research & development

Amazon Expands UK R&D With Cambridge Development Centre

The new centre will focus on machine learning and devices such as the Kindle, Fire tablet, Echo Dot and Alexa

8 years ago

Canada Ploughs £120m Into AI Research Institute

Canadian government joins business community for significant investment into research for artificial intelligence

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

Apple Belatedly Opens China R&D Centre

CEO Tim Cook visits China again and announces Chinese R&D centre to bolster stuttering performance

8 years ago

Sony Steps Up Wearable R&D Efforts, Teases ‘Hands-Free’ Project N

New Future Lab Program will look to develop the next generation of wearables as Sony looks to improve its mobile…

9 years ago

EMC CTO: Dell Takeover Will Drive Innovation, Not Hinder It

The costly acquisition of EMC will drive innovation insists Dell's CTO, after venture capitalist expresses doubts

9 years ago

Aussies Claim Coding Breakthrough For Quantum Computing

Aussie researchers claim coding breakthrough to bring functional quantum computer one step closer

9 years ago

Toyota Pledges $1bn To A.I. Research

Japanese carmaker will establish new R&D company focused on robotics and future tech

9 years ago

UK And China Snuggle Up For Green Tech Collaboration

State visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping yields collaboration agreement for tech and creative industries

9 years ago

Huawei Targets Enterprise Comms Market With Vodafone Partnership

Chinese firm signs ‘Strategic Alliance’ to share intelligence and research with the Newbury-based operator

9 years ago

Huawei: We Love Europe And Plan To Keep It That Way

Chinese giant reveals scope of co-operation with companies across the continent, as well as its view of the connected future

9 years ago

BAE Systems’ Oculus Rift VR Tech Could Revolutionise Warfare

‘Mixed Reality’ displays will allow control of the battlefield from hundreds of miles away

10 years ago

Facebook Lays Out Its Plans For A Connected World

Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and drones all form part of future view

10 years ago

Facebook Has Its Big F8 Plans Leaked Early

Social network’s new initiatives revealed ahead of F8 conference

10 years ago

How Formula One Is Becoming A ‘Technology Race’

Red Bull’s Al Peasland tells TechWeekEurope how much new developments are helping further Formula One

10 years ago

Apple To Open Office In Cambridge

Apple rumoured to be moving to the UK's 'Silicon Fen' with a new research and development office in Cambridge

10 years ago

1970s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Conducts Interstellar Experiments

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is now carrying out experiments with particles released by stars other than Earth's sun

11 years ago

Hollow Fibres Carry Data Faster

Hollow-core fibres nearly hit the speed of light in a vacuum, cutting latency

12 years ago

Top-Secret Google X Laboratory Revealed

Google X is reportedly a top-secret lab working on robots, space travel, and Internet-connected light bulbs

13 years ago