Engineer to combine math machine learning and signal processing to lay groundwork for high-resolution microscope
Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are investigating new techniques that could lead to better, more precise microscopes. Credit ...
Amazon Prime discount coming to all Whole Foods
Coming to a Whole Foods near you: Discounts, if you're an Amazon Prime member that is. ...
Facebook has 'no plans' to listen in on your conversations (for now) but the creepy stories mount
California technology analyst Brian Solis was having a conversation with a friend while the two were driving through Texas. His friend was b ...
Want access to your Facebook group? In the future you may have to pay
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Want access to your Facebook group? In the future, you may have to pay. ...
Government reforms could deter foreign investment
Proposals to extend the role played by politicians in scrutinising mergers and investments in the UK could discourage foreign investment, ac ...
Uber claims U-turn in bid to restore London licence
Uber agreed that the city's transport authority was right to block its renewal last September—but said it had since undergone "whol ...
How to train your robot: Research provides new approaches
An example from the MovieGraphs dataset, scene from the film Forrest Gump. Credit: University of Toronto If your friend is sad, you can say ...
Australian cities are lagging behind in greening up their buildings
Green roofs are great social spaces. Credit: Author provided Covering roofs and walls of buildings with vegetation is a good way of reducin ...
Engineers turn to Argonne's Mira supercomputer to study supersonic turbulence
A simulation of supersonic turbulent flow on a ramp. Sharp lines show shock waves; irregular, smudged boundaries represent turbulent flow. C ...
Striking the right balance between wind energy and biodiversity
A wind turbine in the Romanian Carpathians. Credit: © 2018 EPFL EPFL researchers have developed a simulator that can calculate the per ...
Uber argues it should remain in business in London
In this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 file photo, an Uber App is displayed on a phone in London. Uber is beginning its court case to remain on the ...
Improved forecasting of sunlight could help increase solar energy generation
The Sun is becoming an increasingly important source of clean electricity. Accurate sunlight forecasts being developed by A*STAR researchers ...
China's Didi steps up challenge to Uber with Australia push
A taxi driver uses the Didi Chuxing app in China: the firm has now launched in Melbourne as it bids for global business Chinese ride-sharin ...
University of Michigan researchers create "world’s smallest computer"
In March, IBM produced the world's smallest computer. Now, a team at the University of Michigan have created a device that measures just 0.3 mm to a side – about 1/10th the size of IBM's versi
World’s first fully-automated drug discovery facility planned
​Earlier this month, the UK Government announced a unique project that is intended to develop technology that will help to drive much faster and more effective drug discovery.
China's online service giant Meituan plans massive IPO
The food delivery and restaurant review service is the latest Chinese tech startup to seek a listing to raise billions in funds Chinese onl ...
Microchip releases first 32-bit MCUs to feature chip-level security
Microchip has unveiled new families of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) which have been designed to address the need for security in Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints.
Toshiba avoids being fined over its accounting practices
Toshiba Corporation has said that it has not been fined by US regulators following the conclusion of an investigation into its accounting practices.
Better batteries with superatoms?
A new strategy for creating superatoms, which possess the ability to mimic the properties of more than one group of elements of the periodic table, has been developed by a team from Virginia Commonwea
Plastic sensors could monitor health conditions
A low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic which has a “far simpler design” than existing sensors, has been developed by a team led by the University of Cambridge and King Abdullah University
Georgia malware cybersecurity research helps make internet safer
Credit: University of Georgia The internet has made many things easier. ...
'Stealth' material hides hot objects from infrared eyes
Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets even in difficult conditions but a new cloaking material could make it easier to hid from them, according to Hongrui Jian
Ikea bets big on India but keeps meatballs off the menu
Ikea is betting big on India as it seeks new revenues away from its key Western markets Furniture giant Ikea is set to open its first store ...
As Facebook ages teens look elsewhere to connect
Facebook is losing ground to rival social networks like Snapchat in the key youth segment, surveys show Manon, 17, has a Facebook account b ...
Xiaomi seeks to raise up to $6 billion in Hong Kong IPO
Xiaomi's Founder, Chairman and CEO Jun Lei, speaks in front of a screen showing Jun Lei, right, celebrating with other company co-founde ...
