Ford recalls 874000 pickups in US Canada on fire risk
Ford's recall affects F-150 trucks from 2015-2019 built at plants in Michigan and Missouri and 2017-2019 F-series Super Duty vehicles bu ...
Drone threat a steep learning curve for airport chiefs
British transport minister Chris Graying said there was no off-the-shelf solution to the threat from drones Aviation chiefs are going to be ...
Privacy and other matters with Facebook's video-call gadget
This file image provided by Facebook shows the company's product called Portal. It's rare that a new gadget these days serves a true ...
China bike-sharing pioneer Ofo hits the skids
Chinese bike-sharing pioneer Ofo, which claims 200 million users, now appears on the skids, with nearly 11 million customers demanding the r ...
Anti-hacker team develops data sharing scheme for cloud storage
SUSU students. Credit: SUSU In cloud computing, there is still a pressing issue of data security. Scientists from the Laboratory of Problem ...
Swedish research multiplies the life of rechargeable NiMH batteries
Professor Dag Noreus and doctor Yang Shen. Credit: Niklas Bjrling / Stockholm University Researchers at Stockholm University have developed ...
Breaking up (with Facebook) is hard to do: Here's how
In this Aug. 21, 2018 file photo, a Facebook start page is shown on a smartphone in Surfside, Fla. A growing number of people say they are d ...
Paper sensors remove the sting of diabetic testing
Sahika Inal, Shofarul Wustoni and Eloise Bihar (l-r) inspect a set of the inkjet-printed sensors. Credit: 2018 KAUST A technique that enabl ...
US charges two Chinese over alleged state-sponsored hacking (Update)
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the indictment of the two Chinese hackers was meant to rebuff "China's economic aggr ...
Digital detox: Resorts offer perks for handing over phones
This Dec. 1, 2018 photo shows a locked box holding cell phones during a digital detox visit to the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Chicago. A growing ...
Carlos Ghosn re-arrested over fresh allegations
The rollercoaster saga of Carlos Ghosn has gripped Japan Japanese prosecutors re-arrested former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn over fresh allega ...
Police consider shooting down drone after London airport shutdown
Over 100,000 passengers have been affected by the shutdown British police were Friday considering shooting down the drone that has grounded ...
Gadgets: Smart tags help you stay organized
If getting organized is on your New Year's resolution list, the Adero is what you need. ...
Apples pulls iPhone 7 8 from German stores in patent spat
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple is pulling older models of its iPhone from German stores after losing two patent cases brought by chipmaker ...
Facebook Google to pay Washington $450000 to settle lawsuits over political-ad transparency
Tech giants Facebook and Google will pay Washington state more than $450,000 to settle twin lawsuits filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson ...
Dog kennel designed by Ford blocks fireworks thunder noise
Ford Motor Co. has developed a prototype quiet kennel for dogs by using noise-cancellation technology created for high-end vehicles sold in ...
Apple risks iPhone ban in Germany after court case loss
A German court gives a new meaning to X in terms of iPhones with a ruling that could see their sale banned in the country A German court on ...
How is big data impacting sports analytics?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers Sports in all its forms, from Major League Baseball to Fantasy Football is driven by and produce ...
US indicts Chinese govt hackers over attacks in 12 countries
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the indictment of the two Chinese hackers was meant to rebuff "China's economic aggr ...
Facebook: backlash threatens world's biggest platform
Critics say the latest revelations on Facebook's data sharing with partners highlights a need for tougher regulations Facebook, the wor ...
Uber resumes autonomous vehicle tests in Pittsburgh
In this March 15, 2017, file photo, a sign marks a pick up point for the Uber car service at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Uber will resume ...
Drone used to smuggle drugs into Kuwait
Kuwaiti authorities have arrested a man who used a drone to smuggle in drugs from a neighbouring country, the anti-narcotics department said ...
Micropores let oxygen and nutrients inside biofabricated tissues
Magnetic resonance imaging compilation of a porous strand. Credit: Ozbolat laboratory, Penn State Micropores in fabricated tissues such as ...
Technology helps new pilots better communicate with air traffic control increase safety
Two Purdue University alumni have come up with simulator technology to help new pilots master radio communication skills. Credit: Purdue Uni ...
Why AI robot toys could be good for kids
Anna Koop, director of applied machine learning at the U of A’s Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, gives her Vector AI robot a fist bum ...
