Innovation

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

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

7 years ago
Google Hands Kubernetes Reins Over To CommunityGoogle Hands Kubernetes Reins Over To Community

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…

7 years ago
Facebook Expands Video Platform Outside The USFacebook Expands Video Platform Outside The US

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…

7 years ago
Musk Abandons Plan To Take Tesla PrivateMusk Abandons Plan To Take Tesla Private

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…

7 years ago
IBM Patents Coffee Delivery DroneIBM Patents Coffee Delivery Drone

IBM Patents Coffee Delivery Drone

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

7 years ago
Fujitsu Gives First Details On ARM-Powered Supercomputer ChipFujitsu Gives First Details On ARM-Powered Supercomputer Chip

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…

7 years ago
AI Poses Jobs Threat, Admits BoE Chief EconomistAI Poses Jobs Threat, Admits BoE Chief Economist

AI Poses Jobs Threat, Admits BoE Chief Economist

AI threat. Skills revolution needed to prevent large swathes of people becoming "technologically unemployed"

7 years ago
Nvidia Unveils First High-End Chips Based On ‘Turing’ ArchitectureNvidia Unveils First High-End Chips Based On ‘Turing’ Architecture

Nvidia Unveils First High-End Chips Based On ‘Turing’ Architecture

Turing's real-time rendering advances could appear in Nvidia's gaming chips, set to be announced as early as next week

7 years ago
DeepMind Diagnostic AI ‘More Accurate’ Than Human Eye SpecialistsDeepMind Diagnostic AI ‘More Accurate’ Than Human Eye Specialists

DeepMind Diagnostic AI ‘More Accurate’ Than Human Eye Specialists

DeepMind's algorithm outperforms human doctors in initial tests, but questions hang over the use of AI in clinical practice

7 years ago
Sainsbury’s Trials Till-Free Shopping In ClaphamSainsbury’s Trials Till-Free Shopping In Clapham

Sainsbury’s Trials Till-Free Shopping In Clapham

The trial allows shoppers to scan items as they shop using a smartphone app, then check out via Apple Pay

7 years ago
Saudis Would Back Deal To Take Tesla Private, Says MuskSaudis Would Back Deal To Take Tesla Private, Says Musk

Saudis Would Back Deal To Take Tesla Private, Says Musk

Tesla chief Elon Musk says his plan would require far less than the £55bn estimated by some, as he seeks…

7 years ago
Short Sellers Sue Tesla Over Shock Elon Musk TweetShort Sellers Sue Tesla Over Shock Elon Musk Tweet

Short Sellers Sue Tesla Over Shock Elon Musk Tweet

The announcement over Twitter of a plan to take the company private was fraudulently engineered to 'decimate' short sellers, two…

7 years ago
Samsung £120bn Investment Plan Targets AI, 5GSamsung £120bn Investment Plan Targets AI, 5G

Samsung £120bn Investment Plan Targets AI, 5G

The three-year strategy aims to find new growth areas as semiconductors and smartphones stall

7 years ago
Tesla Board ‘Evaluating’ Surprise Buyout PlanTesla Board ‘Evaluating’ Surprise Buyout Plan

Tesla Board ‘Evaluating’ Surprise Buyout Plan

Some observers praised Elon Musk's idea of removing Tesla from public trading, which caused confusion when it was announced over…

7 years ago
IBM DeepLocker Turns AI Into Hacking WeaponIBM DeepLocker Turns AI Into Hacking Weapon

IBM DeepLocker Turns AI Into Hacking Weapon

Artificial intelligence can power a new generation of malware that can bypass top tier cyber defences

7 years ago

EU Regulators Mull Action On Universal Smartphone Chargers

Frustrated at lack of progress towards universal phone charger, EU to consider whether to take action

7 years ago

DeepMind Co-Founder Legg Offers AI Advice To London Teen

Legg is doing his bit to encourage the next generation of ICT talent, with five pieces of advice for a…

7 years ago

Qualcomm Expects $1bn From IoT Sales This Year

Qualcomm's figures underscore the rapid expansion of connected gadgets into all areas of life, even as smartphone sales level off

7 years ago

Uber Doesn’t Rule Out Return To Self-Driving Trucks

The ride-hailing company has shuttered its self-driving trucks unit, which grew out of the troubled acquisition of start-up Otto two…

7 years ago

Qualcomm Abandons Bid For NXP After Chinese Refusal

Announces massive share repurchase program and agrees to halt pursuit of Dutch chipmaker

7 years ago

Microsoft Underscores ‘AI First’ Strategy At Partner Conference

At Inspire in Las Vegas, Microsoft outlines how it plans to weave AI and cloud computing into 'the fabric of…

7 years ago

Nest CEO Steps Down As Google Brings Unit In-house

Time is up for Nest as a separate company, as Google incorporates it within its smart home division

7 years ago

Oracle Goes Live With Cloud Blockchain Platform

The Blockchain Cloud Service is already in use for tracking international shipments, keeping tamper-proof records and simplifying funds transfers

7 years ago

AI To Create Jobs, Claims PwC Report

Artificial intelligence will create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth, says analyst

7 years ago

Regulators Publish Review Of Cryptocurrency Risks

The Financial Stability Board wants to look into possible volatility threats posed by the likes of Bitcoin

7 years ago

Rolls-Royce Shows Hybrid Electric Flying Taxi Design

The concept builds on existing technology and could be in operation as soon as the early 2020s

7 years ago

Alphabet’s X Spins Off Wing, Loon Into Separate Companies

The research projects, dealing with delivery drones and balloon-based internet provision, are to join Alphabet's 'Other Bets' division

7 years ago

Apple Employee Stole Driverless Car Data – Report

Trade secret theft. Self-driving car data allegedly stolen by Apple staff who then tried to flee to China

7 years ago

Xiaomi Aims To Crack US Market Where Other Chinese Giants Failed

The company is set to list shares in Hong Kong next week at a sharply reduced valuation of $54bn

7 years ago

Alteca Portugal Aims For One Of World’s First 5G Deployments

Alteca Portugal has demonstrated a Huawei-powered 5G system from prototype handsets to networks and back-end systems

7 years ago