Research

UK Parliament Launches Investigation Into Future Of AI

Committee will examine the possibilities of AI and how it could impact society

7 years ago

Huawei Partners With University Of Edinburgh On Data Science

Huawei will work on data processing and management technology with University of Edinburgh in new research deal

7 years ago

AI Discovers Drug That Could Slow Down Motor Neuron Disease

BenevolentAI's technology demonstrated the benefit if AI in healthcare

7 years ago

University Of Edinburgh Is Scotland’s First Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence

University of Edinburgh joins government-accredited national cybersecurity research scheme

7 years ago

Canada Ploughs £120m Into AI Research Institute

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

7 years ago

Ocado Works With EU Universities To Create Soft Touch Robotic Arm

The online grocery giant is looking to further push its automation agenda

7 years ago

First Mac Malware ‘Fruitfly’ Of The Year Uses Decades-Old Code

The Fruitfly Mac malware, which targets biomedical research institutions, uses code that dates back to the 1990s

7 years ago

Microsoft Buys Deep Learning Startup Maluuba And Signs Up AI Expert

Maluuba will join Microsoft's AI and Research organisation, giving it the resources and scalability to advance its research

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

Academics Develop Cigbreak Free Mobile App To Stub-Out Smoking

The app aims to use gaming to encourage smokers to stick to New Year's resolutions to kick their habit

7 years ago

Polymer Scientific Breakthrough Could Yield Supercharged Supercapacitors

Researchers have designed an organic material polymer that can make supercapacitors 10,000 times more powerful

7 years ago

Credit Cards Hacked In Six Seconds Using Distributed Technique

Visa's online payment system fails to pick up on multiple invalid credit card attempts across multiple websites

7 years ago

Algorithm Uses Facial Features To Detect Criminals, Claim Chinese Researchers

Do you look like a criminal? Chinese researchers believe their facial algorithm can detect your criminal tendencies

7 years ago

Philips Hue Smart Lightbulbs Hack Can Spread IoT Worm Like Wildfire

Smart lighting may be the next Internet of Things (IoT) attack vector, thanks to hackable Philips Hue smart lightbulbs.

7 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

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

Uber Starts Self-Driving Car Rides As Volvo Becomes Autonomous Partner

Uber strikes $300m (£228m) deal with Volvo, will start driving passengers with autonomous vehicles in 'next few weeks'

8 years ago

Ford Plans Self-Driving Cars By 2021

Ford's autonomous car fleet will be sold to ride-sharing companies such as Uber

8 years ago

New CMA Measures Will Ensure Banks Exploit Technology

Banks aren’t doing enough to compete for customer’s business, claims CMA report

8 years ago

Facebook Converges Hardware Labs, Opens Area 404

Facebook pools hardware teams into one lab to boost efficiency

8 years ago

Apple Launches £150,000 Bug Bounty Program

BLACK HAT 2016: Program will bait researchers into finding critical flaws in iCloud and secure boot firmware

8 years ago

IBM Drives Nanoscale Cancer Detection With Lab-On-A-Chip Breakthrough

IBM scientists develop new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale

8 years ago

As UK Reports More Zika Cases, IBM Offers Up Free Technology To Fight Virus

IBM gives Brazilian scientists free access to supercomputer and dishes out detailed weather forecasts to UNICEF

8 years ago

Cisco Brings In Chatbot Partners For Spark Platform

Cisco announces collaboration with Gupshup and API.ai to bring chatbot features to developers and customers in the enterprise

8 years ago

CryptoDrop Promises To Stop Ransomware In Its Tracks

University of Florida researchers say the answer to stopping ransomware is to let it onto your system first

8 years ago

Jaguar Rolls Out Self-Driving Cars On British Roads

Jaguar Land Rover plans fleet of 100 research vehicles that will test connected and autonomous technologies to assist drivers

8 years ago

Security Tool Strengthens Tor And ‘Foils’ FBI Attacks

The tool, called Selfrando, could greatly improve on the attack protection provided by techniques such as ASLR, researchers say

8 years ago

Brexit: UK Tech Research To Lose Billions In EU Funding Unless Government Steps In

IT industry body BCS says UK government needs to make sure universities and reseach labs get the same €8.8bn EU…

8 years ago

Google Reveals What Voters Are Searching For Ahead Of EU Referendum

Google shows off regional analytics on how UK citizens are looking to vote in the upcoming EU referendum

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