Data swamped US spy agencies put hopes on artificial intelligence
The US National Security Agency, which operates this ultra-secure data collection center in Utah, is one of the key US spying operations tur ...
Feds probe Uber's tracking of Lyft drivers (Update)
In this March 15, 2017, file photo, a sign marks a pick up point for the Uber car service at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The Justice Depa ...
US court rejects Qualcomm bid to limit Apple lawsuits
A federal judge gave Apple the first round in a patent battle with Qualcomm over technology for the iPhone, refusing to block Apple's le ...
Equifax breach: Criticism from lawmakers what people can do
This July 21, 2012, photo shows Equifax Inc., offices in Atlanta. Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed social security nu ...
Apple embarks on Emmy quest with big bet on video streaming
In this Sept. 9, 2015 file photo, a man walks past the Apple logo during a product display for Apple TV following an Apple event in San Fran ...
Investors punish Equifax for massive data breach
This July 21, 2012, photo shows Equifax Inc., offices in Atlanta. Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed social security nu ...
Uber acknowledges FBI probe into software tool
Uber says it is cooperating with a probe into its former use of a software tool that aimed at disrupting rival ride-sharing services Uber a ...
In wake of Equifax breach what to do to safeguard your info
This July 21, 2012, photo shows Equifax Inc., offices in Atlanta. Credit monitoring company Equifax says a breach exposed social security nu ...
British Engineering Excellence Awards 2017 shortlist unveiled
MA Business, the publisher of New Electronics and Eureka magazines, is delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).
How safe is critical infrastructure from hacker attacks?
Wind turbines often are set up in remote and uninhabited locations and therefore are hard to access. Nevertheless, our cities depend on them ...
NASA air traffic management research tool shows new colors
A pivotal piece of NASA air traffic management (ATM) software is getting fresh attention as the agency and its government, industry and acad ...
Algorithm uses Instagram posts to advise tourists on attractions most favoured by locals
Programmers from ITMO University created a computer algorithm that guides tourists to places of interest that are most popular with locals b ...
Peugeot suspected of fraud over diesels: report
And now Peugeot: A report says the carmaker is in the crosshairs of fraud investigators Investigators suspect French carmaker PSA intention ...
New Japanese robot dog sniffs out smelly feet
Hana-chan, a Japanese robot dog with an odour sensor, will offer an honest appraisal of the smell of your feet, barking if they honk a bit a ...
Cotton gin trash finding new life for electrical power
Cotton gin trash and other biomass feedstocks have been used as fuel to generate heat energy for power production. Credit: Texas A&M Agr ...
E-cars to shine at Frankfurt show as diesel takes backseat
Electric cars will hog the spotlight at this year's IAA motor show in Frankfurt, but Silicon Valley giant Tesla will be conspicuously ab ...
Computational tool recognizes filamentary sections of neurons and blood vessels
Retinal and neuronal segmentation images (right column) can be produced from empirical two-dimensional datasets (left column) thanks to a ne ...
‘Safe’ lithium-ion battery developed says US team
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), working with the University of Maryland, has developed a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and says it could be commercialis
New software can detect when people text and drive
Computer algorithms developed by engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo can accurately determine when drivers are texting or ...
143 mn affected in hack of US credit agency
Hackers penetrated the computer network of credit reporting firm Equifax, the latest big company to report a major breach A major American ...
Anti-terror chiefs want social media help with 'lone wolves'
Paddy McGuinness, the British Deputy National Security Adviser for Intelligence, noted that US companies like Facebook are protected by law ...
Apple Microsoft vow to shield DACA employees urge new law over tax reform
Don't mess with DACA. That was the message from major technology companies who are pressuring lawmakers to take swift action on a legisl ...
Watchdog agency: US nuclear dump running out of room
A government watchdog agency says the only underground nuclear waste repository in the United States doesn't have enough space for radio ...
Here comes the iPhone 8: Five things you should know
Do you have $1,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Then Apple has a deal for you. ...
From immigrant family to tech CEO Nina Vaca uses her success to spread global entrepreneurship
The first time you hear about Nina Vaca, you wonder why you've never heard of her before. ...
