The future of online advertising is big data and algorithms
The new world of advertising doesn’t look like mad men. The tech revolution is coming to advertising. Chatbots are replacing humans, data t ...
Embedded World 2017 - ON Semi offers solutions to accelerate IoT development projects
ON Semiconductor has launched a IoT Development Kit (IDK) encompassing both hardware and software elements. Designed in a modular construction it provides engineers with a configurable platform that e
IBM Watson-powered 'virtual assistant' to provide information and advice to people with arthritis
Credit: IBM Arthritis Research UK and IBM today announced the development of a Watson-powered 'virtual personal assistant' to provide infor ...
New multi-device system for handling emergencies with information from social networks
Credit: Carlos III University of Madrid Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have presented a prototype of a multi-device syst ...
Embedded World 2017 - New tinyAVR MCUs increase system throughput
Microchip has expanded its AVR microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with the addition of three new devices to the tinyAVR MCU family.
Embedded World 2017 – NXP accelerates automotive software design
NXP Semiconductors has launched the S32K1 family, combining a suite of automotive grade tools and software in support of a scalable family of ARM Cortex-based MCUs with future-proof features.
Embedded World 2017 - Silicon Labs enhances Gecko MCUs
Silicon Labs has made a number of enhancements to its EFM32 Gecko microcontroller (MCU) family to meet the needs of embedded developers looking to design secure and more sophisticated IoT devices.
Embedded World 2017 - Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 3 packet switches
Diodes Incorporated has introduced the PI7C9X2G304SLQ and PI7C9X2G404SLQ, representing the first-ever packet switches to be automotive-qualified to AEC-Q100 grade 3.
Panel gives small victory to utilities in nuke plant lawsuit
An arbitration panel on Monday awarded California utilities $125 million in a lawsuit claiming that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries supplied fau ...
African governments learn to block the internet but at cost
In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 file photo, a man walks past listening to news on a portable radio as military police deploy, shortly after ...
Embedded World 2017 - IAR Systems updates ARM development tools
IAR Systems has announced a major update of its development tools for ARM. Version 8.10 of the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM will now provide complete support for the C11 and C++14 language standards
Are smart buildings safe from hackers and privacy breaches?
Credit: Youris.com The automated home and office market is predicted to grow quickly in the next few years. But as reports of cyber attacks ...
Convenient and easy to use glucose monitoring and maintenance
Credit: Institute for Basic Science (IBS) A research group from the Center for Nanoparticle Research within the Institute for Basic Science ...
PSoC 6 is Purpose-Built for the IoT  EE Times
The PSoC 6 is the first PSoC family to support dual, heterogeneous processors -- an ARM Cortex-M4 and an ARM Cortex-M0+.
In the digital age Paris revamps newsstands
Most of the dark green 19th-century newspaper kiosks will be replaced by June 2019, while 40 will simply be renovated so as to help vendors ...
Making autonomous car play Intel offers $15B for Mobileye (Update)
The Mobileye logo appears on a screen at the post where it trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 13, 2017. Intel ...
Internet gambling again helps Atlantic City casinos
Once again, internet gambling has made the difference between an up month and a down one for Atlantic City casinos. ...
Facebook says its data can't be used for 'surveillance'
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. In a post on Monday, March 13, 2017, Facebook s ...
Pandora starts on-demand music subscription service
In this Oct. 23, 2015, file photo, Pandora is displayed above a post where it trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Internet r ...
New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies
A woman in India shows the poor light given off by her kerosene lamp. Credit: Helena Wright (CC by 2.0). The hidden toll that subsidies for ...
A look at some Israeli high-tech successes
The Mobileye headquarters are seen in Jerusalem Monday, March 13, 2017. Intel announced Monday it will spend more than $14 billion to acquir ...
New technique completely protects internet pictures and videos from cyberattacks
Credit: Wikipedia A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researcher has developed a new technique that could provide virtually 100 perc ...
Hong Kong team develops the most energy-efficient LED filament lamps
PolyU's LED filament bulb and other bulbs. Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University A research team of State Key Laboratory of Ultra-pr ...
Verizon sought $925 million penalty for Yahoo's lax security
In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, the Yahoo logo appears on a smartphone in Frankfurt, Germany. In a regulatory filing on Monday, March 13, ...
