Toyota’s moonshot: Self-driving car for sale – in a year  Automotive News

TOKYO — They call it Toyota’s moonshot: In just one year, Japan’s biggest carmaker wants to start selling a self-driving vehicle that it says will be the “most …

Swiss to receive Tech Oscars for face capture software  swissinfo.ch

Three Swiss who work for Disney Research in Zurich and their Canadian colleague are to receive a Tech Oscar in Hollywood for technology that can …

G&D Currency Technology acquires cash management software developer Transtrack  ATM Marketplace

G&D Currency Technology has agreed to acquire Transtrack International, a developer of standard software solutions for the control and management of the …

Huawei Says U.K. Software Issues Will Take Years to Fix  The Wall Street Journal

In a response to concerns over discrepancies in software flagged by a U.K. lab, the Chinese telecom giant also said that its board of directors has signed off on a …

Amazon is trying to regulate itself over facial recognition software  Vox.com

Amazon released a blog post today proposing ethical guidelines around the use of facial recognition technology and called for national legislation on the topic.

How Lloyds’ software dept. is engineering the bank of the future  Techerati

For banks to truly benefit society, they need to harness the combined power of all the great minds sitting in their engineering ranks, says James McLeod.

IBM develops new tech to help prevent power outages  CRN Australia

IBM has developed technology to predict and monitor when and where trees and vegetation threaten power lines which could help improve power supply opera.

Three suppliers chosen to supply GP IT software in Scotland  Digital Health

Three suppliers have been awarded a new framework contract to supply IT software to GPs across NHS Scotland. EMIS Health (Egton Medical Information …

IT startup launches software to encourage physician-family conversations about epilepsy  EurekAlert

Digital Health Solutions LLC, founded by Dr. Stephen Downs, has created a module about SUDEP for its Child Health Improvement through Computer …

VMware Acquires AetherPal Remote Control and Support Software  ChannelE2E

VMware acquires AetherPal, which develops IT support software that allows VARs & MSPs to remotely view, control, troubleshoot, and fix devices & applications.