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Smart energy: UK looks north for “new George and Robert Stephensons”
The UK's business secretary has praised the critical role of the 'Northern powerhouse' in new technologies, such as AI and sustainable energy, and announced...
Food Standards Agency pilots blockchain for supply chain transparency
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has completed a blockchain pilot project in a slaughterhouse – the first time that blockchain has been used...
UK, France announcing AI, digital economy partnership today
The UK’s digital and culture secretary Matt Hancock is in Paris today to announce a package of measures to strengthen ties between the UK's...
Special Report: UK AI policy – Why the government must modernise...
THE BIG READ In the first of two detailed reports on the UK government’s AI strategy, Chris Middleton looks at how Whitehall aims to...
City of Robots: How robotics & automation could solve cities’ most...
The future of the world will be urban, with the majority of people living in cities. In Asia and Africa, a burgeoning youth population...
Amazon booms as high street withers. Next up: robots and insurance
UPDATED Retail and Web services giant Amazon plans to add over 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK this year, taking its British workforce to...
UK government offers £30m new funding for driverless car projects
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), a government initiative with Innovate UK and Meridian Mobility, has put up £30 million in new...
Jaguar Land Rover all-terrain autonomous vehicles get academic boost
NEWSBYTE Leading radar and sensor experts from the University of Birmingham have been selected to help Jaguar Land Rover deliver a £3.7 million project...
Lack of national LPWAN rollout leaves UK in a Catch-22
The UK has historically been a leader in telecoms, but it has lagged behind in low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) development. This is unfortunate, given...
Drones could add £42bn to UK GDP by 2030, says PwC
Financial services giant PwC has published a report exploring the potential benefits of drone technologies to the UK economy.
The increasing adoption of drones by...
Samsung UK to open new AI centre in Cambridge
South Korean electronics giant Samsung is to open a new artificial intelligence (AI) research centre in Cambridge, England.
The technology hub will explore the capabilities...
UK to commit millions to AI cancer diagnosis strategy
UPDATED British Prime Minister Theresa May is to announce plans to commit millions of pounds to a new artificial intelligence strategy for early-stage cancer...