Malek Murison
Smart home surveillance at “staggering” levels – report
Consumers' Association publication Which? has revealed the results of an investigation into the extent to which smart-home products are collecting and passing on user...
Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom complete Europe’s first NB-IoT roaming trial
Network operator trade group GSMA has announced that two of its largest members have successfully completed Europe's first NB-IoT roaming trial.
Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom...
Why charities should embrace blockchain – report
The charity sector will be left behind while the future happens around it unless action is taken to embrace blockchain technology, claims a new report...
HERE and Sigfox partner on global asset tracking service
Mapping and location data company HERE Technologies, and French wireless network provider Sigfox, have announced a deal that will see the two develop and...
New US restaurant opens with fully robotic cooking staff
Boston restaurant Spyce has opened, promising customers an affordable, delicious meal – cooked entirely by robots, reports Malek Murison.
Robots' entry into the restaurant world...
UK government introduces new anti-drone regulations
The Department for Transport has confirmed several amendments to the Air Navigation Order in an effort to advance regulations governing the use of drones in the...
Ford deploys VR plus empathy to protect cyclists on the road
In European cities such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen, infrastructure has long been in place to ensure that cyclists and drivers are kept apart, where possible.
However,...
Newsbyte: That flipping robot is back at CaliBurger!
Burger-bot Flippy is back at work, two months after its introduction brought in more customers than the robot's colleagues at CaliBurger could handle.
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Health IoT: Ingestible sensor can help diagnose disease
An MIT research team has developed an ingestible sensor that uses genetically engineered bacteria to detect and diagnose gastrointestinal problems.
The sensor is made up...
Drones could add £42bn to UK GDP by 2030, says PwC
Financial services giant PwC has published a report exploring the potential benefits of drone technologies to the UK economy.
The increasing adoption of drones by...
Blockchain threatened by “irreconcilable” differences with GDPR
UPDATED. Malek Murison and Chris Middleton explore why blockchain plus GDPR replaces a storage box with a Pandora's Box of complexity and problems. Make...
Devices: Google leads in smart speakers, Apple in wearables
Apple and Google have reported positive Q1 sales figures for wearables and smart speakers, respectively.
The news is particularly good for Google: sales of the...