Apple boss Tim Cook (pictured) heralded technologies including machine learning as having the potential to change the world for the better, but warned the benefits must be widely shared in order for the promise to be realised.

Reports suggest Broadcom will wait until March 2018 to increase its $130 billion takeover offer for Qualcomm.

South Korea-headquartered Samsung acquired local artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Fluenty to beef up its Bixby voice recognition system, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Verizon said it will launch fixed-wireless 5G service in up to five markets in 2018, starting with Sacremento, California.

A live 5G-based proof of concept to test smart urban applications over next-generation mobile networks will be deployed in the centre of UK city Bristol in March 2018, as part of a joint research programme between the University of Bristol, BT and Nokia.