Chip maker Qualcomm buying NXP Semiconductors in $38.1B deal
In this Nov. 2, 2011, file photo, a sign sits atop the Qualcomm headquarters building in San Diego. Chip maker Qualcomm is buying NXP Semico ...
Broadband privacy rules approved despite industry pushback
Federal regulators have approved new broadband privacy rules that make internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon ask customers' pe ...
Analog buys Innovasic broadens automation portfolio
In a move that broadens its Smart Automation Solutions portfolio for industrial automation and the industrial IoT, Analog Devices has acquired Innovasic in a deal whose terms have not been disclosed.
How energy-efficient upgrades can increase your home's value
In this May 21, 2008, file photo, Marco DelTreste, left, and Arsenio Patricio, of Mercury Solar Systems, install panels on the roof of a hom ...
Qualcomm buys NXP in $47bn cash deal
Qualcomm has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NXP in a cash deal which values the latter at approximately $47billion.
Fujitsu Semiconductor launches world's largest density 4 Mbit ReRAM product for mass production
Credit: Fujitsu Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited today announced the launch of the 4 Mbit ReRAM MB85AS4MT, the world's largest density mass-pr ...
Robots help position interventional needles
The new robotic assistant requires just five minutes to position the needle. Credit: Fraunhofer IPA Finding the ideal position for interven ...
Deep underground smartphones can save miners' lives
It’s easy to get lost in here. Credit: Sudeep Pasricha/Colorado State University, CC BY-NC American mining production increased earlier thi ...
Groupon buys rival LivingSocial after reporting loss
The daily deals ecommerce operator Groupon will buy its rival LivingSocial for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced Wednesday. ...
Samsung heir joins board moving toward top leadership role
In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo, Samsung Electronics Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones are displayed at Korea Electronics Show or KES in Seoul, ...
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 troubles by the numbers
In this Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 photo, Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphones are displayed at its shop in Seoul, South Korea. The Not ...
Nokia in Q3 loss sales drop amid networks downturn
Mobile networks operator Nokia continued to be hit by a downturn in the industry, reporting a loss in the third quarter and a 12-percent dro ...
Samsung posts 30 percent profit plunge on Note 7 crisis
Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported an expected 30 percent profit plunge on the back of a highly damaging recall crisis that hammered t ...
Sale or no sale changes could come to Twitter users
In this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, the Twitter logo appears on an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. ...
Ex-Pixar executive to head federal tech innovation service
In this March 25, 2001, file photo, Rob Cook poses backstage with Loren Carpenter, not seen, with his Oscar for significant advancements to ...
Battery proof of principle deploys ZnO framework for longer life
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a prototype of a next-generation lithium-sulphur battery which is said to take its inspiration in part from the cells lining the human intesti
Chinese ride-share king Didi Chuxing could go global
According to ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing president Jean Liu, Didi provides 20 million rides daily, three times that of all other ride- ...
Samsung says Note 7 probe open to 'all possibilities'
Samsung on Thursday acknowledged technical problems that killed off its Galaxy Note 7 may extend beyond its battery, and vowed an ongoing pr ...
UAV detection system wins European competition
The University of Strathclyde’s design of a low-cost early detection system for UAVs is the overall and UK regional winner of the European Satellite Navigation Competition, beating more than 500 entri
Efficient exploitation of energy efficiency research
Credit: Youris.com Carrying out research is all well and good, but what happens to the knowledge once the project has finished? Many resear ...
Customers are starting to see the NBC effect on Comcast
In this July 23, 2015, file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Comcast building in Rockefeller Center, in New York. Comcast reports financia ...
IBM Watson machine smarts hitch a ride with GM cars
Watson learns preferences of drivers, applies machine learning and then studies data to identify patterns in decisions and habits, according ...
Verizon warily staying with deal to buy Yahoo
Verizon said October 26, 2016 that a massive breach at Yahoo may affect the $4.8 billion purchse of the struggling internet pioneer by the U ...
Apple says it needs more time before new ear buds are ready
Apple says it needs "a little more time" before it starts selling the new wireless ear buds that are designed to work with its new ...
Maybe 100000 hijacked devices used in cyber attack: Dyn
The US company targeted in last week's massive cyber attack said Monday that possibly 100,000 connected devices were hijacked to swamp its s ...
Tesla surprises with profit in third quarter
Electric carmaker Tesla on Wednesday announced a profit for the third quarter and said it sees more positive results ahead as it ramps up pr ...
