New bug prompts earlier end to Google+ social network
The Google+ social network will close in April 2019 Google said Monday it will close the consumer version of its online social network soon ...
NIST's antenna evaluation method could help boost 5G network capacity and cut costs
NIST researcher Jelena Senic drives a robot used to measure the performance of different antenna beam patterns. The mobile platform enables ...
Social media tops print as news source for Americans: study
Newspapers are losing further ground in the US, with more people relying on social media than print in 2018, according to a Pew Research Cen ...
Verizon cuts 10000 workers through buyouts as part of restructuring
Verizon will cut its workforce by more than 10,000 as it reorganizes the business to prepare for 5G mobile technology US telecomm group Ver ...
Brazil court overturns suspension of Boeing-Embraer tie-up
Boeing and Embraer have proposed a tie-up that would give the US aerospace giant an 80 percent stake in the Brazilian company's commerci ...
GoPro to move production out of China over tariff concerns
This Nov. 11, 2015 file photo shows the GoPro HERO4 Session action camera in Decatur, Ga. Action-camera maker GoPro says it will move produc ...
Hydrokinetic energy from running water cleanly charges electrical vehicles
Credit: buffaloboy, Shutterstock Lif-E-Buoy takes advantage of the natural hydrokinetic energy of running water—abundantly available in mos ...
How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa
Applications like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp have brought a broad range of users in on public discussions. Credit: Bloomicon/Shutterstoc ...
Online platform for carbon dioxide-free deliveries
Credit: sylvrob1, Shutterstock City centres are becoming increasingly congested by traffic, many of which are delivery vehicles. An EU-fund ...
China court bans iPhone sales in patent dispute: Qualcomm
Apple has been growing sales of iPhones in China, illustrated by this showroom in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province A Chine ...
Reserve your driving time to reduce traffic congestion
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For his thesis, EPFL Ph.D. student Raphaël Lamotte studied rush-hour traffic congestion. He suggests impleme ...
Big shareholder at Yelp wants a board reshuffle
This March 19, 2018, file photo shows the Yelp app on an iPad in Baltimore. A large shareholder at Yelp says it's lost patience with the ...
GM fights government to retain tax credit for electric cars
General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to reporters after a meeting with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, to discuss ...
SoftBank aims to raise $23bn on Japan mobile unit IPO
SoftBank Group has transformed from its beginnings in software and is increasingly seen as an investment firm Telecoms giant and technology ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk taunts US financial regulatory agency
Elon Musk had to resign as Tesla chairman under a September arrangement with the SEC to settle fraud charges stemming from a tweet in which ...
Amazon touted as big win for NY but math is more complex
In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, a sea gull flies off holding fish scraps near a former dock facility, with "Long Island" painte ...
Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn charged served with fresh arrest warrant
Ghosn's arrest has sparked some anger in Lebanon Japanese prosecutors Monday formally charged Carlos Ghosn with financial misconduct fo ...
Promoting high quality and security for IoT nodes
STMicroelectronics has extended support for Amazon FreeRTOS with new starter kits for the STM32, which sits in the family of 32-bit Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers.
GM fights to retain key tax credit amid plant closing plans
General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to reporters after a meeting with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, to discuss ...
GM plant closing not expected to stall Detroit's rebound
In a Dec. 7, 2009 file photo, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm drives a pre-production Chevrolet Volt at the Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamt ...
In Mauritius sugar cane means money renewable energy
Electricity from sugar cane now accounts for 14 percent of the Mauritius' needs and, when combined with other renewable sources such as ...
Uber filed paperwork for IPO: report
Ride-share giant Uber could go public as soon as the first quarter of 2019 Ride-share company Uber quietly filed paperwork this week for it ...
Australia anti-encryption law rushed to passage
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A newly enacted law rushed through Australia's parliament will compel technology companies such as Apple, Fac ...
'Fortnite' survey shows kids are playing in class. So what can parents do?
If getting the kids and teens in your home to disconnect from "Fortnite" feels like a battle royal, take just a little bit of comf ...
Cutting the cord: Which cable TV alternatives make the grade
When the average cost of a cable or satellite bill is $85 to $100 a month, is it any wonder that so many are cutting the cord? ...
