Gov't: Cybersecurity should be part of auto design process
The government's highway safety agency says automakers should make cybersecurity part of their product development process by assessing risk ...
100G technology for hyperscale data centres and cloud computing environments
Aquantia, a specialist in high-speed Ethernet connectivity solutions for data centres, mobile, and enterprise infrastructure, has unveiled a new class of high-performance connectivity architecture tha
Lexus Toyota and Buick top new auto reliability survey
In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016, file photo, the new 2017 Buick Encore is displayed during a media preview in New York, as part of the New Y ...
New maps show where to generate solar energy in South Carolina
One of the maps that the Clemson University team created shows the best places in South Carolina for building one-megawatt developments. Cre ...
3-D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensors
The heart-on-a-chip is entirely 3-D printed with built-in sensors that measure the contractile strength of the tissue, providing scientists ...
Merged Yoox Net-A-Porter aims to be as mobile as shoppers
In this Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, photo, Yoox Net-A-Porter CEO Federico Marchetti speaks during an interview, in New York. Marchetti is investin ...
Eyetracking data can improve language technology and help readers
Credit: University of Copenhagen New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that recordings of gaze data - within a few seconds - ...
527 South Koreans seek Note 7 payback from Samsung
Attorney Peter Young-Yeel Ko speaks in front of the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Ko, head of t ...
Is someone really trying to find out if they can destroy the internet?
Level 3 Outage Map. Credit: Downdetector.com A prolonged Internet outage prevented access to major sites like Twitter, Netflix, Spotify and ...
World first demonstration of virtualised 5G architecture
The University of Surrey's 5GIC (part of the Institute for Communications Systems) has – for the first time worldwide – produced a full demo ...
TD Ameritrade to buy Scottrade in $4B cash-and-stock deal
In this July 18, 2010, file photo, a TD Ameritrade logo is displayed on the office in Omaha, Neb. Online brokerage TD Ameritrade is buying S ...
Virtualised 5G architecture world first
In a world first the University of Surrey’s 5GIC (part of the Institute for Communications Systems) has been able to demonstrate its Flat Distributed Cloud (FDC), which could enable a significant redu
Germany stalls Chinese takeover of tech firm Aixtron
The German government on Monday said it had withdrawn approval for a Chinese firm to acquire Aixtron, a supplier to the semiconductor indust ...
EDS: New features and innovations pull in visitors
The Engineering Design Shows (EDS) have reported record visitor numbers for the fifth year in a row, according to the show’s organisers MA Exhibitions.
Adding social touch to robotics
A squeeze in the arm, a pat on the shoulder, or a slap in the face – touch is an important part of the social interaction between people. So ...
527 South Koreans sue Samsung on Galaxy Note 7 recall
Hundreds of South Korean Galaxy Note 7 smartphone owners filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics on Monday over its handling of the fire ...
New Micro:bit Educational Foundation launched
In a move intended to build on the on-going success of the mciro:bit a new non-profit Foundation has been launched. The Foundation is intended to lower barriers to technology invention for young peopl
Robots at center of China's strategy to leapfrog rivals
In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 photo, a Chinese boy shouts into the Canbot, a companion robot, displayed during the World Robot Conference in ...
Philips holds firm on 2016 outlook after healthy quarter
Electronics giant Philips posted a jump in third-quarter net profit Monday on robust sales in its health businesses, where the Dutch company ...
AI predicts outcomes of human rights trials
Credit: Public Domain The judicial decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have been predicted to 79% accuracy using an art ...
A merged AT&T-Time Warner may not do consumers much good
This May 14, 2014 file photo shows an AT&T logo on a store in Dedham, Mass. On Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, several reports citing unnamed s ...
527 South Koreans to sue Samsung on Galaxy Note 7 recall
Hundreds of South Korean Galaxy Note 7 smartphone owners were preparing Monday to file a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics over the fire-p ...
Tilting sinking San Francisco high-rise raises alarm
In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, is the Millennium Tower in San Francisco. The 58-story building has gained notoriety in recent w ...
Moscow confirms ministry website attack after US hacker claim
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook that the hacker targeted "an old site that has not been used for a long ...
Senegal in renewables drive as new solar park unveiled
Technicians operate electrical cabinets on October 22, 2016 during the opening ceremony of a new photovoltaic energy production site in Bokh ...
