Innovation

Support Grows For ‘Fired’ Google AI Expert

Open letter signed by more than 4,500 people, including academics and DeepMind researchers, expresses support for Timnit Gebru

4 years ago

Denmark Aims For 1 Million Electric Cars On Roads By 2030

Danish government plan finances 775,000 electric or hybrid vehicles as European countries push for petrol and diesel phase-out

4 years ago

Oracle Adds Analytical Processing To MySQL Cloud Service

Oracle adds integrated OLAP feature to new MySQL Cloud Service, integrating OLAP with transaction processing for lower cost and improved…

4 years ago

Chinese Researchers Claim Quantum Supremacy Breakthrough

Chinese photon-based quantum computer carries out experiment that would take supercomputer billions of years, following Google breakthrough last year

4 years ago

EU To Propose ‘Two-Tier’ Rules For Tech Giants

European Union proposals outline 'asymmetric' approach to regulating largest tech companies, as UK shapes up plans for 'tailored' digital rules

4 years ago

US Adds Chinese Chip Giant To Military Blacklist

US government adds Chinese chip giant SMIC to military blacklist, as administration accelerates anti-China policy ahead of changeover next month

4 years ago

Stop Streaming In Ultra HD On Phones To Save Planet, Scientists Warn

Boffins at UK Royal Society use mobile users to avoid streaming in unnecessarily high-resolutions in order to cut emmissions

4 years ago

Google Fires AI Researcher Timnit Gebru – Report

Prominent AI researcher Dr Timnit Gebru claims she was fired over email to colleagues, but Google insists she didn't follow…

4 years ago

Facebook Bans Fake Covid-19 Vaccine Claims

Conspiracy clampdown. Social networking giant Facebook follows YouTube lead in banning false and misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines

4 years ago

Neo Factory: The State of Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 initiatives are transforming factories in a myriad of industries, from aerospace and health care to plastics and shipping.…

4 years ago

Google DeepMind Solves 50 Year Old Folding Protein Problem

Breakthrough at Google's AI unit DeepMind allow researchers to determine a protein’s 3D shape from its amino-acid sequence

4 years ago

Microsoft Criticised For ‘Workplace Surveillance’ Feature

Microsoft 365 Productivity Score feature, introduced last month, criticised for analysing 'extensive data' on individual employees' activities

4 years ago

Huawei Founder Calls Honor Sale A ‘Clean Break’

Sell-off of Honor consumer brand should allow newly independent company to 'very quickly' resume production formerly hobbled by US sanctions,…

4 years ago

Government Told To Open Up On AI Decision-Making

Government advisory body publishes roadmap to 'responsible' use of AI and algorithms, following summer chaos over computer-determined school grades

4 years ago

North Korean Hackers Target AstraZeneca For Covid Vaccine

North Korean hackers pose as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp, to send job offer documents laden with malware to AstraZeneca…

4 years ago

Elon Musk Overtakes Bill Gates As World’s Second Richest

Tesla share price rises continues to build the personal fortune of Elon Musk, placing him in second place behind Amazon's…

4 years ago

OneWeb Emerges From Bankruptcy For UK Space Push

Government confirms it has secured satellite internet firm OneWeb to help fulfill UK's “ambitions to be at the forefront of…

4 years ago

US Regulators Begin Consultation On Self-Driving Car Safety

Authorities begin public consultation on ways to improve self-driving car safety, ahead of new safety standards for autonomous vehicles

4 years ago

Amazon Sacks Staff At Drone Division – Report

Has Amazon's ambitions to build its own inhouse drones crashed and burned? Retail giant lays off staff and turns to…

4 years ago

Elon Musk To Overtake Zuckerberg As Third Richest Person

Rising Tesla share price raises Elon Musk total net worth by $15 billion, putting him behind Jeff Bezos and Bill…

4 years ago

SpaceX, NASA: Four Astronauts Arrived Safely At ISS

As Elon Musk reportedly goes down with Coronavirus, SpaceX and NASA mission safely delivers astronauts to international space station

4 years ago

Tom Siebel-Founded AI Start-Up C3.ai Files For Public Offering

Predictive analytics start-up C3.ai, founded by Tom Siebel in 2009, plans to list on NYSE amidst strong demand for new…

4 years ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Cornish Lithium

The battery technologies that power our modern world rely upon lithium as a core component of their design. To gain…

4 years ago

US Offers Reprieve In TikTok Legal Battle

US Commerce Department delays enforcement of TikTok US ban 'pending further legal developments' as China's ByteDance launches appeal

4 years ago

Ring Warns 350,000 Smart Doorbell Customers Over Fire Risk

Amazon's smart home device maker Ring has issued new installation instructions for 350,000 doorbells in the United States, after some…

4 years ago

Honda To Mass Produce Level 3 Self Driving Cars

Move over Tesla. Honda says it will be the first car maker in the world to mass produce a level…

4 years ago

Virgin Hyperloop Pod Enjoys Successful Passenger Test

Watch out Elon? Virgin's futuristic transportation system moves one step closer after a successful test with passengers in Nevada desert

4 years ago

Elon Musk Admits Tesla Was ‘A Month Away’ From Bankruptcy

The CEO of the world's most valuable car maker has admitted Tesla was at one stage in serious danger of…

4 years ago

NCSC Report Reveals Scale Of Coronavirus Cyber Threats

British online defender outlines what cyber threats it has encountered over past year, with Covid-19 featuring prominently

4 years ago

Latest Feature: Intelligent Spaces: Using Smart Cities

The demands from everyone that lives in a city has radically changed over the last decade. Silicon UK considers how…

4 years ago