Three ways Facebook and other social media companies could clean up their acts – if they wanted to
This misleading ad impersonated racial justice activists to urge black Americans not to vote for Hillary Clinton. Credit: U.S. House of Repr ...
At DFW Airport your face could someday replace your boarding pass
Credit: CC0 Public Domain On a recent weekday morning, hundreds of passengers lined up at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to board ...
Quora reports data breach affecting 100 million users
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Quora, a question-and-answer website, has reported a data breach affecting about 100 million users. ...
Qualcomm touts 5G in 2019 launches new processor for flagship smartphones
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Qualcomm said Tuesday that another milestone has been hit in efforts to bring ultra-fast 5G wireless devices to c ...
Facebook struck deals over data and burnt rivals say British lawmakers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Internal emails at Facebook Inc., including those involving Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, were publish ...
Italy fines Facebook for selling users' data
Facebook has repeatedly said it does not sell users' data Italy's competition authority has fined Facebook 10 million euros ($11.3 ...
Apple watch monitors falls track heart rhythms
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For more than a decade, the latest Apple products have been the annual must-have holiday gift for the tech-savvy. ...
EU ministers raise privacy concerns in e-evidence bill
Several EU countries including Germany have raised concerns that the bill falls short on citizens' rights guarantees EU ministers raise ...
The Game Awards: the highlights premieres and winners at the video game industry's big night
"Red Dead Redemption 2" made an early impact on The Game Award's fifth annual event in Los Angeles. But "God of War" ...
New model for assessing the effect of ionizing radiation on microelectronic devices
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The main trend in the development of hardware components for digital and analog electronic equipment is to reduce ...
Why Tumblr's ban on adult content is bad for LGBTQ youth
Tumblr’s new rules will likely shut much of the LGBTQ youth activity. Here a chaptered LGBTQ youth themed comic on Tumblr. Credit: Akshay Va ...
Researchers devise 3-D printer that can make energetic materials safer more environmentally friendly
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Purdue University researchers have devised a method of 3-D printing that can produce energetic materials with fin ...
Qualcomm unveils 7nm PC platform
At its annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm Technologies unveiled the Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform, said to be the first 7nm PC platform.
Sexual subcultures are collateral damage in Tumblr's ban on adult content
Credit: Phanatic/Flickr, CC BY The social networking and microblogging site Tumblr announced on Monday that from December 17 it will no lon ...
Authorised distributors confident of further growth in 2019
The latest forecast by the manufacturers’ authorised distributor (afdec) group within the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) predicts that the UK & Ireland electronic component market wil
Innovative steering system meets the needs of the disabled and autonomous driving
Credit: Matthias Hell Current adaptable systems that enable people with physical disabilities to drive compare poorly with conventional veh ...
A solution to fracture for durable solar cells
Credit: PHYSIC Micro cracks in solar cells are a frequent challenge for manufacturers of solar photovoltaic modules. EU-funded researchers ...
Nissan to recall 150000 cars due to improper checks
The latest recall represents another blow to Nissan, which has been rocked since the arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn Nissan Frid ...
Under fire Huawei agrees to UK security demands: report
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has agreed to meet UK equipment demands Embattled Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has agreed to British intelli ...
Micron selects Rambus CryptoManager platform for Authenta line
Micron Technology has selected the Rambus CryptoManager Platform for the company's Authenta secure memory product line to ensure a “new level of protection” for IoT devices.
Tailoring nonlinearity with time domain metasurface for wireless communication
a, Schematic of the proposed BFSK wireless communication system based on the time-domain digital coding metasurface. b, Experimental scenari ...
IoTSF releases update to the IoT Security Compliance Framework
The IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF), an international, collaborative and vendor-neutral members’ initiative, has announced ‘Release 2’ of its IoT Security Compliance Framework, following user feedback
Cuba finally rolls out mobile 3G though too costly for most
Cubans have relied for years on WiFi zones in public parks and squares Cuba became one of the last countries in the world to get 3G mobile ...
Google moves to curb gender bias in translation
Google is working on reducing gender bias in translations, offering both masculine and feminine words in some languages Google said Thursda ...
