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.
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Microsoft: AI, IoT, edge, push latest revenues – Nadella speaks
Microsoft has reported strong Q3 results that beat analyst expectations, with revenues of $26.8 billion, up 16 percent year on year, or 13 percent...
IoT is cost-cut led from the boardroom, says Ovum report
IoT leadership starts at the top, says analyst company Ovum. Any decision to deploy Internet of Things projects typically involves multiple stakeholders, but the...
Amazon: Alexa upgrades for memory, context, meaning = antitrust risk?
Amazon has announced three new upgrades for its Alexa AI platform on the back of healthy revenue increases, and is trailing a future of...
UK launches “£1 billion” Sector Deal for AI | Analysis
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The UK has confirmed details of the new Sector Deal for Artificial Intelligence (AI), trailed in February at the Westminster e-Forum...
Self-driving PODs to be trialled in Lake District national park
Self-driving vehicles are being considered as part of a sustainable transport strategy for the UK’s Lake District.
Autonomous, electric POD vehicles from British motoring company...
Europe announces €20 billion AI strategy – UK sidelined | Analysis
Chris Middleton explains why 25 countries' ambitions for a joint approach to AI might lag behind Britain's similar announcements this week and earlier this...
IoT immature, providers experimenting with strategy, says Ericsson report
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most talked-about topics in the technology industry, and yet the provider landscape is immature and...
Amazon launching new ‘Vesta’ domestic robots in 2019: report
Retail and Web services giant Amazon is said to be working on a new breed of domestic robots, in a project codenamed ‘Vesta’ –...
Retail: Walmart aims for majority stake in India’s Flipkart
US retail giant Walmart is reportedly closing in on purchasing a majority stake in Flipkart, India’s leading ecommerce brand and its most valuable startup.
The predicted...
Qualcomm layoffs suggest the chips are down for industry
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Bitcoin miners losing real money at current prices, says Morgan Stanley
Investment bank and financial services giant Morgan Stanley has claimed that most Bitcoin miners will be losing real money unless the cryptocurrencies’ real-world value...