Samsung's new phone shows how hardware innovation has slowed
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and stylus are shown in this photo, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The stylus, a signature Note feature, will ...
Researchers develop a method to detoxify water with chlorine and ultraviolet radiation
Ernest R. Blatchley III, an engineering professor at Purdue University, helped developed a method to detoxify water with chlorine and ultrav ...
World's densest totally silent solid state drive
The ruler-shaped Intel SSD DC P4500 can hold up to 32 terabytes. It draws just one-tenth the power of a traditional spinning hard drive. Cre ...
Building more flexible barriers to save lives on country roads
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Each year in Victoria around 75 people are killed—and more than 500 hospitalised—after running off the road or ha ...
Hairy robot
2018-08-09 08:00:12Hairy robot
Smart skin technology. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington has patented a smart skin, created by ...
New cyberattacks against urban water services possible warn researchers
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) cyber security researchers warn of a potential distributed attack against urban water services that ...
Committee established to translate responsible AI theory into practice
An independent body dedicated to realising responsible artificial intelligence (AI) development in the UK has been launched by Digital Catapult.
New Samsung smartphone expected at NYC event Thursday
In this July 31, 2018, file photo employees walk past logos of the Samsung Electronics Co. at its office in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung is e ...
Apple to lawmakers: Siri doesn't listen until prompted
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple does not eavesdrop on iPhone users, the company said Tuesday in response to an inquiry by a congressional c ...
Ethics Committee established to help translate responsible AI theory into practice
An independent body dedicated to realising responsible artificial intelligence (AI) development in the UK has been launched by Digital Catapult.
UK watchdog fines child care company for selling data
Britain's information watchdog has fined a firm that offers advice on pregnancy and child care 140,000 pounds ($180,000) for illegally c ...
MIT embeds optoelectronic diodes into fibres and weaves them into washable fabrics
High speed optoelectronic semiconductor devices, including LEDs and diode photodetectors have been embedded within fibres into soft, washable fabrics made into communication systems.
Three Japan automakers admit false emissions data
Suzuki Motor admitted improper inspections on 6,401 vehicles between 2012 and 2018 Japan's Suzuki Motor, Mazda and Yamaha have admitted ...
Tesla CEO's buyout bid raises eyebrows legal concerns
Customers check out the Tesla X, at the Tesla showroom in Santa Monica, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Board members at Tesla are evalu ...
Boeing says 737 production woes will last through year's end
Boeing says it is doing all it can to help suppliers get on top of the 737 backlog US aerospace giant Boeing on Wednesday admitted supply c ...
Criminal case filed against BMW over S. Korea car fires
The timing of the recall is already the subject of a government probe, after more than 30 BMW cars caught fire this year in South Korea A g ...
Magic Leap the $2 billion 3D software startup is finally live. It doesn't come cheap.
Magic Leap, the secretive Plantation, Fla.-based tech company that has raised more than $2 billion in venture capital to build sophisticated ...
Samsung looks to go bigger than ever with Note 9
Samsung's new Note 9 phone, expected to be unveiled at a big bash in Brooklyn on Thursday morning, looks to be the biggest one yet, but ...
San Jose airport shows off facial recognition for international flights
Mineta San Jose International Airport demonstrated a facial recognition system that will make it the first West Coast airport to launch, for ...
Google makes up for years of allowing scammers top spots in search results with new system
The way to shop for home services in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond has changed for the better. Google has stepped up with a new service that& ...
Elon Musk: Tesla's next software update to have 'classic' Atari games built in
As if driving a Tesla wasn't different enough already from the cars and trucks we have been wheeling around on the road for decades, how ...
Biodegradable paper-based biobatteries
A biodegradable, paper-based battery has been developed by researchers at Binghamton University, State University at New York, which they claim is more efficient than previously attempts.
Want to work for Amazon? Now you can do it from home as company seeks 200 virtual workers
Want to work for Amazon without moving to Seattle—or its yet unnamed second U.S. headquarters? The online retailing giant is looking to fill ...
Tesla board weighs CEO's buyout bid as questions swirl
In this July 8, 2018, photo, clouds are reflected above the company logo on the hood of a 2018 Model 3 sedan on display outside a Tesla show ...
New York moves to cap Uber app-ride vehicles
For-hire drivers and their supporters rally in favor of now-passed New York City legislation that puts a cap on app-ride vehicles New York& ...