Online sellers consider how to comply with sales tax ruling
In this April 6, 2018, photo, Adrienne Kosewicz, owner of Play It Safe World Toys, poses for a portrait in her home office in Seattle. Kosew ...
Xiaomi seeks to raise up to $6.1 billion in Hong Kong IPO
Xiaomi's Founder, Chairman and CEO Jun Lei, speaks in front of a screen showing Jun Lei, right, celebrating with other company co-founde ...
Saudis say 12000 pirating devices seized amid Qatar rift
Logo of Qatar's broadcaster beIN Sport is pictured on a screen during a press conference in Paris Saudi Arabia has said it has confisca ...
Oregon email restored; official says hack fed scheme
After a multi-day freeze triggered by a wave of spam messages, officials confirmed late Thursday that Oregon government emails could once ag ...
Justices adopt digital-age privacy rules to track cellphones
In this Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset. In a 5-4 decision Friday, The Supreme Court says police ...
GM to build new SUV in Mexico
General Motors plans to build its Chevrolet Blazer in Mexico for export to the United States General Motors confirmed Friday that it will p ...
Paris slams brakes on electric car-sharing scheme
Despite its popularity, the Autolib car-sharing system in Paris has chalked up heavy losses The city of Paris is pulling the plug on an ele ...
Chinese island eyes oasis from web censorship for foreigners
Hainan, known as China's Hawaii thanks to its resorts and tropical beaches, hopes to attract more tourist dollars China's Hainan is ...
EU lawmakers miffed over new Facebook snub
In this April 11, 2018 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some business leaders ...
Problem solved—Internet of Things with SDN network scalability
Network diagram. Credit: Brunel University A fresh blueprint outlining how to rebuild the Internet to make it super slick at handling risin ...
Data ethics is more than just what we do with data it's also about who's doing it
Power over business, democracy and education will likely continue to lie with data and data-dependent tools, such as machine learning and ar ...
Driverless cars offer new forms of control – no wonder governments are keen
Credit: Shutterstock Imagine a state-of-the-art driverless car is zipping along a road with a disabled 90-year-old-passenger. A young mothe ...
Combating hunger with artificial intelligence
In order to improve world food conditions, a team around computer science professor Kristian Kersting was inspired by the technology behind ...
Better faster wireless communication on the horizon for mobile device users
Credit: jamesteohart, Shutterstock An EU initiative shows promising developments towards improved wireless connectivity between networks an ...
Doomsaying about new technology helps make it better
The doomsayer is just as vital as the visionary. Credit: Shutterstock That new technologies could actually be bad for us, by sapping our at ...
Researchers make advances with new automated driving algorithm
rom left, U of T researchers Wenjie Luo, Associate Professor Raquel Urtasun, and Bin Yang at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) Toront ...
Airbus warns could leave UK if no Brexit deal
Airbus says the post-Brexit transition period is "too short" Aviation giant Airbus has warned it could pull out of Britain if it ...
Artificial vision enables solar field calibration overnight
A digital camera mounted experimentally on a sample heliostat 'sees' the infrared light on the tower. Credit: CENER Researchers hav ...
Printing microelectrode array sensors on gummi candy
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in printing microelectrode arrays directly onto several soft substr ...
Chile wants to start taxing companies like Uber and Netflix
Platforms such as Uber, Netflix and Spotify pay no taxes in Chile because they have no physical presence there Chile wants to start taxing ...
Airbus warns could leave Britain if no Brexit deal
Airbus says it could be forced to leave Britain if there is no Brexit deal European aviation giant Airbus warned Thursday it could be force ...
What's that extra in my online cart? Soon maybe a sales tax
In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, packages travel on a conveyor belt for sorting at the main post office in Omaha, Neb. States will be able ...
Deutsche Telekom says will slash 10000 jobs at subsidiary
Deutsche Telekom in May reported falling revenues for the first quarter, down 3.9 percent to 17.9 billion euros Deutsche Telekom said Thurs ...
Electric scooters launch in Paris to spread in Europe
Lime and other private operators of new transport-sharing solutions are looking to capitalise on the problems with Velib' and Autolib ...
First music festival turns to blockchain
A music festival will for the first time run on blockchain, tapping the fast-growing technology as an innovative way to address longstanding ...
