Steve Jobs' widow takes stake in Atlantic magazine
An organization led by the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs announced Friday it was taking a majority stake in The Atlantic, a prestigio ...
AI advances to put greater value on human judgment: U of T experts
Credit: University of Toronto With the rise of artificial intelligence and concern about its potential impact on jobs, U of T's Ajay Agrawa ...
Study helps Californians save electricity—and money—this summer
Participants in the study can monitor their household’s energy usage via a smartphone application. Credit: UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation ...
Lonely hearts seek virtual girlfriends at Hong Kong fair
Tens of thousands are expected to attend the annual Hong Kong event, one of the biggest of its kind in Asia Virtual reality games usually p ...
Croatian taxis protest Uber at height of tourism season
Hundreds of Croatian taxi drivers are protesting against Uber services, disrupting traffic at the height of the tourism season in the Adriat ...
The scientific reason you don't like LED bulbs—and the simple way to fix them
Credit: Shutterstock There's a handy trick for reading station signs that otherwise fly past in a blur as you travel in a high-speed train. ...
'Big hunt' for Russian hackers but no obvious election link
In this Thursday, July 20, 2017 file photo, Russian computer programmer Stanislav Lisov attends a court hearing at the Spanish National Cour ...
Amazon sales surge but spending bites into profit (Update)
US online giant Amazon reported higher sales but weaker earnings, following a familiar pattern of the firm led by Jeff Bezos of putting grow ...
Mainstream Model 3 holds promise—and peril—for Tesla
This undated image provided by Tesla Motors shows the Tesla Model 3 sedan. The electric car company's newest vehicle, the Model 3, which set ...
Los Angeles to have fully electric bus fleet by 2030
The state of California has positioned itself at the forefront in the fight against carbon emissions despite President Donald Trump's decisi ...
Apple axes iPod nano and shuffle
The iPod shuffle and nano were unveiled by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs Touch became the last iPod standing on Thursday as Apple remove ...
Alexa: The roommate I need but am not quite sure I want
We were introduced at a party. Our first exchange was pretty in ...
Amazon sales surge but spending bites into profit
US online giant Amazon reported higher sales but weaker earnings, following a familiar pattern of the firm led by Jeff Bezos of putting grow ...
Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person - briefly (Update)
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the US tech giant enabled him to ov ...
VW and regulators agree on fix for cars in cheating scandal
In this Sept. 26, 2015 file photo a giant logo of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured on top of a company's factory building ...
Seeing the light: Researchers seek to improve solar cell technology using new materials and nanowires
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are expanding solar cell technology using nanowires to capture more of the sun's energy and ...
Berlin orders recall of 22000 Porsches over emissions cheating (Update)
This picture taken on March 9, 2016 shows new Porsche Cayenne at the Porsche factory in Leipzig Germany on Thursday ordered luxury car bran ...
Why you still can't ditch your cable box
This Wednesday, May 30, 2007, file photo shows a cable box on top of a television set in Philadelphia. Not that long ago, the clunky cable b ...
Greek police see leads in money laundering suspect's phone
A Russian man is escorted by police officers as he arrives at a courthouse at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Wednesday, July 26, 2 ...
Morocco arrests British Bitcoin dealer wanted in US
Moroccan police have arrested a British dealer in virtual currency Bitcoin wanted on fraud charges in the United States Moroccan police hav ...
Why Twitter won't ban President Donald Trump
This Wednesday, April 26, 2017, photo shows the Twitter app on a smartphone in Philadelphia. Twitter Inc. reports earnings, Thursday, July 2 ...
Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the US tech giant enabled him to ov ...
Berlin pressures automakers as scandals pile up
German political leaders are demanding more action to reduce harmful diesel emissions German political leaders took the country's auto indu ...
Apple ordered to pay $506M in Wisconsin patent infringement
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A judge has ordered computer-maker Apple Inc. to pay more than $506 million in a patent infringement case brought ...
An app to help you zero in on summer fun
Credit: EPFL / Alain Herzog An app developed by an EPFL doctoral student suggests outings you're sure to like – from sporting events to cul ...
Twitter user growth stalls revenue dips
Twitter said revenues in the quarter slipped five percent from a year ago to $574 million, and advertising revenue fell eight percent to $48 ...
