UAE launches $45 bn investment to boost refineries
CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan al-Jaber, pictured in 2017, said a new project aims to boost ADNOC's refining capacity ...
Dutch firm ASML perfecting 'microchip shrink' for tech giants
A lens used in the manufacturing of semiconductors at Dutch company ASML, whose latest systems project blueprints of circuitry onto silicon ...
China's first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's aircraft carrier leaves Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Provi ...
Microchips get under the skin of technophile Swedes
Around 3,000 Swedes have had microchips inserted into their hands that can hold entry codes, buy train tickets and access certain vending ma ...
ZTE woes loom as US-China trade tensions rise
Chinese telecom group ZTE faces a crisis following a US ban on sales of American components, amid broader trade tensions between Washington ...
Airbus Boeing fly into lucrative services market
In Singapore, Airbus's wholly-owned subsidiary Satair Group has an 11,000 square metre (118,000 square foot) warehouse to house spare pa ...
VW 'contests' report boss knew of diesel cheating risk
Volkswagen rejects allegations that its CEO Herbert Diess had been briefed about the diesel cheating almost a month before the firm admitted ...
We asked Google Assistant Amazon 's Alexa and Apple's Siri 150 questions. Here's who won.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain OK Google, we get it. You are smarter than the other assistants. ...
Net neutrality rules have an official end date
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules will take effect in a month, it announ ...
Snapchat dials back redesign that riled users
Software changes to the Snapchat application for Apple mobile devices put 'Snaps' and 'Chats' back in reverse-chronological ...
Elon Musk says LA-area test tunnel almost complete (Update)
Elon Musk, Tesla Factory, Fremont (CA, USA) in 2011. Credit: CC BY 2.0 Billionaire Elon Musk says he's almost completed a tunnel under ...
Ukraine computer involved in Tennessee elections attack
Investigators found evidence of a "malicious intrusion" into a Tennessee county's elections website from a computer in Ukraine ...
Parts shortage halts Mercedes-Benz SUV production in Alabama
The Mercedes-Benz plant in the US state of Alabama ran out of cockpit cross members, halting production of SUVs such as the GLE The parts s ...
Walking robots a YouTube sensation get ready for market
In this July 20, 2017 file photo, Boston Dynamics Chief Executive Marc Raibert speaks about his four-legged robot SpotMini during a SoftBank ...
Symantec shares dive as it discloses internal probe  (Update)
Symantec's audit committee launched an internal investigation "in connection with concerns raised by a former employee," the c ...
During disasters active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods
Credit: University at Buffalo We know that Twitter is littered with misinformation. But how good are the social media platform's most a ...
Elon Musk says LA-area test tunnel almost complete
Elon Musk, Tesla Factory, Fremont (CA, USA) in 2011. Credit: CC BY 2.0 Billionaire Elon Musk says he's almost completed a tunnel under ...
Cyberattack on Tennessee election website preceded outage
An intentional cyberattack and suspicious activity by foreign computers preceded the crash of a website that was reporting results in a Tenn ...
AT&T admits 'big mistake' in hiring Trump fixer Michael Cohen
US telecom giant AT&T said it was a mistake to hire Michael Cohen, a longtime personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, ...
Volkswagen to recall 410000 cars over faulty seat belts
Faulty seat belts in new Polos is the lastest in a series of problems for Volkswagen German carmaker Volkswagen said Friday it would recall ...
Foxconn sets groundbreaking ceremony for Wisconsin facility
Foxconn Technology Group plans to officially break ground for its southeastern Wisconsin manufacturing complex next month. ...
Postal Service: More financial loss as mail delivery slumps
The U.S. Postal Service reported another quarterly loss on Friday after an unrelenting drop in mail volume and costs of its health care and ...
Symantec stock plunges on internal investigation
Shares of the security software company Symantec are plunging 30 percent at the opening bell after the company revealed an internal investig ...
Facebook shares bounce back to pre-scandal level
In this April 10, 2018 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears on a television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange a ...
Microsoft and Amazon show Cortana and Alexa can talk to each other at least on stage at Build conference
Microsoft and Amazon's integration of their digital personal assistants is getting closer, the companies demonstrated at a Microsoft tec ...
Texas regulators: Crypto-related scams getting creative
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The cryptocurrency investment craze is bringing out the creativity in fraudsters, Texas regulators say. ...
Google's Duplex should come with a caveat says artificial intelligence expert
Credit: Shutterstock Google's artificial intelligence demonstration was amusing, but raised an important question: do you have the righ ...
Probabilistic computing takes artificial intelligence to the next step
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has never been greater—but we'll only be successful if A ...
The U.S. needs a national strategy on artificial intelligence
Credit: CC0 Public Domain China, India, Japan, France and the European Union are crafting bold plans for artificial intelligence (AI). They ...
Self-awareness class inspires intention app
Students Tristan Neeb, Aklavya Kashyap, Shayan Shafii and Sean Dew talk about next steps with their instructor, Robert Pasick of the Ross Sc ...
