Innovation

Amazon Selects Montreal For Canadian Data Centre

Cheap hydro power convinces Amazon to open its Canadian data centre in Montreal

8 years ago

Alphabet’s DeepMind Makes First Moves Into US

A DeepMind presence in the US will aid collaboration with parent company Google

8 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Jarvis-Inspired AI Home Assistant

"Building Jarvis was an interesting intellectual challenge"

8 years ago

Labour Ridiculed For Wanting To Regulate Algorithms

Companies algorithms should be made transparent to government for industrial regulation to be effective, the party argues

8 years ago

EU Regulators Consider New Big Data Rules

A consultation asks whether the rapidly growing area is adequately covered by existing privacy, competition and consumer protection laws

8 years ago

Facebook’s Aquila Drone Crash Was Due To Turbulence

Turbulence caused the Aquila drone to suffer a "structural failure" during its inaugural flight

8 years ago

ENISA: Encryption Back-Doors ‘Not A Solution’

EU security body concludes government-mandated backdoors would make legitimate services less secure and harm law enforcement

8 years ago

BMW Hooks Up With IBM Watson For AI Car Research

Can I adjust your seat? BMW and Big Blue to apply artificial intelligence to future cars, with IBM Watson help

8 years ago

Digital Realty: Data Centre Renewables Are Up, But The Work’s Not Done

Rob Coupland, Digital Realty's MD of EMEA, explains the growing impact of renewables in the data centre industry

8 years ago

Microsoft Opens Cortana To OEM Kit, Hints At Amazon Echo Rival

Expect to see Microsoft's digital assistant appearing in new hardware soon with launch of developer and OEM tools

8 years ago

McLaren, Sharp, And Ilika Join Forces To Develop Autonomous Energy Harvesting IoT Tech

The Digital Catapult also revealed the winners of the IoT Boost Programme

8 years ago

Google’s Alphabet Launches Waymo Driverless Car Company

Google's driverless car development appears to be nearing fruition

8 years ago

Microsoft Ventures Strengthens AI Love Affair With Startup Fund

Microsoft firmly believes Artificial Intelligence is the future and is looking to get a head start over its rivals in…

8 years ago

Bill Gates And Friends Invest $1 Billion in Clean Energy Tech

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has assembled an all-star team to tackle the issue of renewable energy over the next 20…

8 years ago

Pebble Acquisition By Fitbit Marks New Era For Wearables

ANALYSIS: Pebble is being acquired by fitness tracker vendor Fitbit, but that doesn't mean the wearable market is dead

8 years ago

Google Builds Up Self-Driving Cars Team Ahead Of Moonshot Graduation

Alphabet is advertising for a head of real estate to establish a new base for its autonomous project when it…

8 years ago

Drone Conference Examines Security And Safety Implications

Experts discuss safeguarding against drones that pose increasing threats to prisons, airports and public safety

8 years ago

Google Reveals The Most Detailed View Of Water On Earth Ever

Google and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre want to see how surface water on Earth has changed over the…

8 years ago

Microsoft Brings Cortana For iOS And Android To The UK

On the enterprise side, HPE also debuts its latest machine learning tech

8 years ago

Are We Ready For Driverless Transport?

The road ahead for driverless cars and autonomous transport looks to be bumpy

8 years ago

Fitbit Snaps Up Pebble Assets As Kickstarter-Funded Smartwatch Maker Calls Time

End of Pebble’s Kickstarter story, hits a sour note with backers

8 years ago

Google To Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy Target In 2017

Solar and wind investment pays off as Google reveals it will reach 100 percent renewable energy target in 2017

8 years ago

Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data Transformation

The funding is to support a cloud data-access programme, DNA database, data analytics lab and other schemes

8 years ago

Alphabet’s DeepMind Releases AI Training Game To Researchers, Developers And The Public

DeepMind Lab can be used to put intelligent agents to the test and train them to become smarter

8 years ago

Polymer Scientific Breakthrough Could Yield Supercharged Supercapacitors

Researchers have designed an organic material polymer that can make supercapacitors 10,000 times more powerful

8 years ago

Apple Letter Confirms Company Is Working On Driverless Car Tech

The Cupertino company looks to be accelerating its autonomous tech plans

8 years ago

Facebook Developing AI System For Offensive Video Takedown

The social networking giant's battle against offensive videos, nudity, and fake news continues

8 years ago

Oracle Pledges £1.1bn For EU Computer Science Education

Thanks Larry. Oracle pledges billions to bolster computer science and coding skills in European Union

8 years ago

HPE Will Drive Network Connectivity In The IoT Fueled World Of Driverless Cars

HPE will focus on the 'I' in 'IoT to connects all the 'Things'

8 years ago

Amazon Brings Trio Of Alexa-Inspired AI Services To AWS

Amazon follows rivals Google and Microsoft and gives developers access to AI services

8 years ago