Good news: the UK government has released a new report claiming huge economic payback from its “superfast” broadband programme. There’s only one problem: the report is a wild overstatement of the facts, and at worst a national embarrassment, says Chris Middleton. Internet of Business says The UK government has released research claiming that “superfast” broadband…
Farfetch, the UK-based marketplace for high-end fashion and other luxury goods, has confirmed its plans to go public. According to an F-1 form filed with the SEC, the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FTCH. An IPO for the company has been in the works for some time, and…
Google is using the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence from its DeepMind acquisition to reduce energy consumption in its data centres by as much as 30 percent. In 2016, the two companies jointly developed an AI-powered recommendation system to improve the energy efficiency of the data centres, which run popular applications such as…
Malek Murison and Chris Middleton report on a brace of new humanoid robotics studies that reveal just how easily human beings can be influenced by cleverly designed machines. A series of infamous experiments in the 1960s by social psychologist Stanley Milgram suggested that the majority of people are obedient to authority figures – sometimes to…
At the end of 2017, the US Department of Transportation launched the Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (IPP). The programme was created to open US airspace to commercial drone trials that would otherwise be restricted by federal aviation regulations. In May, 10 trials were announced across the country, bringing together state and local governments with educational…
As the World Economic Forum publishes the most extensive and in-depth report yet on artificial intelligence’s transformation of the financial services sector, Internet of Business editor Chris Middleton presents a 3,500-word breakdown of the document’s key findings and highlights. Essential reading for all finance and technology professionals. Internet of Business says The financial services sector…
China continues to be both a vast business opportunity and an ethical flashpoint for the technology industry. Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees on 16 August that the company is “not close to launching a search product” in China, as he stressed Google’s determination to do more business in the world’s most populous country. The…
NEWSBYTE Acoustic networking specialist Chirp has inked a deal with Microsoft to integrate its technology into the Azure Cloud, paving the way for the simpler provisioning of new IoT devices. Chirp’s technology converts data into a soundwave (or ‘chirp’) that can be be picked up by any nearby device fitted with a microphone. Microsoft’s move will lower…
In the future everyone will be naked for fifteen minutes. It’s with this novel thought in mind that I connect with a model named Nazanin who will walk me through the new world of bi-directional teledildonic cam life. I was there to test a new device from Kiiroo called the Kiiroo Launch. This novel sex…
Frictionless transport company Uber has announced plans to expand its ride-hailing service to two more East African countries before the end of the year, via its Chap Chap business, which currently operates in Kenya. Uber piloted the low-cost service in the capital, Nairobi, and now operates 400 fuel-efficient Suzuki Altos in the city. In Kenya,…
