Indian police break up international computer virus scam
Alleged fraudsters are presented before media at a police station in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Indian po ...
German antitrust agency opens Amazon investigation
Germany's antitrust agency says it has begun an investigation of online retailer Amazon to over complaints it's abusing its position ...
Indonesia's Go-Jek enters Singapore market challenges Grab
Go-Jek's beta app was due to be available for download in Singapore from Thursday to a limited number of customers, and will only cover ...
With US sales boom over carmakers enter belt-tightening mode
General Motors is cutting jobs and spending billions of dollars to become a player in autonomous vehicles, a pursuit that analysts think cou ...
New Zealand says Huawei ban not because it's Chinese
New Zealand says Huawei has been barred from its 5G rollout over technological issues, and not because it is Chinese New Zealand denied Thu ...
Tech giants warn Australia against law to break encryption
Digital giants led by Google, Facebook and Amazon say the proposed Australian law would undermine rather than enhance the nation's secur ...
Facebook mulled charging for access to user data
Facebook early on adopted a practice of letting application makers plug into the social network for free and connect to user data to enhance ...
e-vehicle market in Europe is slowly gaining momentum
Most car brands now offer electric models and electric vehicle (EV) prices have dropped, but the sector is still waiting for a breakthrough moment in Europe, says the European Commission, Joint Resear
Ghosn arrest lays bare frustration at Nissan
Carlos Ghosn's arrest has thrown up frustrations within Nissan With Carlos Ghosn's arrest, frustrations over the tycoon's manag ...
Innate fingerprint could detect tampered steel parts
David Mascarenas, a research and development engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, used Barkhausen noise to find unique-looking 'f ...
Online sex ads rebound months after shutdown of Backpage
In this Jan. 10, 2017, file photo Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanen ...
Google extends telecom service Fi to iPhones
Google says its mobile telecom service originally designed for its own devices like the Pixel smartphone will now be available more widely, ...
Germany's CEBIT computer show scrapped after 32 years
Organizers say they are scrapping the annual CEBIT computer show in Germany, an event that has drawn tech enthusiasts to Hannover for more t ...
With an eye on past problems Facebook expands local feature
Facebook is cautiously expanding a feature that shows people local news and information, including missing-person alerts, road closures, cri ...
US teens drawn to social media despite 'drama'
Smartphone-connected teens say they see more good than bad in social networks like Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram American teenagers rema ...
Two Iranian hackers charged in US ransomware scheme
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference announcing the indictment against international computer hacking, at ...
Google CEO to appear before US House panel December 5
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, will testify at a congressional hearing weeks after lawmakers left an empty seat for the key internet executive ...
Lasers could take 3-D printing to next level
Jianhua "Joshua" Tong, left, and Ph.D. student Shenglong Mu work in a lab at Clemson University, where they are developing a new 3 ...
New method automatically computes realistic movement with friction from 3-D design
Without inversion (left), the hat sags under gravity, losing its intended style and partially covering the face of the character. In contras ...
Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions
Human skin contains sensitive nerve cells that detect pressure, temperature and other sensations that allow tactile interactions with the environment. To help robots and prosthetic devices attain thes
Intelligent framework aims to optimise data transfer in 5G networks
A North Carolina State University researcher has developed technology designed to allow cellular communication nodes in 5G systems to partition bandwidth more efficiently in order to improve end-to-en
Intelligent framework aims to optimize data transfer in 5G networks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A North Carolina State University researcher has developed technology designed to allow cellular communication no ...
5 ways to help robots work together with people
Making the most of human-robot collaborations will require good teamwork. Credit: WeStudio/Shutterstock.com For most people today, robots a ...
Image: Robotic hopper
2018-11-28 08:00:08Image: Robotic hopper
Credit: European Space Agency This walking and hopping robot is currently being tested in ESA's Mars Yard. ...
Is Silicon Valley ready for fully autonomous Waymo vehicles?
Waymo, the first company to get approval from the Department of Motor Vehicles to test fully self-driving vehicles on California roads, face ...
Using solar to light up communities grow incomes of rural households
Credit: Happy Ali Immaculate Tumwebaze, is a resident of Katara village, Kichwamba sub county, Rubirizi district. She is one of the 18 memb ...
