Innovation

America Tops Supercomputing Rankings

The United States now has the top two most powerful supercomputers in the world, rankings show

6 years ago

US Judge Asks Amazon For Echo Data In Murder Case

Did Amazon Echo device hear the murder of two US women? Police ask Amazon for the audio recordings

6 years ago

Government Warns UK Telcos Over Huawei Involvement In 5G Networks

An ongoing security review launched in July could mean disruption to the UK's 5G supply chain, government tells telcos

6 years ago

Study Finds Lukewarm Corporate Engagement With Open Source

Companies expect developers to use open source tools at work, but few make substantial contributions in return

6 years ago

Tesla Receives Subpoenas In US Fraud Probes

The SEC and the FBI have both issued legal writs as they broaden their investigations into Tesla's tumultuous dealings with…

6 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee ‘Disappointed’ At Online Data Scandals

The web inventor says the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the spread of divisiveness via social media show the 'optimism has…

6 years ago

Display Maker Debuts World’s First Folding Tablet-Phone

Royole Corp.'s FlexPai, introduced in Beijing this week, has apparently stolen a march on the likes of Samsung, Huawei and…

6 years ago

Apple Withdraws WatchOS Update That Bricked Devices

Apple has said the affected Series 4 Apple Watches must be shipped back to the company for repairs while it…

6 years ago

Oculus VR Co-founder Becomes Latest To Leave Facebook

Facebook management exodus continues with departure of Oculus VR co-founder Brendan Iribe

6 years ago

Home Office Admits Emergency Network Overruns To ‘Delay’ Cost Savings

The Public Accounts Committee has estimated that unexpected charges may eliminate five years' worth of the new network's supposed price…

6 years ago

Tesla Buys Land In Shanghai For First Gigafactory Outside The US

The Shanghai factory is expected to double Tesla's manufacturing capacity, while cutting prices in the world's biggest market for electric…

6 years ago

Xilinx Aims Ultra-Programmable Accelerators At AI, 5G Workloads

Xilinx is looking to take large-scale, cutting-edge workloads to the next level with its upcoming family of programmable hardware accelerators

6 years ago

Government Sets £9m Competition For UK Digital Health Projects

New competition looks for tech to solve health issues — including privacy questions around the exploitation of sensitive patient data

6 years ago

Elon Musk Agrees To Step Down As Tesla Chairman

Elon Musk settles with SEC with $20m payout and steps down as Tesla chairman, but more importantly avoids management ban

6 years ago

Uber Pays £113m To Settle Hidden Data Breach

Ouch. The 2016 data breach at Uber which it kept quiet has cost $148m in US legal settlement payments

6 years ago

IBM Introduces Open Source Tool For Monitoring AI Bias

Cloud-based Fairness 360 toolkit is the latest effort at dealing with transparency and liability issues in corporate AI models

6 years ago

MPs Call For Regulation Of ‘Wild West’ Cryptocurrencies

Regulators must bring in a minimum of oversight to provide consumer protection and stem money-laundering, argues an influential Parliamentary committee

6 years ago

Microsoft Adds AI, HoloLens Goggles To Dynamics 365 Portfolio

New additions see business uses for Redmond's augmented-reality goggles HoloLens

6 years ago

Google Signs Wind Farm Deals To Power Finnish Data Centre

The 10-year deals include buying the entire output from a planned wind farm in western Finland, as corporate demand for…

6 years ago

US Military To Spend £1.54bn On AI Research

The move follows Google's decision to step back from controversial drone AI research scheme Project Maven

6 years ago

Fifteen Years After Launch, Skype Gets Call Recording

Skype gets the built-in ability to record calls into the cloud, with the option of downloading them for permanent storage

6 years ago

Microsoft Warns EU Copyright Proposal Could Stunt Digital Growth

The Windows giant said data-mining limitations could harm economic development and stop Europe from catching up with AI and data…

6 years ago

Foldable Smartphone Could Be Revealed This Year, Samsung Mobile Boss Hints

Time has come for foldable smartphones says Samsung mobile CEO, in clearest hint yet of future designs

6 years ago

Google Hands Kubernetes Reins Over To Community

The search giant, which has developed Kubernetes since 2014, is also donating £7m in cloud credits to help defray infrastructure…

6 years ago

Facebook Expands Video Platform Outside The US

A year after its US launch, Facebook Watch comes to the UK and the rest of the world - along…

6 years ago

Musk Abandons Plan To Take Tesla Private

The Saudi-backed scheme to take Tesla off of public markets was too complex, Musk says, as competition mounts from Russia's…

6 years ago

IBM Patents Coffee Delivery Drone

The drone system makes use of complex AI and sensors to detect when caffeinated beverages are required

6 years ago

Fujitsu Gives First Details On ARM-Powered Supercomputer Chip

Fujitsu's custom chip, the first to use supercomputing extensions to the ARMv8-A instruction set, is set to come into operation…

6 years ago