New York Times to pass 4 million subscribers 'soon'
L'entrée du New York Times, le 21 avril 2011 The New York Times, the most prestigious newspaper in the United States, announced We ...
By turning its back on Wall Street Tesla could avoid market pressures
Tesla's board said Wednesday it was considering taking the company private. Exiting US stock markets, a possibility raised Tuesday by T ...
Volatile visionary: Tesla's Musk divides Wall Street
Elon Musk frequents galas at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but has a controversial public persona "Boring bonehead ...
Improvements in offshore wind turbine support structures to help tackle climate change impact
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists are conducting large-scale hydraulic experiments to better adapt to consequences of global warming. ...
Automated vehicles will create a shift in workforce demands
Despite concerns that a rise in automated vehicles, or AVs, will displace significant numbers of truck drivers in the United States, only a ...
We researched Russian trolls and figured out exactly how they neutralise certain news
Credit: BeeBright/Shutterstock Russian "troll factories" have been making headlines for some time. First, as the Kremlin's di ...
Portable solar energy system powers rural development
Credit: Sitthipong Pangjan, Shutterstock Photovoltaic energy is a clean, renewable and economical source of energy that can help reduce con ...
Tesla board says it will evaluate Musk proposal to go private
Tesla's board of directors said Wednesday it will evaluate chief executive Elon Musk's proposal to take the electric car maker ...
Print and probe—how 3-D printers could improve access to technologies essential for scientific discovery
A microfluidic probe printed in 3D. Cube-shaped and green-colored, this probe is about the size of a ring box, however, the design can be pr ...
New law may force small businesses to reveal data practices
In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, photo Russell Benoit, of Dartmouth, Mass., marketing manager for AVTECH Software, stands behind the door of ...
Tesla considers Elon Musk's proposal to make the car company private
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, proposed plans to make the company private on Twitter yesterday (August 7, 2018).
Holding law enforcement accountable for electronic surveillance
A new cryptographic system to improve the accountability of Government surveillance while still maintaining enough confidentiality for the police to do their jobs has been proposed by researchers from
Humanity confronts a defining question: How will AI change us?
Scientia Professor Toby Walsh with Baxter. Credit: University of New South Wales What will happen when we've built machines as intellig ...
Turning your health data into a "wellness score" might not be good for you
The data being stored by your smartphone could be used to determine your health risk, and it might be wrong. Credit: Shutterstock Cameras w ...
Twitter CEO defends decision not to ban Alex Jones Infowars
In this Tuesday, July 19, 2016 file photo, Alex Jones, center right, is escorted by police out of a crowd of protesters outside the Republic ...
German Ryanair pilots to join European strikes on Friday
Ryanair has been grappling with staff unrest since it recognised trade unions for the first time in December 2017 Germany's Ryanair pil ...
Researchers find flaw in WhatsApp
Social messaging app WhatsApp has more than 1.5 billion users who exchange some 65 billion messages per day Researchers at Israeli cybersec ...
Army's new 3-D printed shape-shifting soft robots crawl jump grab
Time-lapse photo for various designs of developed magnetic active material. Credit: MIT Soft Active Materials Lab New 3-D printed robotic s ...
State-owned China Tower trades flat on Hong Kong debut
China Tower is the world's largest IPO since Postal Savings Bank of China's $7.6 billion offering in 2016 State-owned China Tower—t ...
Twitter chief defends not booting Infowars
Jack Dorsey is defending Twitter's decision to allow Alex Jones to keep using the microblogging platform Twitter chief Jack Dorsey defe ...
Samsung plans $22 billion for artificial intelligence autos
In this April 6, 2018, file photo, an employee walks past logos of the Samsung Electronics Co. at its office in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung ...
Canadian start-up seeks French testing ground for hyperloop train
A Canadian company hoping to build what it bills as the future of public transportation will seek permits this week to set up a testing cent ...
Tesla CEO drops latest bombshell with $72B buyout proposal
In this June 14, 2018, file photo Tesla CEO and founder of the Boring Company Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Musk says he ...
Samsung announces technology 'push'
Samsung Group has announced that it will invest 25 trillion won (£17 billion) over the next three years in artificial intelligence, 5G mobile technology, electronic components for autos, and in its bi
Ford celebrates 10 millionth Mustang while banking on car's draw
Molly McQueen, the granddaughter of actor Steve McQueen, introduces the 2018 Ford Mustang Bullitt as it makes its debut at the 2018 North Am ...
