Imagination and Chips&Media announce collaboration
Imagination Technologies and Chips&Media have announced a new collaboration that will ensure that Imagination’s GPU IP and Chips&Media Video Codec IP are available as integrated and tested sol
Bayer reports higher sales lower profits as Monsanto buyout bites
Bayer's second quarter net profits were 34.7 percent lower than last year German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer reported hig ...
Top US regulator calls for 'transparency' from tech giants
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said he hopes the recent scrutiny of US technology firms will lead to more transparency The head of a key US regulato ...
Freeze fighter: Warmer wetsuit will increase Navy dive time
From left, graduate student Anton Cottrill, Dr. Jacopo Buongiorno and Dr. Michael Strano try out their neoprene wetsuits at a pool at MIT ...
Twitter CEO says company isn't biased wants healthy debate
This Nov. 19, 2015, file photo shows Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey being interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Dorsey says the ...
KLM reaches wage accord with pilots to avert strike
"KLM is delighted that it has reached an agreement with the VNV and hopes that a line can now be drawn under a difficult period. KLM wi ...
Amazon goes from books to a trillion-dollar valuation (Update)
Amazon has expanded from its modest origins two decades ago as an online bookseller to a global powerhouse worth $1 trillion Amazon's j ...
Engineers are developing a small cooled turbine to make drones more efficient
Southwest Research Institute engineers are developing a cooled, radial gas turbine for a small generator that provides thousands of hours of ...
2D semiconductor on nanostructure produces efficient semiconductor
KAIST researchers have suspended a 2D semiconductor on a dome-shaped nanostructure, which they claim has produced a highly efficient semiconductor at a low cost.
Person-centered video blogs increase chances of viewer support for cancer patients
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers As people with cancer use social media to find and develop support systems, a new study looks at ...
Market for 3D printed electronics to reach $3.9bn by 2026
The 3D printed electronics market is set to grow globally, says market intelligence company, Transparency Market Research.
Cadence's unveils DesignTrue DFM Ecosystem
Cadence Design Systems has launched an ecosystem with 9 initial PCB manufacturing partners to ensure manufacturability as early as possible in the design process.
Jeff Bezos rockets to richest person on the planet
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is officially the richest person on the planet As Amazon became the second US firm to hit a trillion-dollar value on ...
At last a simple 3-D printer for metal
A sample part printed from bulk metallic glass via the TPF-based FFF process. Credit: Elsevier Used to produce three-dimensional objects of ...
Russia warns Google against election 'meddling'
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a fierce Kremlin critic, has urged Russians to protest on September 9 when several Russian regions ...
Ensuring PCB design manufacturability early with Cadence's DesignTrue DFM Ecosystem
Cadence Design Systems has launched an ecosystem with 9 initial PCB manufacturing partners.
'Five Eyes' agencies demand reignites encryption debate
Intelligence agencies from the United States and its allies have stepped up a call for better access to encrypted communications, prompting ...
Amazon tops $1 trillion in stock market value
Amazon's share price hit $2,050.50 pushing the online retail giant to a new landmark about a month after Apple hit the $1 trillion level ...
Cable cars could ease Australian traffic woes
Cable cars grace many urban skylines, including this one in Portland, in the United States. Credit: Patrick M/Flickr, CC BY Sections of cit ...
Cars are cruising down the monthly subscription highway
This 2017 photo shows Canvas' first subscriber, James O'Connor, sitting in his car from Canvas. If you already subscribe to digital ...
Humans still heft groceries on-demand for now
In this Aug. 29, 2018 photo, a Lincoln MKZ outfitted with AutoX's self-driving sensors sits in the parking lot of the company's head ...
Mathematicians suggest exchanging wireless energy for data collected by sensors in mobile devices
Working principle of the system described in the article. Credit: Olga Galinina RUDN mathematicians have suggested an incentive to encourag ...
New policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions
Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT How can the world achieve the deep carbon emissions reductions that are necessary to slow or reverse the im ...
Dueling pickups popular SUV among new models coming in 2018
In this Jan. 13, 2018, file photo, the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado High Country pickup is unveiled in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) ...
Highly durable silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor TED-MOS for energy saving in electric vehicle motors
Credit: Hitachi Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of an original energy saving power semiconductor structure, TED-MOS, using ne ...
