Child experts file FTC complaint against Facebook kids' app
In this Feb. 16, 2018, file photo, Facebook's Messenger Kids app is displayed on an iPhone in New York.The Campaign for a Commercial-Fre ...
EU lawmakers want to cut car emissions by 40 percent by 2030
in this Feb. 27, 2018 file photo, a Diesel car runs in Essen, Germany. The German government backed plans to help reduce pollution from dies ...
EU Germany to fund Ivory Coast solar power station
Ivory Coast is west Africa's leader in electricity production German and EU cash will be used to finance the first solar power station ...
City of Seattle fighting federal government's new 5G rules
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The city of Seattle will appeal rules set last week by the federal government that seek to set a countrywide stan ...
PC TAM growth ups the pressure says Intel
In an open letter to customers and partners, Intel CFO and Interim CEO, Bob Swan, reported “remarkable” industry growth for the first half of 2018.
Why your online data isn't safe
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Until recently, the presumptive targets for massive data theft were considered to be companies that lacked sophis ...
AI's first pop album ushers in a new musical era
A promotional photo for the release of Skygge’s first album ‘Hello World.’ Credit: Jean Francois Robert, CC BY-SA Last December, the world ...
Finding the sweet spot for transparency and control in music recommendations
a): the recommendation source shows available top artists, tracks and genre tags. b): the recommendation processor enables users to adjust t ...
BrainChip acquires license to cybersecurity technology
BrainChip has entered into an agreement with the Democritus University of Thrace, in Greece which comprises a license to its cybersecurity technology and researcher’s support in porting the technology
007 carmaker Aston Martin stalls in glitzy £4.3bn London IPO (Update)
Aston Martin, which was founded in a small London workshop, has been transformed into an ultra-luxury brand James Bond's favourite carm ...
Scientists develop smart technology for synchronized 3-D printing of concrete
(3rd from left) NTU Asst Prof Pham Quang Cuong with his multidisciplinary team of researchers consisting of roboticists, civil engineers, me ...
Mark Zuckerberg and team take heat for massive data breach Facebook 'not well managed'
Mark Zuckerberg is facing a major public reckoning following the massive Facebook data breach as a cascade of crises catch up with the socia ...
California sued by DOJ after governor signs 'model' net neutrality bill
Credit: CC0 Public Domain California now has the strongest net neutrality rules in the nation, after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill durin ...
Elite N.Korean hacker group tied to bank attacks: researchers
Security researchers say an elite group of North Korean hackers has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from banks worldwide An elite gr ...
Automotive lighting market to hit $40bn by 2024
The automotive lighting market will grow at a CAGR of over 5% from 2018 to 2024, according to market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights.
GM Honda team up to produce self-driving vehicles
General Motors and Honda are teaming up on self-driving vehicle technology as big automakers and tech giants race to be first in their devel ...
Meet the farmers of the future: robots
In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, photo a robotic arm lifts plants being grown at Iron Ox, a robotic indoor farm, in San Carlos, Calif. At t ...
Arm collaboration with Xilinx
Arm has announced at the Xilinx Developer Forum in San Jose, that it is collaborating with Xilinx, to bring the benefits of Arm Cortex-M processors to FPGAs through the Arm DesignStart programme, prov
Xilinx launches data centre and AI accelerator cards
Xilinx has launched, at its Developers’ Forum in San Jose, Alveo, a portfolio of powerful accelerator cards designed to significantly increase performance in industry-standard servers across cloud and
Microscopy technique for 3D visualisation of interfacial charge distributions
Charges and their transport are integral to the function of electronic devices, batteries, and biological systems. The charges that accumulate at the interface between a solid electrode and an electro
4D Systems collaborates with MikroElektronika
4D Systems has partnered with MikroElektronika, a producer and retailer of hardware and software tools for developing embedded systems, to introduce the 4D-display click, an adapter board with a mikro
Amazon bets big on Europe as it takes on Netflix
US actor Rachel Brosnahan posed on the red carpet for the World premiere of Amazon's "The Romanoffs" in central London on Tues ...
Increasing computer speed and memory capability by a million times
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) possess optical properties that could be used to make computers run a million times faster and store information a million times more energy-efficiently, accor
007 carmaker Aston Martin drives into £4.3bn London listing
Aston Martin, which was founded in a small London workshop, has been transformed into an ultra-luxury brand James Bond's favourite carm ...