Comcast tops Street 2Q forecasts
This Wednesday, March 29, 2017, photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast Corp. reports earnings, Thursday, Jul ...
Expert says banning petrol and diesel cars is symbolically important
Credit: University of the West of England Following the announcement yesterday that the government plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from ...
AI system identifies objects over long distance
Building on the way a human’s visual cortex processes and visualises information, a collaborative project involving CENSIS, Thales and University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has created a system whi
No one knew just how many Ubers and Lyfts were out there—until now
Northeastern researchers Alan Mislove and Christo Wilson created a program that works to determine the volume of drivers for these ride-hail ...
Video: A self-driving wheelchair
Singapore and MIT have been at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development. First, there were self-driving golf buggies. Then, an autono ...
From flying warehouses to robot toilets – five technologies that could shape the future
Credit: Shutterstock Flying warehouses, robot receptionists, smart toilets… do such innovations sound like science fiction or part of a pos ...
Study suggests investment pays off in safety for walkers bikers
Older urban areas tend to be more pedestrian- and bicyclist-friendly, says Robert Schneider, an associate professor of urban planning at UWM ...
The real consequences of fake news
Credit: Shutterstock Fake news, or fabricated content deceptively presented as real news, has garnered a lot of interest since the U.S. pre ...
3D NAND hits four bits per cell
Storage specialist Western Digital has developed a 3D NAND flash memory capable of storing 4bit/cell. This allows a 64 layer BiCS3 device to store 768Gbit.
Arrow signs global deal to carry Bosch MEMS sensors
Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement to supply Bosch Sensortec products. The two companies say they will pursue opportunities for inertial, environmental and smart sensors in a
Gecko MCUs offer more features lower power
Silicon Labs has expanded its EFM32 Gecko MCU portfolio with the addition of devices offering higher performance, more features and lower power consumption.
Pressure sensor can identify early stages of flat feet
It records the data from mobile sensors placed on an insole of a shoe. Later, it is being sent via Bluetooth connection to a computer for vi ...
Using magnetic resonance to evaluate food quality
The applications and benefits of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in medicine are well known, but the technology is also used in other areas ...
Volkswagen earnings rise in stronger European economy
In this Sept. 26, 2015 file photo a giant logo of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured on top of a company's factory building ...
Foxconn: World's No. 1 contract electronics maker
In this May 26, 2010 file photo, staff members work on the production line at the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, ...
Nokia reports loss warns of decline in networks industry
Nokia continued to be hit by a decline in its core networks sector in the second quarter with almost flat sales, and cautioned Thursday that ...
Trump hails $10 bn investment from Apple supplier Foxconn (Update)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a $10 billion US investment by Apple supplier Foxconn to build a plant in Wisconsin. ...
Facebook profit jumps as user ranks grow
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook on Wednesday reported a surge in profits in the past quarter, fueled by strong growth in money-making a ...
Samsung soars sidestepping jailing of chief Note 7 fiasco
In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017 photo, a visitor experiences Samsung Electronics Galaxy S8 smartphones at its shop in Seoul, South Korea. S ...
Amazon pushes into SE Asia with Singapore launch
Amazon launched its express delivery service in Singapore on Thursday, the US online retail giant's first foray into Southeast Asia and a mo ...
Chinese writers navigate censors to earn cash via apps
China's widely-used applications have given writers like Qiao Mu an outlet to self-publish and make money—as long as their words respect the ...
Amazon and Foxconn reflect a growing trend: Deliver it now
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks in the East Room of the White ...
Uber's latest bid to win over drivers: 24/7 phone support
Uber added a 24-hour phone help line and a slew of new features and policy changes Tuesday in an attempt to appease drivers, who have long c ...
How a 16-hour road trip led to the creation of Seattle startup Apptentive
The idea for Seattle startup Apptentive started as a conversation on a 16-hour road trip as co-founders Robi Ganguly and Andrew Wooster drov ...
For women called Alexa it's funny frustrating to share name with Amazon device
Since Amazon introduced the Alexa-enabled Echo device in 2014, the jokes have become so omnipresent that Alexa Philbeck, 29, briefly conside ...