Researchers make dramatic improvement in 3-D printing for home use
A shows a printed surface with no smoothing; B is first step using the pen to dissolve the high spots; C shows the progress as high spots ar ...
Intel drops $15B on Mobileye in race for a driverless future
This Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, shows a Mobileye camera system that can be installed in your car to monitor speed limits and warn ...
Yahoo names post-spinoff management team
Thomas McInerney, 52, has been a Yahoo board member since April 2012 and previously served as chief financial officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp ...
A future with robots as companions could be closer than you think
The 2012 movie Robot & Frank described a "near future" that would allow us to spend our golden years living "co-dependent ...
Women troll on dating apps just as often as men
It’s not all about finding love in the online dating world. Credit: Shutterstock/Prathan Chorruangsak Online dating is an increasingly popu ...
Could an auto logic checker be the solution to the fake news problem?
Credit: keport/Shutterstock Fake news is not news – that is, it is not in fact news, and the matter of fake news is not a recent revelation ...
Run Faster! Be Stronger! Can technology make you better?
In one project, Rouien Zarin explored the design of a shapeshifting interface to relay wayfinding information during the act of mountain bik ...
Environmentally friendly almost electricity-free solar cooling—also serves as a heat pump
Demand and the need for cooling are growing as the effects of climate change intensify. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and German ...
Door and window locks are less carbon-costly and more effective than burglar alarms and CCTV a new study finds
A new study, which estimates the carbon footprint of burglary prevention measures, has found that the best options from both an environmenta ...
Simultaneous Tx/Rx over range of frequencies
Engineers from Cornell University have developed a way to transmit and receive radio signals on a single chip. This, the team contends, could change the way in which wireless communication is done.
Curie based module for wearable edge devices
A board based on the Intel Curie module has been launched by Farnell element14. Developed in partnership with Intel, the board – called tinyTILE – has been designed for use in wearable and IoT designs
California gives green light to  self-driving car tests
In this May 13, 2015, file photo, Google's new self-driving prototype car is introduced at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Cars w ...
Facebook search traps Italian mobster in Mexico
A picture released by the Italian police (Polizia di Stato) of fugitive mobster Giulio Perrone A fugitive Italian mobster who had been livi ...
China tries to reassure foreign companies over industry plan
In thisOct. 21, 2016 photo, Chinese students work on the Ares, a humanoid bipedal robot designed by them with fundings from a Shanghai inves ...
California to give the green light to truly driverless cars
In this May 13, 2015, file photo, Google's new self-driving prototype car is introduced at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Cars w ...
Google's self-driving car company escalates battle with Uber
A self-driving car company founded by Google is presenting new evidence to support allegations that a former manager stole technology sold t ...
'Global startup' vows autonomous car by 2020 in US
The NIO EVE autonomous vision car of the future is likely to compete in the premium segment with vehicles from Tesla in the autonomous car m ...
Free trips to New Zealand offered to 100 tech workers
Tech developer Nick Piesco poses for a photo in Wellington, New Zealand Friday, March 10, 2017. Local authorities and businesses are offerin ...
.africa joins the internet
2017-03-11 02:00:19.africa joins the internet
In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world's first domain name was register ...
Facebook scores deal to stream MLS matches
At least 22 matches for the 2017 MLS season broadcast in Spanish on Univision Deportes will be streamed on Facebook Live Facebook has struc ...
Volkswagen pleads guilty in US diesel emissions scandal
This Feb. 14, 2013, file photo, shows the logo on the grill of a Volkswagen on display in Pittsburgh. On Friday, March 10, 2017, Volkswagen ...
IGBT module range beefed up
2017-03-11 02:00:14IGBT module range beefed up
Infineon is expanding its range of 62mm IGBT modules in response to growing demand for higher power density devices. According to the company, it has achieved this by using a larger chip area and an a
What the CIA WikiLeaks dump tells us: Encryption works
In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, file photo, FBI Director James Comey speaks about the impact of technology on law enforcement, at Brookings ...
How can we share solutions to complex systems problems across domains and application areas?
Credit: Gerd Altmann on Pixabay What do power networks, transportation hubs, weather patterns, commercial organisations and swarming robots ...
World's first test site for autonomous vehicles opens
We now witness a rapid development of the technology that is needed to create larger pilotless vessels that can transport cargo and maybe pa ...
