innovation

Government Promises To Support UK Tech With £4.7bn R&D Fund

Theresa May outlines plans to support smart energy, robotics, IoT, 5G and biotech with new fund for post-Brexit tech

7 years ago

Blockchain Tech ‘Could Save’ Banks £9.7bn Billion A Year

Moving to a distributed database using blockchain could help banks save billions on costly data processes

7 years ago

HSBC Calls On High-Flying CEOs For Tech Advice

The advisory board of high-profile CEOs will focus on disruption, cyber and infrastructure

7 years ago

Nissan To Test Self Driving Cars In London Next Month

Sign of the times. Modified Nissan Leaf to be driven on crowded public streets in London next month

7 years ago

Google Officially Ditches Project Titan Drone Broadband

Engineers scattered to other divisions as Titan doesn't make enough progress to continue

7 years ago

MIT Researchers Create Super Strong, Yet Light Material Using Graphene

Ten times stronger than steel but still light. Researchers blend flakes of graphene for new super tough material

7 years ago

Isle Of Man Targets Blockchain And Digital Payments For Fintech Future

Blockchain is the future, but there's still plenty of work to be done before its becomes mainstream

7 years ago

IBM Becomes First Tech Company To Get 8,000 Patents In One Year

More than a third of the patents related to AI, cognitive computing and cloud computing alone

7 years ago

White House Releases Report Preparing For AI Future

Job losses and changing skill requirements are two of the possible negative economic impacts

7 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Jarvis-Inspired AI Home Assistant

"Building Jarvis was an interesting intellectual challenge"

7 years ago

Facebook’s Aquila Drone Crash Was Due To Turbulence

Turbulence caused the Aquila drone to suffer a "structural failure" during its inaugural flight

7 years ago

Microsoft Ventures Strengthens AI Love Affair With Startup Fund

Microsoft firmly believes Artificial Intelligence is the future and is looking to get a head start over its rivals in…

7 years ago

Bill Gates And Friends Invest $1 Billion in Clean Energy Tech

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has assembled an all-star team to tackle the issue of renewable energy over the next 20…

7 years ago

HPE Will Drive Network Connectivity In The IoT Fueled World Of Driverless Cars

HPE will focus on the 'I' in 'IoT to connects all the 'Things'

7 years ago

World Economic Forum Opens Tech-Focused San Francisco Office

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is intended to help guide public policy and regulation in the face of…

8 years ago

How 3D Printing Will Change Your Industry

3D printing is on the verge of becoming a mainstream technology but how will it change your business?

8 years ago

10 Startups Putting The Welsh Tech Scene On The Map

TechWeekEurope takes a look at the best tech startups and entrepreneurs developing new services and ideas in Wales

8 years ago

China ‘Leapfrogs’ US With Home-Built Supercomputer

A new research system using China-built chips is more than four times as powerful as the US' top machine

8 years ago

IBM Cloud Community Grid Project Targets Zika Virus

#OpenZika allows users to contribute computing power to help identify anti-Zika drug candidates

8 years ago

HP Jet Fusion 3D Is ‘First Production Ready’ Commercial 3D Printer

Nike and BMW among companies signed up for HP Jet Fusion 3D printers, which will be made available to businesses…

8 years ago

How Digital Technology Will Lead The UK’s Productivity Push

O2's Ben Dowd tells us how improving Britain's digital infrastructure could companies solve their productivity crisis

8 years ago

Tech City Chair Denies London’s Tech Success Is At The UK’s Expense

Tech City chair Eileen Burbidge says the whole country is on the cusp of a "fourth industrial revolution" - not…

8 years ago

Chronos Wi-Fi System Tracks Users’ Position Within Centimetres

MIT's 'Chronos' positioning system relies on a novel technique that works with a single commodity access point

8 years ago

MWC 2016: Stripe Will Help Startups Set Up ‘Anywhere’

New Atlas platform will allow business to set up in the US quicker than ever by setting up bank and…

8 years ago

Google Set To Trial ‘Project Loon’ In Sri Lanka

Google's balloon-based Internet access system is set to begin testing with end users across the South Asian island

8 years ago

Google Patent Application Details Radar-Based Gesture Control System

The system could be used to control smartphones, smart watches or household appliances, according to Google

8 years ago

Researchers Invent Automated Software Patching Technique

MIT researchers say their machine-learning technique achieves results 10 times better than previous automated methods

8 years ago

‘First $15 Supercomputer’ Attracts $1.7m Kickstarter Investment

The Pine64 A64 offers 64-bit supercomputing power in a tiny package starting at just $15

8 years ago

Will Avast’s New Headquarters Help It Level Up In The Antivirus Game?

The most successful tech company in the Czech Republic aims to improve its service by bringing Silicon Valley to Prague

8 years ago

Researchers Aim To Prevent Smartphone Location Data Leaks

Researchers said their smartphone app aims to block location-sensitive data from being collected and misused by third parties

8 years ago