Research

Google Claims “Quantum Supremacy”, But IBM Disagrees

Google and IBM publicly clash after the former claimed to have achieved a quantum computing breakthrough

5 years ago

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Partners Lockheed Martin For Moon Lander

Moon tourists? Space company of Amazon boss signs deals with multiple companies for moon landers

5 years ago

Bletchley Park Could Host Institute Of Technology

Plans submitted for tech teaching centre for 1,100 students on historic Bletchley Park site

5 years ago

Google Axes Daydream VR Headset

Virtual reality push for mobile ends, as Google calls time on its Daydream VR platform for Android

5 years ago

Dyson Axes Plan For Electric Car, 500 Jobs At Risk

Despite receiving government funding, Dyson says electric car project is not “commercially viable”

5 years ago

Samsung Display Confirms Plans For $11 Billion Screen Investment

Despite a global oversupply of screens, Samsung confirm plans to plough huge investment into production of more advanced displays

5 years ago

Google Allegedly Targeted Racial Groups To Aid Facial Recognition – Report

Search engine allegedly used 'deceptive practices' to collect facial scans of coloured people, according to US media report

5 years ago

Google Completes Integration of DeepMind Health

NHS Trusts agree to allow Google to process NHS data, as DeepMind Health completes integration

5 years ago

Waymo CEO Eyes Self-Driving Lorries

Watch out truckers. Google's Waymo is exploring the use of its tech for self-driving lorries and trucks

5 years ago

BT Launches Counter Drone Solution

Worried about intruding drones? BT has the answer after it launches its Counter Drone Solution

5 years ago

Former Uber Head Charged With Trade Secret Theft

Anthony Levandowski, former head of Uber’s self-driving program, has been charged with theft of trade secrets

5 years ago

UK Data Protection Watchdog Raises Facebook Libra Concern

Facebook's proposed digital currency faces calls for more information about how user data will be protected

5 years ago

AI Mind-Reading To Help Paralysed People Speak

Facebook funded university project to use AI to read minds of paralysed patients and allow them to communicate

5 years ago

Oxford University Gets £150m Investment For AI Ethics

University's largest ever donation from American billionaire will fund research into AI ethics

6 years ago

Google’s Wing Drones To Begin Deliveries In Australia

Google claims launch of world's first commercial drone delivery service in the land down under

6 years ago

Google Forms Advisory Council To Guide AI Development

How to ensure fairness and ethics in machine learning and artificial intelligence? Google creates advisory body

6 years ago

Oslo To Wireless Charge Electric Taxi Fleet

Way of the future? Norway's capital to charge electric taxis wirelessly via charging plate built into road

6 years ago

World Wide Web Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Back in 1989 a British scientist at a physics laboratory near Geneva invents the world wide web

6 years ago

Uber Not Liable For Fatal Accident

Uber not responsible for death of pedestrian during autonomous vehicle testing in Arizona last year

6 years ago

Apple Axes Self-Driving Car Staff

Apple iCar delay? Close to 200 staff laid off from Apple's self-driving car program

6 years ago

CES 2019: Intel Teams Up With Facebook For AI Chip

As Intel's car division opens up about its progress so far with self-driving cars

6 years ago

CES 2019: AI, Home Tech, Cars and Robots To Feature

Tech show gets underway in Las Vegas with number of announcements centred around AI, the home, and robots

6 years ago

Robots Not Stealing Our Jobs, World Bank Says

Automation has little effect on global labour market, despite worries that robots will remove many jobs

6 years ago

Tesla Cuts Price On US Electric Cars

Demand for electric vehicles not so great? Leading manufacturer cuts price on all models

6 years ago

Google Gains US Approval For Radar-Based Gesture Control System

Gesture-based interface moves one step closer after Google is granted approval for radar-based system

6 years ago

Tesla’s Elon Musk Hits Out At US SEC

Telsa boss has “no respect” for the US Securities and Exchanges Commission after stepping down as chairman

6 years ago

Google Wing Drones To Begin European Testing in 2019

The drones are coming. Google to test drone delivery service in Finland, after Aussie trials

6 years ago

America Tops Supercomputing Rankings

The United States now has the top two most powerful supercomputers in the world, rankings show

6 years ago