Chris Middleton

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Chris Middleton specialises in robotics, AI, the IoT, Industry 4.0, blockchain, and technology strategy. He is former editor of InternetOfBusiness.com, Computing, Computer Business Review, Professional Outsourcing (which he co-founded, now known as Intelligent Sourcing), Hack & Craft News, and UCInsight, among others, and is a contributing editor to Diginomica, Computing, InternetOfBusiness, and Hack & Craft News. He also founded Strategist magazine. Over the years, he has also written for Computer Weekly, The Guardian, The Times, PC World, I-CIO, V3, The Inquirer, and Blockchain News, among others. He is an acknowledged robotics expert who has appeared on BBC TV and radio, ITN, and Talk Radio, and is probably the only tech journalist in the UK to own a number of humanoid robots, which he hires out to events, exhibitions, universities, and schools. Chris has also chaired conferences on robotics, AI, IoT investment, digital marketing, blockchain, and space technologies, and has spoken at numerous other events.

Chris Middleton

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More drones in the sky in one day than planes in a year - Amazonian number-crunching

A critical look at what might happen to our cities if we get deliveries by drone.

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Drone futures - thousands of exciting possibilities take to the air, but demand common sense

Some diverse, exciting technology innovations around drone technology, all of which demand a big dose of common sense from the sector and its regulators.

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Is 'do as I say, not as I do' official UK government policy for AI as well as everything else?

Hammering a tough nut - Brexit Britain’s attitude to Artificial Intelligence, in the wake of the National Data Strategy.

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Why the AI industry urgently needs more uncomfortable conversations about BAME representation 

Challenging thoughts from an inspiring campaigner for diversity and inclusiveness in the AI sector.

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Friday Rant - why Agile development is a fad, not a proper engineering approach

A UK standard bearer and assurance expert takes a sceptical stance on Agile development…a bridge too far?

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Quantum computing in the cloud - Xanadu discovered in Toronto

Chris Middleton speaks to the CEO of Canadian quantum cloud startup Xanadu about what it claims is the world’s first photonics-based quantum computing platform available in the cloud.

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Friday Rant - academia still drinking the algo-pop despite the A-Levels fiasco

One British university is using AI and automation to solve all the problems caused by AI and automation. Or is it?

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How VR oils the training wheels for BP when remote is the new normal

Oil giant BP is using Virtual Reality to onboard and train its engineers in complex areas – from offshore oil rigs to workplace diversity.

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Paws for thought - how pet food-as-a-service has boomed for PetShop.co.uk during COVID-19

PetShop.co.uk has used NetSuite to support a significant uptick in business during the pandemic crisis.

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Friday Rant - Rise of the Rogue-Bots?

Danger! Danger! Robots running rampant...perhaps

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No way, Huawei! Brexit Britain's decision to ban Chinese firm from 5G rollout will please Trump, but cripple the UK's infrastructure future

The US will be pleased by the UK's decision to cut ties with China's Huawei, but it's an act of Washington-appeasement and digital self-harm for which Brexit Britain will pay dearly.

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Why are so few retail supply chains digital?  Lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 crisis

A new global survey on the challenges facing major retailers as lockdowns lift and stores re-open exposes supply chain shortcomings that need to be addressed before another major crisis hits.