Machine learning and how it helps researchers make scientific discoveries much faster
Researchers Arthur Mar (left) and Jillian Buriak with samples of printable solar cells. Using machine learning, Mar's research team was ...
Research helps make buses smarter
The intelligent city bus is the result of a joint project between ETH and the Swiss SME Carrosserie HESS, Switzerland's only bus manufac ...
3-D models from cheap video cameras
Credit: Linköping Universitet Hannes Ovrén shows in his doctoral thesis in computer vision at Linköping University how 3-D m ...
German car market surges as manufacturers face emissions crunch
One in every five new cars sold in Germany is a Volkswagen Registrations of new cars on German roads leaped 25 percent in August, official ...
Piezoelectric energy harvester in wearable device
A wearable device that can generate enough power to run a personal health monitoring system through body movements alone, has been created by a team of researchers from Penn State's Materials Rese
2D semiconductor on dome-shaped nanostructure produces low cost efficient semiconductor
KAIST researchers have suspended a 2D semiconductor on a dome-shaped nanostructure, which they claim has produced a highly efficient semiconductor at a low cost.
Global market for 3D printed electronics set to reach $3915 Mn by 2026
The 3D printed electronics market is set to grow globally, says market intelligence company, Transparency Market Research.
After Trump bashing tech firms gird for congressional grilling
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is set to appear at two congressional hearings where he is likely to face questions on foreign influence campaigns a ...
Europe's news agencies blast Google Facebook for 'plundering' content
European Parliament lawmakers are to debate a new copyright law that would force internet giants to pay more for creative content used on th ...
Brief Facebook outage after 'networking issues'
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook users around the world reported the social network was briefly inaccessible Monday, with many taking to ...
China's online service giant Meituan aims to raise $4.4 bn
Although it has hundreds of millions of users, Meituan-Dianping is loss-making and has said that it cannot guarantee profitability Chinese ...
London show explores hidden world of facial recognition
The United States installation "Face Values", by designers Zachary Lieberman, sat back left, and R. Luke DuBois, sat back second l ...
UK demands action from tech giants over online child abuse
Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid has demanded that internet giants tackle online child abuse content Britain warned Monday that int ...
Berlin fair a dreamland for wannabe sandmen of 'sleep tech'
At Berlin's IFA—Europe's largest annual electronics trade fair—a major trend towards 'sleep tech' gadgets is visible among t ...
EU lifts restrictions on solar panels from China
An end to five-year-old restrictions on solar panel imports from China comes as the EU and China increased trade cooperation in the face of ...
Apple buying Tesla? A 'poor idea' says Warren Buffett
When Warren Buffett talks, everybody listens. And one person who might want to listen closely is Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. ...
UK says 80000 people pose online sexual threat to children
Britain's home secretary says up to 80,000 people pose an online sexual threat to children, and warned that major internet companies cou ...
Tech nostalgia on show at Berlin's IFA
The Polaroid camera, an almost forgotten vestige from the pre-digital era, is back on display at Berlin's IFA tech show For many consum ...
Say a fond farewell to the small smartphone
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Let's take a moment this weekend to praise and fondly remember the compact smartphone. ...
The next iPhones Apple Watch leak as Apple preps for Sept. 12 event
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple may be preparing to announce new iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches on Sept. 12, but it looks like someone ha ...
Video: Stretchy wires for the future
Credit: ACS Scientists at Duke Chemistry, NC State Engineering and the University of California – San Diego have teamed up to create stretc ...
Group: US Russia block consensus at 'killer robots' meeting
A key opponent of high-tech, automated weapons known as "killer robots" is blaming countries like the U.S. and Russia for blocking ...
LG Electronics and Luxoft forge partnership to bring webOS to new markets
Global IT service provider, Luxoft, has partnered with LG Electronics, to create the next generation webOS as part of a strategy to extend its capabilities and ecosystem into the automotive, robotics
Europe's new privacy law causes influx of cookie notices many of which likely fall short legally
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chances are in the past few months you may have had a message or two pop up on a major website informing you of a ...
System Basis Chips allow high speed communication with up to 5 Mbit/s
Infineon Technologies has released two new System Basis Chip (SBC) families: Lite and Mid-Range+ said to be the first SBCs able to support the ISO CAN FD protocol for communication at 5 Mbit/s for a l
Renesas said to be looking at IDT acqusition
Reports suggest that Japanese chip manufacturer, Renesas, is looking at buying IDT for as much as $6billion.