Facebook expands fact-check effort to photos videos
Facebook is expanding fact-checking to photos and videos and to more countries Facebook said Thursday it would launch fact-checking of phot ...
High Court: Online shoppers can be forced to pay sales tax
States will be able to force shoppers to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will lea ...
UltraSoC and Imperas combine to enhance multicore development and debug
UltraSoC and Imperas have announced a wide-ranging partnership that will provide developers of multicore systems on chip (SoCs) with a combination of embedded analytics and virtual platform technologi
Graphene assembled film shows higher thermal conductivity than graphite film
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a graphene assembled film that has over 60 percent higher thermal conductivity than graphite film – despite the fact that graph
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns
The Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is resigning after the company learned of a consensual relationship that he had with an employee.
Samsung launches NVMe SSD based on next generation small form factor
Samsung Electronics has launched a NVMe solid state drive (SSD) based on the incredibly small Next-generation Small Form Factor (NGSFF).
Intel CEO out after consensual relationship with employee
In this March 13, 2017, file photo, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Krzanich is resigni ...
We don't own data like we own a car – which is why we find data harder to protect
Credit: Shutterstock It's known as the "privacy paradox": people say they want to protect their data privacy online, but ofte ...
Next-generation heat pump offers more affordable heating and cooling
Credit: Designua, Shutterstock A novel geothermal heat pump makes cost-effective, energy-efficient heating and cooling of buildings a reali ...
Realistic avatars for the virtual zoo
The researchers generate 3D textured articulated models of animals from images. Starting from an initial coarse shape obtained with the SMAL ...
Driving down freight emissions
Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers, working with leading supermarket chain Waitrose have developed a more aerodynamic trailer desi ...
Research shows beachgoers negatively impacted by offshore oil platforms
In some areas, California beach fans must live with offshore oil platforms. UD research indicates 16 percent of Delaware beachgoers would no ...
Miniaturized infrared cameras take colored photos of the eye
Fundus image taken by portable near-infrared fundus camera. Credit: Jun Ohta Look into one's eye and you might be able to see their sou ...
MIT researchers release evaluation of low-cost cooling devices in Mali
"Evaporative Cooling Technologies for Improved Vegetable Storage in Mali" is a new report from MIT D-Lab and CITE. At left, Univer ...
Days after buying Time Warner AT&T launches new TV service
In this Wednesday, June 13, 2018, file photo, the logos for Time Warner and AT&T appear above alternate trading posts on the floor of th ...
Device enables the sense of touch in prosthetic fingertips
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have created an electronic skin that when layered on top of prosthetic hands, brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips.
Quantum step forward in protecting communications from hackers
Researchers at the University of York have shown that a new quantum-based procedure for distributing secure information along communication lines could be successful in preventing serious security bre
Norway fines its main telecoms firm for blocking competition
The Norwegian Competition Authorities has fined Norway's largest telecoms provider Telenor 788 million kroner ($96 million) for abusing ...
With a billion users Instagram takes on YouTube in video (Update)
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom says the photo and video sharing social network now has more than a billion users Instagram said Wednesday it n ...
Daimler cuts profit forecast blaming US-China tariffs
German luxury carmaker Daimler has cut its forecast expectations for 2019 German luxury carmaker Daimler on Wednesday cut its profit foreca ...
Xiaomi: A Chinese startup out to challenge Google Amazon
In this Wednesday, June 20, 2018, photo, People try out the Xiaomi latest smartphones on display at the Xiaomi store in Beijing, Wednesday, ...
A keyboard that can be crumpled and put in your pocket
A keyboard that is so tough, flexible and thin that it can be crumpled up and tucked in a pocket without damaging it has been developed by a team of researchers in a study published in the journal ACS
Buildings as power stations—they generate more energy than they consume
The UK's first energy-positive buildings, which generate more energy than they consume. Left - Active Classroom, which generated 1.5 tim ...
Facebook's Instagram has more than a billion users
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom says the photo and video sharing social network now has more than a billion users Instagram said Wednesday it n ...
Sweden starts construction on fossil fuel-free steel plant
Swedish Prime Minister Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Bengt Kjell, Chairman of the Board SSAB, Marten Gornerup, CEO Hybrit, Jan Mostrom, CEO ...
Tesla sues ex-employee alleging data theft leaks to media
In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Tesla CEO and founder of the Boring Company Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Tesla is su ...
