Innovation

Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Trials Following Crash

Tests of drone-based medical delivery system halted after delivery drone's parachute malfunctions, causing it to crash 50 yards from group…

5 years ago

Libra Cryptocurrency Scams Found On Facebook, Instagram

Facebook's own platforms found to be used in scams related to Libra cryptocurrency, adding to regulatory pressure over the controversial…

5 years ago

MPs Call For Facial Recognition Halt

Influential group of MPs call on police to suspend the use of automatic facial recognition technologies

5 years ago

Elon Musk Predicts AI Computer Interface For Human Brain

Chip implanted in the human brain by NeuraLink could allow 'symbiosis with artificial intelligence'

5 years ago

Microsoft Puts Amazon’s Alexa On Windows 10 Lock Screen

Feature arrives in a test Windows 10 build aimed for final release later this year, along with enterprise and security…

5 years ago

France To Approve First Cryptocurrency Firms Under New Rules

France is looking to attract initial coin offerings and other cryptocurrency-related organisations amidst controversy over Facebook's Libra

5 years ago

Facebook Promises Congress It Will Address Libra Cryptocurrency Concerns

Company's comments follow criticism of Libra by US Treasury Secretary and Chairman of Federal Reserve amidst broader scepticism and hostility

5 years ago

AI Pioneer Alan Turing To Feature On £50 Note

The mathematician, whose early AI contributions included the 'Turing test', is lauded for his wartime codebreaking work and his ongoing…

5 years ago

Galileo Satellite Navigation System Suffers Major Outage

Disruption means receivers are not picking up usable signals 'until futher notice', reportedly due to a fault at a ground…

5 years ago

IBM Touts AI For Wimbledon Highlights, App Experience

Big Blue's 30 year partnership at Wimbledon continues with AI used to power App and highlights programme

5 years ago

Google Admits Contractors Listen To Home Speaker Recordings

'Language experts' used to study small 'snippets' of user recordings gained from Google Home smart speakers

5 years ago

Apple Disables Watch Walkie-Talkie App

Vulnerability could have allowed people to listen in, so Apple takes decision to disable app

5 years ago

Watchdog Warns Police Over Use Of Facial Recognition

Police warned about data protection implications of using of facial recognition technology

5 years ago

Banks Stay Away From Facebook’s Libra Over Regulatory Risk

Banks also cite their own competing payment projects and past failed digital wallets as reasons to be sceptical of Libra

5 years ago

TfL Begins Collecting Data On Tube Passengers This Week

The anonymous tracking data is to be used to help passengers avoid congestion and improve transport policy

5 years ago

Financial Conduct Authority Proposes Ban On Crypto-Derivatives

FCA finds that derivatives and ETNs referencing crypto-assets are 'poor products' and too risky to be sold to retail investors

5 years ago

Waymo Tests On-Board Perks To Lure Riders For Driverless Taxi Fleet

As it trials commercial robotaxi service in Arizona, Waymo is looking for ways to make its driverless rides more attractive…

5 years ago

Facial Recognition Used By Police Fails To Correctly ID Suspects

Oh boy. Facial recognition technology used by police gets identities wrong 81 percent of the time, study finds

5 years ago

Man Arrested For Pouring Water Over Baidu CEO

CEO attacked. Chinese police have arrested a man who poured water over the CEO of Baidu

5 years ago

MIT’s ‘Gen’ Aims To Make AI Techniques More Accessible

Researchers aim for a system similar to Google's TensorFlow, but with the flexibility to bring in a broader gamut of…

5 years ago

5G: Slicing the Network

One of the fundamental components of 5G is the ability of networks to create bespoke tailored services for their customers.…

5 years ago

Robots To Replace 20 Million Factory Jobs

Rise of the robots! Automation to replace ten millions of jobs in next 11 years, report warns

5 years ago

Microsoft ‘Planning Android-Compatible Surface Device’

The device, which may arrive early next year, is said to have a folding form-factor and to run on Intel's…

5 years ago

European Banks, Regulators Prepare Strict Regulatory Response To Facebook’s Libra

Financial Conduct Authority calls for more information, while Bank of France warns of money-laundering risks

5 years ago

5G: The Connected Consumer

What will 5G mean to consumers? Will we enter a world where digital communications have no limits? How do the…

5 years ago

Top UK Quantum Computing Experts Depart For Silicon Valley ‘To Access Funding’

Relative lack of available capital and expertise in Europe drives well-known names in quantum photonics to seek backing elsewhere

5 years ago

Bitcoin Jumps Over $11,000 After Facebook Libra Launch

Facebook's Libra plans help Bitcoin jump 10 percent to reach 15-month highs, as investors hope to see cryptocurrencies move into…

5 years ago

‘An alliance is being forged between 5G and artificial intelligence’

INTERVIEW: Rui Inácio, Head of Consultancy and Solutions at Vilicom has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry,…

5 years ago

Alphabet Board Dismisses Sexual Harassment, Diversity Proposals

Board of directors rejects all shareholder proposals to tackle a range of issues for Google's workforce

5 years ago