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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
Google DeepMind WaveNet Mimics Human Speech
DeepMind has used neural networks to create a computer model that generates natural sounding speech and music
How 3D Printing Will Change Your Industry
3D printing is on the verge of becoming a mainstream technology but how will it change your business?
NHS ‘Exemplar’ Trusts To Lead Digital Transformation
Government promises up to £10 million for 12 trusts to further develop digital expertise and pass it on to the rest of the NHS
Amazon’s Free London Restaurant Deliveries To Challenge Just Eat And Deliveroo
The new scheme takes direct aim at Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats
Wearable Tech On The Rise Despite Falling Apple Watch Sales
Fitness bands continue to outsell smartwatches
EE Starts Rollout of LTE-A Powered 360Mbps 4G+
EE looks to press home technical advantage with 360Mbps Cat9 LTE-A rollout, starting with Wembley Stadium
Accenture London’s Fintech Innovation Lab Aims To Boost Financial Tech Startups
HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and other banks will offer mentoring and support to fintech startups
Intel Buys Movidius To Boost RealSense Smart Machine Tech
By snapping up the startup, Intel will look to bring its perceptual computing platform to virtual reality headsets, drones, robots and driverless cars
Startup Showcase: Karhoo
This week we hear from Daniel Ishag, CEO of cab comparison app Karhoo, about his startup and its ambitions