Technology enables soft contact lenses to monitor glucose medical conditions and deliver medications
Purdue University researchers combined a commercial soft contact lens with an ultrathin conformal sensor circuit. Credit: Purdue University ...
Instagram unveils new video service in challenge to YouTube
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook's Instagram app is loosening its restraints on video in an attempt to lure younger viewers away from ...
Teaching robots to sort out their issues
Robots can help do a lot of things—assemble cars, search for explosives, cook a meal or aid in surgery. But one thing they can't do is t ...
Crumple up this keyboard and stick it in your pocket
A new tough and flexible keyboard is usable even after squeezing it. Credit: American Chemical Society Bendable portable keyboards for use ...
Disney ups its bid for Fox to counter Comcast
Disney's amended offer of $38 per share for key 21st Century Fox assets comes a week after Comcast, the largest US cable provider and ow ...
PayPal move blocks sales of school shooting video game
The developer of a school shooting video game condemned by parents of slain children has lost the ability to sell the game online after bein ...
Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak 55 stories underground
In this Wednesday, May 16, 2018 photo, tunnel workers push equipment up a rail track to a machine boring a 2.5-mile bypass tunnel for the De ...
Deutsche Bank fined $205 mn in US for forex manipulation
German banking giant Deutsche bank has been fined $205 million by New York regulators for foreign exchange market manipulation US officials ...
FTC puts data privacy under spotlight with new hearings
This Jan. 28, 2015, file photo shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission says it plans to hold ...
EU copyright law passes key hurdle
A key European parliament committee has narrowly passed a highly disputed European copyright law that could force online platforms such as G ...
Report provides 24-hour view of cyberattacks in Florida US
(From the left) - Members of the FAU Cyber Threat Intelligence Laboratory and FloridaSOAR: Kurt Friday; Morteza SafeiPour; Eric Oster (seate ...
EU tells Luxembourg to recover 120 mn euros from French energy giant
Engie's biggest shareholder is the French state The EU on Wednesday ruled that Luxembourg had given illegal tax breaks to energy giant ...
Misinformation and biases infect social media both intentionally and accidentally
People who share potential misinformation on Twitter (in purple) rarely get to see corrections or fact-checking (in orange). Credit: Shao et ...
How to print a building—the science behind 3-D printing in construction
Building sites are going to look a bit different, in the future. Credit: Shutterstock It's often claimed that 3-D printing – known in t ...
Stereo vision using computing architecture inspired by the brain
FIGURE 1: A fully event-based stereo vision system comprised of a pair of Dynamic Vision Sensors (left) which sends their output to a cluste ...
What will freight and supply chains look like 20 years from now? Experts ponder the scenarios
Container terminals have long used autonomous vehicles and machinery, and autonomous ships are on the way. Credit: Quistnix/Wikimedia, CC BY ...
China and the US are racing to develop AI weapons
When Google's AlphaGo defeated the Chinese grandmaster at a game of Go in 2017, China was confronted with its own "Sputnik moment&q ...
Thousands of Swedes are inserting microchips into themselves – here's why
Chips with everything. Credit: www.shutterstock.com Thousands of people in Sweden have inserted microchips, which can function as contactle ...
Augmented reality helps build aircraft tanks
Through ambient markers on the tank the AR glasses know where the tank is and how large it is, allowing them to project a 3-D model. Credit: ...
Helping visually impaired children to 'feel' the universe
Dr Jen Gupta demonstrating the Tactile Universe to Ishaq Oslam from Tonybee School in Southampton. Credit: University of Portsmouth A Unive ...
New AI method increases the power of artificial neural networks
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology An international team of scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Texas ...
Self-heating drinks cans set for a relaunch—here's how they work
Credit: shutterstock A US technology firm is hoping to make a very old idea finally work by launching self-heating drinks cans. HeatGenie r ...
Evaluation method for the impact of wind power fluctuation on power system quality
The left figure is an example of time series of fluctuation of power generation outputs. The right figure shows the histogram of the frequen ...
MIT engineers configure RFID tags to work as sensors
The Auto-ID Lab at MIT has developed ultra-high-frequency (UHF) RFID tag-sensor configuration that senses spikes in glucose and wirelessly transmits this information.