Emerging Technology

‘The apotheosis of ownership’: What is the future of NFTs?

In the beginning was the presentation. Seven years ago, digital artist Kevin McCoy and tech entrepreneur Anil Dash mounted the…

Future Emerging Technologies Gets a £780m Injection from Government

British researchers and entrepreneurs will be getting £780 million in extra funding to develop emerging technologies. The £780 million in…

Flying Cars, Anyone? Government Launches “Future of Mobility” Challenge

The British government has launched its Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, a project funded under Westminster's industrial strategy with the aim…

Robotic Process Automation Pays Off – If You Follow the Right Path

Enterprise-level interest in robotic process automation (RPA) has become greater than ever. Businesses are quickly realising that using RPA technology…

Mercedes Benz Owner Inks Deal with NVIDIA for Autonomous Taxi Plan

German automotive behemoth Daimler has inked a deal with US hardware giant NVIDIA that will see the two work together…

Three Plugs in to 170 BT Telephone Exchanges

Mobile network operator Three UK has inked an agreement with private telecoms network operator SSE Enterprise Telecoms to connect its…

Samsung Wins Global Machine Reading Challenge

Samsung Research, the R&D arm of the South Korean electronics behemoth, has won two artificial intelligence (AI) machine reading comprehension…

Chris Dancy: “We Don’t Download Software; We Download Habits”

Technology is increasingly all-pervasive, with sensors and applications tracking our everyday lives. One of those lives is that of Chris Dancy,…

“Fiendishly Complicated” 5G Networks: Exciting, Expensive, Ever Coming?

Yesterday EE announced that it will connect ten sites across London to a test 5G network in October. The small…

“Call for Code” Competition to help Tackle Disaster Relief Challenges

Multinational technology company IBM this week teamed up with the United Nations and Angelhack in a $30 million (approx. £22…