Qualcomm wins Apple case could lead to iPhone ban in Germany: court
A German court gives a new meaning to X in terms of iPhones with a ruling that could see their sale banned in the country A German court on ...
What can you do to protect your data on Facebook?
This Jan. 17, 2017, file photo shows a Facebook logo being displayed in a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris. Fac ...
Improving crop yields while conserving resources
Graduate student Julia Sokol is working on making drip irrigation cheaper and more efficient at MIT’s Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) ...
TSA airport security screening will get a lot more accurate just in time for some holiday travelers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Airport security is getting an upgrade. Soon, instead of stepping into cylindrical body scanners and staying perf ...
France fines Uber 400000 euros over huge data breach
France was the latest country to fine Uber over a massive data breach from 2016 which it disclosed only a year later France's data prot ...
Google misleads kids and parents about apps complaint filed with FTC says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Accusing Google of misleading practices about kids' apps, nearly two dozen child- and consumer-advocacy group ...
AT&T turns on its mobile 5G network on Dec. 21 starting with 12 cities and mobile hotspot
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The mobile 5G race is officially at the starting block. ...
Building a sustainable future one brick at a time
An international team of scientists, led by King's College London, have developed a thermogalvanic brick that generates electricity as l ...
Travelers face chaos as drones shut London's Gatwick airport
The arrivals board at Gatwick Airport showing cancelled, diverted and delayed flights as the airport remains closed with incoming flights de ...
Shares in SoftBank mobile unit rebound after earlier plunge
Shares in SoftBank's mobile unit rebounded after steep early declines on a rollercoaster second trading day Thursday Shares in the mobi ...
Pinterest planning 2019 stock market debut: report
Pinterest is said to be weighing an early 2019 stock market debut at a valuation of $12 billion or more Popular online bulletin board Pinte ...
100 years ago airmail took flight
French aviator Jean Mermoz was one of the pioneers of Aeropostale On December 25, 1918 a daring French industrialist launched the world' ...
At Jesus's birthplace an app is born to ease crowds
A group of tourists and pilgrims visit the Church of the Nativity, the place where Jesus is said to have been born, in the Biblical West Ban ...
S. Korea cab drivers protest Uber-like ride share app
An estimated 50,000 taxi drivers protested in Seoul to call for a car-pooling app to be banned Tens of thousands of taxi drivers in South K ...
Then one foggy Christmas eve reindeers got connected
Reindeer herder Seppo Koivisto holds a smartphone, showing the mobile app used to locate reindeer in Finnish Lapland, in Rovaniemi, Finland, ...
Embattled Noble Group completes $3.5 bn overhaul
Noble Group, once one of the world's biggest commodity traders, is now a far smaller, Asia-focused entity that will mainly concentrate o ...
BrainChip looks to improve facial classification accuracy
BrainChip, a neuromorphic computing company, has announced the BrainChip Studio 2018.3 update for its BrainChip Studio AI-powered video analysis software.
Lawsuit adds to Facebook woes on data protection
A lawsuit filed in the US capital could impose consequences on Facebook for the leak of personal data to the political consultancy Cambridge ...
FACT CHECK: Facebook defines 'permission' loosely
In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebo ...
Preventing concrete bridges from falling apart
Extremes of temperature, rain, exposure to corrosive substances—all of these environmental factors contribute to the degradation of concrete ...
Local official sues Facebook over data misuse
A lawsuit filed in the US capital could impose consequences on Facebook for the leak of personal data to the political consultancy Cambridge ...
Uber loses UK case on worker rights expected to appeal
In this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 file photo, an Uber App is displayed on a phone in London. Uber has pledged Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 to chall ...
Ryanair wants to sack all Eindhoven-based crew: union
Low-cost pioneer Ryanair wants to sack all its Dutch-based crew, according to a pilots union Ryanair has filed for the collective dismissal ...
Report investigates 'shifting the peaks' of electricity consumption via three residential appliances
Dr Michael Jack of Otago’s Department of Physics. Credit: University of Otago A University of Otago study has examined the potential for Ne ...
When high tech goes underground
ANYmal on its first tour of inspection in Zurich's sewerage system. Credit: ETH Zurich / Daniel Winkler ANYmal, a robot developed at ET ...