Review: Samsung Galaxy S8 Active is a survivor
Getting a new phone is exciting. Worrying about keeping that new phone safe is not so exciting. ...
Google takes aim at hated auto-play video ads
It may come as a surprise that the video ads that pop up and yell at you when you visit many websites are not considered the most annoying f ...
Disney streaming service just got a lot bigger
In this Monday, March 13, 2017, file photo, The Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger attends a special screening of Disney's "Beauty ...
US drugmaker Eli Lilly to cut 3500 jobs
Eli Lilly will cut 3,500 jobs and close some drug manufacturing and research facilities in a cost-cutting drive, the US pharmaceutical compa ...
Top 'streamripping' site shuts after music business suits
YouTube-mp3.org—which music industry representatives said had 60 million visitors a month and accounted for more than 40 percent of global s ...
Social networks extend gains as news sources in US: survey
Facebook remains the top social network news source for Americans, who are increasingly turning to such platforms for information, a survey ...
All NFL games will air online but watching won't be easy
In this Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, Thursday Night Football sportscasters Bill Cowher, left, and Phil Simms broadcast from the set on the fie ...
EU defence ministers put to test in mock cyberattack
NAGO chief Jens Stoltenberg (2ndL) said the alliance had seen a 60 percent increase in cyber attacks on its networks over the last year A m ...
Improving web security without sacrificing performance
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Electrical and Computer Engineering Chances are, you're reading this article on a web browser that u ...
Parched Jordan starts growing vegetables in desert
The Sahara Forest Project near Jordan's Aqaba aims to produce 130 tonnes of organic vegetables a year Jordan, a water-poor country that ...
Low-cost wearables manufactured by hybrid 3-D printing
An array of silver-TPU ink sensors printed on a flexible TPU base. Credit: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Human s ...
Algorithm reconstructs processes from individual images
The new method is able to reconstruct biological processes using image data. Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Researchers at the Helm ...
Amazon seeks bids for second headquarters to invest $5bn
Amazon announced plans Thursday to invest some $5 billion in a second North American headquarters, in a fresh sign of the phenomenal growth ...
Jaguar cars set to go electric from 2020
Are dreams electric? Jaguar promises more petrol-free models Jaguar Land Rover will make all its new vehicles available in electric or hybr ...
German hackers say vote software a security 'write-off'
German IT security experts said Thursday that they had found "serious flaws" in the ballot software being used for the September 2 ...
GoPro surges on camera-friendly outlook
This Nov. 11, 2015 file photo shows the GoPro HERO4 Session action camera in Decatur, Ga. GoPro anticipates realizing an adjusted profit in ...
Kenya shows pitfalls of digital elections
Maybe good old paper is best after all Allegations of computer hacking in Kenya's August 8 election have reignited a debate around the ...
XMOS powers growth with $15m funding round
XMOS, a leading company in voice capture solutions for the consumer electronics market, has announced its $15m Series-E funding round.
Jaguar Land Rover commits to an electric/hybrid future
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has joined a growing list of carmaker to say it will stop building cars solely powered by internal combustion engines. The UK- based manufacturer has announced that all new mod
The evolving laws and rules around privacy data security and robots
Every day, we use digital devices and web services to shop, track our fitness, chat with friends, play games, check-in at stores and restaur ...
Cadence unveils memory design and verification tool
Cadence Design Systems has unveiled the Legato Memory Solution, an integrated solution for memory design and verification.
Americans support net energy metering
About three out of every four Americans support hotly debated net energy metering policies, which allow residents with wind turbines and sol ...
Australia needs to do more to regulate internet-connected medical devices
Australia’s medical regulator needs to do more about cybersecurity. Credit: Korawig Boonsua/Shutterstock In the future, people are going to ...
Facebook: Accounts from Russia bought ads during US campaign (Update)
In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks after a closed meet ...
Chinese robotics artist makes real-life 'Transformers'
In the suburbs of China's capital, a 32-year-old engineer creates the kind of larger-than-life, shapeshifting robots that most have only ...
IBM and MIT partner on artificial intelligence research
IBM is planning to spend $240 million over the next decade to create an artificial intelligence research lab at MIT. ...