Disney says its new streaming service won't rival Netflix
In this Nov. 16, 2017, file photo, a visitor walks past a display of Disney characters inside an exhibition entitled "Mexico and Walt D ...
Tesla boss Musk rattles Wall Street with tweet on going private (Update)
Tesla boss Elon Musk, who has previously discussed possibly taking Tesla private, has had bumpy relations with Wall Street, often dismissing ...
BMW to recall 323700 diesel cars over fire danger: report
BMW is to recall 323,700 diesel cars in Europe, according to the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany's luxury automaker BMW is ...
Hyperloop to build $500 million research centre in Spain
Hyperloop One, which is developing a system theorized by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is planning to open a research centre to develop and test c ...
FCC now says there were no cyber attacks during net neutrality comment period
The partisanship in the battle over net neutrality continues, with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai pointing fingers about a claimed attack on the agen ...
Navajo robotics team heads to international competition
This March 3, 2018 photo provided by Heather Anderson shows, from left, Navajo Mountain High School students Nahida Smith, Myra King and Bre ...
Tesla shares jump on Musk tweet on taking company private (Update)
Tesla shares jumped 5.9 percent after Elon Muske tweeted he was "considering taking Tesla private at $420" Tesla shares jumped af ...
US Navy: Welding problem found on missile tubes for new subs
The U.S. Navy said Tuesday there's a problem with welds on missile tubes that are going into new submarines. ...
TV-for-phone start-up raises $1bn Hollywood backing
Former Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg is raising funds for a start-up, NewTV, that aims to tailor television to smartphone ...
NASA studies space applications for GaN crystals
The gallium-nitride disk and the photomultiplier array offer a potential solution for building a detector and imaging short-lived neutrons, ...
Safeguarding compliance with new vehicle emissions legislation
The emissions performance of vehicles is improving, but continuous monitoring is needed to follow the implementation of the new vehicle emis ...
Small indoor greenhouses let apartment dwellers grow veggies
This undated photo provided by Harrison Lin shows what the completed version of the indoor greenhouse made by a group of six engineering stu ...
Materials for solar batteries of new generation are being created at SUSU
Aleksey Galushko. Credit: susu.ru Alternative energy sources are a means of rational resource saving. Development of nanotechnology is a pa ...
Solar cookout aims to woo traditional chefs cut carbon
In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, chefs prepare to cook buns in a solar cooker that using a metal and glass vacuum tube heated by ...
NY mayor signs into law new crackdown on Airbnb
New York is the biggest market for rental site Airbnb in the United States New York's mayor on Monday signed into law a landmark bill f ...
Testing finds flaws with electronic car safety systems
In this Friday, July 6, 2018, photograph, prospective customers confer with sales associates as a Model 3 sits on display in a Tesla showroo ...
Indian ride-hailing service Ola plans UK expansion
Indian ride-hailing service Ola is stepping up its international expansion with plans to launch in the U.K., its second overseas market. ...
Expanding the limits of Li-ion batteries
All-solid-state batteries with a low resistance at their electrode/solid electrolyte interface have been developed by a team of scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, which they say addresse
A new wave of personal health and environmental monitoring devices
A smart wristband with a wireless connection to smartphones has been developed by a team of engineers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, which they say will enable a new wave of personal health an
Court's AT&T-Time Warner ruling 'clearly erroneous': US gov't
The US Justice Department calls "clearly erroneous" a court ruling that greenlights AT&T's merger with Time Warner The US ...
Chinese tech 'wolf' Huawei stalks Apple and Samsung
Huawei overtook Apple to become the world's number two smartphone maker in April-June, despite being denied access the key US market Re ...
If the face fits: Tokyo 2020 to deploy facial recognition
Tokyo 2020 will be the first time the technology will be rolled out for all participants, say officials Hundreds of thousands of Tokyo 2020 ...
Major tech companies remove Alex Jones for hate bullying (Update)
In this Tuesday, July 19, 2016 file photo, Alex Jones, center right, is escorted by police out of a crowd of protesters outside the Republic ...
Judge: Social media user isn't entitled to anonymity
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A social media platform can be compelled to divulge account information belonging to a woman who anonymously chat ...
Who could join Apple in Wall Street's $1 trillion stock club?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple is the reigning king of Wall Street, the newest and only member of Wall Street's "$1 Trillion Stoc ...