Indonesian nationalism takes a bite out of Apple
Apple is battling to gain a foothold in Indonesia after nationalistic regulations hit the US tech giant's efforts to compete in the booming ...
AT&T buying HBO and CNN owner Time Warner for $85.4 billion
This May 14, 2014 file photo shows an AT&T logo on a store in Dedham, Mass. On Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, several reports citing unnamed s ...
AT&T is reportedly in talks to buy Time Warner for $80B
This May 14, 2014 file photo shows an AT&T logo on a store in Dedham, Mass. On Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, several reports citing unnamed s ...
Sweden wants EU to switch to emission-free cars by 2030
Sweden's environment minister urged the European Union to ban petrol and diesel-powered vehicles from 2030 Sweden's environment minister on ...
Russian indicted on charges he hacked LinkedIn
A Russian man has been charged with hacking and stealing information from computers at LinkedIn and other San Francisco Bay Area companies, ...
Facebook to allow more graphic news
Facebook has become a major platform for sharing news stories, and that has come with criticism for censoring some content despite it having ...
Ongoing cyber attack hits Twitter Amazon other top websites (Update)
Major internet services including Twitter, Spotify and Amazon suffered service interruptions and outages on Friday as a US internet provider ...
Counterterrorism prosecutors seek access to encrypted data
Prosecutors from France, Belgium, Spain and Morocco called Friday for the ability to unlock phones and computers and to gain access to encry ...
Twitter Amazon other top websites shut in cyber attack
Major internet services including Twitter, Spotify and Amazon suffered service interruptions and outages on Friday as a US internet provider ...
AT&T near bid for Time Warner: report
AT&T has pursued an aggressive expansion, paying almost $50 billion to buy satellite television provider DirectTV in 2015 US telecom gi ...
Twitter Spotify other top websites shut in DDOS attack
Major internet services including Twitter and Spotify suffered outages on Friday as a US internet provider came under cyber attack. ...
Combating cybercrime when there's plenty of phish in the sea
TeQi's Graffitti Phish. Credit: LastHuckleBerry As more and more crime moves online, computer scientists, criminologists and legal academic ...
Investors hit sell button on Nintendo's new console
Nintendo's new console dubbed Switch follows Wii U, which never succeeded in gaining fans and was outdistanced by Sony's Playstation 4 in te ...
Research targets conflict over wind farming and renewable energy in Korea
Wind farm in Korea. Credit: Griffith University Associate Professor Richard Hindmarsh, of the Griffith School of Environment, has been succ ...
‘Lightning rod’ effect creates fast optical transistor
A team of scientists, led by the University of Southampton, has produced a fast nanoscale optical transistor using gold nanoantenna assisted phase transition.
Tesla may enter ride ride-hailing business next year
Electric car maker Tesla Motors has plans to get into the ride-hailing and sharing businesses. ...
Infineon unveils MCUs for automated and electric vehicle applications
The next generation of Infineon’s AURIX microcontroller family has been developed to meet the needs of automated cars and electric vehicles. According to the company, the TC3xx microcontrollers offer
SAP misses 3Q profit forecasts raises outlook slightly
German business software company SAP SE on Friday reported third-quarter earnings of $814.6 million. ...
3-D printing and origami techniques combined in development of self-folding medical implants
Credit: Delft University of Technology Researchers at TU Delft have made flat surfaces that are 3-D printed and then 'taught' how to self- ...
Facebook apologises for removing cancer video
Facebook has apologised for taking down a breast cancer awareness video because the images were flagged as offensive, saying the move was &q ...
Putting wind in the sails of Europe's offshore energy sector
Credit: Shutterstock Through a unique training programme that brought industry and academia together, the EU–funded MARE-WINT project has h ...
Goodyear christening 2nd airship in fleet replacing blimps
This Oct. 6, 2016 photo shows Goodyear's newest airship, Wingfoot Two, in Mogadore, Ohio. Goodyear is officially welcoming Wingfoot Two, the ...
Counterterrorism prosecutor want access to encrypted devices
Prosecutors from France, Belgium, Spain and Morocco are calling for the ability to unlock phones and computers and have access to encrypted ...
Sweden's Ericsson posts Q3 loss cites worsening industry
Ericsson CEO Jan Frykhammar presents the Swedish telecom giants bi-annual report during a presser at the Ericsson headquarters in Kista west ...
Enhancing the reliability of artificial intelligence
Credit: Thierry Ehrmann Computers that learn for themselves are with us now. As they become more common in 'high-stakes' applications like ...
