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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
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 graduates from Moonshot.
Drone Conference Examines Security And Safety Implications
Experts discuss safeguarding against drones that pose increasing threats to prisons, airports and public safety
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 last 30 years.
Microsoft Brings Cortana For iOS And Android To The UK
On the enterprise side, HPE also debuts its latest machine learning tech
Are We Ready For Driverless Transport?
The road ahead for driverless cars and autonomous transport looks to be bumpy
Fitbit Snaps Up Pebble Assets As Kickstarter-Funded Smartwatch Maker Calls Time
End of Pebble’s Kickstarter story, hits a sour note with backers
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
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
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
Polymer Scientific Breakthrough Could Yield Supercharged Supercapacitors
Researchers have designed an organic material polymer that can make supercapacitors 10,000 times more powerful
Apple Letter Confirms Company Is Working On Driverless Car Tech
The Cupertino company looks to be accelerating its autonomous tech plans
Facebook Developing AI System For Offensive Video Takedown
The social networking giant's battle against offensive videos, nudity, and fake news continues
Oracle Pledges £1.1bn For EU Computer Science Education
Thanks Larry. Oracle pledges billions to bolster computer science and coding skills in European Union
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'
Amazon Brings Trio Of Alexa-Inspired AI Services To AWS
Amazon follows rivals Google and Microsoft and gives developers access to AI services
Google Explores Use Of Machine Learning To Detect Diabetic Eye Disease
Researchers from Google publish a paper describing a new deep learning algorithm for detecting signs of diabetic retinopathy.
HPE Pulls Apart ‘The Machine’ To Spin Money From Memory-Driven Computing
The Machine may never be released as a complete platform
Japan To Build World’s Fastest AI & Big Data Supercomputer
The AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure is to target machine learning applications and big data analysis for academia, enterprises and start-ups
Tales In Tech History: GPS
A product resulting from the Cold War, the GPS system has transformed people's lives and indeed journeys
Tech Quiz Of The Week: Artificial Intelligence
Put your knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the test
Vodafone IoT Tech Helps Create Connected Harbour Seals
Vodafone's IoT technology gets a seal of approval
Airlines Could Replace Co-Pilots With “Genius” Robots
Researchers say using the robot is like having a co-pilot with 600,000 hours of experience
Algorithm Uses Facial Features To Detect Criminals, Claim Chinese Researchers
Do you look like a criminal? Chinese researchers believe their facial algorithm can detect your criminal tendencies
Ocado Develops 4G Protocol For Robots In Automated Warehouses
Online grocer develops 4G protocol to talk with robots operating its newly automated warehouses
Google AI Creates Its Own Universal Language For Smart Translation
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) has created its first own language through the use of machine learning
Phones Could Now Be Charged In Seconds And Last All Week
Scientists have created a supercapacitor that can be recharged 30,000 times without degrading
Barclays Trials Contactless Android Cash Withdrawals
The system lets users tap an NFC-equipped Android device or contactless card to receive cash on in-branch machines
Nvidia Builds World’s Most Efficient Supercomputer
The SATURNV system is powered by Nvidia's own Tesla P100 GPUs and intended to help build autonomous driving software