California law on company boards spotlights deep challenges
In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo from left, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Alphabet CEO Larry Page and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg listen as P ...
No more Iron Man—submarines now have soft robotic arms
The human arm can perform a wide range of extremely delicate and coordinated movements, from turning a key in a lock to gently stroking a pu ...
Apple chief says firm guards data privacy in China
Apple CEO Tim Cook called privacy one of the most important issues of this century Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Tuesday said the compa ...
Facebook says no sign recent hack spread to other apps
A file illustration picture taken on April 28, 2018 shows the logo of social network Facebook displayed on a screen and reflected on a table ...
CUI upgrades external power supply line to meet IEC 62368-1 standard
CUI’s Power Group has upgraded the majority of its external ac-dc power supplies to the new IEC 62368-1 standard for ICT and AV equipment.
Express Logic expands AWS cloud support to include AWS Greengrass
Express Logic has announced turnkey integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Greengrass software, extending the current direct X-Ware IoT Platform support for AWS.
Facebook adds new tools to stem online bullying
Facebook says it will add new tools to help users avoid unwanted or hurtful comments, amid growing concerns about cyberbullying on social ne ...
India-led solar alliance will outshine OPEC: PM Modi
Indian school children brought their own solar lamps to the International Solar Alliance meet in New Delhi An India-led coalition to harnes ...
TIM wins 5G licenses in Italy
TIM successfully bid for an 80MHz block of 3700 MHz (at a cost of 1.69 million euros) and a 200MHz block of 26 GHz (at a cost of 33 million ...
Emergency alert test going out to mobile phones nationwide
About 225 million electronic devices across the United States will wail and buzz Wednesday afternoon as the Federal Emergency Management Age ...
Tesla meets Model 3 target bemoans China tariffs
Musk said at the time he hoped the Shanghai plant would be 'completed very soon' Tesla Motors said Tuesday it was accelerating plan ...
Climate goals mean Europe will overtake US in electric cars
The Audi PB 18 e-tron is on display at the Auto show in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, 2018. All-electric vehicles with zero local em ...
Trump seeks gathering with Big Tech firms this months
President Donald Trump, who has accused Big Tech firms of political bias, wants to host a meeting of major technology firms this month at th ...
GM US car sales slump but Fiat Chrysler surges
Analysts have been concerned by higher gas prices, rising interest rates, a large supply of relatively new pre-owned cars General Motors re ...
China's Tencent music files for big US share offering
The Tencent QQ Penguin, the brand mascot for the Chinese technology giant, is seen on the Madison Avenue Walk of Fame a day ahead of a filin ...
Wave of worries takes shine off Paris Motor Show
The stuff of dreams on display at the Paris show Cutting-edge concept cars and promises of self-driving "lounges" painted the pic ...
Can we trust digital forensic evidence?
Research carried out at the University of York has suggested that more work is needed to show that digital forensic methods are robust enoug ...
Google's first urban development raises data concerns
This undated photo provided by Sidewalk Toronto shows the eastern waterfront of Toronto, Canada. Sidewalk Labs has partnered with a governme ...
Facebook hack reveals the perils of using a single account to log in to other services
There are several flow-on effects from the recent Facebook hack. Credit: Shutterstock Facebook announced on Friday that its engineering tea ...
Supercomputing for better commuting—in pursuit of fuel economy and mobility
A GRIDSMART traffic camera installed at an intersection in Leesburg, Virginia. Credit: GRIDSMART In a project leveraging computer vision, m ...
Safe efficient self-driving cars could block walkable livable communities
When cyclists take over road lanes, self-driving cars will operate less efficiently. Credit: Can Balcioglu/Shutterstock.com Almost exactly ...
Volkswagen drops Audi chief accused of diesel fraud
Stadler was arrested in June a week after Munich police raided his home over charges of fraud and falsifying documents that allowed diesel v ...
Why we're training the next generation of lawyers in big data
Man and machine. Credit: Africa Studio/shutterstock Artificial intelligence is transforming the traditional delivery of legal services. ...
Amazon ups wages for 350K says it will advocate better pay
In this July 27, 2018 file photo, the logo for Amazon is displayed on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Amazon is boosting its ...
Danish low cost airline Primera folds wings
Primera linked European capitals to New York for $99 Danish low cost airline Primera, which was offering transatlantic flights for under $1 ...