China blocks Australian state broadcaster's website: ABC
China-Australia ties have been strained recently over Beijing's alleged interference in domestic politics China has blocked access to t ...
Facebook adds Alaska's Inupiaq as language option
In this photo on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska, Britt'Nee Brower shows an Inupiat coloring book she published and she ta ...
China's 'Silk Road' project runs into debt jam
China's President Xi Jinping says trade with Belt and Road countries has exceeded $5 trillion China's massive and expanding "B ...
California net neutrality bill clears key hurdle
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The California Assembly voted Wednesday to enshrine net neutrality in state law, delivering a major victory to ad ...
LinkedIn says it's working to combat Chinese spy accounts
LinkedIn says it's working to combat Chinese espionage activity targeting users of the online career network. ...
California legislators advance bill to set strongest net neutrality protections in U.S.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain California lawmakers advanced an ambitious proposal Thursday to prevent broadband providers from hindering or man ...
Natural gas engine can reduce smog from heavy-duty trucks
Kent Johnson, an assistant research engineer at the Center for Environmental Research and Technology. Credit: University of California - Riv ...
Breakthrough research finds hyperspectral imaging can characterize building material strengths
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Professor Debra Laefer from NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), in collaboration with Profess ...
When AI meets your shopping experience it knows what you buy – and what you ought to buy
Reacting to what you buy, then predicting what you want to buy. Credit: Shutterstock/nmedia Whether you do your shopping online or in store ...
Voice assistants tool up in hope of a bright future
Many electronic companies are manufacturing voice assisted tech items including headphones and speakers Some two years after stepping into ...
Eight aero concept innovations point the way to 75% CO2 emissions reduction by 2050
Credit: Jag_cz, Shutterstock The EU's 2050 vision for aviation is to make Europe a world leader in sustainable aviation products and se ...
Google News serves conservatives and liberals similar results but favors mainstream media
Hey Google: How’s your news? Credit: BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock.com Google News does not deliver different news to users based on their pos ...
Leading the way in 3-D concrete printing
Professor Jay Sanjayan is the Director of Swinburne's Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure and Professor of Concrete Structures. Credit ...
Emergencies at the big game? New technology may help police find those situations quicker
Purdue University researchers have developed a social media analytics tool to help police monitor emergency and public safety information on ...
Shipbuilders replace stealthy US destroyer's 15-ton turbine
In this Dec. 4, 2017 file photo, the future USS Michael Monsoor leaves Bath Iron Works for sea trials in Bath, Maine. The shipbuilder has re ...
London's new train line delayed for nearly a year
The Crossrail project will now open in the third quarter of 2019 London's new train line, which was set to open through the city centre ...
Introducing high-performance non-fullerene organic solar cells
Non-fullerene polymer solar cells exhibit high performance and are easy to commercialize. Credit: UNIST Organic solar cells (OSCs) has driv ...
Robotel: Japan hotel staffed by robot dinosaurs
Dinosaur robots wait to check in customers at the Henn na hotel The reception at the Henn na Hotel east of Tokyo is eerily quiet until cust ...
Beijing's massive new airport 'on time' for 2019 launch
Beijing's new airport will have eight runways and is expected to be used by 72 million passengers annually Amid farmlands on the outski ...
X-FAB doubles 6-Inch SiC foundry capacity
X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the analogue/mixed-signal and specialty foundry group, is to double their 6-inch Silicon Carbide (SiC) process capacity at its fab in Lubbock, Texas in response to increased c
Socionext looks to enhance sound quality in wide range of applications
Socionext has announced a lineup of acoustics solutions under the "ForteArt" family of software IPs.
Vodafone seals merger to become India's biggest telecoms group
Vodafone India's tie-up with Idea Cellular creates a $23 billion giant with 400 million customers, making it the country's biggest m ...
Game over? China to rein in online games in latest industry setback
Beijing is tightening government oversight of the country's booming video games industry China will restrict the number of video games ...
UK sets out ambitious Innovation Partnerships with African countries
A series of ambitious Innovation Partnerships between the UK and Africa have been announced by the Prime Minister, Theresa May, and are expected to stimulate significant economic growth and support th
Premier Farnell records double digit growth
Premier Farnell delivered a strong trading performance for 2018 with global revenue ahead 11.1%, year over year, at $1.5billion.
