Study finds green certification improves public opinion of oil and gas development
Derrick and platform of drilling gas wells in Marcellus Shale - Pennsylvania. Credit: Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers at Indiana Univer ...
Regulating Facebook could hinder small businesses with overseas customers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is currently conducting an inquiry into digital platforms. Credit: Shutterstock Digital ...
Dutch buy Air-France KLM stake to counter French influence
Air France and KLM merged in 2004 but continue to operate largely separately, while the French arm in particular has struggled with industri ...
Handset makers look to gamers for sales boost
Playing video games on smartphones is attractive mostly to casual players Smartphone makers hope video games will help them stand out in a ...
3-D printed tool cuts through titanium wins innovation prize
Jimmy Toton inspects a 3D printed steel milling cutter. Credit: RMIT University Ph.D. candidate Jimmy Toton from RMIT University in Melbour ...
Embedded World: Industry’s first automotive USB 3.1 SmartHub with Type-C support
Following the announcement of its SAM R30 module at Embedded World, Microchip has introduced another industry first at the exhibition in the form of an automotive-qualified USB 3.1 Gen1 SmartHub IC.
LDRA to Support MISRA C:2012 and new integrated MISRA/AUTOSAR C++ guidelines
LDRA has welcomed the arrival of MISRA C:2012 (3rdEdition, 1st Revision), and the announcement that two world-leading consortia in coding guidelines, MISRA and AUTOSAR, will integrate their industry g
Arrow Electronics extends global secure provisioning services for IoT devices
Arrow Electronics has extended its global secure provisioning service to cover silicon from Cypress, Infineon and Microchip in addition to NXP Semiconductors Secure Elements, which participated in Arr
Future's brings four European Centres of Excellence into service
Future Electronics has completed the commissioning of its four engineering Centres of Excellence (CoE) in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, enabling the distributor to offer customers
High-powered fuel cell boosts electric-powered submersibles drones
The transportation industry is one of the largest consumers of energy and as such there is an increasing demand to make it cleaner and more efficient. While more people are using electric cars, design
Bluetooth Low Energy wireless multi-core MCUs
Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of custom and configurable power management, AC/DC power conversion, charging and Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology, has unveiled the SmartBond DA1469x family of B
Rohde & Schwarz and Tutela integrate drive test and crowdsourced mobile network QoE test solution
A partnership agreement has been reached between Rohde & Schwarz and Tutela, the world’s largest mobile network crowdsourcing test company, to bring comprehensive insight into network performance
China aims high as global innovator
China is on the way to becoming a world leader in international patent filings.
New US antitrust task force could unwind tech mergers
A US regulator Tuesday announced the launch of an antitrust task force to focus on competition in the tech sector and consider challenging m ...
Dutch government takes stake in Air-France KLM
Air France and KLM merged in 2004 but still continue to operate largely separately The Netherlands has bought a stake in Air France-KLM in ...
US lawmakers kick off debate over online privacy
Most companies have said they would accept new federal legislation in the wake of bombshell revelations about Facebook and other online plat ...
AT&T's Time Warner takeover has already reshaped media world
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld AT&T's $81 billion takeover of Time Warner, approving one of the biggest media deals on re ...
US appeals court clears AT&T's $81B purchase of Time Warner
In this June 13, 2018, file photo, the logos for Time Warner and AT&T appear above alternate trading posts on the floor of the New York ...
GM sued by union over plan to shut US plants
A GM spokeswoman said the November 26 announcement on the plants does not violate its agreement with the union The United Auto Workers file ...
Fiat Chrysler: $4.5B plan would add 6500 Detroit-area jobs
Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday announced a $4.5 billion investment plan it said would increase its workforce in Detroit and the surrounding suburb ...
US judge gives Musk 2 weeks to justify controversial tweets
A federal judge gave Tesla CEO Elon Musk two weeks to rebut charges he violated a 2018 settlement with US securities regulators. A federal ...
BASF counts on 2019 rebound after annual profits slump
On top of the major headwinds from the car industry and global trade, BASF also had to contend with the impact of low water on the Rhine riv ...
Egypt to host Huawei's first MENA cloud platform: Cairo
Egypt will host Chinese telecom company Huawei's first cloud data platform in the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt's telecom mini ...
EU clears RWE takeover of EON electricity generation assets
The takeover is cleared The EU on Tuesday approved RWE's acquisition of fellow German energy company EON's renewable and nuclear ge ...
