Conference Examines Security And Safety ImplicationsDrone Conference Examines Security And Safety Implications

Drone Conference Examines Security And Safety Implications

Experts discuss safeguarding against drones that pose increasing threats to prisons, airports and public safety

8 years ago
Google Reveals The Most Detailed View Of Water On Earth EverGoogle Reveals The Most Detailed View Of Water On Earth Ever

Google Reveals The Most Detailed View Of Water On Earth Ever

Google and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre want to see how surface water on Earth has changed over the…

8 years ago
Microsoft Brings Cortana For iOS And Android To The UKMicrosoft Brings Cortana For iOS And Android To The UK

Microsoft Brings Cortana For iOS And Android To The UK

On the enterprise side, HPE also debuts its latest machine learning tech

8 years ago
Are We Ready For Driverless Transport?Are We Ready For Driverless Transport?

Are We Ready For Driverless Transport?

The road ahead for driverless cars and autonomous transport looks to be bumpy

8 years ago
Fitbit Snaps Up Pebble Assets As Kickstarter-Funded Smartwatch Maker Calls TimeFitbit Snaps Up Pebble Assets As Kickstarter-Funded Smartwatch Maker Calls Time

Fitbit Snaps Up Pebble Assets As Kickstarter-Funded Smartwatch Maker Calls Time

End of Pebble’s Kickstarter story, hits a sour note with backers

8 years ago
Google To Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy Target In 2017Google To Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy Target In 2017

Google To Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy Target In 2017

Solar and wind investment pays off as Google reveals it will reach 100 percent renewable energy target in 2017

8 years ago
Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data TransformationHome Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data Transformation

Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data Transformation

The funding is to support a cloud data-access programme, DNA database, data analytics lab and other schemes

8 years ago
Alphabet’s DeepMind Releases AI Training Game To Researchers, Developers And The PublicAlphabet’s DeepMind Releases AI Training Game To Researchers, Developers And The Public

Alphabet’s DeepMind Releases AI Training Game To Researchers, Developers And The Public

DeepMind Lab can be used to put intelligent agents to the test and train them to become smarter

8 years ago
Polymer Scientific Breakthrough Could Yield Supercharged SupercapacitorsPolymer Scientific Breakthrough Could Yield Supercharged Supercapacitors

Polymer Scientific Breakthrough Could Yield Supercharged Supercapacitors

Researchers have designed an organic material polymer that can make supercapacitors 10,000 times more powerful

8 years ago
Apple Letter Confirms Company Is Working On Driverless Car TechApple Letter Confirms Company Is Working On Driverless Car Tech

Apple Letter Confirms Company Is Working On Driverless Car Tech

The Cupertino company looks to be accelerating its autonomous tech plans

8 years ago
Facebook Developing AI System For Offensive Video TakedownFacebook Developing AI System For Offensive Video Takedown

Facebook Developing AI System For Offensive Video Takedown

The social networking giant's battle against offensive videos, nudity, and fake news continues

8 years ago

Oracle Pledges £1.1bn For EU Computer Science Education

Thanks Larry. Oracle pledges billions to bolster computer science and coding skills in European Union

8 years ago

HPE Will Drive Network Connectivity In The IoT Fueled World Of Driverless Cars

HPE will focus on the 'I' in 'IoT to connects all the 'Things'

8 years ago

Amazon Brings Trio Of Alexa-Inspired AI Services To AWS

Amazon follows rivals Google and Microsoft and gives developers access to AI services

8 years ago

Google Explores Use Of Machine Learning To Detect Diabetic Eye Disease

Researchers from Google publish a paper describing a new deep learning algorithm for detecting signs of diabetic retinopathy.

8 years ago

HPE Pulls Apart ‘The Machine’ To Spin Money From Memory-Driven Computing

The Machine may never be released as a complete platform

8 years ago

Japan To Build World’s Fastest AI & Big Data Supercomputer

The AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure is to target machine learning applications and big data analysis for academia, enterprises and start-ups

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: GPS

A product resulting from the Cold War, the GPS system has transformed people's lives and indeed journeys

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Artificial Intelligence

Put your knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the test

8 years ago

Vodafone IoT Tech Helps Create Connected Harbour Seals

Vodafone's IoT technology gets a seal of approval

8 years ago

Airlines Could Replace Co-Pilots With “Genius” Robots

Researchers say using the robot is like having a co-pilot with 600,000 hours of experience

8 years ago

Algorithm Uses Facial Features To Detect Criminals, Claim Chinese Researchers

Do you look like a criminal? Chinese researchers believe their facial algorithm can detect your criminal tendencies

8 years ago

Ocado Develops 4G Protocol For Robots In Automated Warehouses

Online grocer develops 4G protocol to talk with robots operating its newly automated warehouses

8 years ago

Google AI Creates Its Own Universal Language For Smart Translation

Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) has created its first own language through the use of machine learning

8 years ago

Phones Could Now Be Charged In Seconds And Last All Week

Scientists have created a supercapacitor that can be recharged 30,000 times without degrading

8 years ago

Barclays Trials Contactless Android Cash Withdrawals

The system lets users tap an NFC-equipped Android device or contactless card to receive cash on in-branch machines

8 years ago