Innovation

Facebook Scraps Flash ‘For All Videos’

Facebook is the latest to switch to HTML5 from Adobe's Flash, following repeated security problems with the platform

9 years ago

Ford Ramps Up Self-Driving Car Tests

Autonomous vehicles will now be tested on Californian roads as Ford grows research team

9 years ago

Get Ready For The Smartwatch Explosion

More than 200 million wearables shipping annually by 2019, IDC predicts

9 years ago

Google Takes Major Next Step On Driverless Cars

Research into autonomous vehicles to be separate company under Alphabet umbrella

9 years ago

How Far Are We From A Real Star Wars Universe?

Paul Kostek, senior member of the IEEE, examines how long it could be before landspeeders, X-Wings, TIE Fighters and maybe…

9 years ago

Apple ‘Developing Advanced Display Tech At Secret Taiwan Facility’

Apple has reportedly taken over a manufacturing facility from Qualcomm as it seeks next-generation iPhone and iPad displays

9 years ago

3D Carbon Nanotube Chip ‘Boosts Performance 1000 Times’

Stanford researchers say carbon nanotubes make it possible to construct stacked 'skyscraper' chips

9 years ago

Ford To Invest Another £3bn In Electric Cars

Ford said it plans to introduce 13 more electric cars over the next five years and expand battery research

9 years ago

Japanese Police Get Dedicated Drone Takedown Squad

Nuisance drones could soon find their rotars clipped after Japanese police creates a dedicated drone takedown squad

9 years ago

Like Google, Facebook Is Open Sourcing Its AI Hardware

Facebook AI Research (FAIR) introduces 'Big Sur' artificial intelligence hardware, open sources it to the Open Compute Project

9 years ago

IBM Expands Green Horizons Effort To Fight Pollution Globally

Targeting India and Africa, IBM announced an expansion of its Green Horizons initiative to address environmental and pollution challenges

9 years ago

Kids Toys Could Be The Next Big Spying Tool

Expert warns Internet-connected toys can be hacked into and transformed into spying devices

9 years ago

HTC Vive VR Headset Is Launching Next April

Virtual reality Vive device from HTC will join competitors from Samsung

9 years ago

EC Unveils Legal Framework Revisions For Drones

European Aviation Safety Agency could revise drone legislation enabling drone deliveries in the future

9 years ago

Google Makes Massive Renewable Energy Purchase In US, Sweden And Chile

Google says its on track to make 2025 renewable energy targets with 842 MW mega-purchase

9 years ago

Apple Watch Pushes Wearable Sales To New High

However IDC report finds that Fitbit remains the world’s number one wearable tech firm

9 years ago

How Are UK Data Centres Dealing With Climate Change Regulations?

In the week of the COP21 Climate Summit, UK data centre providers are under increasing pressure to regulate their energy…

9 years ago

Is HTC’s Smartwatch Back From The Dead?

Evleaks tweet suggests we could see an HTC wearable in February

9 years ago

Wikipedia Brings In AI Editor

Wikipedia entries to face scrutiny from artificial intelligence tool in order to ease editor workload

9 years ago

Samsung’s Virtual Reality Headset Hits The UK

Samsung Gear VR is now available to buy for £80 online, with a high-street release set for next year

9 years ago

The Future Of Britain’s High-Tech Bees

How Low Carbon and Plan Bee are hoping to savethe UK's declining honeybee population with the latest in hive- monitoring…

9 years ago

The Banal Truth About IBM’s Artificial Intelligence?

Blog: You don't need an artificial intelligence supercomputer to work out who's buying what but it does make you richer

9 years ago

A Closer Look At Amazon’s Prime Air Delivery Drone

Amazon unveils more details about "hybrid" delivery drone, but how does it work and how close are we to being…

9 years ago

Swatch Teams Up With Visa For Watch-Based Payments

NFC payments service will let Visa members use their watch to pay for goods

9 years ago

Amazon, Alibaba and Microsoft Founders Ally With Zuckerberg’s Climate Change Initiative

Zuckerberg-backed Breakthrough Energy Coalition will advocate zero-carbon technology to plug climate change gaps left by governments

9 years ago

Bosch Reveals Its Plan For The Connected Home

Robert Bosch Smart Home unit will bring existing smart home and appliances together

9 years ago

Superfast Li-Fi Technology Tested In The Wild

Estonian startup Velmenni trials Li-Fi technology in Tallinn offices

9 years ago

Breakthrough Brings Insect Communication One Step Closer To AI, Self-Driving Cars

Computer scientists at University of Lincoln achieve breakthrough in pheromone-based swarm communications in robots

9 years ago

Reviewed: Huawei Watch

Huawei finally comes out with a decent smartwatch, but is it a world beater?

9 years ago

Amazon Wind Services: AWS Plans New US Wind Farm

AWS unveils a central US wind farm to meet 2016 cloud energy targets

9 years ago