French group Thales forecasts profit rise after 'excellent' 2018
Thales said 2018 sales were driven by an "exceptional" year in its transport segment as well as strong growth in defence and secur ...
Humor is both a hurdle and a gauge to improve AI human interaction
Credit: Shaw Nielsen Ask any smart virtual assistant to tell you a joke and the response is, well, lackluster. A flat, robotic voice drones ...
Mobile tech is going to the dogs... literally
New tricks for old dogs: Wearable gadgets allow pet owners to see how much their animals exercise, sleep, or even relieve themselves Is you ...
Robocalls are unstoppable – 3 questions answered about why your phone won't quit ringing
Caller ID won’t always tell you it’s a robot doing the dialing. Credit: LightField Studios/Shutterstock.com When your phone rings, there ...
I build mathematical programs that could discover the drugs of the future
How will each drug interact with the proteins in your body? Credit: Evlakhov Valeriy/shutterstock.com Discovering and designing a new drug ...
Embedded World: Future launches its SPINnaker board
Future Electronics has introduced SPINnaker, a motor control daughter board for low cost SPACE-Vector-Modulation build for the STMicroelectronics Nucleo-8S208RB kit, a development platform for the STM
Research to help mobile phones act smarter and last longer
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Melbourne researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict when users will reach for their mobile ph ...
Embedded World: Future launches its SPINnaker board at Embedded World
Future Electronics has introduced SPINnaker, a motor control daughter board for low cost SPACE-Vector-Modulation build for the STMicroelectronics Nucleo-8S208RB kit, a development platform for the STM
LDRA partners with Siemens to boost traceability and verification for critical embedded systems
LDRA, software quality experts in the areas of functional safety, security, and standards compliance, has partnered with Siemens PLM Software to enhance traceability and validation for customers devel
SamacSys today announces a new Altium integration at embedded world 2019
SamacSys, a provider of electronic component CAD models, has completed a new integration with Altium.
Embedded World: First commercial IoT solution to achieve Arm PSA certification
​At this year's Embedded World, Express Logic has announced that its industrial-grade X-Ware IoT Platform has become an Arm PSA Certified product. "This currently the only such commercial pro
French carmaker PSA boosts outlook after 'historic year'
French automaker PSA sold 3.88 million vehicles last year, up 6.8 percent from 2017 French auto giant PSA, which produces the Citroen and P ...
BASF annual profits tumble as car woes trade wars bite
On top of the major headwinds from the car industry and global trade, BASF also had to contend with the impact of low water on the Rhine riv ...
Embedded World: Industry's smallest regulatory-certified sub-GHz module
Microchip has announced what it says is the industry's smallest IEEE 802. 15.4-compliant module that combines an ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU) with a sub-GHz radio.
Big jump in cellular device certifications
The Global Certification Forum (GCF) has announced wireless device certification data for 2018, which shows a significant increase in both the number of manufacturers certifying devices (up 14% on 201
SmartAnalytics to provide intelligent insights into mobile network QoE
Rohde & Schwarz has introduced a new generation of web based software with its SmartAnalytics suite.
Infineon launches partner network to advance Voice User Interface in connected devices
Premium MEMS microphones and cutting-edge audio processing are the key elements for making voice-controlled devices truly ready for everyday situations. To facilitate their development and integration
Murata Cypress and NXP Collaborate on Multi-Platform Wi-Fi IoT Solutions
Murata is collaborating with Cypress Semiconductor and NXP Semiconductors to provide IoT developers with mix-and-match wireless connectivity and processing solutions that are said to shorten the time-
Pinterest YouTube say acting against anti-vaccine messages
Pinterest said it started blocking certain searches related to vaccinations and cancer cures last year Several social networks including Pi ...
Reddit to open Dublin office this year
Social media firm Reddit said on Monday it will open an office in Dublin later this year, part of international expansion plans after raisin ...
GE selling BioPharma unit for $21.4 bn to reduce  debt
General Electric announced it will sell its BioPharma business to Danaher for $21.4 billion to Danaher to reduce debt. General Electric ann ...
Data as material for product design
The Connected Baby Bottle of Philips Avent, based on the prototype developed using the Data-enabled Design method. Credit: Philips Products ...
BMW fined for diesel software error
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Germany prosecutors have fined automaker BMW 8.5 million euros ($9.66 million) for lax oversight in installing de ...