For the first time brain surface stimulation provides 'touch' feedback to direct movement
The UW study is based on the concept of closed-loop 'bi-directional brain-computer interfaces' (BBCIs) being developed at the CSNE that can ...
Lithium battery dangers mean Samsung recall won't be last
A faulty battery has cost Samsung a pile of money and tarnished its reputation. ...
Autonomous search agents could support researchers
Researchers could soon enlist help from digital assistants to review vast swathes of literature, according to a new report on artificial int ...
Long-vanished German car brand joins electric race
Christian Borgward, chair of German car manufacturer Borgward Group, announced October 26, 2016 a new car factory set to open in Breman in 2 ...
To keep drones out of high-risk areas companies try hijacking them and shooting them down
A public awareness campaign last year did little to deter the growing number of rogue drones flying near wildfires and forcing firefighters ...
Are there 'vertical integration' benefits? Look at Comcast
In this July 23, 2015, file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Comcast building in Rockefeller Center, in New York. Comcast reports financia ...
New York's MoMA acquires original set of emojis
This photo provided by The Museum of Modern Art in New York shows the original set of 176 emojis, which the museum has acquired. The emojis ...
MTV Europe awards plans Facebook bot virtual reality
The MTV Europe Music Awards, seeking to reach a wide global audience, will feature a first-of-a-kind interactive bot on Facebook Messenger a ...
Windows 10 to bring 3-D to two-dimensional experiences
Microsoft plans to bring three-dimensional tools to computing experiences long done in two dimensions as it eyes the needs of the next gener ...
Review: For home security Samsung SmartCam PT has just the right angle
Everyone wants security cameras around their house. We all have ...
Energy storage industry wants tax credits enjoyed by wind solar
They may not get it this year, but boosters of energy storage technologies want their sector to get the same tax credits that the federal go ...
US warned against Chinese takeover of German firm: report
The German government withdrew its approval for a Chinese firm to purchase Aixtron, which makes semiconductor equipment, after the US secret ...
Virtual reality makes progress but still faces hard reality of sales
For all the hype around virtual reality, the legions of developers plugging away at the technology are still searching for the experience th ...
EU researchers offer sustainable solutions for European manufacturing
Credit: Shutterstock During its final conference held in Brussels on 18 October 2016, the EU-funded USE-IT-WISELY project outlined its inno ...
Finger vein authentication using smartphone camera
Finger vein authentication technology using smartphone camera. Credit: Hitachi Hitachi today announced the development of highly-accurate f ...
Improved internal arc protection with new techniques
A new study from the University of Vaasa, Finland, investigates development directions of internal arc protection. Arc faults in switchgear ...
High storage batteries from sodium ion batteries
Schematic illustration of the structure at the beginning (left) and the end (right) of the evolution during the sodiation process. Credit: K ...
Pedestrians walk freely in a world of self-driving cars
Imagine an urban neighborhood where most of the cars are self-driving. What would it be like to be a pedestrian? ...
Amazon's Alexa voice assistant arrives on Fire tablets
Amazon's Fire tablets are getting the Alexa voice assistant. Th ...
Despite ratings drop Olympics boosts Comcast in 3Q
This June 11, 2013, file photo, shows the Comcast Corp. logo during The Cable Show 2013 convention in Washington. Comcast reports financial ...
NTU Singapore to build an offshore integrated system of renewable energy sources
NTU will be building the region's first large-scale offshore microgrid system which is already equipped with 3,000 sq meters of photovoltaic ...
NTU Singapore's robot to spray paint JTC's industrial developments
Autonomous robot co-developed by NTU, JTC and Aitech. Credit: NTU Singapore A new NTU robot will soon be spray-painting the interiors of in ...
Ford recalls nearly 412K SUVs to fix fuel leaks
Ford is recalling nearly 412,000 older SUVs worldwide to fix fuel leaks that could cause fires. ...
Making it easier to collaborate on code
“Gitless" removes complicated concepts like "staging" and "stashing," without fundamentally changing Git's core fun ...
You are less anonymous on the web than you think—much less
Credit: Stanford University If you still think you can be anonymous on the internet, a team of Stanford and Princeton researchers has news ...