Future wildfires: Stronger buildings could delay but not stop destruction alone
Even though no building material is fireproof, a few strategies could still allow more evacuation time during a future wildfire. Credit: Pur ...
Smartphone ad analyzer creates 'individual footprint' for advertising outreach analysis
Watching TV, this individual could help the Rabbit Hole analyze the advertisements on their favorite channels. The Rabbit Hole software comp ...
Computing faces an energy crunch unless new technologies are found
The tools on our smartphones are enabled by a huge network of mobile phone towers, Wi-Fi networks and server farms. Credit: Shutterstock Th ...
Smart speakers make passive listeners
Credit: Cornell Brand Communications People explore less when they get recommendations from voice-based platforms such as Amazon's Alex ...
Refugees reclaim human rights with technology
A refugee camp sits among agriculture fields in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. While most Syrian refugees live in apartments and in urban settin ...
Artificial joint restores wrist-like movements to forearm amputees
An implant is placed into each of the two bones of the forearm -- the ulna and radius -- and then a wrist-like artificial joint acts as an i ...
New Zealand blocks Huawei on security grounds
New Zealand has become the latest country to block a proposal to use telecoms equipment made by Huawei because of national security concerns.
What are tech companies doing about ethical use of data? Not much
Tech companies have an economic imperative to avoid grappling too seriously with the ethical issues surrounding data usage. Credit: Shutters ...
A big step toward the practical application of 3-D holography with high-performance computers
3D holographic image from a video projected by HORN-8, a special purpose computer developed by Tomoyoshi Ito's research team. Credit: To ...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone but sales continue
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Perhaps you never got around to shopping on Black Friday, and when Cyber Monday blew in, you had other things on ...
Linux and RISC-V Foundations announce joint collaboration
The Linux and RISC-V Foundations have announced a joint collaboration agreement to accelerate open source development and adoption of the RISC-V ISA.
Porsche shows off new edition of mainstay 911 sports car
The undated photo provided by Porsche on Nov. 28, 2018 shows the new Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. Porsche unveiled the eighth generation of his e ...
AI could help cities detect expensive water leaks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Costly water losses in municipal water systems could be significantly reduced using sensors and new artificial in ...
New Zealand halts Huawei from 5G upgrade over security fears
New Zealand's international spy agency on Wednesday halted mobile company Spark from using Huawei equipment in its planned 5G upgrade, s ...
Online 'funeral kits' help grieving Indians
Workers at SarvaPooja''s manufacturing unit in Mumbai prepare a 'final rites kit', which includes a number of items includin ...
Australian billionaire to spend US$72 mn on journalism institute
Judith Neilson's announcement comes after Fairfax Media, Australia's oldest newspaper group and owner of titles including The Sydney ...
Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal flight Indonesia says
The ill-fated Lion Air 737 MAX plunged into the Java Sea less than half an hour after taking off A Lion Air jet that crashed last month sho ...
Apple raises old iPhone trade-in values to try and entice upgrades to new models
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple seems to have an upgrade problem and a new fix to try and entice upgrades. ...
YouTube adds student plans in latest attempt to challenge Hulu Spotify and Apple Music
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hoping for a student plan for YouTube? You now can have one. ...
Facebook was warned of alleged Russian meddling back in 2014
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg declined an invitation to attend the hearing, sending a vice president named Richard Allan in his p ...
Apple's stock sours Microsoft's soars. Say what?!
In this May 7, 2018, file photo Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella looks on during a video as he delivers the keynote address at Build, the company ...
Facebook checked alleged Russian meddling as early as 2014
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg declined an invitation to attend the hearing, sending a vice president named Richard Allan in his p ...
Global lawmakers grill Facebook exec; Zuckerberg's a no-show
This photo posed for the photographer on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2018 and made available by the House of Commons shows the International Grand Comm ...
Google workers want plug pulled on plan for China search
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai last month acknowledged publicly for the first time that the company is considering a search engine for ...
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg is tainted by crisis after crisis
Facebook Inc. crises this year have put immense pressure on Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, undermining her authority and tainting ...
Wave power for clean drinking water
Credit: RML Around 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world's population, live in areas of water scarcity, mostly in develo ...
