Chris Middleton
Chris Middleton is former editor of Internet of Business, and now a key contributor to the title. He specialises in robotics, AI, the IoT, blockchain, and technology strategy. He is also former editor of Computing, Computer Business Review, and Professional Outsourcing, among others, and is a contributing editor to Diginomica, Computing, and Hack & Craft News. Over the years, he has also written for Computer Weekly, The Guardian, The Times, PC World, I-CIO, V3, The Inquirer, and Blockchain News, among many others. He is an acknowledged robotics expert who has appeared on BBC TV and radio, ITN, and Talk Radio, and is probably the only tech journalist in the UK to own a number of humanoid robots, which he hires out to events, exhibitions, universities, and schools. Chris has also chaired conferences on robotics, AI, IoT investment, digital marketing, blockchain, and space technologies, and has spoken at numerous other events.
Special Report: UK AI policy – Why the government must modernise...
THE BIG READ In the first of two detailed reports on the UK government’s AI strategy, Chris Middleton looks at how Whitehall aims to...
Why IoT giant Dell is *really* going public again | Analysis
On Monday, Dell put all the rumours to bed and announced that it is to become a public company again. The question puzzling many...
One third of city journeys will be autonomous, says WEF
Autonomous and on-demand transport will form one-third of all urban journeys, according to a new World Economic Forum report, and reduce the need for...
US-China trade war could hit transport, smart home sectors Friday
Friday's likely escalation of the US-China trade dispute into a full-scale financial war will damage the US tech, IoT, and connected transport sectors, says...
Smart supply chains: JDA acquires AI player Blue Yonder
NEWSBYTE Privately held supply chain and enterprise application provider JDA Software has announced that it is to acquire German retail artificial intelligence (AI) specialist,...
Skills: AI, automation changing the core nature of work, warns McKinsey
The average worker of the future is a socially adept leader, entrepreneur, and life-long learner with transferrable technology skills, who is also happy to...
Want a facial recognition system? Buy Chinese – says US government
Chinese and Russian facial recognition systems are leading the world in accuracy, according to a US report.
In an annual performance competition, the top 20...
California passes landmark data privacy act. GDPR for USA?
The citizens of Silicon Valley have won round one of a battle against Google and Facebook, as California introduces new state data privacy laws,...
Microsoft announces global rollout of Azure IoT Edge system
Microsoft has announced the global enterprise availability of its Azure IoT Edge technology.
Launched a year ago, the system is designed to allow edge devices...
California could force USA to adopt GDPR-style laws today
Editor's note: The legislation referred to in this story has now been passed. To read our latest report on California's new data privacy rules,...
War of words escalates between tech firms’ employees and government
The employees of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com are increasingly at odds with their own bosses and with government policy, reports Chris Middleton.
The war...
IBM Watson AI to sense crowd emotion at Wimbledon 2018
NEWSBYTE It’s data set and match at Wimbledon 2018 for IBM’s Watson AI system.
Watson has been taught to recognise players’ and fans' emotions at...