The field service industry is changing at a rapid pace thanks to the ongoing advancement of field service management (FSM) technology. While it takes various layers of technology to complete a full suite of FSM tools, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a significant role and can have a major impact. The acceptance and usage of technology within FSM ...

DeepMind has announced that the team behind Streams, a healthcare app for managing patients using its powerful artificial intelligence, is joining Google to create an "AI-powered assistant for nurses and doctors everywhere."

Revolut's new machine learning technology has reduced card fraud fourfold in two months, the company has announced, with the company reportedly getting offers from traditional high street banks to buy the technology.

Last month, Thames Water announced it would be investing GB pound 11.7 billion in infrastructure and leak reduction systems. With regulator Ofwat challenging all water providers to achieve at least a 15% leakage reduction by 2025, they are just one of a number of water suppliers assessing options for improving leak identification and driving down wastage.

Between the second and third quarters of this year, the number of investment deals fell 18.2% in the UK, Beauhurst found in its latest market report. This was reflected in a 9.2% decline in the amount of money investors stumped up for tech firm deals overall.

Durham-based Atom bank and Newcastle University will join forces for a three-year research project to examine how financial services companies can build better, more trustworthy services for their customers.

The UK is certified unicorn factory -- the country has 15 current unicorns and has single-handedly created 35% of Europe's entire unicorn count since 2008. But if the UK tech industry is so good at getting a tech business to $1 billion, what's stopping it from growing these companies to valuations of $10 billion, $20 billion or $100 billion?

As companies look ahead to 2019 and where they should be investing in IT, cloud is bound to be on the agenda. But what do the latest cloud cost comparisons look like and who should be investing in cloud? How does cloud stack up against on-premise?

Digital bank Monzo has raised GB pound 85 million in a Series E funding round, led by General Catalyst, supported by Accel and the company's existing investors, valuing the company at more than GB pound 1 billion (US$1.27 billion), making it the UK's newest tech unicorn. (See The UK Starts & Grows Most of Europe's Tech Unicorns.)