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.
Baidu hits the road against Alibaba with driverless food deliveries
Search and AI giant Baidu is collaborating with Meituan-Dianping to deliver food to China's towns and cities via driverless cars.
Baidu and Meituan are set to...
Facebook developing chips for AI and own-brand IoT devices
When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat before Congress like a besuited rabbit in 100 senators’ headlights, he was famously asked by Orrin Hatch how...
IBM results underline shift to cognitive services – and falling profits
IBM’s Q1 2018 results reveal that cognitive and cloud services are leading overall revenue increases at the enterprise services giant. This is Big Blue’s...
Will 5G be the big casualty of China-US trade war?
As the war of words hots up between the US and China over some $150 billion in bilateral trade tariffs, evidence that 5G and...
Microsoft, MediaTek launch new family of Azure Sphere IoT chips
Fabless semiconductor provider MediaTek has announced that it has collaborated with Microsoft to deliver the first of a new family of ARM-based Azure Sphere...
Twilio launches Programmable Wireless service for IoT developers
Cloud communications platform Twilio has announced the global availability of Twilio Programmable Wireless.
The company claims it is the first cellular communications platform that uses...
IBM, Marsh launch blockchain-based insurance network
Insurance broking and risk management specialist Marsh is collaborating with IBM on what it says is the first commercial blockchain solution for proof of...
Waymo applies for driver-free autonomous cars tests in California | Analysis
Waymo, the driverless technology division of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has applied to test completely autonomous cars on California roads, without safety drivers onboard.
Waymo...
AidCoin aims to restore trust in charities via crypto and blockchain
Startup AidCoin aims to transform the charity sector using blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Can it succeed? Chris Middleton investigates.
Trust in charities is at an all-time...
Qualcomm debuts IoT Vision Intelligence Platform, amid takeover rumours
US chip giant Qualcomm Technologies has announced its new Vision Intelligence Platform, which features a new system-on-chip (SoC) family purpose-built for Internet of Things...
Amazon takes on government in battle over deliveries
Chris Middleton explains why the US government's attacks on Amazon have revealed an uncomfortable truth for Jeff Bezos' company: there simply aren't enough people...
Healthcare, SMEs biggest targets of security attacks, says Verizon
NEWSBYTE SMEs and healthcare organisations are the biggest targets of hackers and organised criminals, according to Verizon, with personal, medical, and financial data firmly...