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.
US military to spend $2 billion on developing artificial intelligence
Concerns about the weaponisation of artificial intelligence (AI) have increased with the news that the Pentagon is ploughing $2 billion into the technology over...
Bank of England warns of large-scale job losses from AI
Chief economist warns that technology will cause disruption on a much greater scale than the Industrial Revolution.
Artificial intelligence could lead to “large swathes” of...
China Mobile completes 14 Gbps 5G test in Hong Kong
NEWSBYTE China Mobile Hong Kong has completed a series of 5G network tests, achieving speeds of up to 14 Gbps.
The announcement means that the...
Ford looks to motion tracking bodysuits to aid factory workers
Workers at a Ford car plant are wearing skin-tight bodysuits equipped with sensors to help improve their postures and enhance productivity.
Employees at Ford’s Valencia...
China using artificial intelligence to make foreign policy: report
NEWSBYTE The Chinese government is working on a number of artificial intelligence technologies to help its foreign policy efforts, says a local report.
According to...
Ericsson, Telstra, Intel make 5G data call breakthrough
NEWSBYTE Ericsson, Telstra, and Intel claim to have made the first end-to-end 5G data call over a commercial network.
The call was made at Telstra’s...
Adoption of AI booming in SE Asia, says IDC
NEWSBYTE Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption has increased significantly in Southeast Asia over the past year, according to IDC.
A new report from the analyst company,...
Siemens and China’s Alibaba team up on industrial IoT
NEWSBYTE German industrial giant Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese IT, ecommerce, and...
Mobile IoT market set to expand 27% by 2026
NEWSBYTE The worldwide market for cellular Internet of Things (IoT) technologies will be worth $7.6 billion by 2026, according to a new forecast from...
Facebook buys Bloomsbury AI to tackle fake news
NEWSBYTE Facebook is buying artificial intelligence startup Bloomsbury AI in a bid to combat fake news, according to a report by TechCrunch.
The social network...
Ford, Vandebilt self-drive team tackle Fourth of July gridlocks
Ford and Vanderbilt University reveal how adaptive cruise control can minimise the problem of phantom traffic jams.
With a record number of Americans gearing up...
Ericsson launches pilot NB-IoT network in Moscow
NEWSBYTE Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson has launched a trial NB-IoT network in a heavily populated residential area of Moscow, in partnership with Russian telecoms...