Immersive technologies are moving from “hypothetical to pragmatic use” in industrial companies, with AR emerging as the early winner, says a new Capgemini report. Jessica Twentyman looks at its findings. Aerospace giant Boeing is using augmented reality (AR) to give technicians instructions for airplane wiring schematics. By putting them directly in workers’ fields of view…
Tesla shares plunged as much as 10 percent Friday morning following two high-profile executive departures. Tesla shares have since recovered and were down 5.4 percent to $265.77 a share at 8:20 am PT. The executive departures were just the latest tumult at the automaker headed by CEO Elon Musk . Just hours before, Musk capped…
Wireless services company Sprint has teamed up with networking and telecoms provider Ericsson on a new Internet of Things (IoT) initiative. The partnership aims to bring to market a dedicated, distributed, and virtualised IoT core network and operating system that are designed to turn sensor data into immediate intelligence at the network edge. The companies…
Don’t call Wingly the “Uber of the Sky” — Wingly co-fonder Emeric de Waziers would like to nip that little misinterpretation in the bud as the French startup looks to expand into the U.S. If anything, the startup’s mission is more akin to carpooling for small aircrafts, helping pilots fill up empty seats in small…
California-based drone software company 3DR has joined forces with Chinese drone manufacturer Yuneec in a new venture: 3DR Government Services. The pair will seek to market solutions for sensitive commercial drone applications to the US government and its various branches. The move, announced at the InterDrone conference in Las Vegas this week, combines several layers of technology…
Good news if you’re into hacking your car, you probably won’t void your warranty. The electric car giant confirmed the move in a tweet this week. Tesla’s product security policy now says that if, through “good-faith security research” you brick your car, the company will reflash the software over-the-air or at a service center. It’s…
Hot on the heels of his keynote presentation at our Internet of Insurance event in London, MicroStrategy’s Robert Davis, VP product management EMEA, sat down with Andrew Hobbs to discuss how the rise of the ‘third revolution’ in data analytics is making the technology accessible to all. Robert Davis leads the international product management team…
Origami Labs wants to bring voice assistants right to your ear without requiring you to wear a device like a Bluetooth headset or Apple AirPods. Instead, the startup is using a ring on your finger combined with bone conduction technology to allow you to use your smartphone’s built-in assistant – whether that’s Google Assistant or…
IBM has brought its Blockchain World Wire (BWW) payment network out of beta testing and officially announced it to the world. The computing services giant says that World Wire uses the Stellar blockchain to clear and settle international payments between banks in “near real-time”, via a mutually agreed digital currency. Using the new system, two…
Facebook has accused BlackBerry of stealing its voice-messaging technology in its instant messaging app. In an 118-page complaint filed Tuesday in San Francisco, Facebook claimed BlackBerry infringed on five other patents, including the tracking and analysis of GPS data, voice-messaging technology, and the ways in which the app displays graphics, video and audio. In the…