Facebook's ads just keep creeping into new apps
This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on a smartphone in New York. Facebook has squeezed just about as many ...
Uber's going big into trucking business and nowhere bigger than Texas
One of the biggest technology disruptors when it comes to shuttling people is now trying to transform the way goods are moved around the cou ...
KC team comes up with a chatbot to corral your drug bill
You leave your doctor's office with a prescription that the physician's office sends to your regular pharmacy. ...
Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots
A simulation (top row) and real-world experiment (bottom row) match for the same jumping mechanism designed to flip over a wall and land rig ...
Trump set to unveil $10 bn investment from Apple supplier Foxconn
President Donald Trump on Wednesday will unveil a $10 billion US investment by Apple supplier Foxconn to build a plant in Wisconsin, the Whi ...
Whole Foods' key sales dip shows Amazon buying a fixer-upper
This Thursday, June 15, 2017, photo shows a Whole Foods Market sign at a store in Coral Gables, Fla. Whole Foods Market Inc. reports earning ...
Intelligent animation—engineers collaborate to incorporate AI into a computer-based rendering system
A before-and-after image of the denoising capability of the AI neural network model Credit: Steve Bako Modern films and TV shows are f ...
VW directors mull cartel claims no comment on details
Automaker Volkswagen says its management has informed its supervisory board about "the current situation regarding possible cartel law ...
Experts: Software theft shows threat of mercenary hackers
On an October morning in 2012, the system administrator of a tiny Vermont defense contractor arrived at work to find the business' computers ...
New York eyes 'textalyzer' to bust drivers using phones
In this May 31, 2013 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference to announce the increase in penalties for textin ...
Now hiring at Amazon: Thousands of people in one day
In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Mark Oldenburg processes outgoing orders at Amazon.com's fulfillment center in DuPont, Wash. On W ...
Gadgets: Easy-to-use devices analyze watch and retouch
Alcomate Revo The pocket-sized (4.0-by-2.0-by-0.6-inches) Alcomate Revo is a great device for accurately reading an individual's blood-alco ...
EU court: EU-Canada passenger data deal breaches privacy (Update)
The European Union's top court said in a written opinion Wednesday that parts of a deal between the EU and Canada on sharing airline passeng ...
World gears up for electric cars despite bumps in road
Electric cars can be the stuff of dreams, but there are hidden environmental costs Technological advances mean fossil fuel in cars could be ...
At hacker summit a new focus on preventing brazen attacks
In this photo taken Friday, June 8, 2012 Alex Stamos CTO of Artemis Internet, an NCC Group Company, poses by a domain name poster at their o ...
UniCredit says hackers get data on 400000 clients
UniCredit said that hackers obtained informaton on about 400,000 of its Italian customers, but not data that would give them access to bank ...
Solar scientists rough up silicon panels to boost light capture
Figure 1. Fabrication of ultralow reflectance polycrystalline silicon wafers by use of the developed technology. Credit: Osaka University P ...
Researchers make augmented reality a group experience
Credit: Disney Research Sit on Disney Research's Magic Bench and you may have an elephant hand you a glowing orb. Or you might get rained o ...
High temperature superconductivity in B-doped Q-carbon
A novel, boron-doped Q-carbon material is said to significantly increase the temperature at which carbon-based materials act as superconductors, according to researchers at North Carolina State Univer
New Virtual Drive Test method improves cellular and internet connection
2016 model year Range Rover Evoque. Credit: Range Rover When purchasing a new car, customers demand high-quality cellular and internet acce ...
Two-dimensional materials that can multitask
Naturally produced patterned monolayers have been discovered by scientists at Vanderbilt University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing which can act as a base for creating a variety of nov
Toward additive manufacturing
A scientist using a 3D printer at the ARTC. Credit: A*STAR Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre Automation, robotics, advanced co ...
Italian bank says 400000 loan account details hacked
Italy's largest bank, Unicredit, says accounts of some 400,000 customers in Italy have been hacked. ...
Chemical route towards graphene electronic devices
Electronic components, such as diodes and tunnel barriers, can be incorporated into single graphene wires – or nanoribbons – with atomic precision say researchers from Aalto University in Finland and
EU court: EU-Canada passenger data deal breaches privacy
The European Union's top court says in an advisory opinion that a deal between the EU and Canada on sharing airline passenger data breaches ...
