Tag: Google
Google confirms official launch of Android Things
As predicted by Internet of Business, Google is officially launching its Android Things platform for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, at its annual I/O...
Google expected to release Android Things 1.0 at I/O
NEWSBYTE Google is expected to release the full version of Android Things 1.0, its IoT platform for developers, at its I/O conference this month.
The...
Fitbit & Google partner to accelerate IoT in healthcare
Health tracker and wearables company Fitbit has teamed with Google to open up new insights and innovations in digital health. Together, they hope to...
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...
Google’s DeepMind AI is learning to navigate cities without a map
The machine learning capabilities of Google’s DeepMind AI are now being applied to help robots and AIs navigate using visual cues, rather than maps...
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...
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...
Fetch launches world’s first autonomous AI smart ledger
Fetch.AI has announced the launch of what it claims is the world’s first adaptive, self-organising smart ledger technology for decentralised transactions.
Fetch is described as...
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,...
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...
Group protects rainforest with recycled phones, machine learning
Rainforest Connection, a San Francisco-based non-profit organisation, is using recycled phones and Google’s open source machine learning framework, TensorFlow, to protect the rainforest.
The group...