Hack causes major apps to show anti-Semitic name
Technology users got a surprise Thursday morning when their social and lifestyle apps seemingly labeled the United States' most populous ...
Senior Republican calls for reopening of Google probe
Senator Orrin Hatch urged the US Federal Trade Commission to reopen its antitrust review of Google which was closed in 2013 A senior Republ ...
Useful or creepy? Machines suggest Gmail replies
This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Gmail app on an iPad in Baltimore. Google is toeing the line between helping you save time and cre ...
Twitter to verify those behind hot-button US issue ads
Twitter said it is extending its policy requiring the verification of political advertisers to those placing ads on certain hot-button issue ...
Apple expected to unveil new iPhones at September 12 event
Apple CEO Tim Cook, seen at the 2017 iPhone event, is expected to unveil new handsets at an upcoming presentation on September 12 Apple on ...
Small city grants can help tiny tech companies buy time to grow
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A city program that recently handed out money to tech groups would hardly make an impact on most companies' b ...
Qatar World Cup workers given 'cooling vests' to combat heat
World Cup stadium workers wear "cooling vests" in the Qatari capital Doha Thousands of World Cup stadium workers in Qatar have be ...
Ryanair recognises cabin crew union in Ireland
Irish low-coast airline Ryanair has agreed to recognise a cabin crew union in Ireland, following agreements with such unions in Germany, Ita ...
Using deep-learning techniques to locate potential human activities in videos
The 'YoTube' detector helps makes AI more human-centered. Credit: iStock When a police officer begins to raise a hand in traffic, h ...
Are we ready for the digital tsunami?
Technology and artificial intelligence are already profoundly changing how we live, work and travel. Are we ready for more profound changes? ...
Novel architecture boosts energy and spectrum efficiency for Internet of Things wireless communication
Credit: asharkyu, Shutterstock The collection of data that will benefit societies relies on the wireless connections of billions of low-cos ...
The energy industry is being disrupted – and traditional firms can't keep up
Credit: Sergey Nivens / shutterstock The electricity sector is experiencing a profound disruptive shock. This is due to technological innov ...
Tough nuts cracked in a smart way
Additive Manufacturing enables minuscule metal structures with a complex geometry to be produced. Here is a test piece compared with a match ...
Microsoft to contractors: Give new parents paid leave
In this April 28, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a Microsoft sign set up for the Microsoft BUILD conference at Moscone Center in San Fra ...
What teenagers need to know about cybersecurity
Everyone’s using technology – but they’re not all as safe as they could be. Credit: Akhenaton Images/Shutterstock.com Now that school is ba ...
New solar cells offer you the chance to print out solar panels and stick them on your roof
This roof in Newcastle has become the first in Australia to be covered with specially printed solar cells. Credit: University of Newcastle, ...
Nigeria orders S.Africa's MTN to refund $8.13 bln
MTN and Nigeria's central bank are at loggerheads over billions of dollars that the South African telecoms giant repatriated Nigeria ...
New fund to boost diversity of people working in digital and tech jobs
In a move to improve diversity in the digital economy and address local skills challenges a new £1 million Digital Skills Innovation Fund has been established and is accepting bids from Local Enterpri
Photonics to help dairy industry with new 5-minute scan
A new optical sensor that can check the presence of contaminants in milk and produce a detailed reading in 5 minutes, could dramatically reduce costs, wastage and antibiotic use linked to the producti
Globalfoundries looks to reshape technology portfolio
Globalfoundries (GF) is looking to reshape its technology portfolio and to intensify its focus on delivering differentiated offerings for clients in high-growth markets.
Lattice Semiconductor appoints Jim Anderson as CEO
Lattice Semiconductor has appointed Jim Anderson as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective September 4, 2018.
Wind River to develop safety platform for autonomous vehicles
Wind River, a specialist in IoT software for safety-critical domains including automotive, is to collaborate with Hyundai Autron to develop a software framework for safe, automated and autonomous driv
Dyson invests £200m in vehicle-testing capacity
Dyson has unveiled expansion plans to accommodate more than 2,000 workers at his Wiltshire research facility, more than doubling capacity for electric-vehicle testing.
Swedish study notes surge in automated Twitter accounts
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Swedish government study says there's been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead ...