Telecom lobbying muscle kills privacy rules
This Monday, July 25, 2016, file photo shows signage in a Verizon store in North Andover, Mass. The telecom industry's lobbying muscle pushe ...
Scientists develop a novel algorithm inspired by bee colonies to help dismantling criminal social networks
Credit: University of Granada Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have designed an algorithm, inspired by the intelligent and ...
Saudi seeks 10% renewable energy in six years: minister
Saudi Minister of Energy, Industrial and Mineral Resources Khaled al-Falih speaks during the Saudi Arabia Renewable Energy Investment Forum ...
New adhesive sensor can save patients the discomfort and of pain leaky intravenous drips
The sensor patch can be embedded into the dressing that fixes a cannula in place. Credit: A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics A new adhesi ...
Neural networks explained
2017-04-17 20:00:08Neural networks explained
Most applications of deep learning use “convolutional” neural networks, in which the nodes of each layer are clustered, the clusters overlap ...
Kids prefer the TV for their viewing but love other devices
In this Jan. 6, 1953, file photo, four children watch a television in Baltimore, Md. Ever since freckle-faced puppet Howdy Doody ushered in ...
Computer pioneer Robert W. Taylor dies at 85
Robert W. Taylor, who was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died. He was 85. ...
Microsoft says users are protected from alleged NSA malware
Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Sa ...
Uber says growth strong as it gives a peek at earnings
Uber on Friday provided a glimpse at its earnings, saying it is growing strong while working to overhaul company culture at the scandal-dent ...
Alphabet's Verily makes smartwatch for health research
Study Watch is an investigational device and is not available for sale. Alphabet's life sciences unit Verily on Friday unveiled a wrist-wo ...
Apple gets permit to test self-driving cars
Apple has obtained a permit to test self-driving vehicles, putting the iPhone maker in competition with Google and others. Pictured here is ...
Helping students learn by sketching
Although sketching exercises can help students learn many subjects, they are woefully underused in classrooms. ...
Facebook disrupts suspected spam operation
Facebook has ramped up its fight against "fake news," and just announced it disrupted an extensive ring of illegitimate accounts ...
Apple to begin testing self-driving car tech in California
Apple will begin testing self-driving car technology in California, its first public move into a highly competitive field that could radical ...
New leak suggests NSA penetrated Mideast banking networks
A new set of documents published by a group calling itself TheShadowBrokers suggests that the U.S. National Security Agency has burrowed dee ...
GM to ramp up self-driving effort in Silicon Valley
General Motors is boosting its autonomous driving efforts, investing $14 million and adding 1,100 jobs in a new research center in San Franc ...
Facebook targets 30000 fake France accounts before election
Republican guards, right, line up in the courtyard of the presidential Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, April 14, 2017. The two-round presid ...
Researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels
A lead sulfide quantum dot solar cell developed by researchers at NREL. Credit: Dennis Schroeder Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energ ...
$19.8 billion airwaves auction may mean better cell service (Update)
This Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows a T-Mobile store in New York. Consumers could see more competition and better mobile service ...
Report: Uber used secret program to track Lyft drivers
In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downtown Los A ...
$19.8 billion airwaves auction may mean better cell service
Consumers could see more competition and better mobile service after the end of a big U.S. government auction transferring airwave rights fr ...
US companies performed 18% of R&D outside the United States in 2013
The four largest fields for R&D performance by US companies in foreign countries. Credit: NSF U.S. companies spent $73 billion on resea ...
University of Michigan unveils 1500-pound Rubik's Cube
A traditional Rubik's Cube sits on a podium in the foreground while a person operates an oversized version shortly after its unveiling insid ...
We're not saying it's wrong but you sleep with your smartphone
Credit: Peter Griffin/Public Domain Admit it, you're really into your smartphone. ...
Tesla's Musk announces plans for semi-truck launch
Elon Musk, the co-founder and chief executive of Electric carmaker Tesla, announced plans for a semi-truck via Twitter Tesla founder Elon ...
Government raises $19.8 billion in airwaves auction
The U.S. government raised $19.8 billion in an auction transferring airwave rights from TV broadcasters to companies interested in wireless ...
Policymakers 'flying blind' into the future of work
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Will a robot take away my job? Many people ask that question, yet policymakers don't have the kind of information ...
It's still a bad idea to text while driving even with a head-up display
Credit: Steffen Thoma/Public Domain Drivers commonly perform secondary tasks while behind the wheel to navigate or communicate with others, ...
Team develops novel semiconductor nanofiber with superb charge conductivity
A research team led by Prof. Wallace Leung develops novel semiconductor nanotubes with superb charge conductivity which can be widely used i ...
Method improves semiconductor fibre optics
A new method to improve semiconductor fibre optics could revolutionise the global transmission of data, according to a team of researchers from Penn State University.
Russia blocks app used to organize protests
Russia has banned the use on its territory of a smartphone app widely used like a walkie-talkie to organize demonstrations and other gatheri ...
Top chipmaker TSMC says forex fluctuation hits Q1 earnings
Microchip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing blamed currency fluctuations as it posted a slump in first quarter earnings Thursday, war ...
Large fries? Extra sauce? Why McDonald's wants to track all your dining habits
You know a lot about McDonald's, but McDonald's doesn't know much about you. At least not yet. ...
Auto show: High-priced high-power super cars; a Tesla rival
Thursday at the New York International Auto Show was a day for automakers that sell to the wealthiest of car buyers to show their high-power ...
Review: YouTube TV could use some more time in production
A YouTube video by an enterprising 14-year-old showcasing the talents of his laid-off dad, a Florida-based marketing specialist, has scored ...
Biased bots: Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systems
Researchers found that certain search terms revealed AI bias. Credit: Princeton University In debates over the future of artificial intelli ...
Better than nature: artificial biofilm increases energy production in microbial fuel cells
A confocal microscopic image of wet spun microfibres with Shewanella oneidensis bacteria (green: living bacteria; red: dead bacteria). Credi ...
How the blockchain will transform housing markets
A blockchain’s ability to move assets from one owner to another allows less dependence on intermediaries. Credit: www.shutterstock.com An e ...
Low-haze structures for transparent flexible electrodes by electrospinning processes
When conductive materials are spun, flexible conductive transparent electrodes could be produced. Credit: Bellhäuser, only free within ...
Czech court to rule on Russian hacker extradition in prison
Czech authorities say an extradition hearing in the case of a Russian man who faces charges in the United States of hacking and stealing inf ...
Aspiring tech prodigy tries to re-route self-driving cars
In this photograph taken on Monday, April 10, 2017, Luminar CEO Austin Russell gestures while looking at a 3D lidar map on a demonstration d ...
New machine learning models can detect hate speech and violence from texts
The words we use and our writing styles can reveal information about our preferences, thoughts, emotions and behaviours. Using this informat ...
Paper cutting creates energy harvesting device
Inspired by the Chinese and Japanese art of paper-cutting, researchers from China, Taiwan and Georgia Tech in the US have developed a device that can harvest and store energy from body movements.
Indoor temperatures in buildings of the future will automatically adjust to user needs
The HumanTool project being led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland involves the testing of new indoor temperature control concepts ...
Infineon joins the 5G Automotive Association
Infineon Technologies has joined the 5G Automotive Association to help develop the use of 5G communications in vehicles. According to the company, international standardisation is a critical requireme
Hydrogen fuel cell cars creep up—slowly—on electrics
The fuel cell engine of the Honda Clarity is shown during a media preview at the New York International Auto Show, at the Jacob Javits Cente ...
Phones and social media turn consumers into whistleblowers
In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick arrives at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. In February 2017 Ube ...
Auto show: SUVs of all sizes;  Sonata aims for a comeback
A detail of the Jeep 707-horsepower Grand Cherokee Special is photographed while on display during a media preview at the New York Internati ...
Steam train hits 100mph in UK in 50-year first
The Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado steam train travels over the Ribblehead Viaduct in Ribblehead, nortern England, for the first time on ...
Facebook looking at behavior to weed out fake accounts
Social media platform Facebook says it has started weeding out bogus accounts as part of efforts to rid the network of fake news Facebook s ...
Journalists at two New York digital news sites opt to unionize
Journalists at two recently combined digital news organizations in New York have agreed to unionize. ...
New method for 3-D printing extraterrestrial materials
Tools and building blocks made by 3D printing with lunar and Martian dust. Credit: Northwestern University When humans begin to colonize th ...
Qualcomm to refund BlackBerry $815 mn in royalties
BlackBerry, who logo is displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is getting $815 million from chipmaker Qualcomm following arbit ...
Tool checks computer architectures reveals flaws in emerging design
Researchers including Professor Margaret Martonosi (center) and graduate students Yatin Manerkar and Caroline Trippel have developed a tool ...
Amazon aims to help parents monitor—and talk to—kids
This photo provided by Amazon shows a demonstration of the company's new parent dashboard tool, on a smartphone. Amazon is introducing new t ...
Team develops world's first full-size IBC bifacial solar module
The world's first full-size interdigitated back contact (IBC) bifacial solar module has been developed and fabricated in Singapore by the So ...
Uber's PR head resigns amid tumultuous time for company
Uber says its head of communications has decided to leave the ride-hailing company. ...
Improved corrosion protection with flake-type particles of zinc-phosphate
Exhibit for flake like zinc-phosphate particles for better corrosion protection: Because of the disordered arrangement of the flakes, they c ...
Is there room for broadband in the Trump infrastructure agenda?
There’s still a lot of the U.S. waiting to be wired up. Credit: asharkyu/Shutterstock.com A promise to restore America's crumbling infrastr ...
Amazon aims to help parents monitor - and talk to - kids
Amazon is introducing new tools to help parents see what their kids are doing on the company's Fire tablets. As a bonus, the e-commerce gian ...
People find changes in user interfaces annoying
The advantage of a computational model is that it is now possible to produce large quantities of ergonomically better user interfaces in whi ...
Combining plasma processes to manufacture three-dimensional components
The Disc Jet can also be used to process cavities. Credit: HAWK Plasmas have long been used in industry to clean surfaces or to process the ...
Technology to improve rockfall analysis on cliffs could save money lives
This LiDAR image of a rock slope on Alaska’s Glenn Highway shows the “kinetic energy” of the slope, with red indicating a higher hazard from ...
New class of optoelectronic materials
A new class of semiconductor materials is said to have been developed by researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. They claim the materials are superior in performance and have reduced tox
Engineers drill world's hottest well hoping for clean energy eruption
A geothermal well the depth of 10 Empire State buildings could be a new source of clean electricity - if engineers can contain its power. Cr ...
1bit MPU created using 2D materials
A research team from the Technical University of Vienna (TUW) has made a breakthrough in the creation of microprocessors based on 2D materials, including molybdenum disulphide.
Giddy Up! Automakers raise horsepower speed to new heights (Update)
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is unveiled during a media preview for the New York International Auto Show, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in ...
Toyota shows robotic leg brace to help paralyzed people walk
A model demonstrates the Welwalk WW-1000, a wearable robotic leg brace designed to help partially paralyzed people walk at the main system w ...
Dodge Demon Challenger lays claim to fastest production car
The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is unveiled during a media preview for the New York International Auto Show, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in ...
Yahoo accused of mismanaging fund for dissidents in China
This Jan. 14, 2015, file photo shows a sign outside Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. A new lawsuit accuses Yahoo of turning its bac ...
For Palestinian family an udder-ly unique power source
A Palestinian farmer tends to cows at the Jebrini dairy farm in the West Bank town of Hebron, where cow dung is used to produce electricity ...
Google refutes charges says there is no gender pay gap
This Oct. 20, 2015, file photo, shows a sign outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google says it is "taken aback" ...
California's solar energy set power supply record in March
A new estimate from the U.S. government shows that California met its goal to produce about half the state's electricity from renewable sour ...
Canadian judge denies bail to alleged Yahoo hacker (Update)
Amedeo DiCarlo, left, the lawyer for Karim Baratov, arrives at the courthouse, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Hamilton, Ontario. The bail heari ...
Taking the heat: Navy tests new submarine steam suits
Machinist's Mate nuclear 2nd Class Nicholas Lewis, right, from the Los Angeles class-attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769), watches as Machi ...
Toshiba's survival in doubt amid Westinghouse troubles
Toshiba Corp.'s President Satoshi Tsunakawa speaks during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 ...
Gadgets: Temperature's rising and these devices are ready to play
Jabra's Sport Pulse special edition Bluetooth 4.0 headphones are do-it-all when it comes to earbud features. ...
Move over Siri and Alexa and make room for Bixby.
That's the name of Samsung's virtual assistant, a key feature of the new Galaxy S8 phone. The Korean company has big plans for the voice-bas ...
Slumping PC market shows a glimmer of hope in first quarter
The long-suffering personal computer market may be finally recovering from the damage inflicted by the shift to smartphones and tablets. ...
Robocops unite! Those robocalls are out of hand
Are robocalls driving you mad? Last year, U.S. consumers received about 2.3 billion automated, unwanted phone calls every month, according t ...
Qualcomm fires back at Apple with countersuit
Qualcomm has moved on the offensive in its legal battle with Apple with a countersuit claiming the iPhone maker breached agreements and enco ...
Improving traffic safety with a crowdsourced traffic violation reporting app
A driver is trying to capture an event by touching a screen. The Mobile Radwatch supports continuous video recording and safe event capturei ...
Shares in chipmaker Dialog plunge over Apple contract doubts
Shares in British-headquartered Dialog Semiconductor have plunged after an analyst downgrade that cited uncertainty over the future of its r ...
Combating counterfeit together
The Anti-Counterfeiting Forum (ACF) saw companies meet to share experiences and the latest techniques in combating counterfeit products.
Development and testing methodologies need a rethink
Research sponsored by Vector Software has revealed that the number one software development challenge that organisations are currently facing is time pressures to release new products/upgrades to mark
Design to manufacture for 3D printing
Zuken and Nano Dimension are looking to improve the 3D printing user experience and prototype turnaround times. Using Zuken’s CR-800 Design Force, a native 3D, system-level design solution, Nano Dimen
Researchers link robots to surveillance teams
Seeing many possible views of the same area from fixed and mobile cameras could be confusing to a human, but a computer can combine it all, ...
Platform to boost ADAS performance
In a move designed to help car builders create autonomous vehicles which conform to Level 5 requirements, Mentor Graphics has launched DRS360, said to be a comprehensive automated driving platform fea
Taking the web to children in India's remote salt desert
Sheltered beneath a canvas sheet, miles from any roads or power lines, children huddle around a tablet and experience the internet for the v ...
Renesas unveils ADAS autonomy platform
Renesas Electronics has announced the launch of Renesas autonomy, an advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving platform, consisting of the company’s SoC and MCU roadmaps. The pl
SK Hynix introduces 72-layer 3D NAND flash
A 72-layer 256Gbit 3D NAND flash has been introduced by SK Hynix, based on the company’s triple-level cell arrays and own technologies.
US takes down huge botnet as Spain arrests notorious Russian hacker  (Update)
Investigators said Levashov was believed to have been "carrying out this type of (hacking) activity for more than 10 years, earning hug ...
US regulators aim to keep the ban on in-flight phone calls
In this Oct. 31, 2013, file photo, a passenger checks her cellphone before a flight in Boston. Federal regulators are poised to keep a ban o ...
How criminals can steal your PIN by tracking the motion of your phone
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hackers are able to decipher PINs and passwords just from the way we tilt our phone when we are typing in the inf ...
Chinese tech firm LeEco ends bid to buy TV maker Vizio
LeEco, whose CEO Yueting Jia is seen at a 2016 press event in San Francisco, has scrapped plans to buy US television maker Vizio Cash-strap ...
US tries to stop spam scheme after accused mastermind nabbed
The Justice Department says it is working to dismantle a global computer network that sent hundreds of millions of spam emails worldwide eac ...
US regulator reverses course on in-flight calling
US Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai has moved to block attempts to allow people to use cellphones to talk on airplanes A ...
Microsoft Adobe build on cloud partnership
Microsoft and Adobe are integrating some aspects of their sales and marketing software, building on the cloud-computing partnership the two ...
Symantec says CIA tools found across 16 countries
Computer security company Symantec says the CIA's cyberespionage toolkit made public by WikiLeaks has been linked to 40 spying operations in ...