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Huawei Provides $1m To Power AI Research At UC Berkeley
Huawei will send researchers to UC Berkeley to work on the next wave of AI tech
Odeon To Create Europe’s First IMAX VR Centre Using Acer And StarBreeze Tech
IMAX and Odeon are looking to bring virtual reality into cinemas
World Economic Forum Opens Tech-Focused San Francisco Office
The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is intended to help guide public policy and regulation in the face of ever more rapid technological change
Microsoft Goes Green With Agder Energi Smart Grid Project
Its cold in the Nordics, so Microsoft teams up with the locals to help electricity grid cope with demand
Tech Quiz Of The Week: The BBC’s Technology Journey
The BBC has pioneered television, radio and online - but what do you know about Auntie's technology triumphs and its bloomers?
Digital Catapult Tests Blockchain ‘Smart Contract’
Blockchain could be used to encourage creative working patterns where companies law is too restrictive
AI Control Needs ‘Careful Consideration’ To Prevent Killer Computers
IP Expo 2016: Professor Nick Bostrom highlights the risks of creating a true artificial intelligence, even if its is completely benevolent
Councils Sign Up For ‘Laggard’ Gov.UK Verify Trials
GDS is to trial the authentication scheme with 19 councils, as Capgemini says Verify delays are holding back UK e-government
Vodafone Tests 5G Systems To Help Cars Communicate
Vodafone's research could pave the way for self-driving cars
Microsoft Merges Research, Cortana And Bing Divisions To Create AI Arm
Redmond is looking to push AI technology into more of its services and has created a fourth group at the company
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600E And 410E Chips Target The IoT
The chips will be distributed as stand alone SoCs for the first-tine
Tech Giants Form ‘Partnership For AI’ Artificial Intelligence Alliance
Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft join forces to explore the challenges, opportunities and ethics of artificial intelligence
Google’s Self-Driving Car Crash Results In Lexus Being Towed Off
Google’s driverless car has been involved in yet another crash, though the blame is laid firmly at the fender of another human-driven car.
HERE Sucks Data From Cars To Power Traffic Services
Digital map maker HERE has revealed a set of traffic services which pull data from a car’s sensors, the company’s location services and other vehicles
Twitter Data Will Be Used To Tackle LA Hate Crime
An $800,000 grant has been awarded to the University to create a social network powered hate speech detecting system
Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough Discovered By Canadian Scientists
Beam me up, Scotty. Researchers in Canada break record after teleporting information between two city-based locations
Bruce Schneier: ‘Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet’
Security expert Bruce Schneier suspects state-sponsored DDoS attacks are being levied at major internet infrastructure providers to test cyber defences
13 Companies And Organisations Transforming The Healthcare Industry
TechWeekEurope identifies some of the most interesting companies in the health-tech sector
Apple Releases Swift Playgrounds To Teach Kids Coding On iPads And iOS 10
The Cupertino company looks to encourage students to learn its Swift programming language
Reading Receives 30km Of CityFibre’s High-Speed Network
Reading becomes the UK's latest Gigabit City with access to ultrafast broadband
Uber Pilots Self-Driving Car Rides In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh residents can now book a ride in a car that can - almost - drive itself
Amazon Echo Coming To UK And Germany
The Echo presents opportunities for smart home software developers
Facebook Brings Native Payments To iOS and Android Messenger App
The social networking giant has tweaked its chatbot platform with a suite of features
Space Tech Gets £2m Funding And Earth Observation Portal
The government is aiming to boost development of UK technologies based on earth observation satellites
HPE Aruba Gives Mobile and IoT Networks API Flexibility
Mobile First Platform allows the integration of third-party services via APIs and delivers real-time network information.
Bitcoin: The Future Currency Businesses Cannot Ignore
Bitcoin and blockchain technology can usher in a new way for businesses to carry out transactions; there will be challenges but the reward may justify the effort
MIT Uses Terahertz Radiation And Sophisticated Algorithms To Read A Book Through Its Cover
The prototype system heralds the potential future for computational imaging technologies
Harrow Council Integrates Watson AI Into Social Care Pilot
The cognitive technology is to help individuals and carers manage personal health budgets
IBM Reveals Power8 Linux Servers Aimed At AI and Big Data Workloads
Big Blue's new servers mix Power8 processors with Nvidia's NVLink technology