How African cities can harness green technologies for growth and jobs
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In 1967 one gigabyte of hard drive storage space cost US$ 1m. Today it's around two US cents. Computer proces ...
Elon Musk bores tunnel to revolutionize city driving
Elon Musk unveiled a sample tunnel, part of a vision for an underground network that cars can be lowered into then propelled along tracks at ...
Facebook defends data sharing after new report on partner deals
Facebook is coming under heightened scrutiny on its data practices following recent reports on its deals allowing tech partners to access pr ...
Playing video games may help researchers find personalized medical treatment for sepsis
An agent-based model of innate immune response mechanistically simulates sepsis in 2-D. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A de ...
NeuNetS: Automating neural network model synthesis for broader adoption of AI
Figure 1: The TAPAS workflow. Credit: IBM On December 14, 2018, IBM released NeuNetS, a fundamentally new capability that addresses the ski ...
EU electricity reform calls end to coal subsidies
Coal still accounts for a considerable amount of power generation in several EU countries, including Germany and Poland European Union memb ...
US cybersecurity firm: Hackers stole EU diplomatic cables
European Commissioner for Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovkis speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednes ...
Daimler BMW win green light for car-sharing merger
German carmakers Daimler and BMW said Wednesday they had won final approval to merge their car-sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, paving ...
Creating complex wireless communication systems
Modelithics and ANSYS are to create the first 3D electromagnetic simulation component model library that will enable customers to accelerate the design of wireless communication systems for 5G, smart
ETSI launches new Industry Specification Group on blockchain
ETSI has announced the creation of a new Industry Specification Group on Permissioned Distributed Ledgers (ISG PDL).
SoftBank mobile unit in record IPO but market debut flops
SoftBank Corp. executives celebrate the mobile unit's listing but its share price plunged on its debut Japanese technology giant SoftBa ...
Norway sees boom in electric cars fueled by the government
In this Nov. 26, 2014 file photo electric cars queue in the bus lane, left, on the main road into Oslo, Norway. In Norway some 30 percent of ...
Robots are being programmed to adapt in real time
In trials, the ResiBot robot learned to walk again in less than two minutes after one of its legs was removed. Credit: Antoine Cully / Sorbo ...
From robotic companions to third thumbs machines can change the human brain
Cozmo robots and their corresponding tablets are being distributed to participants to take home so that they can interact with them for a we ...
New Zealand warns Google over naming murder accused
The case concerns the murder of British tourist Grace Millane, 22, whose body was found earlier this month just outside Auckland New Zealan ...
Pennsylvania lets Uber self-driving cars back on roads
Uber is in a self-driving car race with an array of companies including Alphabet-owned Waymo Authorities in the US state of Pennsylvania ha ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX set to raise $500 mn: report
This artist's illustration, courtesy of SpaceX, shows the SpaceX BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) rocket passenger spacecraft Elon Musk's ro ...
Automakers denounce 'unrealistic' EU emissions targets
The EU's new emissions targets are ambitious, but some call them 'totally unrealistic' German and other European automakers war ...
Understanding dynamic stall at high speeds
When a bird in flight lands, it performs a complex phenomenon known as dynamic stall. University of Illinois researchers took a deep dive in ...
Upwind wind plants can reduce flow to downwind neighbors
New National Science Foundation and Department of Energy-funded research highlights a previously unexplored consequence of the global prolif ...
Dream of augmented humans endures despite sceptics
Despite ethical questions, transhumanists see no reason why they cannot experiment with what is already technically possible, such as techno ...
New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don't go far enough
If Australia’s electricity grid was targeted by cyber attack the fall out could be severe. Credit: Shutterstock Debates about cyber securit ...
Have we reached Peak Car?
2018-12-18 08:00:11Have we reached Peak Car?
Rush hour in Vancouver, B.C. Has North America reached Peak Car? Credit: StoneMonkeyswk/Shutterstock.com General Motors has announced it ...
Globally new solar power plants added almost 35% to new power generating capacity in 2017
For the 8th year now, solar power attracted the largest share of new investments in renewable energies, according to the new JRC PV status r ...
Elon Musk to unveil underground tunnel transport cars
In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, Elon Musk, founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX, speaks at a news conference from the Kennedy Space C ...
