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.
Broadband fling! Rebel Scottish village builds Gigabit network
(UPDATED 27 March)
Balquhidder, a remote rural Scottish community, is building its own 1Gbps broadband network, after a decade of unsuccessfully trying to get...
Why China trade war could be a mega-problem for US IT...
Chris Middleton explores the history of the growing trade dispute between the US and China and its allies, and the reasons why it is...
Mayor of London launches project to make capital epicentre of AI
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has commissioned AI research and thought leadership organisation CognitionX to develop “a strong evidence base” to support a...
Dell: UK lagging well behind Europe on IoT, AI, digital
The UK is lagging well behind other developed countries in its quest to refocus the economy on new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, the...
Gartner: IoT security spend hitting $1.5 billion – but strategy poor
Worldwide spending on Internet of Things security will hit $1.5 billion in 2018, a 28 per cent increase from 2017, according to a new report...
Amazon now world’s second most valuable company after Apple
Amazon is now the world’s second most valuable company, overtaking Google’s parent Alphabet.
The retail, technology, Web services – and soon delivery – company has...
Bitcoin blockchain contains porn, say researchers. Not news, say coders
The Guardian and other titles report today that the Bitcoin blockchain includes illegal material. However, this kind of problem has been known about for...
Blockchain: Lose the block and chain to be useful, Capacilon MD...
Exclusive Q&A. Manufacturing and supply chains need to get smarter, less linear, and more modular and responsive, says Capacilon MD Jai Tamhane. But some...
IBM launches new Watson Assistant AI for connected enterprises
IBM has announced the launch of Watson Assistant, a digital assistant version of its Watson artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language conversation system.
IBM said, "Watson...
Uber halts self-driving car tests after pedestrian is killed
NEWSBYTE: Uber has halted tests of its self-driving cars in North America after a woman was killed on Sunday night by an Uber Volvo.
The victim...
Cambridge Analytica vs Facebook: Why AI laws are inadequate
UPDATED 20 March 2018
News that Facebook has suspended the artificial intelligence, analytics and 'strategic communications' firm Cambridge Analytica from its platform has sent shockwaves...
DHL US trials robots, AI, AR & crowdsourcing to beat Amazon
Parcel delivery and logistics firm DHL said today that it is piloting a range of new connected technologies in the US, including collaborative robots,...