Tag: Apple
Apple has more autonomous cars on road than Waymo or Tesla
Apple has increased its fleet of autonomous test vehicles in California to 55, with 83 registered drivers, according to the state’s Department of Motor...
US government announces 10 drone pilot schemes – omits Amazon, DJI
The US has announced 10 pilot schemes to test unmanned aerial technologies and explore drones' potential to help communities and businesses throughout America. Chris...
Health tech: Does Nokia’s exit mean wearables market is ill?
ANALYSIS Nokia announced this week that it is closing its Digital Health division, in the wake of a February 2018 memo, published by the...
New VR/AR launches for Apple, Google, PayPal, Facebook, Snap
Apple, Snap, PayPal, and Google are all jostling for position in virtual and augmented reality this week – while Facebook goes for mass-market appeal...
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...
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...
Microsoft invests $5 billion in new IoT strategy
Microsoft has outlined plans to make a substantial investment in IoT technology, setting aside $5 billion to grow its partner ecosystem, develop a more...
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...
Tesla slammed by safety board after latest fatality
UPDATED. US carmaker Tesla has been slammed by the US road safety board after confirming details of a fatal crash involving one of its...
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...
Apple & IBM Watson team for enterprise mobile machine learning
New mobile machine learning capabilities are coming to Apple devices, thanks to IBM Watson and Apple Core ML.
Under CEO Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple has...
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...