How electric cars could make America's crumbling roads even worse
Credit: CC0 Public Domain U.S. roads and bridges are in abysmal shape – and that was before the recent winter storms made things even worse ...
Sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) significantly improves EUV patterning
TEM image of the photoresist pattern after lithography exposure (left) and TEM EDX signal from Aluminum for the photoresist pattern after th ...
Smart home systems need to improve security
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The security of smart domestic appliances that can be managed remotely must be improved to better protect users&# ...
5G is coming: what can we expect?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain This year the telecoms industry will begin the transition to new fifth-generation cellular networks—known as 5G— ...
New machine learning approach could give a big boost to the efficiency of optical networks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New work leveraging machine learning could increase the efficiency of optical telecommunications networks. As our ...
The law is closing in on Facebook and the 'digital gangsters'
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For social media and search engines, the law is back in town. ...
How robotics will shape our future
Mouser has uploaded a video featuring celebrity engineer Grant Imahara’s panel discussion from the 2018 Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) Executive Conference.
Big data harvesting tool will deliver smart farming
Credit: John Innes Centre Researchers from across Norwich Research Park have launched a new system for organising vast datasets on climate ...
Teaching chatbots regular human language
Credit: Gerdien Wolthaus Paauw Customer service chatbots are ready to help you night and day. But communication with a bot can be cumbersom ...
Intel develops FPGA programmable acceleration card to enable next-gen 5G solutions
Looking to enable 5G next-generation core and virtualised radio access network solutions, Intel has developed the FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000.
Spectrum support from Xilinx
2019-02-25 04:00:07Spectrum support from Xilinx
Xilinx has extended its Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoC portfolio to full sub-6GHz spectrum support.
Gemalto announces the industry-first 5G SIM
Gemalto, digital security expert, has announced what it says is the industry's first 5G SIM which meets operator requirements for the new generation of network deployments that will emerge in 2019
New Xsens MTi software provides open-source API
Xsens has introduced its MT Software Suite 2019, providing for the first time an open-source applications programming interface (API) to enable users to develop applications to run on many embedded co
Israeli startups join firms making lab-grown 'clean meat'
This Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 photo, shows a lab-grown steak during a presentation by the Israeli company Aleph Farms, in Jaffa, Israel. Sev ...
Advances in logic IC process technology move forward
The 2019 edition of IC Insights’ McClean Report highlights that there is more variety than ever among the logic-oriented process technologies that companies offer.
GCF and 5GAA announce collaboration on the certification and testing of C-V2X technologies
​The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) have agreed a collaborative framework under which they will combine their resources and expertise to accelerate the global in
Take part in the CSA Catapult survey and be in with a chance of winning an IPad Pro
The Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult’s mission is to help the compound semiconductor industry and to exploit advances in this technology to deliver innovative products and services.
Tech companies scope out Africa surveillance sector
Just a dozen companies run the booming global surveillance market At a security exhibition in Morocco tech companies pushed to convince Afr ...
Huawei takes fight with US over spying fears to top mobile fair
Richard Yu, head of Huawei's consumer business group, unveiled the Mate X phone with a folding screen. "Our engineers worked on thi ...
New kid on the blockchain: Stablecoin promises steady crypto
Crypto, crypto on the wall, who is the steadiest of them all? As the extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies makes them difficult to depend ...
China's Huawei set to unveil 5G phone with folding screen
In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, the logos of Huawei are displayed at its retail shop window reflecting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ...
Tech connection boosts NY vertical farmers
A Bowery Farming employee inspects some of their greens grown at the hydroponic farming company in Kearny, New Jersey Workers at Bowery Far ...
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams leaving board
Evan Williams in September 2010, when he was Twitter's CEO, at the company headquarters in San Francisco Twitter co-founder and one-tim ...
Warning issued over attacks on internet infrastructure
The internet's global address keeper is warning of large-scale attacks threatening key parts of the online infrastructure Key parts of ...
Microsoft workers protest use of HoloLens headsets for war
A group of Microsoft workers is demanding the company cancel a contract supplying the U.S. Army with HoloLens headsets that they say would t ...
Apps send intimate user data to Facebook: report
A Wal Street Journal investigation found mobile apps may share sensitive personal data with Facebook even if they are not members of the soc ...
Toshiba Memory Europe and OSR Enterprises extend collaboration
Toshiba Memory Europe and OSR Enterprises AG, creator of the EVOLVER automotive platform for connected, autonomous and electric mobility, are to extend their collaboration to enhance live data managem
Ford launches probe into actual emissions of its vehicles
Ford has "hired an outside firm to conduct an investigation" into specifications used in testing and "applications to certify ...