Could Bill Gates' plan to tax robots really lead to a brighter future for all?
A fair deal? Credit: Shutterstock Bill Gates has stated in an interview that robots who take human jobs should pay taxes. This has some obv ...
The transition from carbon energy sources to the bioeconomy
The transition from fossil-based raw materials to renewables has already begun, and tomorrow's bioeconomy is being created today. As part of ...
BT Group agrees to separate broadband unit
Created by BT in 2005, Openreach maintains tens of millions of copper and fibre lines connecting telephone exchanges to homes and businesses ...
Norwegian prosecutors demand bitcoins for drug sales
Three men charged in Norway with selling drugs online have to pay back 120 bitcoins ($144,300) on top of millions in Norwegian kroner—the fi ...
WikiLeaks aid on CIA software holes could be mixed blessing
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks in this video made available Thursday March 9, 2017. Assange said his group will work with technolog ...
System provides readers with detailed summaries of online discussions
The Wikum interface provides readers with detailed summaries of online discussions. Credit: Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL From Reddit to Quora, d ...
New law will force some (but not all) organisations to reveal data breaches
Changes to the way some organisations must reveal a data breach on personal information. Credit: Rawpixel com We live in an era of big data ...
Why we should not know our own passwords
What if even you didn’t know your own password? Credit: shutterstock.com Since 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been al ...
Synopsys to include MST in TCAD tools
Synopsys is to model Mears Silicon Technology (MST) in its Sentaurus TCAD manufacturing simulation tools. MST, being developed by Atomera, offers semiconductor manufacturers the ability to improve dev
Your brain is unique – here's how it could be used as the ultimate security password
Think to log in, please. Credit: Syda Productions/Shutterstock Biometrics – technology that can recognise individuals based on physical and ...
Safety package announced for ARM Compiler 6
In a move intended to help developers to meet functional safety requirements, ARM has announced a safety package for ARM Compiler 6; its latest C/C++ compilation toolchain.
Metal-organic frameworks help record data with light
By changing the light parameters of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), scientists from ITMO University in Saint Petersburg, Leipzig University and Eindhoven University of Technology have managed to gene
'Photonic doping' to make metamaterials
University of Pennsylvania engineers have shown a way to make metamaterials with a single inclusion, providing easier fabrication, among other useful features. According to the researchers, the precis
Airbnb valued at $31 billion in new funding round
Home-sharing startup Airbnb raises fresh capital to fuel its global expansion Airbnb raised more than a billion dollars in a fresh funding ...
FCC probing AT&T's Wednesday night 911 outage
The Federal Communications Commission says it is investigating why AT&T cellphone customers were unable to call 911 in several states on ...
Assange says leaks show CIA's 'devastating incompetence'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday accused the CIA of "devastating incompetence" for failing to protect its hacking secr ...
Assange says leaks show CIA 'devastating incompetence'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday accused the CIA of "devastating incompetence" for failing to protect its hacking secr ...
China's Didi launches Silicon Valley research hub
Chinese ridesharing leader Didi Chuxing has opened a Silicon Valley research hub, where it will join the race with other tech companies for ...
'Pokemon Go' or no? Fans glad Niantic addressing complaints
In this Wednesday, July 20, 2016, file photo "Pokemon Go" players begin a group walk along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Die-h ...
Smart flavored-beverage machines are persuading consumers nationwide to ditch their plastic bottles
Bevi is a smart beverage-dispensing machine — made with high-quality components inspired by medical devices — that filters and adds carbonat ...
Safe navigation on construction sites
On the way to automated driving: During the trip an automotive camera identifies pictures and information about signs, lane information or L ...
Digital publishing pays off for Axel Springer
Axel Springer, owner of mass-circulation paper 'Bild', has adapted to the winds of digital change German media group Axel Springer said Thu ...
Pakistan threatens to block social media over 'blasphemy'
Religious students and activists gather for a protest against social media in Islamabad on March 8, 2017, demanding the removal of all blasp ...
Research improves solar cell performance
The team at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre at Swansea University's College of Engineering investigated Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTS) which ...
Artificial intelligence and robots to make offshore windfarms safer and cheaper
The University of Manchester is leading a consortium to investigate advanced technologies, including robotics and artificial intelligence, f ...
Staying a heartbeat ahead of hackers
UA doctoral student Sixing Lu is helping ECE associate professor Roman Lysecky develop technology on a prototype network-connected pacemaker ...