Daimler chief says company can't be a 'behemoth'
Maybe smaller is beautiful Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche hinted Tuesday that the German carmaker must downsize under its new boss ...
EU warns Facebook not to lose control of data security
Vera Jourova, the EU commissioner responsible for consumer affairs, says five million Europeans are among the 50 million Facebook users affe ...
New emissions tests slash German car sales in September
Volkswagen's German market share plunged in September Sales of new cars in Germany plunged in September, official data showed Tuesday, ...
Smart mud to smooth the way for drilling wells
A model developed by KAUST researchers provides insights into how drilling muds behave within wells and could help the oil industry avoid cl ...
Why do women and obese passengers suffer the worst car-crash injuries?
James Kerrigan and students examine the results of a test in the Center for Applied Biomechanics. He and colleagues are focusing on injuries ...
Space-borne quantum source to secure communication
It is thought that soon, powerful quantum computers will be able to easily crack conventional mathematically encrypted codes. Entangled photons generated by a space-borne quantum source could enable h
CommScope opens PoE lab
2018-10-02 04:01:07CommScope opens PoE lab
In its new R&D lab in Greensboro, North Carolina, CommScope will trial next-generation Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications to verify the performance and safety of the structured cabling systems
Return to PC TAM growth ups the pressure says Intel
In an open letter to customers and partners, Intel CFO and Interim CEO, Bob Swan, reported “remarkable” industry growth for the first half of 2018.
Cadence achieves EDA Certification for TSMC 5nm and 7nm+ FinFET process technologies
Cadence Design Systems has announced its continued collaboration with TSMC to certify its design solutions for TSMC 5nm and 7nm+ FinFET process technologies for mobile and high-performance computing (
u-blox module certified on T-Mobile USA’s new NB-IoT network
u‑blox has announced that T-Mobile USA has certified its LTE Cat NB1 SARA-N410 module to run on its new NB-IoT network - the first NB-IoT network to launch in the US.
Amazon raising minimum wage for US workers to $15 per hour
In this Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, Prime Now customer orders are ready for delivery at the Amazon warehouse in New York. Same-day delivery p ...
Musk to workers: Perform for profit prove 'naysayers wrong'
In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology indus ...
DOJ's lawsuit may delay California's new net neutrality law
In this June 29, 2018, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a forum in Sacramento, Calif. Brown signed the nation's toughes ...
Germany to present plan for polluting diesel cars
Will Germans, or German carmakers breathe easier after the government makes a decision on how to deal with dirty diesels? The German govern ...
The most dangerous celebrity online is revealed
This May 17, 2018 file photo shows actress Ruby Rose at the amfAR, Cinema Against AIDS, benefit during the Cannes Film Festival, in Cap d ...
Carmakers brace for shocks as electrified future looms
Electric vehicles are the stars of this year's Paris Motor Show Auto industry executives gathering this week for the Paris Motor Show w ...
Google teams with Ubisoft to test video game streaming
A man passes a Google sign in Shanghai on September 26, 2018. Google announced that it will test a video game streaming platform with the re ...
Drugmaker Pfizer's CEO Read to be replaced by COO Bourla
In this May 13, 2014, file photo, Pfizer CEO Ian Read arrives for a committee hearing at Portcullis House in London. The drugmaker Pfizer wi ...
Dutch ban electric carts following crash that killed 4 kids
The Dutch government is banning a type of electric cart used by many childcare centers to transport young children, saying that an initial i ...
Tesco Bank fined by UK regulator over hacking
A customer uses an RBS branded automated teller machine (ATM), at a Tesco Bank cash point, in Liverpool, north west England, on November 7, ...
California law sets up fresh legal clash over 'net neutrality'
A "net neutrality" law signed by California Governor Jerry Brown has prompted a federal government lawsuit, setting up a clash ove ...
Longtime Facebook exec Adam Mosseri new head of Instagram
This undated photo provided by Instagram/Facebook Inc. shows Adam Mosseri. Facebook says it has named Mosseri, a 10-year veteran of the comp ...
Decision looms for Berlin on diesel refits
Will Germans, or German carmakers breathe easier after the government makes a decision on how to deal with dirty diesels? German Chancellor ...
Construction using concrete reinforced with renewable materials
Plain-woven flax fabric. Credit: Jana Winkelmann Tomorrow's building material is here today. Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is durab ...