VW sees steady profits in 2018 results
The cost of dieselgate is still a cloud over Volkswagen's earnings German car giant Volkswagen on Friday reported steady operating prof ...
Nike smart sneakers experience connection issues days after release users report
Sometimes, seemingly promising futuristic products don't launch without a hitch. Customers who purchased Nike's brand-new Adapt BB s ...
Why are TVs so cheap now? Well your smart TV is watching you and making extra money too
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Your smart TV is watching you. And making money off you as well. ...
For Tesla effects of Elon Musk's take-private tweet continue
Tesla and CEO Elon Musk settled with the SEC last year over Musk's tweets about taking the company private, but the fallout isn't ov ...
Mark Zuckerberg talks privacy accidentally disses Facebook Portal
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Talking about the future of technology, which is Mark Zuckerberg's personal challenge this year, can be hard, ...
As Spotify gets into podcasts industry readies for a new era
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Some are calling it the second golden age of audio. ...
Qualcomm's latest 5G chips to deliver 7 gigabits per second speeds to mobile devices
Qualcomm is introducing a 5G cellular modem chip that the company says is capable of delivering peak wireless download speeds of 7 gigabits ...
How to break down work into tasks that can be automated
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Virtually every organization is wrestling and experimenting with automation. But most are missing the benefits th ...
Top German court backs VW owners in 'dieselgate' opinion
Germany's top court is siding with owners of VW cars against the company Germany top court on Friday backed Volkswagen owners' clai ...
Green New Deal's focus on renewable energy could fight global warming create healthier communities says expert
Jennie Stephens. Credit: Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University The Green New Deal, a proposal taken up by scores of members of Congress thi ...
Utilities are starting to invest in big batteries instead of building new power plants
This is what a 5-megawatt, lithium-ion energy storage system looks like. Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Due to their decreas ...
British investigators drop probes on Rolls-Royce GSK
Britain's Serious Fraud Office on Friday dropped major investigations into engineering firm Rolls-Royce and pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSm ...
New program picks out targets in a crowd quickly and efficiently
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It can be harder for computers to find Waldo, an elusive character that hides within crowds in a popular children ...
A nonvolatile spintronics-based 50uW microcontroller unit operating at 200MHz
Photo of the fabricated microcontroller unit chip. Credit: IEEE Researchers at Tohoku University have announced the development of a nonvol ...
Physicists train the oscillatory neural network to recognize images
Credit: Andrei Velichko Physicists from Petrozavodsk State University have proposed a new method for oscillatory neural network to recogniz ...
CEA-Leti and Stanford target edge-AI apps with NVM memory cell
The "world’s first" circuit integrating multiple-bit non-volatile memory (NVM) technology called Resistive RAM (RRAM) with silicon computing units, and a new memory resiliency features that
BBC unveils world-first 5G trial
The BBC is undertaking live radio broadcasts over 5G mobile networks in the first public trial of its kind.
Digital Catapult partners with DCMS to drive new use cases using 5G
Digital Catapult, the UK’s innovation centre for advanced digital technologies, has partnered with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to support the design and development o
Infineon Xilinx and Xylon team up for new microcontroller solutions
Infineon Technologies, in co=operation with Xilinx and Xylon have developed a new Xylon IP core called logiHSSL.
BMW Daimler to invest 1 bn euros in joint carsharing scheme
BMW CEO Harald Krueger and Daimler chief Dieter Zetsche announced the plan to combine their companies' carsharing schemes on Friday Ger ...
YouTube walks a tightrope with its video makers advertisers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain YouTube has plenty of problems to deal with, ranging from advertiser boycotts to a recommendation engine often bl ...
Cellphone internet access bringing changes fast to Cuba
A man holds his phone showing the app "Sube," a ride-hailing app for the aging American sedans on the streets of Havana, in Havana ...
Under fire Huawei and foldable screens in focus at top mobile fair
The development of 5G wireless technology is what underpins mobile phone makers' hopes that they can boost sales which have recently fla ...
Baidu profit falls but revenue beats expectations
The company is seeking to reposition itself from a heavy reliance on the search-engine business toward technologies used in AI Leading Chin ...
Pinterest files confidentially for stock listing: report
Pinterest, the online "visual discovery" service which claims some 250 million users, has filed confidentially for a stock market ...