Russia-linked Facebook accounts stoked US divisions
An internal review by Facebook founded fake accounts from Russia sought to inflame political tensions ahead of the 2016 US election Faceboo ...
Finding better wind energy potential with the new European Wind Atlas
Over the last 25 years, the world has seen an increased dependency on wind energy that promises to continue growing. This has created an eve ...
PupilScreen aims to allow parents coaches medics to detect concussion TBIs with a phone
The UW researchers initially tested PupilScreen with a 3-D printed box that controls the eye's exposure to light. They are now training ...
Iceland featured in FIFA 18 game
Icelandic football fans cheer their team during the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification football match between Iceland and Ukraine in Reykjavi ...
Russia jails two members of notorious hacker group
Konstantin Teplyakov and Alexander Filinov were part of a group called Shaltai-Boltai—Russian for "Humpty Dumpty"—believed to be b ...
Russia-tied hackers can gain control of power network: report
In the past year the Dragonfly 2.0 cyber-espionage group has become "highly focused" on energy systems, the security firm Symantec ...
Webcast marks TV milestone unsung pioneer behind it
In this Dec. 9, 1930, file photo, Philo T. Farnsworth, San Francisco-based inventor of the television, poses in New York. A live webcast wil ...
Water-based lithium-ion batteries without explosive risks now a reality
Researchers at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that ...
House passes bill to speed deployment of self-driving cars
The House has passed a bill to speed the introduction of self-driving cars by giving the federal government authority to exempt automakers f ...
Beware the cult of 'tech fixing' – it's why America is eyeing the nuclear button
Credit: Quality Stock Arts With even Vladimir Putin now warning of global catastrophe from the recent tensions in Korea, we are in arguably ...
Kohl's to open Amazon shops inside some of its stores
This May 11, 2017 file photo shows a Kohl's department store, in Doral, Fla. Kohl's says it will open up Amazon shops in 10 of its s ...
Voting vulnerability: Study points to potential fraud in online voting registration systems
Credit: Karen Arnold/public domain Online attackers may be able to purchase - for as little as a few thousand dollars - enough personal inf ...
New app could transform music teaching in schools
Credit: University of Sussex Developed by academics and musicians at the University of Sussex, the Syncphonia app enables a music teacher o ...
Why US battery startups fail—and how to fix it
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Better batteries are critical to the world's clean energy future. More economical and efficient batteries wou ...
Autonomous vehicle partnership aims for level 4 cars
A partnership between Groupe PSA and AImotive aims to deliver Level 4 (mind off) autonomous cars capable of attaining speeds of up to 130km/h.Via a highway pilot programme based, the project will depl
Supercharging silicon batteries
Members of the Nanoparticles by Design Unit besides the Cluster Beam Deposition machine used to manufacture the new silicon anode. Credit: O ...
Multi layer silicon anode to boost Li-ion battery performance
Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology are the latest to publish work exploring the use of silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries.
Reproducing the computational environments of experiments
A view from inside the MDC's data center, with racks of high performance computers. Credit: MDC Experiments increasingly rely on high-p ...
RF front end designed to speed development of 5G networks
In a move targeted at speeding the development of 5G networks, Movandi has announced a scalable RF front-end system solution called BeamX. According to the newly launched company, the performance of i
Cyber security for connected and autonomous vehicles
A partnership between Ricardo and Roke Manor Research is looking to develop solutions that will make autonomous and connected transport robust against cyber attack.
‘Key’ 5G building blocks launched by imec
Two building blocks launched by Belgian research centre imec are said to be key for future 5G applications. The first is a fast and compact successive approximation A/D converter for consumer electron
Nissan adds range to cheaper Leaf but new drivers are key
New Nissan LEAF electric vehicle is displayed after the world premiere in Chiba, near Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Nissan's new Leaf ...
EU top court orders reexamination of Intel antitrust fine
The European Union's top court on Wednesday sent back a case on a billion euro fine against chip maker Intel Corp. for further legal exa ...
Silicon Valley denounces betrayal of 'Dreamers' (Update)
Immigrants and supporters demonstrate during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in front of the White H ...
