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Greenwich Will Host UK’s First Driverless Cars In July
Testing of fully autonomous cars on public roads in Southeast London will commence in July
These Ultrathin Chips Could Lead To Super-Efficient Computers
Ultra thin laptops of the future could become a lot thinner, after MIT breakthrough with chip construction
Microsoft Lifts Restrictions On Deep Learning Toolkit, Moves To GitHub
Microsoft's deep learning toolkit is now open to more developers who want to create deep learning models for speech and image recognition
UK Cities Get £40m Fund For Electric Car Rollout
Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London named as winners in Department for Transport’s electric car project
Ford Wants To Use Wearables To Make Driving Safer
Carmaker sets up new research facility to investigate links between wearables and driving
UK Universities Open £23m IoT Research Hub
Government, universities and industry band together for Internet of Things hub, to drive innovation and research
Ford Ramps Up Self-Driving Car Tests
Autonomous vehicles will now be tested on Californian roads as Ford grows research team
Google Takes Major Next Step On Driverless Cars
Research into autonomous vehicles to be separate company under Alphabet umbrella
Japanese Police Get Dedicated Drone Takedown Squad
Nuisance drones could soon find their rotars clipped after Japanese police creates a dedicated drone takedown squad
Like Google, Facebook Is Open Sourcing Its AI Hardware
Facebook AI Research (FAIR) introduces 'Big Sur' artificial intelligence hardware, open sources it to the Open Compute Project
EC Unveils Legal Framework Revisions For Drones
European Aviation Safety Agency could revise drone legislation enabling drone deliveries in the future
Wikipedia Brings In AI Editor
Wikipedia entries to face scrutiny from artificial intelligence tool in order to ease editor workload
The Future Of Britain’s High-Tech Bees
How Low Carbon and Plan Bee are hoping to savethe UK's declining honeybee population with the latest in hive- monitoring technology
Tesla Seeks Engineers For Self-Driving Cars
Despite labelling AI an “existential threat”, Elon Musk wants engineers to build a self-driving car
Significant Number Of Brits Believe Life Will Be Better When The Robots Take Over
Almost half of the British public believe there is a real possibility robots could take over - but would it make the world a better place?
Microsoft Goes All-In With Raspberry Pi 2
Raspberry Pi 2 replaces Intel Galileo as Microsoft’s development board of choice
University Denies Tor Accusation Of FBI Cash For Attacks
Carnegie Mellon denies Tor allegation the FBI outsourced cyber attack in return for cash payment
Government Urges Free Cyber Health Check For British Firms
Top UK businesses are being urged by the Government to take part in a free Cyber Health Check
Aussies Claim Coding Breakthrough For Quantum Computing
Aussie researchers claim coding breakthrough to bring functional quantum computer one step closer
EMC And Irish University Launch Digital Research Centre For Regulated Industries
The collaborative digital transformation research centre for regulated industries launched by EMC and University College Cork is said to be the first of its kind in Europe
Microsoft Open Sources Machine Learning Toolkit For Developers
Microsoft's DMTK machine learning platform now on GitHub as tech giants look to cash in on developer ideas
Intel Partners With Alan Turing Institute To Advance Technolgy
The partnership is expected to further the role of high-performance computing and data sciences in the UK
Toyota Pledges $1bn To A.I. Research
Japanese carmaker will establish new R&D company focused on robotics and future tech
Google Parent Alphabet Benefits From Mobile Search, YouTube
What's in a name? Company reorganisation does not prevent Google from posting healthy profit and revenue increases
UK And China Snuggle Up For Green Tech Collaboration
State visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping yields collaboration agreement for tech and creative industries
AI Will Be The Future, Says Android Creator
Andy Rubin says he is optimistic about artificial intelligence and doesn't share fears of possible Skynet scenario
Medical Equipment Vulnerable To Hackers
Is there a hacker in the hospital? MRI machines and other medical kit can be compromised by hackers, researchers warn
IBM Opens Up Watson With Additional APIs
Developer push continues as IBM arms Watson with new crop of APIs for language, vision, speech apps
Chinese Premier Meets US Tech Bosses
Xi Jinping presses the flesh with US tech bosses, promises reform