Synergy platform extended to embrace v8-M architecture
Renesas, Express Logic and IAR Systems are collaborating to develop the Renesas Synergy IoT platform solution to embrace the ARM v8-M architecture. According to the partners, the solution – said to be
Pokemon Go boost limited as Nintendo cuts profit forecast
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. has slashed its operating profit and sales forecasts for this fiscal year, despite the global success ...
Apple spins services with iPhone sales slumping (Update)
The new iPhone 7 smartphone is on display on the day of its release at Covent Garden in London Apple's quarterly profit slumped on a widel ...
Ericsson appoints new CEO amid decline in networks industry
Ericsson has appointed longtime board member Borje Ekholm as the new CEO as the Swedish networks operator struggles to improve earnings amid ...
Non-state actor likely behind US cyber attack: Clapper
The giant cyber attack that paralyzed many US sites last week was likely not the work of a foreign country, the top US intelligence chief sa ...
ARM adds security to IoT MCU cores
ARM has launched its first Cortex-M series MCU cores featuring the Trustzone security mechanism in the hope the processors will provide embedded systems with better defences against hacking. Both are
Anger still flares after judge OKs Volkswagen emissions deal (Update)
In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, the amount of carbon dioxide emissions is written on a Volkswagen Passat Diesel at the Frankfurt Car Sho ...
Robotic cleaning technique could automate neuroscience research
Graduate research assistant Ilya Kolb shows a well structure used to hold samples (center) and detergent/rinsing solution for cleaning pipet ...
SLAC Stanford launch 'Bits & Watts' the first-of-its-kind holistic approach to creating the 21st century electric grid
Bits & Watts will develop 'smart' technology and marketing and policy solutions to bring the electric grid into the 21st century while d ...
AT&T says new streaming service will cost $35 a month
AT&T says a streaming service with more than 100 popular TV channels that's coming out next month will cost $35 a month. ...
Apple quarterly profit slips 19% on lower iPhone sales
The new iPhone 7 smartphone is on display on the day of its release at Covent Garden in London Apple said Tuesday its profit over the past ...
New method reduces amount of training data needed for facial performance capture system
Disney Research has found a way to tailor a facial capture system to the characteristics of a specific actor's expressions while dramaticall ...
Dutch unveil giant vacuum to clean outside air
Dutch inventors Tuesday unveiled what they called the world's first giant outside air vacuum cleaner—a large purifying system intended to fi ...
Politics and social media: Americans see overload
The political debate on Facebook and Twitter is getting too mean for many Americans. ...
Google adds digital whiteboard to expanding device lineup
This image provided by Google shows a demonstration of the company's new product called "Jamboard." Google has designed the giant ...
Judge approves $15 billion Volkswagen emissions settlement
In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, the amount of carbon dioxide emissions is written on a Volkswagen Passat Diesel at the Frankfurt Car Sho ...
Merck breezes past 3Q profit expectations raises forecast
In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, file photo, a person walks through a Merck company building, in Kenilworth, N.J. Merck reports financial re ...
Engineers develop process for electronic devices that stops wasteful power leakage
University of Utah electrical and computer engineering professor Massood Tabib-Azar and his team of engineers have come up with a way to pro ...
Bio-inspired lower-limb 'wearing robotic exoskeleton' for human gait rehab
A prototype of the lower-limb exoskeleton being developed at Beihang University in Beijing, China. Credit: Beihang University Stroke and sp ...
Researchers find weakness in common computer chip
Dmitry Ponomarev is a professor of computer science at Binghamton's Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science. Credit: Jona ...
Cheaper phones are fine—if top-end camera isn't a must
This Oct. 21, 2016, photo shows a Motorola MotoG4, right, a Sony Xperia XA, center, and a OnePlus A3000, in New York. You can save hundreds ...
Merck beats Street 3Q forecasts hikes 2016 profit forecast
In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, file photo, a person walks through a Merck company building, in Kenilworth, N.J. Merck reports financial re ...
Epilog technology improves diagnosis of epilepsy using automated EEG analysis
Credit: imec Epilog, a spin-off from imec and Ghent University, is launching its platform that improves epilepsy diagnosis through an autom ...
Driverless truck from Uber's Otto makes Colorado beer delivery
A self-driving truck built by Uber's unit Otto made a pioneering delivery of beer in Colorado last week, Otto announced Tuesday. ...
Chinese firm says it did all it could ahead of cyberattack (Update)
A Chinese electronics maker that has recalled millions of products sold in the U.S. said Tuesday that it did all it could to prevent a massi ...
