Innovation

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

The 8 Best Smartwatches For Business

Thinking about a smartwatch for business? Here are the best timepieces for your workday

8 years ago

Intel’s VR And AR Project Alloy Headset Due For Release In 2017

CES 2017: Intel outlines IoT, 5G, and driverless car plans alongside virtual reality work

8 years ago

Nvidia Xavier Supercomputer Aims To Turn Cars Into AIs On Wheels

Nvidia is bringing more supercomputer power into cars, and cloud gaming and Google's AI into homes

8 years ago

Five Of The Most Innovative New Products Debuting At CES

CES 2017: Here are snapshots of a few innovative products being demonstrated at CES this week

8 years ago

11 Stories And Trends That Dominated Tech In 2016

Time to take a look back at what has been an extremely interesting 2016...

8 years ago

Electric Cars Trend To Cause Job Losses, Warns Tyre Maker

Tyre maker predicts electric cars will cause job losses, but cannot predict how many jobs the electric trend will create

8 years ago

Amazon Plots ‘Airship Warehouse’ For Drone Deliveries

Patent reveals plan to create ''airborne fulfilment centres' or 'flying warehouses' to act as mothership for drones

8 years ago

Uber Moves Self-Driving Cars To Arizona

Arizona offered open roads to Uber after California ran its self-driving car test programme off the road

8 years ago

DeepMind Strengthens NHS Ties With Imperial College Partnership

The organisations plan to launch a range of clinical mobile apps to improve patient care

8 years ago

White House Releases Report Preparing For AI Future

Job losses and changing skill requirements are two of the possible negative economic impacts

8 years ago

Uber’s Driverless Testing Hits A Bump In The Road

The California Department of Motor Vehicles says Uber failed to comply with state regulations

8 years ago