Malek Murison
Propaganda chatbots and manipulative AI: Worse to come, says MIT
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The political landscape on either side of the Atlantic has rarely felt as polarised as it does today. Whatever your politics,...
Flocking hell! Boeing synchronises autonomous drones in test flight
Aerospace giant Boeing has announced that a new system designed to autonomously control and synchronise multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has completed successful test...
IoT devices: Chirp brings audio onboarding to Microsoft Azure
NEWSBYTE Acoustic networking specialist Chirp has inked a deal with Microsoft to integrate its technology into the Azure Cloud, paving the way for the simpler provisioning...
Public concerns about driverless cars rise, Ford releases safety strategy
There's little point in developing autonomous vehicles if you can't also build the trust required with the public to bring about their adoption. That's...
Intel drones: BVLOS, night flights, new ID & tracking solution
At the end of 2017, the US Department of Transportation launched the Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (IPP). The programme was created to open US...
Vulnerable people easily manipulated by humanoid robots, find new studies
Malek Murison and Chris Middleton report on a brace of new humanoid robotics studies that reveal just how easily human beings can be influenced...
IBM & Maersk launch blockchain shipping solution TradeLens, with a splash
Following on from their January 2018 commitment to develop a blockchain solution for international cargo transportation, Maersk and IBM have launched TradeLens.
The shipping tool...
Lack of targeted solutions tempering IoT adoption, says report
Enterprise customers have tempered their expectations about the pace of IoT adoption. That's the conclusion drawn from the latest report from global management consultancy...
Flytrex & Aha expand Icelandic drone delivery service
In August 2017, Icelandic online retailer Aha partnered with Israeli startup Flytrex to ferry packages from one side of Reykjavik to the other as...
Infineon and Alibaba Cloud team up on IoT
German semiconductor company Infineon Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of the Chinese technology giant.
The pair...
Boeing to open aerospace and autonomy centre
Aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to open an Aerospace & Autonomy Centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The centre will become one of the first...
IBM, CLS building blockchain ecosystem for financial institutions
Settlement services specialists CLS has partnered with IBM to begin work on LedgerConnect, a distributed ledger platform to be used by the financial services...