Daimler stands by diesel despite growing controversy
In this March 29, 2017 file photo Dieter Zetsche, CEO of the Daimler AG, poses next to a car prior to the shareholders meeting of the car ma ...
Authorities warn virtual kidnapping scams are on the rise
The caller who rang Valerie Sobel's cellphone had a horrifying message: "We have Simone's finger. Do you want to see the rest of her in ...
AT&T tops Wall Street's profit revenue forecasts
In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015, photo, a man using a mobile phone walks past an AT&T store, in New York. AT&T Inc. reports earnings, ...
Google asks US court to block Canadian global delisting order
Google argues a Canadian court order requiring it to delist a website cannot be enforced in the United States Google on Tuesday asked a Cal ...
Adobe bidding Flash farewell in 2020
Adobe's once-ubiquitous Flash software for video and online games is being retired by 2020 Adobe on Tuesday said its Flash software that se ...
Musk Zuckerberg duel over artificial intelligence
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has only "limited" knowledge of artificial intelligence Visio ...
Snopes meets $500K crowdfunding goal amid legal battle
Fact-checking website Snopes.com has quickly met a $500,000 goal set for an online fundraiser amid a legal battle with an outside vendor tha ...
Colorizing images with deep neural networks
The proposed system uses AI to colorize a grayscale image (left), guided by user color 'hints' (second), providing the capability for quickl ...
Six billion records hacked so far this year: researchers
Researchers say a surge in hacking has led to a new record this year for data breaches A surge in computer hacking has led to the breach of ...
Police turn to hackathons as crime fighting goes digital
Hackathons are events where people collaborate to develop new software. Credit: Flickr/ Sebastiaaan ter Burg Police and law enforcement sta ...
Researchers hit new world efficiency record with perovskite solar cells
Current density-voltage (J-V) curves and photovoltaic parameters of the best-performing small and large PSCs and device reproducibility. Cre ...
Designing soft robots: Ethics-based guidelines for human-robot interactions
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers Soft-bodied robots offer the possibility for social engagement, and novel tactile human-robot in ...
Study shows India can integrate 175 GW of renewable energy into its electricity grid
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed the technical and economic viability of integratin ...
Nielsen to count viewers for Hulu YouTube live TV services
This Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, file photo shows the YouTube TV logo at the YouTube Space LA in Los Angeles. Nielsen says it will start countin ...
BMW to build electric Mini in Oxford despite looming Brexit
In this Feb. 16, 2009 file photo a large advertising poster for BMW Mini cars is seen outside the assembly plant in Oxford, England. Germany ...
Global ransomware attacks on the rise: Europol
Britain's National Health Service was one of those organisatiuon targeted in last May's WannaCry ransomware attack Global ransomware attack ...
GM 2Q net earnings fall on loss from sale of European unit
In this April 25, 2017, photo, a Chevrolet truck sits in a General Motors dealer's lot in Nashville, Tenn. General Motors Co. reports financ ...
What could giant batteries mean for Indonesian energy?
In response to blackouts and concerns over energy supply, South Australia is getting the world's largest lithium-ion battery. What exactly d ...
Pinpointing sources of water pollution with a robotic eel
Credit: Alain Herzog / 2017 EPFL Researchers from EPFL, together with other institutes, have developed a robotic eel that swims through con ...
Inside the tech that makes 'near-miss' air collisions almost impossible
Credit: Alexey Y. Petrov/Shutterstock The sky is a crowded place. In June 2017, there were on average 33,000 flights every day over Europe ...
Climate change poses threat to European electricity production
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The vulnerability of the European electricity sector to changes in water resources is set to worsen by 2030 as a ...
First bio-compatible ion current battery
Engineers at the University of Maryland claim to have invented a bio-compatible battery which produces the same kind of ion-based electrical energy that flows in humans and other living things.
Snopes launches online fundraiser amid legal battle
Fact-checking website Snopes.com has launched an online fundraiser amid a legal battle with an outside vendor that Snopes says is holding it ...
Wisconsin retail tech company offers to microchip its staff
A Wisconsin company is offering to microchip its employees, enabling them to open doors, log onto their computers and purchase break room sn ...