Radiation analysis software makes emergency responders' jobs quicker easier
Sandia National Laboratories researchers Ethan Chan, left, Alf Morales, center, and Will Johnson demonstrate how InterSpec is used in the fi ...
WhatsApp unveils plan to make money from businesses
Facebook-owned WhatsApp mobile messaging service is looking at ways to monetize the service by charging businesses for connecting with users ...
Ohio Supercomputer Center releases open-source HPC access portal
An innovative web-based portal for accessing high performance computing services has matured beyond the beta phase and now is available to H ...
Engineers develop tools to share power from renewable energy sources during outages
Researchers have developed an algorithm that allows residential customers to share power from the renewable energy sources in their homes du ...
Silicon Valley denounces betrayal of 'Dreamers'
Immigrants and supporters demonstrate during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in front of the White H ...
Silicon Valley on edge as lawmakers target online sex trafficking
After a sustained assault from lawmakers, investigators and victims groups, the website Backpage.com agreed early this year to shut down its ...
Lenovo to pay $3.5M in settlement over preloaded software
A technology company will pay $3.5 million and change how it sells laptop computers as part of a settlement reached with federal officials a ...
Aerial drones deliver sweet spot for HAB research at VIMS
These are bloom streaks in the York River beneath the Coleman Bridge on July 27, 2017. Note the turbulence caused by the flood tide carrying ...
In a high-tech world car designers still rely on clay
This 1954 photo Courtesy of General Motors shows a Buick Design Studio creative clay sculptor as he molds the clay on a model GM automobile. ...
France to arm military surveillance drones
France is set to arm drones that are currently used exclusively for surveillance and intelligence, a first for the French military, the defe ...
Big sellers like Toyota Camry Ram getting updates in 2018
This file image provided by Tesla Motors shows the Tesla Model 3 sedan. Tesla Motors Inc. reports earnings on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. (Cour ...
'Angry Birds' owners to go public after movie success
And now the shares will float, too Finland's Rovio, creator of the hugely popular smartphone game Angry Birds, said Tuesday it was plan ...
SecureRF Joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program
SecureRF, a provider of quantum-resistant security tools for the Internet of Things (IoT), has joined the STMicroelectronics Partner Program.
Car navigation tech brings new twists and turns to driving
This undated photo provided by the City of Fremont, Calif., shows a blinking sign warning drivers: "Don't Trust Your Apps," in ...
Samsung Note 8 gives its stylus some style—for a price
This Aug. 16, 2017, file photo shows a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and accompanying stylus on display in New York. The stylus sets Samsung's N ...
A sweeter smile through augmented reality
Thanks to Kapanu's software, patients and dentists can see the result of tooth corrections before surgery. Credit: Kapanu In the future ...
Researchers discover security flaws in smart home products
Credit: Philipp Morgner Smart home products such as lamps controlled via mobile devices are becoming ever more popular in private household ...
Leti unveils pressure-based fingerprint sensor
Leti has announced that the European R&D project known as PiezoMAT has developed a pressure-based fingerprint sensor that enables resolution more than twice as high as currently required by the U.
What's hot and what's not at Berlin's IFA tech fair
Every step you take: Activity trackers are definitely hot at Berlin tech show Berlin's IFA technology fair, Europe's largest and a ...
Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult appoints CEO
Stephen Doran has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the new Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult, part of a growing network of technology innovation centres across the UK. He is du
New method developed to find out the emissions of an urban bus fleet
A sampling bus used during the study. Credit: INSIA Researchers from INSIA (UPM) have developed a new methodology to evaluate the consumpti ...
Student transforms cow manure into household furniture
Credit: Birmingham City University A university student has gone from stool to stools after transforming cow manure into a range of designe ...
United Technologies buys Rockwell Collins for $22.75 billion
United Technologies is acquiring Rockwell Collins for $22.75 billion in order to expand its aerospace capabilities. ...
Publisher Tronc acquires Daily News storied NY tabloid
Newspaper publisher Tronc has acquired the Daily News, a storied New York tabloid newspaper that won a Pulitzer Prize this year but has been ...
Google proposals 'in right direction' EU anti-trust chief says
EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager hit Google with the mega fine in June 2017 for illegally favouring its shopping service in ...