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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

9 years ago

Google And NASA Get 1000 Qubit Quantum Computer Upgrade

Upgraded processor for Google and NASA's AI lab will help solve problems found in web search and speech recognition

9 years ago

Chinese Premier Meets US Tech Bosses

Xi Jinping presses the flesh with US tech bosses, promises reform

9 years ago

BBC Micro Bit Delayed Over Power Supply Issue

BBC confirms rollout of Micro Bit computer for schools will be delayed because of power supply issue

9 years ago

Amazon Founder Signs Deal To Develop American-Made Rocket Engines

Bezos' Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance will co-develop rocket engine based on Russian RD-180, no longer available since a…

9 years ago

Ex-Sikorsky, Cessna Bosses Design Aircraft That Could Change The Face Of Business Travel

XTI Aircraft's TriFan plane gets $4m in equity interest with plan to take business travellers 'door to door'

9 years ago

Inmarsat To Provide Satellites For Rolls-Royce Drone Cargo Ships

Rolls-Royce led £4.8 million project that could pave the way for autonomous ships hauls in Inmarsat for satellite steering

9 years ago

Intel Invests £33m In Quantum Computing Research

Computing giant coughs up to ensure development of next generation processing technology

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Google Expands Health & Disease Information Library

Hypochondriac’s dream gets even better with information on over 900 conditions

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Google To Work With Sanofi On Diabetes Sensors

Partnership with French firm aims to improve diabetes care through continuous monitoring

9 years ago

Pentagon Co-Operates With Apple, Boeing For Wearable Tech

US military announces funding and seeks wearable partnerships deals with the likes of Apple and Boeing

9 years ago

Intel Invests £39m In Chinese Drone Maker Yuneec

Yuneec will work towards investigating possible future uses for drone aircraft

9 years ago

Google Casts Off Life Sciences Into Standalone Company

Google X's life sciences will now operate as its own Alphabet company with Andy Conrad as CEO

9 years ago

Samsung Proposes 4,600 Micro-Satellite Space Internet

Samsung nestles in with Branson, Musk in race for low-orbit web-spewing satellites

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Helium Hard Drives Capturing The Supermassive Black Hole In The Centre Of The Galaxy

HGST to deploy helium drives that function better than air-filled HDDs at high-altitude observatories to store data from the edge…

9 years ago

Artificial Intelligence Helps Uncover Islamic State Military Tactics

US researchers publish study on using artificial intelligence algorithms to predict future threats from Islamic State extremists

9 years ago

IBM Medical Imaging Project Will Help Watson To ‘See’ Diseases

£660 million deal to purchase Merge Health will boost IBM’s healthcare operations

9 years ago

Five Ways Our Energy Infrastructure Is Transforming

RWE npower chief executive Paul Massara tells TechWeekEurope how the 'Uberisation' of energy could be good news for all of…

9 years ago

Get Ready For The Age Of 3D Printed Medicine

Use of 3D printing technology gets approval from the FDA regulatory body in the US

9 years ago

The Hype Of 3D Printing Seems To Be Over

Stratasys' quarterly results reflect global downturn in demand for 3D printing

9 years ago

Facebook Solar-Powered Drone Is The Size Of A Boeing 737

Aquila drone project will see Internet laser-beamed to unconnected parts of the world from 90,000ft in the sky

9 years ago

Foals, Like Bjork, Use 360-Degree Virtual Reality Technology In New Music Video

Blog: VR tech hits the mainstream as the entertainment industry warms to audience participation

9 years ago

Amazon Wants ‘Sky Highways’ For Its Delivery Drones

Amazon uses NASA conference to propose dedicated drone air routes that would keep manned flights safe from drones and speed…

9 years ago

Stephen Hawking And Steve Wozniak Warn Of Military AI Arms Race

Elon Musk also signs open letter along with hundreds of top robotic scientists pleading military powers to curtail plans for…

9 years ago

WTO IT Trade Deal Cuts Technology Tariffs

Cheaper technology could be on the way as WTO cuts tariffs on more than 200 high-tech goods

9 years ago

Drone Encryption Hardware Is About To Be Deployed In British Army Tanks

ViaSat wins General Dynamics contract for Scout SV encryption tech following successful use in Watchkeeper drones

9 years ago

Robot With Bacteria Brains Developed By Scientist

Forget artifical intelligence - scientist develops technique for bacteria to control the behaviour of robots

9 years ago

Inmarsat Gets European Space Agency Backing For Mobile Satellite Services

ESA funding for Inmarsat will go on study looking at next generation of mobile satellite technologies

9 years ago

David Cameron Wants To Increase Spending On RAF Drones

Prime Minister urges defence chiefs to plough more cash into RAF Reaper drones to combat IS threat

9 years ago

Nokia Tests Drones For Telco Network Inspections

Nokia teamed with Middle East telco Du to run a PoC showing how drones can be used for everything from…

9 years ago