Fiat Chrysler to open new plant in Detroit: report
The Jeep Grand Cherokee will roll off the production line in Detroit at a new Fiat Chrysler plant due to open, the first new car assembly li ...
Revisions eyed for rushed Australia encryption law
Under the new legislation, Australian authorities can force tech firms to decrypt communications Australia's top legal body on Friday w ...
Japan to indict Nissan as well as Ghosn: report
Carlos Ghosn's November 19 arrest in Tokyo shook the business world, where he has long been a highly regarded top executive Tokyo prose ...
Internet access via mobile phones starts for all Cubans
In this July 1, 2015 file photo, youths use a password protected wifi network coming from a five star hotel to surf the Internet on their sm ...
US interstate highways need overhaul says new report
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The future of the U.S. Interstate Highway System is threatened by a persistent and growing backlog of structural ...
Toothed giant rips through Alps despite rail link protests
When finished, the tunnel on the Lyon-Turin train line is expected to stretch for nearly 60 kilometres across the French-Italian border The ...
EKG other heart health features come to Apple Watch
In this Sept. 12, 2018, file photo, Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer, speaks about the Apple Watch Series 4 at the Steve J ...
Millions of O2 SoftBank customers hit by glitch
O2, a division of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, blamed a third-party supplier for a "global software issue in their system" t ...
Here's why data breaches like the one at Marriott are 'treasure troves for spammers'
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The massive data breach revealed by Marriott International sheds light on what hackers often do with the personal ...
Widespread decrease in wind energy resources found over the Northern Hemisphere
Asia's biggest wind farm, the Dabancheng wind farm in China's Xinjiang province. Credit: Gang Huang As climate change is becoming a ...
An app for operating a self-driving car
Self-driving car phone that has voice recognition application on its Smartphone. If you want to drive a self-driving car, please say 'st ...
Keeping up with Moore's Law
2018-12-06 08:00:11Keeping up with Moore's Law
Plot of CPU transistor counts against dates of introduction; note the logarithmic vertical scale; the line corresponds to exponential growth ...
Smart trains with no driver
2018-12-06 08:00:11Smart trains with no driver
Driverless rail transport would have many advantages. Credit: iStock Everyone's talking about autonomous cars, wondering if they'll ...
Electrifying transportation in Trikala Greece
Credit: Olivier Le Moal, Shutterstock An EU project will deploy 10 new light electric vehicles in smart city Trikala to show citizens the b ...
Australia passes cyber snooping laws with global implications
Under the legislation, Canberra can compel local and international providers to remove electronic protections, conceal covert operations by ...
More belt-tightening at VW to fund electric new start
German auto giant VW is looking for more savings to help fund its switch into electric vehicles German car giant Volkswagen said Thursday i ...
Sails make a comeback as shipping tries to go green
Finnish startup company Norsepower installed its rotor sail technology on the Maersk Pelican tanker, Aug. 29, 2018, in Rotterdam, Netherland ...
The web really isn't worldwide: Every country has different access
When a website blocks access, it sometimes delivers a notice saying so. Credit: Screenshot from airbnb.com, CC BY-ND What the internet look ...
Location data as an 'identifier' of personal data
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A recent doctoral dissertation in legal studies reveals alarming news regarding the vulnerability of location and ...
Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats
Credit: CC0 Public Domain One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything f ...
Looking past the hype about 'trackless trams'
CRRC’s version of the optically guided bus, now operating in Zhuzhou, is more like light rail than its predecessors. Credit: CRRC The optic ...
5G network to improve road safety
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Next-generation mobile network and fast data transmission solutions can be used to collect a huge amount of data ...
Zuckerberg defends Facebook in new data breach controversy
Zuckerberg defended Facebook's data policies Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday against emails showing the social med ...
Nissan hit by new inspection scandal after Ghosn arrest: report
Nissan is already under pressure following the arrest of its chairman Nissan plans to conduct another recall owing to "improper" ...
Top Huawei executive detained in Canada angering China
Despite being essentially barred from the critical US market, Huawei surpassed Apple to become the world's number two smartphone maker i ...
