Rene Millman
Rene Millman is a freelance writer and broadcaster who covers IoT, mobile technology, cloud, and infrastructure. In the past, he has also worked as an analyst for both Gartner and IDC. He has made numerous television appearances discussing the technology trends and companies that shape our lives.
Brain implant allows people with paralysis to use tablet devices
People with paralysis are learning to control tablet devices with just their thoughts, as part of a clinical trial being carried out by scientists at Brown University, in the US.
New research from...
MIT researchers combat bias in AI training data
Bias in artificial intelligence (AI) systems can lead to inaccurate predictive models, inadequate search results, and discrimination, but a team of researchers at MIT...
AI diagnoses fall short when used across health systems, study reveals
AI tools trained to look for signs of pneumonia on chest X-rays can perform worse when tested on data from outside health systems, according...
AI: Researchers use machine learning to find source of viruses
Scientists have developed a machine learning algorithm that may help find the original hosts of viruses. It is hoped that the new tool could...
AT&T completes “world first” millimetre wave mobile 5G browsing session
NEWSBYTE US telecoms giant AT&T has successfully completed what it believes was the "world's first" millimetre wave mobile 5G browsing session on a mobile 5G...
Amazon fixes flaws in smart home operating system
NEWSBYTE Amazon has had to patch 13 flaws found in an operating system used in smart home devices after it was discovered that the...
Twilio teams up with T-Mobile US on NB-IoT platform
NEWSBYTE Cloud platform as a service (PaaS) provider Twilio has partnered with T-Mobile US in a deal that will see the former roll out...
Nvidia and IBM team up on open source machine learning
NEWSBYTE IBM has announced a new partnership with AI and GPU hardware giant Nvidia, bringing the latter’s Rapids open source data science toolkit into...
Microsoft makes Infer.NET machine learning framework open-source
Microsoft has made its cross-platform framework for model-based machine learning, Infer.NET, available on GitHub under the permissive MIT license for free use in commercial applications.
The...
Scientists develop A.I. to predict why children do badly at school
Researchers have used machine learning to more accurately identify children with learning difficulties who, until now, have either been misdiagnosed, or have gone under...
Health tech: A.I. detects dementia, smart plaster takes blood pressure
Researchers at a Japanese university have devised an artificial intelligence (AI) based test to help detect early signs of dementia in patients.
It is hoped...
Vodafone set to double size of European NB-IoT network
Mobile operator also expands networks in South Africa and Turkey.
NEWSBYTE Vodafone is to double the size of its European NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things)...