China monthly car sales pick up in April; EV sales double
In this April 25, 2018, file photo, attendees look at the Tang SUV by Chinese automaker BYD after a press conference at the China Auto Show ...
Infineon launches Development Centre for automotive electronics and AI
Infineon has set up a new Development Centre in Dresden, which should create around 100 jobs in the first phase, and is expected to employ a total of 250 people in the medium term.
Global MEMS design contest winners announced
A MEMS-based energy harvesting product has been awarded the grand prize at this year’s Global MEMS Design Contest.
TT Electronics to create new Centre of Excellence
TT Electronics (TT) has announced it will create a Centre of Excellence at its Bedlington facility in the North East of England.
Scientists make a maze-running artificial intelligence program that learns to take shortcuts
An AI system learns to take shortcuts. Credit: Nature (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0102-6 Call it an a-MAZE-ing development: A U.K.-base ...
A faster and more efficient way to process information?
A faster and more efficient way to store and process information by expanding the limitations of how the flow of electricity can be used and managed has been discovered, according to chemists at the U
Uber fatal crash: Self-driving software reportedly set to ignore objects on road
A pedestrian struck and killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona in March may have been ignored as a "false positive" by ...
Data privacy must be protected Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells technologists
The tech industry's mission shouldn't just be to invent new technology, but also to make sure that technology is responsible and eth ...
Microwaved plastic increases lithium-sulfur battery lifespan
Purdue engineers claim to have devises a way to tackle plastic landfills, while also improving batteries.
Homeless? This startup has an app for that
Chris Sun was trying to persuade homeless people to accept free money, which, in this case, was harder than it seemed. ...
Battery-free smart toys closer to commercial reality
Rubber duckies could soon be at the forefront of an electronic revolution.
Which European firms stand to lose from US Iran sanctions
US President Donald Trump has announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal US President Donald Trump's decision to qui ...
Apple Goldman Sachs collaborating on credit card: report (Update)
A media report says Apple is working with investment giant Goldman Sachs on a co-branded credit card promoting the Apple Pay digital wallet ...
Fiat-Chrysler and GM join Ford in cutting production after plant fire
Ford has announced that a factory fire at a major parts supplier halted production of its best-selling F-150 light duty truck across three f ...
Spotify cuts R. Kelly music from playlists cites new policy
In this Nov. 17, 2015, file photo, musical artist R. Kelly performs the national anthem before an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn N ...
China tech giant sidelined US imports held amid trade spat
In this Oct. 8, 2012, file photo, a salesperson stands at counters selling mobile phones produced by ZTE Corp. at an appliance store in Wuha ...
Canada Apple back development of carbon-free aluminum smelting tech
Aluminum is used in everything from cars and planes, softdrink cans, foil and window frames, as well as in Apple smartphones, tablets and co ...
Death Dealer painting outshines Superman comic at auction
This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions, HA.com, shows a Death Dealer 6 Painting by famed science fiction and fantasy artist Frank ...
Apple Goldman Sachs collaborating on credit card: report
A media report says Apple is working with investment giant Goldman Sachs on a co-branded credit card promoting the Apple Pay digital wallet ...
News Corp reports loss on writedowns weakness in newspapers
Rupert Murdoch and son Lachlan Murdoch, seen at a conference in 2017, share the title of executive chairman at News Corp, the newspaper-focu ...
Spotify cuts R. Kelly music from playlists cites policy
In this Nov. 17, 2015, file photo, musical artist R. Kelly performs the national anthem before an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn N ...
Carnegie Mellon offers new artificial intelligence major
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will offer the nation's first undergraduate degree program in artificial intelligence. ...
Big jump in job program for foreign graduates of US colleges
A program that allows foreign students to stay in the United States for temporary employment after graduation has expanded significantly ove ...
UK lawmakers summon ex-Cambridge Analytica chief to testify
British lawmakers investigating the use of Facebook users' information in political campaigns issued a summons Thursday for the former h ...
Italian researchers develop lighter cheaper robotic hand
Marco Zambelli shows his prosthetic hand during an interview with the Associated Press in Rome Thursday, May 10, 2018. An Italian government ...
4 ways 'internet of things' toys endanger children
Are toys sharing too much information on the internet? Credit: mhong84/Shutterstock.com As Amazon releases an Echo Dot smart-home device ai ...
Improving the sound insulation of building materials
Credit: University of the Basque Country Researcher Alberto Esteban-González has developed a method for measuring the soundproofing pe ...
Artificial intelligence needs to be socially responsible says new policy report
The development of new artificial intelligence (AI) technology is often subject to bias, and the resulting systems can be discriminatory, me ...
China's ZTE teeters as US ban hits operations (Update)
ZTE's fate has added a new source of tension in trade talks between China and the US Chinese telecom giant ZTE faces a grim future afte ...