Red Dead Redemption 2: Virtual ecology is making game worlds eerily like our own
Wild game. Credit: Rockstar Games Deer, bison and pronghorn traverse the plains in large herds…scavengers quickly sniff out carrion, sockey ...
Hailing the future taxi: Drone-car mashup model takes flight
A working scale model of Pop.Up Next, a prototype designed by Audi, Airbus and Italdesign, drives away from the air module, rear, after land ...
UK's 'illegal' backup power scheme subsidised fossil fuels – a greener alternative should now replace it
The ECJ had serious concerns about the design of the scheme. Credit: shutterstock The amount of renewable, low-carbon, energy the UK produc ...
Why Twitter's cute heart-shaped 'like' button is not so harmless
The number of ‘likes’ on a post can generate feelings of envy. Credit: 13_Phunkod Jack Dorsey, Twitter's founder and CEO, was recently ...
VitalTag to give vital information in mass casualty incidents
VitalTag will keep first responders connected to their patients via a suite of sensors and a mobile app. Credit: PNNL When mass casualty in ...
Sonova license and deploy CEVA Bluetooth IP in hearing aids
CEVA, a licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors, has announced that Sonova, a leading provider of hearing solutions, has licensed and deployed the company’s Rivi
Researchers achieve highest certified efficiency of organic solar cells to date
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Materials scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have achieved a new rec ...
Renesas' S1JA microcontrollers offer rich analogue features
Renesas has expanded its Synergy S1 microcontroller (MCU) series with the introduction of the S1JA MCU Group.
Jack Ma China's richest man is a Communist Party member
Jack Ma's membership of China's Communist Party had not been known until now as China's richest man had previously suggested tha ...
Scientists look to bring high-performance computers to the masses
European researchers are working on designing a computer that uses very large and non-volatile high-speed RAM (NVRAM). Although this kind of memory will first be used in data centres, it could appear,
France to close 14 nuclear reactors by 2035: Macron
France's President Emmanuel Macron President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that France would shut down 14 of the country's 58 nuclea ...
Google accused of manipulation to track users
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Seven European consumer groups filed complaints against Google with national regulators Tuesday, accusing the int ...
'Red Dead Redemption 2' online game set to launch beta on Tuesday
Rockstar Games is bringing more fun to its Wild West game "Red Dead Redemption 2." ...
Infineon and IDEX Biometrics join forces
Infineon Technologies and IDEX Biometrics, a provider of advanced fingerprint identification and authentication solutions have joined forces.
Lawsuit against Disney Fox hits Malaysian casino operator's shares
Malaysian casino operator Genting claims the Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox walked away from a planned theme park near Kuala Lumpur S ...
GM cuts jobs in response to present costs future innovation
Members of Unifor, the union representing the workers of Oshawa's General Motors assembly plant, stand near the entrance to the plant in ...
From superstar to suspect: Carlos Ghosn's crazy week
Ghosn has endured a difficult week When Carlos Ghosn's private Gulfstream jet touched down at Tokyo's Haneda Airport at around 4:35 ...
United Technologies is breaking into 3 independent companies
This Dec. 6, 2016, file photo shows the United Technologies Electronic Controls factory in Huntington, Ind. United Technologies is planning ...
UL expands state-of-the-art EMC and Wireless capabilities
Global safety science company, UL, has announced that it has expanded its capacity and capabilities in Basingstoke, Hampshire to address the UK’s growing demand for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
General Motors shuttering plants cutting 15% of workforce
Canadian auto workers on Monday were outraged by GM's decision In a massive restructuring, US auto giant General Motors announced Monda ...
Supreme Court could allow suit over Apple iPhone apps' sales
This March 19, 2018, file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. Apple is at the Supreme Court to defend the way it sells apps ...
Facebook election 'war room' goes quiet—for now
Facebook launched its "war room," pictured in October 2018, at its Menlo Park headquarters in California as a nerve center for the ...
Canadian workers slam GM plant closure as 'slap in face'
A worker during a union session in Oshawa, Ontario on November 26, 2018 after General Motors announced plans to close its plant in the Canad ...
Apple to tutor women in tech in bid to diversify industry
In this Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, a guest looks at the Touch Bar on a MacBook computer shown in a demo room following the announcement of n ...