Iran and Middle East could adopt fully renewable electricity systems
Credit: Lappeenranta University of Technology Iran can transition to a fully renewable electricity system and financially benefit from it b ...
Single atom memory possible say researchers
One bit of digital information can now be successfully stored in an individual atom, according to a study published by the Center for Quantum Nanoscience, within the Korean Institute of Basic Science
Assange accuses CIA of 'devastating incompetence' over leaks
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday accused the CIA of "devastating incompetence" for keeping hacking secrets in one plac ...
Dutch law enforcers access millions of encrypted messages
Dutch police and prosecutors investigating underworld slayings say they have accessed data on computer servers containing millions of encryp ...
A time crystal to store information
A phase of matter, dubbed a time crystal, has been created by US scientists, in which atoms move in a pattern that repeats in time rather than in space. Researchers claim these crystals may prove usef
Engineers devise two-way radio on a single chip
Al Molnar, holding a circuit board, is pictured with graduate student Hazal Yüksel in Molnar's Phillips Hall lab. Yüksel is co-lea ...
'Most powerful' ARM CPU sampling
MACOM is now sampling the third generation of its ARM based server chip technology. Announced in November 2015, X-Gene 3 – manufactured on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process – is said to match the performance
Lab team to explore more cost-effective way to inspect welds on nuclear-powered submarines
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are joining forces with the U.S. Navy Metalworking Center to study ways to reduce the hig ...
The WikiLeaks CIA release—when will we learn?
The world is searching – will we protect ourselves? Credit: shutterstock.com This week's WikiLeaks release of what is apparently a trove of ...
First mass produced graphene based biosensor claimed
US company Nanomedical Diagnostics has worked with MEMS foundry Rogue Valley Microdevices to deliver what is said to be the first mass produced graphene based biosensor.
More companies embrace virtual annual shareholder meetings
Two years ago, SurModics Inc. conducted its annual meeting and only four shareholders showed up. ...
Study examines 200 real-world 'zero-day' software vulnerabilities
Zero-day software vulnerabilities - security holes that developers haven't fixed or aren't aware of - can lurk undetected for years, leaving ...
CIA blasts WikiLeaks for publishing secret documents
The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday accused WikiLeaks of endangering Americans, helping US rivals and hampering the fight against t ...
Internet-connected 'smart' devices are dunces about security
This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Everything from your T ...
Uber vows not to trick regulators with 'Greyball' tool
Analysts say Uber's rocky past month underscores the need for more mature management at the world's most valuable venture-backed startup Ub ...
Tech sector scrambles after CIA device-hacking allegations
The CIA's hacking tools have targeted iPhones and Android systems such as the personal phone reportedly still used by President Trump, the W ...
Sub-second system seizures: Unexpected consequences of sub-second delays on fast-moving data systems
Neil Johnson, physicist at UM College of Arts and Sciences. Credit: University of Miami Professor Neil Johnson, a physicist at the Universi ...
Delivery startup Instacart bags new funding
Instacart on Wednesday announced it bagged $400 million in fresh funding to ramp up and improve its US-focused grocery delivery service. ...
German prosecutors examining WikiLeaks report on CIA base
This Oct. 28, 2013 file photo shows the US Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany. WikiLeaks on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 published thousands ...
Uber self-driving cars are coming back to California roads
In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 file photo, an Uber car in driverless mode waits in traffic during a test drive in San Francisco. Uber's self ...
What the CIA thinks of your anti-virus program
This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. An alleged CIA surveil ...
Microsoft uses 48 core ARM based chip in server hardware design
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies (QDT) is working with Microsoft to accelerate next generation cloud services, using its 10nm Centriq 2400 platform. According to the partners, the collaboration will s
New technology platform propels the use of 'organs-on-chips'
A research team led by scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital has developed a novel technology platform that enables the continuous an ...
Researchers to develop new math theory for improvement of imaging technology
Gaik Ambartsoumian, UTA associate professor of mathematics and principal investigator of the project, with his team. Credit: UTA Researcher ...
Imagination reworks PowerVR GPU architecture for next gen devices
IP developer Imagination Technologies has unveiled its first new GPU architecture since the launch of Rogue in 2010. The latest architecture, called PowerVR Furian, is designed to meet the graphics an