Algorithm could help analyze fetal scans to determine whether interventions are warranted
A team led by Polina Golland’s group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has made a new algorithm for identifyi ...
From ancient fossils to future cars: Energy-efficient batteries from silicon in diatomaceous earth
Electron microscopy showing one of the unique geometries observed in the nano-silicon power derived from diatomaceous earth. Credit: Univers ...
With new algorithms data scientists could accomplish in days what once took months
“The goal of all this is to present the interesting stuff to the data scientists so that they can more quickly address all these new data se ...
Scientists explore use of 3-D printing to speed up target production for testing material strength
James Oakdale holds up the resin used in 3D printed target production. Credit: Julie Russell/LLNL Advanced 3-D printing promises to redefin ...
By nixing coal Iceland grabs green with geothermal heat
Icelandic engineer Thorleikur Johannesson explains Iceland's historic backstory for abandoning coal in favor of the greener geothermal agenc ...
Winners named in Discovering Start Ups competition
The winners of the latest Cambridge Wireless Discovering Start-Ups competition include 8power, developer of smart, self-powered wireless sensors, and satellite positioning specialist Focal Point Posit
Groundbreaking review on counteracting mobile phone distraction while driving
With mobile phone use by drivers now a reality, a groundbreaking QUT review looking at the issue as a task-sharing problem has recommended f ...
Battery pack configuration service
A lithium-ion battery pack configuration service from Varta Storage is said to offer the flexibility of a full custom battery pack, but with shorter lead times and lower engineering costs.
Cars under new EU rules produce 4.5x more pollution on average than allowed
Credit: Imperial College London New diesel cars on the roads create much more pollution than is allowed by the European Commission's EURO-6 ...
Weakness of 2G mobile phone networks revealed
The encryption scheme used for second generation (2G) mobile phone data can be hacked within seconds by exploiting weaknesses and using comm ...
Transistor could allow devices to function for months without a battery
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a transistor which operates on energy ‘scavenged’ from its environment and say this could enable devices which function for months or years wi
Google hawks hardware in real-world 'showroom'
Google's new showroom opened as a pop-up shop in New York's Soho neighborhood, where the tech company will deomonstrate, but not sell, new p ...
New Jersey Transit's longest delay: Modern safety technology
This Oct. 1, 2016, file photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board shows damage done to the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J ...
Nintendo combines portable and home gaming with Switch
Nintendo has announced a new gaming system that combines a portable handheld device with a dock to use at home. ...
Researchers create a new type of computer that can solve problems that are a challenge for traditional computers
Post-doctoral scholar Peter McMahon, left, and visiting researcher Alireza Marandi examine a prototype of a new type of light-based computer ...
Cloud rise helps Microsoft top earnings expectations
Microsoft posted a net profit of $4.7 billion, down four percent from a year earlier, on revenue that remained essentially flat at $20.5 bil ...
Newark company creates novel device to cut tailpipe emissions and eliminate testing lines
4.0 Analytics, a research and development company in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC), has developed a wireless emissions complian ...
Apple: Many 'genuine' Apple products on Amazon are fake
In this Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, Lisa Gao, from Chicago, compares a new jet black iPhone 7, right, with her iPhone 6 at an Apple Store in ...
Ultralow power transistors could function for years without a battery
A newly-developed form of transistor opens up a range of new electronic applications including wearable or implantable devices by drasticall ...
Student-designed Hyperloop pod demonstrates magnetic levitation
A team of students from the University of Cincinnati looks on as their Hyperloop Prototype prepares to levitate. Credit: Jay Yocis/Universit ...
Walgreens posts strong 4Q earns but delays Rite Aid deal
This Tuesday, July 5, 2016, photo shows a Walgreens store in North Andover, Mass. Walgreens Boots is expected to report financial results Th ...
Verizon still digesting Yahoo hack; 3Q profit falls
This Monday, July 25, 2016, photo shows signage in a Verizon store in North Andover, Mass. Verizon reports financial results Thursday, Oct. ...
Rapid Replay feature targets NBA global audience
The new feature known as NBA Rapid Replay will be available through various packages tailored to meet the demands of fans throughout the glo ...
Amazon streaming TV devices won't be so Amazon-focused
This Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, shows the Amazon Fire TV, a product for streaming popular video services, apps and games in high-definition ...
