Pub landlords on notice as 'Internet of Beer' firm not only pulls pints, but...
El Reg hacks selflessly volunteer to taste-test before and afterPubbino, the San Francisco biz that believes there simply isn't enough tech involved in pulling pints, is talking up another entry in its...
View ArticleWill it bend? That is the question: Arm boffins boast of first flexible...
Plastic-backed TFT part positioned as perfect for the Internet of ThingsResearchers at chip designer Arm have shown off a prototype microprocessor - dubbed PlasticARM - built on flexible plastic,...
View ArticleEdgy: HPE's first message from the International Space Station to Microsoft's...
Supercomputing above the cloudsMicrosoft and HPE were cock-a-hoop yesterday with the trumpeting of data bursts from HPE hardware aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to Microsoft's Azure,...
View ArticleEuropean Commission airs out new IoT device security draft law – interested...
Mirroring UK, US efforts to crack down on cheap 'n' cheerful internet gadgetsInfosec pros and other technically minded folk have just under a week left to comment on EU plans to introduce new...
View ArticleEU to formally probe Nvidia's $54bn takeover over British chip designer Arm –...
Hot on heels of 'significant concerns' from the UKNvidia told The Reg it would work "with the European Commission to address any concerns they may have" after reports it is set open a formal...
View ArticleRAF chief: Our Reaper drones (sorry, SkyGuardians) stand ready to help...
There's no council tax infringement a Brimstone missile can't punishThe Royal Air Force is set to start testing its rebranded Reaper drones in UK skies over the next few weeks – and senior officers are...
View ArticleEx-DJI veep: There was no drone at Gatwick during 2018's hysterical shutdown
Bold words from Boston Dynamics' new manThere was never a rogue drone at Gatwick Airport that caused planes to be grounded over the 2018 Christmas holidays, an outgoing exec at Chinese drone-maker DJI...
View ArticleEdge computing has a bright future, even if nobody's sure quite what that...
Making sense of blurry linesAnalysis Edge computing is easy to sell but hard to define. More a philosophy than any single architecture, edge and cloud are on a spectrum, with the current cloud service...
View ArticleUK's Civil Aviation Authority hashing out rules for crash-proof cargo pods on...
Project wins £50k from governmentThe UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is drawing up guidelines so that crash-proof cargo containers can be attached to drones to transport medical items such as blood...
View ArticleCelonis and Software AG target IoT and streaming process mining as firms...
Newcomer specialist and elderly data integration generalist make their pitchesTwo software vendors with very different backgrounds are launching technology aimed at understanding operational processes...
View ArticleExecutive exodus from Intel depth and tracking tech arm RealSense continues
Former CTO leaves for car tech bizAnother key executive who was part of Intel's RealSense group – which is winding down operations – left the company this month.…
View ArticleBehold, Eclipse's open-source software defined vehicle project
Microsoft is involved. What could possibly go wrong?It's been a busy week for the Eclipse Foundation, as the group unveiled a new operating system for distributed devices and cracked open the...
View ArticlePhone jammers made my model plane smash into parked lorry, fumes hobbyist
Illegal irritant raises its head again after drone investigationA radio-controlled aeroplane operator blamed the crash of his replica WWII model in a lorry park on 2.4GHz radio jammers.…
View ArticleSmart things are so dumb because they take after their makers. Let's fix that
IoT still needs its lightbulb momentOpinion Tech is a great leveller. You can drop £50k on a shiny Tesla and £1k+ on the latest iPhone 13 Max Grunt to unlock it. But if some netops drone located half...
View ArticlePlanning on buying a new motor? Chip shortages set to hit UK carmakers this...
Here in my car, I feel safest of all...The global chip shortage is likely to have an impact throughout this year and into 2023, affecting some sectors worse than others, with UK car sales likely to be...
View ArticleEdge computing set for growth – that is, when we can agree what it is
Analyst predicts double-digit percentage uptick in '22Worldwide spending on edge computing is expected to see double-digit growth this year, according to new figures from analyst IDC.…
View ArticleJanuary edition of Azure Sphere OS cancelled after Microsoft actually listens...
Wait – is this the same company that gave us Windows?Microsoft has cancelled the latest release of Azure Sphere OS, its take on securing IoT devices, citing problems reported by a customer during...
View ArticleOpenStack-to-the-edge darling StarlingX hits 6.0, makes useful config tweaks
Open-source, full-stack edge and industrial IoT software moves to Linux kernel 5.10StarlingX, an open-source platform for edge computing based on OpenStack, has hit release 6.0 with a Linux Kernel...
View ArticleAlibaba smart electric vehicles now in mass production
Joins Xiaomi and Huawei in making EVs, but IM L7s not available on e-commerce sites yetChinese multinational Alibaba has begun mass production of smart electric vehicles (EVs), the latest addition to a...
View ArticleWill this Mobileye IPO fund Intel's comeback plan?
x86 giant will keep majority ownership of autonomous car tech wingIntel has confidentially submitted for an initial public offering of its Mobileye automotive business, a move that CEO Pat Gelsinger...
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