Samsung rolls out industry's first 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM package
Samsung 8GB LPDDR4 mobile DRAM. Credit: Business Wire Samsung Electronics announced today that it is introducing the industry's first 8-gig ...
Now Amazon Alexa can control your entire family room entertainment experience with Logitech Harmony
Control Logitech Harmony hub-based remotes with your voice, thanks to new Amazon Alexa skill. Today Logitech announced a new Amazon Alexa s ...
Massive cyberattack poses policy dilemma scholar says
The coordinated cyber attack that crippled parts of the internet on Friday highlighted key policy problems, a Stanford cybersecurity scholar ...
Uber service faster in low income Seattle neighborhoods initial study finds
A new UW study finds Uber wait times in Seattle are faster in lower income neighborhoods. Credit: Noel Tock, flickr Your wait time for an U ...
Professor creates self-folding origami robots
Sam Felton envisions a world in which temporary housing would autonomously constructed, and origami robots would fold themselves into 3-D ma ...
Researcher discusses the transition from gas to electric motors
James Kirtley. Credit: David Sella Electric motors have been around since Thomas Davenport built the first functional model in 1834, and th ...
IEA hikes green energy forecast after 'turning point' year
After a record 2015, global renewable electricity capacity will grow by 825 gigawatts by 2021, a massive 42-percent rise, the IEA said Gove ...
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity systems in buildings
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity systems are to be found throughout the world, but always on a large scale. Guilherme Silva and Patrick Hendr ...
EBV launches Product Innovations department
EBV Elektronik, part of the Avnet group company and a specialist in semiconductor distribution, has announced that it is combining its EBVchips and EBVsolutions brands into its new department Product
EnSilica opens RF Design Centre near Oxford
EnSilica, the independent provider of semiconductor solutions and IP, is expanding its network of specialist design centres with the establishment of a new facility near Oxford (UK) focusing on RF and
Hybrid nanostructures may be right for next-gen green cars
Layers of graphene separated by nanotube pillars of boron nitride may prove to be a suitable material to store hydrogen fuel in cars, according to research conducted by scientists from Rice University
TSMC says ‘good progress’ with EUV
Mark Liu, TSMC’s president and co CEO, said the company is ‘well on track’ with the development of 7nm process technology. If all goes well, this will enter risk production – a pre production phase –
Is there a more reliable way of predicting future semiconductor growth?
When it comes to accurately predicting growth in the semiconductor market, the industry doesn’t have a great record. Even near-term forecasting is unreliable and, when projected growth figures can div
Nissan hiring 300 to develop common connected car technology
In this photo released by Nissan Motor Co., Ogi Redzic, senior vice president of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, speaks to reporters at the Nis ...
Report: Gunmen still control metals mined for modern gadgets
In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, a Congolese miner sifts through ground rocks to separate out the cassiterite, the main ore that's process ...
Big tech-media mergers raise fresh privacy concerns
Privacy advocates warn that allowing internet and media companies to use all the online and offline data they collect, such as what you brow ...
Washington's version of Silicon Valley startup founders
The Obama administration's "18F" program to create its own version of a high-tech startup for government digital projects has foun ...
Samsung's prestige takes another hit over lawsuit
A class-action lawsuit shows the dent the Note 7 fiasco has made on Samsung, which used to be treated like corporate royalty in South Korea ...
SK Hynix Q3 earnings beat expectations
SK Hynix Inc., the world's second largest chipmaker, posted third quarter earnings Tuesday that beat analyst expectations on rising demand f ...
Chinese firm issues US recall after massive cyberattack
A Chinese electronics maker has issued a recall for millions of products sold in the U.S. following a devastating cyberattack that took down ...
Smartwatch sales tumble dragged down by Apple
Apple does not release sales figures for its smartwatch Global smartwatch sales slid 51.6 percent in the third quarter, amid a steep declin ...
Blurring effect comes to iPhone 7 Plus with software update
In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, Michael Horowitz, from Chicago, checks out his new iPhone 7 Plus at the Apple Store on Michigan ...
Big US banks unveil consumer payment app
The new app called Zelle will launch in 2017 and give consumers the ability to instantly send and receive payments using a smartphone Major ...
Cyber attack likely mitigated US Homeland Security says
The domain name "Dyn" suffered successive attacks, causing outages for hours for millions of users of brand-name internet services ...