First complete sabotage attack demonstrated on a 3-D printed drone propeller
Researchers from three universities combined their expertise to demonstrate the first complete sabotage attack on a 3D additive manufacturin ...
Outcry as Facebook removes Swedish breast cancer video
Sweden's Cancerfonden said it has tried to contact Facebook without any response and has decided to appeal the decision to remove the video ...
Romania urges automakers to build affordable electric cars
Romania's environment minister is urging carmakers to build models that reduce pollution but are also affordable for people in lower-income ...
Blood molecule key to more efficient batteries
Credit: Michael S. Helfenbein A molecule that transports oxygen in blood could be key to developing the next generation of batteries, and i ...
The next big renewable energy source could be right beneath your feet
Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison Flooring can be made from any number of sustainable materials, making it an eco-friendly option in ...
What is the dark web and how does it work?
Credit: shutterstock/ArtFamily We often hear about the dark web being linked to terrorist plots, drug deals, knife sales and child pornogra ...
Rice's energy-stingy indoor mobile locator ensures user privacy
Rice University’s CaPSuLe system could allow mobile users to quickly determine their location indoors without having to communicate with the ...
Computer scientists find 'inexact computing' can improve answers
Computer scientists from Rice University, Argonne National Lab and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have used one of Isaac New ...
Moving toward computing at the speed of thought
When will computers and humans interact fully? Credit: shutterstock.com The first computers cost millions of dollars and were locked inside ...
Flying drones could soon re-charge whilst airborne with new technology
Scientists have demonstrated a highly efficient method for wirelessly transferring power to a drone while it is flying. ...
Exploding smartphones: What's the silent danger lurking in our rechargeable devices?
Dozens of dangerous gases are produced by the batteries found in billions of consumer devices, like smartphones and tablets, according to a ...
Creating 3-D hands to keep us safe increase security
MSU doctoral student Sunpreet Arora demonstrates how a 3-D printed model hand is used to test a fingerprint scanner for accuracy. Credit: G. ...
Chinese researchers develop algorithms for smart energy grid
A fallen tree, a lightning strike—it doesn't take much to disrupt the electrical grid. An outage could last just a few minutes, but restorin ...
New innovation in modeling and designing power grids
You can teach an old dog new tricks—this seems to be true for the research group led by Mengchu Zhou, a distinguished professor of electrica ...
Control system serpent: Scientists propose new model for automation
In 360 BC, Plato wrote, "Whatever comes into existence always comes as a whole." In 2016, scientists are using the same philosophy ...
Balancing the 'yin' and 'yang' in lithium sulfur batteries
Figure 1 Schematic illustration of the cooperative ‘yin’ and ‘yang’ interface of LDH@NG, where the adsorption and redox of polysulfides are ...
Lithium ion battery for electronic textiles grows back together after breaking
Credit: Wiley Electronics that can be embedded in clothing are a growing trend. However, power sources remain a problem. In the journal Ang ...
Designing the future internet: Mobile-friendly internet that can handle billions of smart gadgets
The Internet of Things includes smart objects like fitness monitors, smart watches, smartphones and home thermostats. Credit: Shutterst ...
Tesla to build self-driving tech into all cars
Tesla will build self-driving technology into cars which will run in "shadow mode" to gather data on when it might have avoided or ...
Nintendo giving sneak peak at newest console
The new console could be vital for Nintendo which is looking for a hit product to offset slowing demand for its Wii U console Japanese vide ...
Reports: Nissan CEO Ghosn to head troubled Mitsubishi Motors
In this May 12, 2016 file photo, Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn, right, and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Osamu ...
Astute sets up memory division signs Alliance
Astute Electronics has announced the establishment of a memory division and that it has signed a reseller supply agreement with Alliance Memory.
Stephen Hawking opens British artificial intelligence hub (Update)
British scientist Stephen Hawking arrives to attend the launch of The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), at the Univers ...
Facebook now lets you buy food movie tickets on site
Facebook launched a new tool to obtain recommendations from other users, including on shops and services Facebook will now allow Americans ...
China's LeEco sets out to shake up US consumer tech market
Rob Chandhok, LeEco North America chief research and development officer, holds a LePro 3 phone while speaking at an event in San Francisco, ...
Czechs arrest Russian hacker sought by United States (Update)
Czech police have arrested a Russian hacker suspected of cyberattacks in the United States, officials said on Wednesday. ...