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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Apple CEO Tim Cook has slammed the escalating trade war between China and the US as a “tax on the consumer”.
In an earnings call...
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The company has...
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The Advanced...
T-Mobile, Nokia sign $3.5bn US 5G deal
T-Mobile and Nokia have announced a $3.5 billion 5G deal in the US.
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Amazon...
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Public blockchain SophiaTX is designed to be decentralised enterprise computing...
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Alphabet: Financial results reveal Google’s emergence as cloud giant
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The...