Apple and Facebook delete content of US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Alex Jones (L), of Infowars, and Roger Stone, former Donald Trump advisor, debate with Jonathan Alter during an episode of Alter Family Poli ...
New Android version 'Pie' rolls out Monday on Pixel phones
In this May 18, 2016, file photo, people pose by Android lawn statues at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The next version ...
Facebook asks big banks to share customer details
Reports Facebrook has asked banks to provide information about users' financial tranactions has raised eyebrows given the social network ...
Pentagon restricts use of fitness trackers other devices
Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness tracke ...
No price hike but new caps on MoviePass discount tix plan
In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, Cassie Langdon uses to her phone to launch the MoviePass app to see what movies are available at AMC Indi ...
Tap and pray: Churches using card readers for donations
In this photo taken on Thursday Aug. 2, 2018, Aaron Rodewald, an operations and finance manager at St. John's Church, demonstrates a dev ...
Singapore cyber attack may be state-linked: minister (Update)
Hackers broke into a government database and stole the health records of 1.5 million Singaporeans, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ...
Building the backbone of a smarter smart home
William Yeoh, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is working to help smart-home AI grow up. Credit: Washington Universi ...
Convicted Russian hacker Anikeyev released from prison
In this file photo taken on Thursday, July 6, 2017, Shaltai-Boltai (Humpty-Dumpty) hacker group leader Vladimir Anikeyev is seen in a cage i ...
How climate change influences wind power
Changes of mean annual wind power production (Eout, in percent) in Europe from 2071 to 2100 compared to 1971 to 2000. Credit: Moemken et al. ...
AI system makes finding potholes cheaper and easier
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Governments may soon be able to use artificial intelligence (AI) to easily and cheaply detect problems with roads ...
Singapore minister: Major cyberattack may be state-linked
A cyberattack that breached 1.5 million health records in Singapore has been attributed to sophisticated attackers who may be state-linked, ...
Element Materials significantly enhances radio testing capacity
Element Materials Technology (Element) has today announced a significant investment at its European Radio and Telecommunications Testing Center of Technical Excellence in Hull, UK to increase its radi
BMW apologizes over engine fires caused by hardware problem
Johann Ebenbichler, BMW's vice president on quality management, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 6, ...
Global semiconductor sales rise by 20.4%
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $117.9billion during Q2 2018, an increase of 6.0% over the previous quarter and 20.5% more than Q2 2017.
Semtech reaches settlement in HiLight case
Semtech has reached a settlement in the lawsuit filed against HiLight Semiconductor and related individual Defendants.
TSMC says computer virus will slow shipments and cause additional costs
TSMC anticipates that a recent computer virus outbreak, which occurred due to misoperation during the software installation process for a new tool and affected a number of computer systems and fab too
Alternative to invasive marine tracking
A hybrid, wireless communication system for non-invasive monitoring of physical parameters of the sea and activity level of various sea animals has been developed by the King Abdullah University of Sc
Alliance between BrainChip and Telesikring hopes to boost object search and facial recognition video solutions
BrainChip has partnered with a Denmark-based installer of security solutions to jointly address the growing needs of law enforcement and end users to efficiently classify suspects fast using AI object
Japanese students use VR to recreate Hiroshima bombing
In Friday, Aug. 8, 2018, photo, Namio Matsura, 17-year-old member of the computation skill research club at the Fukuyama Technical High Scho ...
Bangladesh shuts down mobile internet to tackle teen protests
Bangladeshi students are protesting poor road safety after two teens were killed by a speeding bus Bangladesh authorities have shut down mo ...
Chip labour: Robots replace waiters in China restaurant
Little "robot waiters" deliver food to patrons in this Shanghai restaurant The little robotic waiter wheels up to the table, rais ...
Saudi hackathon seeks high-tech fixes to hajj calamities
Participants compete in Saudi Arabia's first ever hackathon on August 1, 2018 ahead of this year's hajj pilgrimage Fuelled by caffe ...
Aluminum tariffs tap out Canada craft brewers
Canadian craft brewers, whose wares are seen at a liquor store on August 2, 2018 in Ottawa, are facing a shortage of cans linked to the rece ...
Are tech titans teetering atop the market?
Apple has made history as the first private-sector company to surpass $1 trillion in market value Silicon Valley giants have become a garga ...