Huawei calls on US others to show proof of security risk
The logo of Huawei stands on its office building at the research and development centre in Dongguan in south China's Guangdong province, ...
Smart charging keeps power grid from overloading
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Smart charging electric cars with a dynamic price mechanism may play an important part to help keep the power gri ...
Advanced digital networks look a lot like the human nervous system
Studying digital and biological connections can shed light on both fields. Credit: MY stock/Shutterstock.com Parents have experienced how n ...
Solution to determine emotions of people in group photographs
A team led by doctoral student Xin (Cindy) Guo developed an algorithm that can classify the emotions of subjects in photos. Credit: Universi ...
Algorithms take the wheel
2018-12-18 06:00:13Algorithms take the wheel
Emilio Frazzoli's start-up NuTonomy develops control software for autonomous vehicles and uses Singapore as a test bed. Credit: NuTonomy ...
Wastewater treatment plants can become sustainable biorefineries
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the future, wastewater treatment plants can have a broader function by being converted into biorefineries. ...
Huawei defends global ambitions amid Western security fears
Huawei has faced a tough year, with some of its services rejected in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Japan, France and G ...
Drone delivers vaccines in key Vanuatu trial
A key requirement for vaccine deliveries, including by drone, is maintaining the temperature A one-month-old on a remote island in the Paci ...
Scientists develop low cost method to produce graphene printed electronics
A team of scientists at the University of Manchester have found a low cost method for producing graphene printed electronics, which could significantly speed up and reduce the cost of conductive graph
Silicon Valley East: Google plans $1B expansion in New York
This artist rendering provided by COOKFOX architects shows a building conceived by COOKFOX architects at 550 Washington Street to house an e ...
Sprint T-Mobile merger gets first green light
T-Mobile and Sprint are respectively the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the United States The proposed $26-billion merger b ...
Qualcomm introduces next-gen cellular chipset purpose-built for IoT
Qualcomm has announced its next-generation modem purpose-built for Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as asset trackers, health monitors, security systems, smart city sensors and smart meters,
Ultra low energy devices possible with the flick of a switch
Researchers at Monash University are now one step closer to providing a solution to minimising the energy wasted by modern telecommunications and computing – simply by the flick of a switch.
France to push ahead with digital tax starting January 1
France has been driving hard for a new so-called "GAFA tax"—named after Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon—to ensure the global gi ...
Google joins tech move east to invest $1 bn in New York campus
Google, whose New York office in Chelsea is seen here, will be doubling the size of its workforce in the city to some 14,000 with a new $1 b ...
ICYMI: California withdraws 'text tax' after FCC ruling
California regulators have canceled a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones. ...
Czech warning over Huawei ZTE security 'threat'
Huawei has faced increasing scrutiny over its alleged links to Chinese intelligence services A Czech cyber-security agency on Monday warned ...
Google parent co. Alphabet announces $1 bn NYC real-estate expansion
Google's parent company Alphabet said Monday it was investing over $1 billion in capital improvements to establish a new campus in New Y ...
Nissan meets to replace Ghosn as tensions with Renault grow
Ghosn remains in the one-man cell at a Tokyo detention centre he has occupied since his shock arrest on November 19 The board of automaker ...
Hitachi to buy majority stake in ABB's power grid arm for $6.4 bn
The planned buyout of ABB's power grid unit would reportedly make Hitachi the world's biggest player in the sector Japan's Hita ...
Sensor Fusion and Tracking Toolbox from MathWorks
MathWorks has introduced the Sensor Fusion and Tracking Toolbox, which will now be available as part of Release 2018b.
Plessey to demonstrate AR/VR glasses powered by microLEDs at CES
Next month's CES in as Vegas will see Plessey demonstrate the first AR and VR glasses powered by microLEDs.
Rapid development platform for thermal imaging and IR sensing
Future Electronics has introduced an Arduino-compatible development board which implements contactless temperature measurement and far-field thermal imaging at a resolution of 32x24 pixels.
Cirrent’s software and cloud services look to simplify Wi-Fi connectivity
Cypress Semiconductor has expanded its portfolio of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions with the addition of Cirrent, a leading provider of software and cloud services for consumer Wi-Fi products.
Aleksander Madry on building trustworthy artificial intelligence
Aleksander Madry is a leader in the emerging field of building guarantees into artificial intelligence, which has nearly become a branch of ...