Tag: China
Volvo and Baidu partner on autonomous taxi project
Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo is teaming up with Chinese technology giant Baidu to build autonomous taxis. Together they are aiming to launch a level...
Industrial robots: Usage up 30% worldwide, led by Asia and Europe
Internet of Business says
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has published its annual report on the state of the industrial robotics market worldwide.
It finds...
Baidu becomes first Chinese firm to join US-led safe AI consortium
Internet search giant Baidu has become the first Chinese company to join a US-led consortium dedicated to the safe development of artificial intelligence.
The Partnership...
US scraps driverless car regulations, redefines concept of ‘driver’
The US is scrapping autonomous tech regulations and opening up driverless car tests across the whole country, in a new policy that redefines the...
Google at bay: CEO Sundar Pichai faces his US government accusers
Updated 4 October
Internet of Business says
Google turned 20 this month, but its CEO was not celebrating on 28 September, as he found himself facing...
Alibaba launches robo-porter, Japan hires disabled people to operate robots
There's plenty of debate surrounding the impact that robotics and artificial intelligence will have on the job sector. Among reams of recent reports, the...
Alibaba announces A.I. chip unit, new Intel IoT edge partnership
UPDATED Chinese ecommerce and technology giant Alibaba has announced that it is to set up a dedicated chip subsidiary.
It aims to launch its first self-developed...
SAS chosen as IoT partner for China smart city project
China's eastern city of Wuxi has chosen analytics provider SAS as a strategic Internet of Things (IoT) partner. Wuxi is the latest smart city project...
Trade war: Boxing clever? US hits China with more tech tariffs
Chris Middleton explains why the technology sector is in the firing line of the US-China trade war, while Apple customers may get a shock...
Analytics, IoT, A.I. now more strategically important than cloud: WEF report
The World Economic Forum has unveiled a new report on the Future of Jobs over the next five years, as Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies...
China exploring wireless mega-merger to lead the US in 5G
China is reportedly exploring a mega-merger between two of its three wireless carriers – China United Network Communications Group (China Unicom) and China Telecommunications...
GDPR USA: Why tech industry now lobbying against consumer privacy
OPINION Chris Middleton explains why the IT industry's attempts to curry favour with the White House in order to water down data privacy rules...