Tag: mobility
Lyft’s self-driving ambitions become reality, buys Blue Vision
Ride-sharing platform Lyft is already competing with Uber in cities around the world to provide on-demand mobility. But this week, the San Francisco company...
Addison Lee aims to bring driverless taxis to London by 2021
British minicab, car hire, and courier firm Addison Lee has partnered with driverless car group Oxbotica with the aim of offering an autonomous taxi...
How GlobalPlatform is securing the Internet of Things | Exclusive Q&A
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Today’s connected things do much more than simply provide information at your fingertips; they make use of sensitive data, gather information,...
Toyota, SoftBank announce new driverless vehicles joint venture, MONET
We're in the MONET: Two of Japan’s biggest names, SoftBank and Toyota, have announced an autonomous vehicles joint venture.
The companies will team up to...
5G on Sea: Brighton becomes latest testbed for next-gen communications
Tech innovation centre Digital Catapult has launched the UK’s latest 5G testbed in Brighton & Hove, with the Coast to Capital local enterprise partnership,...
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...
The Future of Work: Youth sceptical of A.I., ‘work as a...
SPECIAL REPORT Chris Middleton looks at a new report on the future of work, and finds troubling gaps between the promise of AI and...
IoT retail: Snap, Amazon join forces on ubiquitous mobile shopping
NEWSBYTE Snap and Amazon have announced a visual shopping partnership, which brings a future of ubiquitous retail one step closer.
Following the deal, Snapchat users...
BP, Honda, Aviva co-found sustainable transport research hub in London
BP, Honda R&D Europe, and insurance providers Aviva and Hastings Direct have announced that they are the founder members of a new future transport...
Connected transport: MOBI blockchain consortium expands with WEF, new standards groups
When the MOBI blockchain consortium was formed in May 2018 by some of the world's biggest automakers and cutting-edge technology providers, it promised to...
Wearable robots: LG to unveil robot mobility suit
NEWSBYTE South Korean electronics giant LG has confirmed that it will unveil a 'human-centric' wearable robot to the public at the IFA 2018 show...
5G: Verizon partners with Apple, Google as commercial stakes rise
5G is emerging as a key commercial battleground as the emphasis shifts from experimental deployments to hard commercial realities, suggest recent announcements in the...