The UK’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) has embarked on a major hiring spree as it attempts to ra…
Job opportunity at NS Tech: Reporter
We are hiring a reporter to cover the intersection of technology, business and politics for NS Tech. You’ll be workin…
Rannia Leontaridi to step down as Office for AI director
One of the founding directors of the Office for Artificial Intelligence is set to leave the organisation less than tw…
Telefonica plans to reduce use of Huawei kit as it rolls out 5G networks
Telefonica, one of Europe’s largest telecoms providers, is preparing to reduce its reliance on Huawei by divers…
London boroughs not prepared for 5G rollout, research shows
London boroughs’ failure to plan for the launch of 5G may slow down the rollout of the technology in the capita…
IBM draws back from aggressive use of Watson brand
After taking a year off to more fully integrate its artificial intelligence (AI) with its data and analytics, IBM is …
Ministers unveil 16 centres set to deliver £200m AI PhD programme
The government has unveiled the 16 centres set to deliver a £200m, five-year programme to train 2,000 PhD students in…
Nearly every US state has joined the Facebook antitrust probe
Some 47 US states have joined an antitrust probe examining Facebook’s business practices, in the latest blow to…
Electronic Prescription Service will “save NHS £300m a year”
Plans to digitise NHS prescriptions will create efficiency savings of £300m a year by 2021, the government has claime…
As California bans police facial recognition, China and India double down
A facial recognition software ban on police body cameras will take effect in California at the start of 2020. A new l…