Innovation

Google’s Project Loon Leaps Forward With Weather-Predicting Machine Learning

Google is now "years closer" to rolling out a network of the balloons thanks to machine learning

8 years ago

Ford Invests $1bn In Argo AI To Accelerate Self-Driving Car Development

The two firms will combine artificial intelligence and engineering expertise to being an autonomous car to the road in 2021

8 years ago

Apple’s Tim Cook Says AR Could Have The Same Tech Impact As Smartphones

The Cupertino CEO believes that augmented reality is for everyone

8 years ago

Microsoft Trial Helps Dyslexic Kids With OneNote App

Feel good Friday. Trial conducted in a UK school by Dyslexia charity reveals benefits from using Microsoft's OneNote

8 years ago

Automation Kills Hundreds Of Jobs At Goldman Sachs

Tech can be a blessing and curse, after Goldman Sachs reveals how automation removed need for equity traders

8 years ago

Government Must Use AI To Cut 250,000 Jobs, Says Reform

Think tank Reform urges the use of artificial intelligence, chat bots and drones to automate everything from public-sector administration to…

8 years ago

Does Virtual Reality Have A Place In The Classroom?

IN DEPTH: The short answer is 'yes.' The long answer? Well, that's a bit more complicated...

8 years ago

Cancer Research Smart Benches Offer Londoners Solar Power Charging And Free Wi-Fi

The smart benches come with contactless payment tech to enable people to make small on-the-fly donations

8 years ago

Ocado Works With EU Universities To Create Soft Touch Robotic Arm

The online grocery giant is looking to further push its automation agenda

8 years ago

US Tech Firms Criticise Trump Immigration Ban

Silicon Valley firms acknowledged immigration curbs could affect their ability to do business

8 years ago

Apple To Join Google, Facebook, IBM And Microsoft In ‘Partnership For AI’ Alliance

Apple set to join non profit 'the Partnership on AI' to collaborate on artificial intelligence research

8 years ago

Android Veteran Hugo Barra Joins Facebook As VR Head

Big name signing to lead Facebook's virtual reality team at Oculus, and welcomed personally onboard by Zuckerberg

8 years ago

D-Wave Releases £12m 2000Q Quantum Computing Processors With 2,000 Qubits

Temporal Defense Systems will use the data crunching power of quantum computing to tackle cyber threats

8 years ago

Google And Raspberry Pi Partnership Could Bring AI To Micro Computers

Developers are being quizzed on what machine learning tools they would like to use with the Raspberry Pi

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Tells Court That Oculus VR Theft Claims Are ‘Wrong’

Oculus' products are built on its own code, says Facebook chief executive in court testimony

8 years ago

HSBC Calls On High-Flying CEOs For Tech Advice

The advisory board of high-profile CEOs will focus on disruption, cyber and infrastructure

8 years ago

Microsoft Buys Deep Learning Startup Maluuba And Signs Up AI Expert

Maluuba will join Microsoft's AI and Research organisation, giving it the resources and scalability to advance its research

8 years ago

Nissan To Test Self Driving Cars In London Next Month

Sign of the times. Modified Nissan Leaf to be driven on crowded public streets in London next month

8 years ago

Google Officially Ditches Project Titan Drone Broadband

Engineers scattered to other divisions as Titan doesn't make enough progress to continue

8 years ago

On The Trail Of Autonomous Cars At CES 2017

ANALYSIS: Promising autonomous vehicle technology was everywhere you looked at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, but sorting out which promises…

8 years ago

Poll: Should We Fear Or Embrace AI?

POLL: What do you think about artificial intelligence and automation?

8 years ago

How Is A Perfect Smart City Built?

IN DEPTH: Smart cities are a recent innovation. How does a local authority harness the benefits?

8 years ago

MIT Researchers Create Super Strong, Yet Light Material Using Graphene

Ten times stronger than steel but still light. Researchers blend flakes of graphene for new super tough material

8 years ago

World Economic Forum Urges ‘Balanced’ Regulation For AI & Transformative Tech

Ahead of event in Davos, World Economic Forum (WEF) says regulation needs to be balanced to maximise benefits and mitigate…

8 years ago

Pentagon Tests Swarm Of Drones For Military Reconnaissance

The rise of the weaponised Internet of Things could start here

8 years ago

Greenpeace Praises Apple, Google & Facebook But Slams Netflix, Amazon On Renewables

Apple retains top spot as Greenpeace puts pressure on technology firms to boost green energy commitments

8 years ago

Isle Of Man Targets Blockchain And Digital Payments For Fintech Future

Blockchain is the future, but there's still plenty of work to be done before its becomes mainstream

8 years ago

Samsung Tempts Apple Users Onto Gear Platform With Extended iOS Compatibility

Will it be enough to tempt Apple users onto the Gear platform in an unpredictable smartwatch market?

8 years ago

IBM Becomes First Tech Company To Get 8,000 Patents In One Year

More than a third of the patents related to AI, cognitive computing and cloud computing alone

8 years ago

Intel Reveals Credit-Card Sized Computer For Bringing Processing Power To IoT

CES 2017: The Compute Card features Intel's Kaby Lake processors and flexible connectivity options

8 years ago