Renesas board simplifies IoT endpoint prototyping
Renesas Electronics has introduced a low-power board to simplify IoT endpoint equipment prototyping. With its Bluetooth Low Energy expansion board, it includes interfaces supporting a wide range of functional [...]
Blockchain lands on International Space Station
Singapore-based SpaceChain has sent its blockchain hardware wallet technology to the International Space Station (ISS), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of last week’s CRS-19 commercial resupply [...]
Digi SoM based on NXP i.MX 8M Nano
IoT connectivity firm Digi has expanded its ConnectCore family of products with the introduction of the ConnectCore 8M Nano system on module (SoM) based on NXP’s i.MX 8M Nano. Digi [...]
Juniper brings very big data handling to Cern
European nuclear research organisation Cern has selected Juniper Networks to use artificial intelligence (AI) to increase network capacity for handling unprecedented volumes of data for its scientific projects and [...]
Huawei and Skymind MoU to develop AI in Asean
Skymind AI Berhad, the south-east Asia arm of California-based Skymind, is working with Chinese ICT giant Huawei to develop a cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) hub to foster innovation [...]
AWS helps developers build machine-learning models
At last week’s AWS Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services announced six Amazon SageMaker capabilities, including SageMaker Studio, the first fully integrated development environment for machine learning, [...]
Cache Cache pilots SML RFID tags in China
French apparel group Beaumanoir is working with Texas company SML to pilot item-level RFID to improve inventory accuracy and customer service in three of its Cache Cache stores in [...]
BT and Purple combine wifi and analytics
British Telecom has announced a multi-year partnership with Purple, the Manchester-based specialist in wifi analytics and engagement, to help retailers and other businesses analyse footfall and customer behaviour. The [...]
Alibaba operating system lets restaurants access digital services
Chinese retail group Alibaba has introduced a local services operating system to help businesses in the sector differentiate themselves from competitors, upgrade their quality of service and bring digital [...]
RBS pilots frictionless store technology
Retail Business Services (RBS), the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, has announced frictionless store technology, piloted under the name Lunchbox, which lets individuals shop in small stores in [...]
ABB robots bring festive cheer to New York shop
Helping New York celebrate the festive season, twelve ABB robots are interacting with visitors to Bloomingdale’s iconic holiday celebration at its 59th Street flagship store. ABB’s robots are the [...]
Google extends ecommerce partnership with John Lewis
Google Cloud has extended its ecommerce relationship with UK retail chain John Lewis Partnership, comprising John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets. The employee-owned, heritage retail group now has [...]
