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.
Analytics, IoT, A.I. now more strategically important than cloud: WEF report
The World Economic Forum has unveiled a new report on the Future of Jobs over the next five years, as Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies...
Robotics, A.I will create 58 million jobs, decimate middle-class careers: World...
The World Economic Forum predicts nearly 60 million extra jobs will be created by 2022, thanks to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
A new WEF report,...
RPA: Blue Prism partners with Celonis on process automation, transformation
Robotic process automation (RPA) and ‘digital workforce’ specialist Blue Prism has announced a partnership with business process transformation provider, Celonis.
The deal will see the...
Zero Emissions: UK launches £25m competition for green battery tech
The British government has launched a £25 million funding competition to develop new battery technologies for next-gen electric vehicles.
Announced today and opening on 17...
UK unveils £106m for zero emissions tech, £500m from industry
UPDATED A £106 million package for projects developing green battery, vehicle and refuelling technology is to be unveiled today by the prime minister at...
UK getting green number plates, e-bike funds in green transport push
Chris Middleton reports on how green number plates for low-emission vehicles could help make our crowded towns and cities better for all. Meanwhile, the...
UPDATED | Google at 20: Going back to its roots as...
UPDATED 12 SEPTEMBER As Google turns 20 with a new search engine launch, Chris Middleton looks at what it has been up to lately...
UK government publishes NHS A.I. supplier code of conduct
Internet of Business says
The UK government has announced a new code of conduct covering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the NHS and...
IBM launches blockchain payment & clearing network for banks
IBM has brought its Blockchain World Wire (BWW) banking payments network out of beta testing and officially announced it to the world.
Blockchain World Wire uses...
Water + sunlight + algae = infinite energy, claims Cambridge research
Researchers from the University of Cambridge claim to have successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen at scale using just sunlight and biological enzymes,...
IBM develops A.I. to speed deep learning architecture selection
IBM is developing an AI system to help developers choose the right deep learning architecture.
Researcher Martin Wistuba is writing what he calls “an evolutionary...
Cyber-attack insurance coverage poor in UK compared to elsewhere: report
Only one-third of senior executives in UK organisations say that their company insurance currently covers them for a security breach and for the financial...