Tag: Amazon
Retail IoT: Why AI is the big opportunity | Special report
There was initial scepticism about AI in retail, but it is now generating considerable buzz, with companies realising that the technology is here to...
Facebook developing chips for AI and own-brand IoT devices
When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat before Congress like a besuited rabbit in 100 senators’ headlights, he was famously asked by Orrin Hatch how...
Amazon takes on government in battle over deliveries
Chris Middleton explains why the US government's attacks on Amazon have revealed an uncomfortable truth for Jeff Bezos' company: there simply aren't enough people...
Uber relaunching as Amazon-style hub for connecting all transport
Uber's launch of Uber Rent, JUMP integration, and public transport ticketing signal that it now sees itself as an Amazon-style marketplace for frictionless transport,...
Amazon Web Services brings machine learning to edge IoT
NEWSBYTE. AWS Greengrass can run Apache MXNet and TensorFlow Lite models locally on edge IoT devices.
Public cloud provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) has updated...
Apple, Google lead fight against US repeal of Clean Power Plan
Apple has voiced its opposition to the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The world’s most valuable company...
Edge computing: SWIM launches AI digital twins that can learn
AI startup SWIM aims to democratise both AI and digital twin technologies by placing them at the edge and within reach of everyone's budget...
Apple hires Google AI chief to head machine learning | Analysis
Apple has hired John Giannandrea, Google’s former head of search and artificial intelligence, as its new head of machine learning and AI strategy.
Before joining...
Blue Prism integrates RPA with Google, AWS, IBM, Microsoft
NEWSBYTE: Blue Prism, the UK-founded prime mover in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), has announced new API integrations with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, IBM,...
New Walmart patents signal a push towards Retail 2.0
US retail giant Walmart's vision of the future has been revealed by a number of recent patents. These suggest that its ambition is now...
Berkeley researchers unveil “most dexterous robot ever created”
Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed and unveiled a first in robotics: a robot that matches two highly versatile limbs with the ability to...
Why China trade war could be a mega-problem for US IT...
Chris Middleton explores the history of the growing trade dispute between the US and China and its allies, and the reasons why it is...