Innovation

Google Makes Recycled Materials Pledge For Hardware ProductsGoogle Makes Recycled Materials Pledge For Hardware Products

Google Makes Recycled Materials Pledge For Hardware Products

Google goes green. Recycled materials to be in all of its 'Made By Google' products by 2022

6 years ago
UK Data Protection Watchdog Raises Facebook Libra ConcernUK Data Protection Watchdog Raises Facebook Libra Concern

UK Data Protection Watchdog Raises Facebook Libra Concern

Facebook's proposed digital currency faces calls for more information about how user data will be protected

6 years ago
Microsoft Buys PromoteIQ As It Expands Advertising DivisionMicrosoft Buys PromoteIQ As It Expands Advertising Division

Microsoft Buys PromoteIQ As It Expands Advertising Division

Move comes after Microsoft split advertising operations from Bing search engine earlier this year, forming Microsoft Advertising

6 years ago
Google Suspends European Voice Assistant TranscriptionsGoogle Suspends European Voice Assistant Transcriptions

Google Suspends European Voice Assistant Transcriptions

Privacy concerns have resulted in Google suspending European transcriptions of voice assistance clips

6 years ago
MP Calls For Tougher Laws, Amid Alexa Privacy ConcernsMP Calls For Tougher Laws, Amid Alexa Privacy Concerns

MP Calls For Tougher Laws, Amid Alexa Privacy Concerns

Privacy concerns about Alexa spying on people prompts one MP to call for toughened new laws

6 years ago
AI Mind-Reading To Help Paralysed People SpeakAI Mind-Reading To Help Paralysed People Speak

AI Mind-Reading To Help Paralysed People Speak

Facebook funded university project to use AI to read minds of paralysed patients and allow them to communicate

6 years ago
Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Trials Following CrashSwiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Trials Following Crash

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…

6 years ago
Libra Cryptocurrency Scams Found On Facebook, InstagramLibra Cryptocurrency Scams Found On Facebook, Instagram

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…

6 years ago
MPs Call For Facial Recognition HaltMPs Call For Facial Recognition Halt

MPs Call For Facial Recognition Halt

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

6 years ago
Elon Musk Predicts AI Computer Interface For Human BrainElon Musk Predicts AI Computer Interface For Human Brain

Elon Musk Predicts AI Computer Interface For Human Brain

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

6 years ago
Microsoft Puts Amazon’s Alexa On Windows 10 Lock ScreenMicrosoft Puts Amazon’s Alexa On Windows 10 Lock Screen

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…

6 years ago
France To Approve First Cryptocurrency Firms Under New RulesFrance To Approve First Cryptocurrency Firms Under New Rules

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

6 years ago
Facebook Promises Congress It Will Address Libra Cryptocurrency ConcernsFacebook Promises Congress It Will Address Libra Cryptocurrency Concerns

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

6 years ago
AI Pioneer Alan Turing To Feature On £50 NoteAI Pioneer Alan Turing To Feature On £50 Note

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…

6 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…

6 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

6 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

6 years ago

Apple Disables Watch Walkie-Talkie App

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

6 years ago

Watchdog Warns Police Over Use Of Facial Recognition

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

6 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

6 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

6 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

6 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…

6 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

6 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

6 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…

6 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.…

6 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

6 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…

6 years ago