Microsoft briefly tops Apple as most valuable company
Microsoft hit an overall market capitalization of $812.9 billion, just ahead of Apple's $812.6 billion Microsoft briefly overtook Apple ...
The future of flight is now
2018-11-26 14:00:06The future of flight is now
Ion-propelled device. Credit: Case Western Reserve University Many experts agree the future of flight will rely on zero-emission and/or ren ...
Meet Lindsey: She'll be your guide today
Lindsey the Robot at The Collection Museum in Lincoln, UK. Credit: University of Lincoln A 5ft 2ins tall magenta robot, equipped with senso ...
Spain says Ryanair violated right to strike: unions
Spain has found Ryanair guilty of violating cabin crews' right to strike and work safety regulations as well as obstructing labour inspe ...
Early US data show big jump in online holiday shopping
Analysts have projected US retail sales will grow between four and five percent in 2018 from the year-ago levels Early sales data released ...
Dead fish to power Norwegian cruise liners
Soon, the cuts that don't make it onto the table will be used to make a biogas for cruise ships Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten p ...
General Motors says cutting 15% of workforce to save $6 bn
The General Motors Assembly office in Oshawa, Ontario in one of seven worldwide the company is shuttering, as it cuts 15% of its workforce ...
Justices skeptical of Apple in case about iPhone apps' sales
This March 19, 2018, file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. Apple is at the Supreme Court to defend the way it sells apps ...
Why regulating facial recognition technology is so problematic—and necessary
There are many questions over how facial recognition technology can impinge on people’s privacy rights and whether it will worsen discrimina ...
The hidden price of Iceland's green energy
Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant, Iceland. Credit: Shutterstock The recent IPCC report has made it clear that we need to change our ...
What skills does a cybersecurity professional need?
Cybersecurity professionals work in software development, network testing, incident response and policy development. Credit: Shutterstock C ...
Startups old-line automakers aim to take bite out of Tesla
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a renovated old cash register factory in suburban Detroit, 300 engineers are toiling away on an all-electric p ...
Start-up meets Wakanda? Disney innovation hub aims to advance technology for filmmakers
Inside Walt Disney Studios' original animation building, where artists once drew "Dumbo" and "Cinderella" by hand, a ...
Robot carers could help lonely seniors—they're cheering humans up already
Social robots are one way to provide lonely seniors with companionship. Credit: Miriam Doerr Martin Frommherz/ Shutterstock The film Robot ...
Microchip implants are threatening workers' rights
Workers are increasingly monitored, tracked and surveilled. Credit: Vasin Lee/Shutterstock It's not often trades unions and employers a ...
Biodiesel by-product helps fuel come clean
Artistic representation depicting a cleaner environment within the combustion cylinder of a vehicle engine highlighting the link between cle ...
IAR Systems expands support for Arm DesignStart
IAR Systems, a supplier of software tools and services for embedded developer, has expanded its presence in the Arm DesignStart community with added support for the Arm Cortex-A5 CPU.
Smarter AI—machine learning without negative data
Schematic showing positive data (apples) and a lack of negative data (bananas), with an illustration of the confidence of the apple data. Cr ...
New technique controls the charge carrier density in graphene
Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have made a breakthrough in controlling the charge carrier density in graphene.
Second generation LiFi-integrated lighting
Technology company, pureLiFi, has provided its LiFi technology for a range of LiFi-integrated lighting products that will extend to panel lights and other commercial form factors, allowing for more fl
Europe's eyes in the sky are helping to solve energy land-use problems in Africa
Complex Earth observation data is being turned into real-time tools to help solve problems on the ground in Africa. Credit: MERIS mosaic of ...
Justices to hear antitrust case over sale of iPhone apps
This March 19, 2018, file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. Apple is at the Supreme Court to defend the way it sells apps ...
Ghosn: the allegations and the rumours
Ghosn actually only faces one official allegation One of the world's best-known tycoons, car titan Carlos Ghosn's arrest for allege ...
Mitsubishi Motors: Scandal-hit 'third wheel' in Ghosn's alliance
Mitsubishi Motors has been saved from scandal-induced bankruptcy Mitsubishi Motors is sometimes the forgotten partner in the three-way alli ...