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.
Uber safety driver watching video before fatal crash, say police
UPDATED Arizona police report that the safety driver involved in the March’s fatal Uber crash was streaming a television show on Hulu before the...
Cyber attack could cost bank half of its profits, warns IMF
Cyber risk has emerged as a significant threat to the financial system, according to a new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Although hardly...
From cellphone to cell-drone: Verizon, AT&T networks take flight
NEWSBYTE With hurricane season fast approaching in the US, having access to smart- or mobile phone services following a disaster could mean the difference...
City of Robots: How robotics & automation could solve cities’ most...
The future of the world will be urban, with the majority of people living in cities. In Asia and Africa, a burgeoning youth population...
PayPal snaps up fraud prevention player Simility for $120m
NEWSBYTE PayPal has announced that it is to acquire fraud prevention and risk management platform, Simility, for $120 million in cash.
The acquisition, which is...
IBM partners with Box to enhance cloud storage with Watson AI
Enterprise services giant IBM and cloud collaboration and storage provider Box have announced a new partnership, in which IBM will build custom Box Skills using its...
Microsoft grows AI with purchase of machine learning startup Bonsai
Microsoft has announced the acquisition of machine learning specialist, Bonsai.
The Berkeley, California-based startup is developing a deep reinforcement learning platform that abstracts the low-level...
Microsoft slammed for US immigration deal. Can tech industry stand by?
In the wake of Facebook’s problems with Cambridge Analytica, the sense that the technology industry is being held to account by the public –...
Public overwhelmingly rejecting robots, finds UK Robotics Week report
With UK Robotics Week upon us, UK-RAS has released a survey trumpeting public support for the technology. However, the results reveal the exact reverse,...
IBM’s Project Debater AI argues with humans in real time
A new IBM artificial intelligence (AI) system, Project Debater, has taken on human beings in a live debating competition in San Francisco.
First the AI...
IoT spending to hit $1.2 trillion by 2022, claims IDC
NEWSBYTE Internet of Things (IoT) spending will hit $1.2 trillion by 2022, according to a new report.
Analyst firm IDC has announced the findings...
“Cryptocurrency systems can’t scale or be trusted” – central banking organisation
UPDATED The more popular cryptocurrencies become, the less trustworthy and efficient they are, according to a key central banking organisation.
Cryptocurrencies are “not scalable and...