Controversial ex-Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski has reportedly completed a four-day, 3,099 mile journey from California to New York in an autonomous vehicle, without having to disengage the self-driving system. Levandowski informed the Guardian that, although he was sitting in the driver’s seat the entire time, he did not touch the steering wheels or […]

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke This iconic quote from Clarke certainly applies to the modern world of the retail supply chain and recent developments almost seem like magic: one-hour pickup, curb-side delivery, placing orders inside a customer’s home or from a car trunk, all fantastic options which may have […]

Andrew Kirillov, CFO at TradingView, discusses why he believes regulation is essential to the future success of cryptocurrency. NEW CONNECTIONS An occasional series of vendor perspectives on the world of connected business. To regulate cryptocurrency or not – that is the question challenging industry leaders, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and now Congress. With headlines […]

Elon Musk’s personal mission to tackle LA’s traffic congestion took a significant step forward last night as a prototype tunnel was presented with characteristic fanfare. The initial Test Tunnel, located in Hawthorne, California, is being used for the research and development of The Boring Company’s tunnelling and public transportation systems. Attendees were given the opportunity […]

We are in an era of intelligent and urgent urban innovation. Our homes are connected, our streets are thriving labyrinths of interconnectivity, and our businesses are a hive of data streaming and surveillance. Communities are now emerging as sophisticated centres of technical excellence,  says Keiron Shepherd, senior security specialist, F5 Networks, prompting micro and macro revolutions in virtually […]

Over a quarter of retailers have deployed AI to date. This is according to Capgemini’s Research Institute’s latest AI in retail report. The research found a 17 percent increase in AI deployments from 2017, and a seven-fold increase from 2016, when just four percent of retailers had adopted AI technology. This is compared to 28 […]

Trollhättan sounds like a typical Swedish city – beautiful, creative and progressive. Only one thing lets it down, but let’s ignore that for now, says Nick Booth. This town shows how to adapt before the world leaves you behind. It moved from heavy industry to creating intellectual property and kept growing. Its engineers gave the world hydropower. […]

Semtech is a US-based supplier of high performance semiconductors and advanced algorithms for communications and industrial end-markets. The company’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology – LoRa – offers long range, low power wireless connectivity that has become a leader in the low power wide area (LPWA) networking market worldwide. The company is a […]

Younes Allaki is chief technology officer of 1NCE and one of the company’s four founders who managed to develop and launch an IoT mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in just under six months earlier this year. The company is bringing a new approach to IoT connectivity with a headline offering of the 1NCE Lifetime fee: […]

Joanna Goodman reports from last week’s Digital ethics summit. Governments, national and international institutions and businesses must join forces to make sure that AI and emerging technology are deployed successfully and responsibly. This was the central message from TechUK’s second Digital Ethics Summit in London. Antony Walker, TechUK’s deputy CEO set out the purpose of […]