Tag: Microsoft
Security: UK recognises 3 universities as cybersecurity centres of excellence
The UK government has recognised three universities as Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR), bringing the total number of these centres...
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...
IoT devices: Chirp brings audio onboarding to Microsoft Azure
NEWSBYTE Acoustic networking specialist Chirp has inked a deal with Microsoft to integrate its technology into the Azure Cloud, paving the way for the simpler provisioning...
Microsoft, Amazon roll out Alexa-Cortana unification programme
Users of Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana digital assistants can now access features of the other's technology, said the companies in a joint announcement...
Global IIoT market to surpass $176bn by 2022
NEWSBYTE The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market is forecast to surpass $176 billon by 2022, according to a new report by analysts at...
Amazon’s record financials reveal AWS as the $6bn golden egg
Retail behemoth and connected technology company Amazon has reported Q2 results that reveal record profits of $2.5 billion and 39 percent year-on-year revenue growth.
Amazon...
Microsoft results: Booming in cloud, edge services, and trust? Nadella speaks
Microsoft’s transformation into an enterprise cloud services company was underscored by full-year financial results that revealed total revenues of over $110 billion.
In Q4, the...
GE and Microsoft expand partnership to accelerate IIoT adoption
GE and Microsoft have significantly expanded their technology partnership to provide a simpler path for industrial companies engaged in digital transformation projects.
The move will...
Walmart signs five-year cloud and AI deal with Microsoft
NEWSBYTE Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer and its largest company by revenue, has deepened its partnership with Microsoft in a new five-year deal.
Announced today,...
Microsoft urges US government to regulate facial recognition systems
Microsoft has called on the US government to step in and regulate the use of facial recognition technologies. Chris Middleton explains why.
“All tools can...
US-China trade war could hit transport, smart home sectors Friday
Friday's likely escalation of the US-China trade dispute into a full-scale financial war will damage the US tech, IoT, and connected transport sectors, says...
California passes landmark data privacy act. GDPR for USA?
The citizens of Silicon Valley have won round one of a battle against Google and Facebook, as California introduces new state data privacy laws,...