Malek Murison
Malek Murison is a writer, editor and tech journalist based in London.
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Facebook sets up blockchain/crypto exploration team
Facebook has set up a small, high-powered team to explore the potential of blockchain technology, recode reports. Given the many potential uses of decentralised, cryptographic ledgers,...
Connected culture: Cisco to help digitise UK museums
The UK government's #CultureIsDigital campaign aims to combine culture and connected technologies in a way that drives more visitors through the doors of the...
Google unveils Duplex: the next stage of human-AI interaction
UPDATED The nuances of human interactions and natural language have always been difficult for computers to grasp. That's why, in conversations with virtual assistants,...
Uber partners with NASA, US Army on air taxis
UPDATED Frictionless travel giant Uber has announced partnerships with NASA, the US Army, and OEMs at its Elevate annual conference in LA this week....
Drive.ai to trial self-driving ride service in Texas
Drive.ai, an autonomous vehicle startup founded in 2015 by graduates from Stanford University's AI Lab, has announced the launch of an on-demand driverless car...
Nokia doubles down on IoT with SpaceTime Insight aqcuisition
A matter of days after announcing the closure of its Digital Health division, diversified Finnish communications giant Nokia has doubled down in another of...
Facebook trained AI with 3.5 billion hashtagged Instagram photos
3.5 billion Instagram photos and their corresponding hashtags were used to train Facebook's machine learning algorithms, the social network has disclosed.
The images and 17,000...
Department 13 seals counter-drone deal with South Korean military
Unmanned-aircraft mitigation specialist Department 13 has agreed an exclusive distribution deal to sell its counter-drone technology in South Korea.
The Marlyland-based company has partnered with Korea...
Maintenance drones to service London Underground network
Infrastructure maintenance contractor Lanes Rail has been given the green light by Transport for London (TfL) to use drones to carry out of asset surveys across...
65 lives saved by drones last year, says DJI
DJI, the drone industry's leading manufacturer, has published a report highlighting the many incidents in which people have been saved by drones over the...
Pentagon: Military will have self-driving vehicles before public
The US Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Michael Griffin, has told Capitol Hill lawmakers that the Pentagon will reap the benefits...
Starship Technologies scales up autonomous delivery service
Robotics startup Starship Technologies is set to expand its autonomous delivery project to universities and business campuses across the United States and Europe.
The move...