Smart algorithms boost planning
The new software adiuta.PLAN uses graph representations in order to optimize plans. Depicted here is the combination of various graph layout ...
Pliable micro-batteries for wearables
Fabrication of micro batteries with side-by side electrodes on silicon wafer. Credit: Fraunhofer IZM There is a new technology gripping the ...
An energy-efficient means of water damage restoration
The EDF drying system applies heat directly to the wet interior wall. Credit: Fraunhofer IBP Over a million cases of water damage due to ro ...
The robot eye with an all-round field of view
Conventional sensors limit the directional flexibility of robots. Credit: Fraunhofer IAPT Where am I? Like humans, robots also need to answ ...
Drugmaker Pfizer's CEO Read to leave in January
In this May 13, 2014, file photo, Pfizer CEO Ian Read arrives for a committee hearing at Portcullis House in London. The drugmaker Pfizer wi ...
New 8-week program helps US and Asian scale-ups break into the European market
Looking to help international scale-ups break into the European market, imec and Scale-Ups.eu, a global ecosystem aimed at boosting scale-ups’ growth, have joined forces and created an 8-week program
Improving photonic applications with machine learning
Nanostructures can increase the sensitivity of optical sensors enormously - provided that the geometry meets certain conditions and matches the wavelength of the incident light. This is because the el
Plans to increase adoption of ethics in AI unveiled by Digital Catapult
Digital Catapult has released its first Ethics Framework and is inviting artificial intelligence (AI) companies to test the framework as a means to integrate ethical practice into the development of A
US sues California over 'net neutrality'
Ajit Pai, Chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, has said the ending of "net neutrality" will help the US maintain ...
Can wireless challenge cable for home internet service?
This April 23, 2018, file photo shows the logo for Verizon above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Cellular compan ...
New Tesla chair must rein in CEO Musk at key moment
In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology indus ...
New California internet neutrality law sparks US lawsuit
In this June 29, 2018, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a forum in Sacramento, Calif. Brown signed the nation's toughes ...
Elon Musk to resign as chair of Tesla board but remain CEO
A fraud case had had piled fresh troubles on electric automaker Tesla and Elon Musk as the brash CEO, often praised as visionary, faces incr ...
Startups tackle Indian women's toilet woes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his government has made significant progress in improving access to toilets in India With her bladder fit ...
Musk escapes the worst but Tesla still faces a bumpy road
Under a settlement of federal fraud charges, Elon Musk will remain as chief executive of electric automaker Tesla while stepping down as cha ...
Tesla's challenges extend beyond CEO's uncertain future
In this July 8, 2018 file photo, a 2018 Model X sits on display outside a Tesla showroom in Littleton, Colo. Elon Musk's murky future as ...
Toyota warns no-deal Brexit would stall output at UK plant
Japanese car giant Toyota is warning that a no-deal Brexit will temporarily halt production at its plant in Derby, central England Japanese ...
Virtual reality unleashes full power of top UK orchestra
London's Royal Festival Hall is putting visitors centre-stage with one of the world's top orchestras, using cutting-edge technology ...
What comes next in Facebook's major data breach
In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jos ...
IPhone XS and XS Max review: Apple's beautiful big-screen beasts exact a small ransom
The iPhone XS Max The radical changes came with the iPhone X last year. So, while the elegant new iPhone XS Max that I've been testing ...
Tesla shares plunge after US fraud suit against Musk
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit accusing Tesla's Elon Musk of securities fraud Tesla shares plunged Frida ...
Tesla without Musk at the wheel? That's what the SEC wants
In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaks after announcing Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa ...
Microsoft to invest $40 million in AI technology for humanitarian issues
Microsoft will invest $40 million to apply artificial intelligence to humanitarian issues, the company said Monday, the third program in a p ...
Adobe to acquire San Mateo's Marketo for $4.75 billion
In an effort to expand its cloud-based marketing business, Adobe Systems said Thursday it will acquire San Mateo-based Marketo for $4.75 bil ...
Amazon is planning to open up to 3000 cashier-free stores by 2021 report says
Amazon, which has transformed the retail landscape, may be about to strike again. ...
US Japan and Australia challenge Huawei in Papua New Guinea
The United States, Japan and Australia are cooperating on a domestic internet cable proposal for Papua New Guinea as an alternative to an of ...
Why you can't always trust your handy map app
In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, image made from a video Greg Psitos works on a computer in the Queens borough of New York. In February, some ...