Science

IoT Needs Greater Adoption Beyond The Industrial World To Realise Its Potential

ANALYSIS: We have the Internet of Things technology, but its use has yet to properly get off the ground

8 years ago

Bank Consortium Develops Open Source Blockchain Platform

The consortium hopes to create an industry standard for the use of blockchain technology in the financial world

8 years ago

Google, Ford, Volkswagen And Others Challenge California’s Proposed Rules On Driverless Car Testing

The search giant and car makers objected to potential regulatory roadblocks the autonomous driving development

8 years ago

Stephen Hawking: AI Is ‘Either The Best Or The Worst Thing’ For Humanity

The famous theoretical physicist welcomes the establishment of an academic institution exploring the impact of artificial intelligence

8 years ago

All New Tesla Electric Cars Will Come With Self-Driving Hardware

Elon Musk’s car company is determined to usher in an era of autonomous cars

8 years ago

Royal Navy Will Use AI To Detect Threats In Maritime Combat

Smart systems will have a role in the future of warfare on the high seas

8 years ago

Microsoft Creates Speech Recognition Tech With Human Accuracy

The system can transcribe conversational language as accurate as professional transcriptionists

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BBC’s Micro Bit Computer Takes Aim At Worldwide Market

The BBC is taking its Micro Bit computer beyond British shores

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Apple Drastically Scales Back Driverless Car Development And Shifts Gear With Project Titan

UPDATED: Apple has drastically cut back its work on creating driverless car systems

8 years ago

Germany Asks Tesla to Drop Its Autopilot Autonomous Driving System Branding

Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt voiced concerns that Autopilot will lead to drivers not paying attention to the road ahead

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Java Founding Father: IoT Is More Than Just Making Simple Tweaks To Existing Devices

James Gosling said most IoT efforts are simply tinkering rather than proper smart network deployments

8 years ago

US Government Believes AI Is Beneficial But Warns Of Job Risk

But AI will also present new opportunities for health, education, energy, and the environment

8 years ago

BT And Toshiba Showcase UK’s First Secure Quantum Communications

Quantum cryptography is being deployed to make intercepting communications on fibre networks all but impossible

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Google’s DeepMind Creates AI That Can Navigate The London Underground

The AI system mixes deep learning neural nets with external memory to further mimic human learning

8 years ago

MPs Say Government Must Consider The Impact Of AI

So far the government has shown a lack of leadership on addressing concerns over smart robots replacing human jobs, claims…

8 years ago

Huawei Provides $1m To Power AI Research At UC Berkeley

Huawei will send researchers to UC Berkeley to work on the next wave of AI tech

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The BBC’s Technology Journey

The BBC has pioneered television, radio and online - but what do you know about Auntie's technology triumphs and its…

8 years ago

AI Control Needs ‘Careful Consideration’ To Prevent Killer Computers

IP Expo 2016: Professor Nick Bostrom highlights the risks of creating a true artificial intelligence, even if its is completely…

8 years ago

Vodafone Tests 5G Systems To Help Cars Communicate

Vodafone's research could pave the way for self-driving cars

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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…

8 years ago

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600E And 410E Chips Target The IoT

The chips will be distributed as stand alone SoCs for the first-tine

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough Discovered By Canadian Scientists

Beam me up, Scotty. Researchers in Canada break record after teleporting information between two city-based locations

8 years ago

13 Companies And Organisations Transforming The Healthcare Industry

TechWeekEurope identifies some of the most interesting companies in the health-tech sector

8 years ago

Uber Pilots Self-Driving Car Rides In Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh residents can now book a ride in a car that can - almost - drive itself

8 years ago

Facebook Brings Native Payments To iOS and Android Messenger App

The social networking giant has tweaked its chatbot platform with a suite of features

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Google DeepMind WaveNet Mimics Human Speech

DeepMind has used neural networks to create a computer model that generates natural sounding speech and music

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