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Huawei Opens VR OpenLab For Cloud VR Push
Chinese giant hopes to convince industry to turn cloud virtual reality into a fully functioning ecosystem
Tales In Tech History: BlackBerry
Ultimate survivor. The rise, fall, and rise (?) of former smartphone giant BlackBerry
Intel Touts 17-Qubit Quantum Computing Chip
Tech giant officially enters quantum computing race after it delivers new 17-Qubit chip to Dutch partner
Intel Insight Platform To Solve Drone Data Conundrum
Cloud-based platform to help enterprises with data volumes associated with commercial drone systems
Trump Creates Uncertainty For US Tech Workers But Brexit Means UK Unlikely To Benefit
Research shows US tech workers believe immigration stimulates innovation and some are considering leaving the US, but Brexit has made UK less attractive
My Journey To Find The World’s Oldest Computer
Kevin Murrell, co-founder of the National Museum of Computing, details how he found and helped restore the Harwell Machine
HP Inc And Nvidia Join Forces To Create Life On Mars VR Experience
HP Inc also revealed a VR backpack aimed at business use
Garry Kasparov: Humans Should Embrace The Change AI Will Bring
Kasparov believes AI will aid society, not destroy it
Google Machine Learning Tech Aids Nuclear Fusion Research
Working with Tri Alpha Energy, Google has developed the research accelerating Optometrist algorithm
Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk Clash Over AI Destiny
Musk said Zuckerberg's understanding of AI is "limited"
Microsoft HoloLens 2 Will Feature A Dedicated AI Processor
The coprocessor will be able to run deep learning neural networks locally
Government Offers £2m To Fund Terrorist Targeting Tech
Research projects that help pick out terrorists in crowds are being sought by the Home Office
Driverless Boat Testing To Take Place Off England’s South Coast
BAE Systems will create a driveless system testing service for autonomous boats and planes
Microsoft Wants AI To Save The World From Environmental Woe
AI for Earth will look to tackle climate change issues with smart tech
Google Creates Research Initiative To Study How Humans Interact With AI
The People + AI Research Initiative has launched with its human-focused research goals
Nvidia Joins Forces With Chinese Internet Giant Baidu To Push AI Tech Adoption
The partnership will focus on artificial intelligence in driverless cars, the cloud and research
ICO Rules Google DeepMind And Royal Free NHS Trust Data Sharing Deal Was Illegal
Patients were not informed by Royal Free that their data was being shared with DeepMind
Ocado Is Testing A Driverless Delivery Vehicle In London
The online grocery giant is continuing to push autonomous technology in its operations
Belfast To Host AI Camp Aimed At Teaching Students Machine Learning Digital Skills
The two-week course will take place at the Computer Science Centre at Queen's University Belfast
Taunton And Somerset NHS Trust Turns To Google DeepMind For Mobile App
Google-owned DeepMind signs up yet another NHS Trust as a partner
DHS Wants To Use Neural Networks To Boost Airport Security
Neural networks have many practical applications and body scanning could be one of them
Nokia Goes Big On Digital Health With Connected Portfolio
New products include a Wi-Fi connected BMI scale and a blood pressure monitor
Tech Firms Handed $258m To Develop Exascale Supercomputer
Large chunk of money handed to tech firms from US government to develop 1,000 petaflop supercomputer
Microsoft AI Beats Ms Pac-Man Top Score
The AI training techniques could be used to train better AIs for other tasks
Ford Will Open Smart Mobility Innovation Centre In London’s Here East
The car maker could use Here East's private roads for testing autonomous driving systems
BT: AI Divides Opinion On Whether Robots Will Steal Human Jobs
Some organisations predict the smart technology will create jobs while others speculate big job losses in their own ranks
Softbank Buys Boston Dynamics From Google
Moonshot project shot down. Alphabet finally offloads unwanted robotics division Boston Dynamics
BlackBerry Toughens QNX Against Car Hackers
Hacker proof cars? BlackBerry QNX Hypervisor launch allows for partition and isolation of safety-critical systems
IBM Reveals World’s First 5nm Chip With 30bn Transistors
Big Blue has moved away from FinFET to produce the tiny chip architecture