Graphene unlocks new potential for 'smart textiles'
An international team of scientists, led by Professor Monica Craciun from the University of Exeter Engineering department, has pioneered a new technique to create fully electronic fibres that can be i
ANSYS develops open file format for thermal simulations
ANSYS has launched a new open neutral file format to help electronic component manufacturers and their customers to easily share design models between different thermal simulation toolsets.
DeepRay AI technology repairs distorted and obscured images in real-time
Cambridge Consultants have announced DeepRay, a ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology that creates clear, undistorted views of the real-world from a damaged or obscured moving image.
Socionext shipping display controller for head-up display
Socionext has started the volume shipping of its latest display controller, the SC1711, developed for in-vehicle headup displays, alongside the software development kit.
aiSim2 delivers greater realism for autonomous technology simulation
AImotive, the autonomous driving technology provider, has released the aiSim2 simulator to significantly upgrade the speed and quality of testing and validating self-driving solutions.
Documents show Facebook used user data as competitive weapon (Update)
In this April 10, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary ...
Guiding the smart growth of artificial intelligence
A new paper published in AI Communications provides a comprehensive look at the development of an ethical framework, code of conduct, and va ...
Fine-tuning renewables could help Texas balance energy resources
A Rice University study analyzes Texas' mix of wind and solar energy resources and how to achieve better balance between them going forw ...
Facebook accused of giving access to users' data
The UK parliament's select media committee published more than 200 pages of internal Facebook emails it has acquired while probing how t ...
Britain's BT scrubs China's Huawei from 4G network
Alex Younger, head of Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency, had earlier this week warned Huawei poses a potential threat andhad pub ...
CEA-Leti develops circuits for neuromorphic processors
Leti, a research institute at CEA Tech, has proven that RRAM-based ternary-content addressable memory (TCAM) circuits, featuring the most compact structure developed to date, can meet the performance
New material could be the answer to infrastructure woes
Credit: Louisiana State University In the early 1990s, Victor Li, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of M ...
We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both limits and new insights
A graphic novel examined by artificial intelligence. Credit: Reinhard Kleist/Self Made Hero With one spouse studying the evolution of artif ...
UK union loses challenge to Deliveroo over drivers' status
Britain's High Court has ruled that Deliveroo riders do not have the right to collective bargaining—the latest in a series of rulings as ...
NIST atomic clocks keep time well enough to improve models of Earth
Experimental atomic clocks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have achieved three new performance records.
Using drones to simplify film animation
Actors' movements can be easily recorded using commercial drones, which greatly reduces the technical effort required for animated film. ...
UK releases Facebook emails about data privacy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The British Parliament has released some 250 pages worth of documents that show Facebook considered charging deve ...
New technology helps the visually impaired reach for the stars
Credit: University of Queensland An app developed by a University of Queensland student is helping the visually impaired navigate the stars ...
Google's robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service
In this Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, photo provided by Waymo, its employees place boxes as obstacles, staging "structured tests" for a w ...
Solution for next generation nanochips comes out of thin air
Researchers at RMIT University have engineered a new type of transistor. Instead of sending electrical currents through silicon, it sends electrons through narrow air gaps, where they can travel unimp
Russian tech giant Yandex unveils first smartphone
Russian internet giant Yandex launched its first smartphone on Wednesday Russian internet giant Yandex on Wednesday launched its first ever ...
Panama awards $1.4 bn bridge project to Chinese group
A Chinese firm has won the $1.4 billion contract to build a bridge over the Panama Canal The government of Panama awarded Tuesday a Chinese ...
Takeda shareholders agree to $60 bn Shire acquisition
Takeda's near $60 bn purchase of Shire is the biggest foreign takeover by a Japanese firm Shareholders at Japanese drug giant Takeda on ...
Cuba to begin full internet access for mobile phones
In this July 1, 2015 file photo, youths use a password protected wifi network coming from a five star hotel to surf the Internet on their sm ...
Achronix anounces availability of Speedcore Gen4 eFPGA IP
Achronix, a specialist in FPGA-based hardware accelerator devices and high-performance eFPGA IP, has announced the availability of its Speedcore Gen4 embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP for integration into SoCs
Wind River teams up with Renesas to advance ADAS
Wind River and Renesas are expanding their collaboration for connected, advanced driver assist systems, and autonomous driving programmes.