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The Future Is Girl-Led Startups; Are You Joining Us?
Anne-Marie Imafidon, founder of the Stemettes, champions the need for more women spearheading startups
Scotland Eyes ‘Digital World’ With 150,000 Jobs Boost
Scottish government launches new digital strategy and reveals plans to boost number of digital jobs
HPE Will Create Intel-Powered Supercomputer To Drive BASF’s Industrial Chemical Research
The supercomputer will aim to reduce research simulations and modeling down from months to days
Apple’s Investment In China Continues With Two More R&D Centres
Apple adds to Beijing and Shenzhen R&D centres in 3.5 billion yuan Chinese investment
Google’s Deepmind NHS Data Deal Lambasted By Paper
NHS patient data sharing with Google Deepmind slated in paper, but Google and Royal Free Trust fire back at 'significant mistakes'
WD, UN Use Big Data Competition To Fight Climate Change
Data for Climate Action is an open innovation challenge to use data science and big data from the private sector to fight climate change
IBM Watson Powers Virtual Assistant For Arthritis Research UK
The system is currently being tested by 300 people with arthritis to provide immediate and informative answers
Intel Splashes Out £12.3bn On Driverless Car Firm Mobileye
Intel looks to lead the way from Apple and Google with £12.3bn driverless car acquisition
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Calls For Curbs On ‘Fake News’ And Data Abuse
The British web inventor urged more effective regulation of targeted political adverts drawing on vast stores of personal data
Google DeepMind In Talks With UK National Grid To AI To Boost Electric Supply Efficiency
The artificial intelligence specialist will look to improve how the National Grid supplies electricity across Britian
Nvidia Targets AI At The IoT Edge With Jetson TX2
The graphics giant keeps making its play into the world of artificial intelligence
Goodyear Puts AI Into Concept Tyres Accelerating Automotive IoT
The Eagle 360 Urban is covered in sensors that allow it to dynamically adjust to road conditions
Salesforce, IBM To Combine Einstein And Watson AI Tools
The deal means Salesforce users will become the latest to have IBM's Watson AI technology available in their workplace
Microsoft To Start Shipping Acer Mixed Reality Headset
Acer's new Windows 10-based mixed reality headset will start shipping this month as part of Microsoft's development kits
Boston Dynamics Shows Off Handle, A Six-Foot Tall ‘Nightmare-Inducing’ Robot
The two-wheeled robot showed off some of its impressive athletic capabilities
UK Government Sets Sights On £650bn AI Sector With Funding
New government plans set to include a major industry review and a £17.3m funding boost for universities
Microsoft and Cambridge University Design AI That Can Create Its Own Programs
The smart software aims to aid not replace human programmers
Visa Opens London Innovation Centre To Develop Payment Tech
Visa opens its largest innovation centre as the world of digital payments continues to grow
Microsoft HoloLens Successor Slated For 2019
Redmond is happy taking its time with mixed reality
Bill Gates Supports Income Tax For Robots
Taxation could be used to ease the effects of the job displacement caused by automation, Gates argues
Connected Car App Security Flaws Uncovered By Kaspersky Lab
Hackers could unlock your car or start its ignition via car app flaws discovered by Kaspersky Lab researchers
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
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
Apple’s Tim Cook Says AR Could Have The Same Tech Impact As Smartphones
The Cupertino CEO believes that augmented reality is for everyone
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
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
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 policing
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...
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