Volunteers work to save vintage train simulator in Berlin
In this Friday, May 4, 2018 photo Tobias Hirsch of the 'Historic City Train Driving Simulator' poses in the simulator cockpit in Ber ...
Panasonic profit soars on automotive business growth
Panasonic has been enjoying a solid recovery, helped by growth in its automotive-related business Japanese electronics giant Panasonic on T ...
Apple fells plans for Ireland data centre over trees
Despite the setback on the data centre, Apple has a major presence in Ireland where its European headquarters is based in the southern city ...
Telecom Italia reaches content-sharing deal with Mediaset
Telecom Italia has announced a content-sharing agreement with Mediaset, Italy's largest private broadcaster, as the former telecom monop ...
Alexa check my security settings
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Do you trust the Internet of Things? More to the point, do you trust "Alexa" the voice-activated softwa ...
Aide to Iowa governor touts Apple deal gets job at company
A top aide to Gov. Kim Reynolds took a management job with tech giant Apple months after helping promote a $208 million incentive package fo ...
White House hosts AI summit with tech firms
In this April 2, 2017, file photo, the White House is lit with blue lights in honor of World Autism Awareness Day in Washington. Top U.S. te ...
General Motors Seoul agree to $7 billion bailout for S. Korea unit
The South Korean subsidiary of General Motors has seen production fall by almost half in the last decade US auto giant General Motors and S ...
UK telecoms giant BT axes 13000 jobs
BT will shed 13,000 jobs over the next three years as it seeks to slice off an extra £1.5 billion in costs British telecoms and televi ...
China's ZTE says US sanctions have crippled operations
US authorities have banned firms from selling parts to China's ZTE for seven years Chinese telecom giant ZTE said its major operations ...
Human-sounding Google Assistant sparks ethics questions
Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled new technology that enables the tech giant's digital assistant to sound like a real person, with pause ...
US investigating battery fire in fatal Tesla crash
The US National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday sent a team to investigate a Tesla Model S crash that left two people dead and anot ...
US to decide best site option for nuclear weapons production (Update)
The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site optio ...
What happens when the robots sound too much like humans?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Google put the spotlight on its ...
California regulator OKs solar panels mandate for new homes
In this Oct. 16, 2015 file photo a solar panel is installed on the roof of the Old Governor's Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento, ...
Shared data and shrinking aircraft seats to cut travel times in Europe
Seperating the traveller and luggage early on can significantly reduce waiting times during travel. Credit: Pxhere/725806, licensed under CC ...
Sinclair to sell 7 TV stations to Fox to win regulatory OK
In thisOct. 12, 2004, file photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Media company Twenty-First Ce ...
US to decide best site option for nuclear weapons production
The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site optio ...
Kasich orders all Ohio roads open to smart vehicle testing
Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) is opening all of Ohio's public roads to smart vehicle testing. ...
Germany's BMW expands UK car recall
A British recall includes BMW 1 Series, pictured in 2011, the 3 Series, the Z4 and its X1 cars that were produced between March 2007 and Aug ...
China's ZTE stops major operations following US export ban
In this Oct. 8, 2012, file photo, a salesperson stands at counters selling mobile phones produced by ZTE Corp. at an appliance store in Wuha ...
Friends likes fake followers and cash—internet influencers under the microscope
Local businesses, PR agencies and consumers should beware, warns Murdoch University researcher Dr. Catherine Archer, as ethical concerns sur ...
500-year-old Leaning Tower of Pisa mystery unveiled by engineers
Leaning Tower of Pisa. Credit: University of Bristol Why has the Leaning Tower of Pisa survived the strong earthquakes that have hit the re ...
Ultrasonic attack is unlikely but incidental exposure presents plenty of problems
The real part of the scattered pressure (in Pascals) from a point source placed 1 m from the opening of the ear canal, and in the same horiz ...
SoftBank confirms deal to sell Flipkart stake to Walmart
In this Nov. 4, 2014 file photo, SoftBank founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference in Tokyo. Japane ...
SoftBank reports soaring annual operating profit
SoftBank said overall sales rose on the robust performance of key operations including its domestic telecom business, Yahoo Japan, and chip ...
Germany okays class-action suits before diesel deadline
The change will make it easier for German VW owners to seek compensation The German government on Wednesday approved a draft law allowing U ...
Google suspends all ads related to Irish abortion referendum
Google says it is suspending all advertising connected to Ireland's abortion referendum as part of moves to protect "election integ ...
European businesses in firing line of Iran sanctions
Airbus and other big European companies need to figure out how to deal with new US sanctions against Iran European businesses have the most ...
Satellite row tests UK's post-Brexit security plans
Britain outlined its proposals Wednesday for close security cooperation with the EU after Brexit, but these risk being undermined by the blo ...
Emirates airline profit more than doubles on cargo demand
An Emirates Airbus A380 bearing the portrait of the UAE's founder and president, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, appears at ...
NASA Uber to explore safety efficiency of future urban airspace
An artist’s conception of a future where different aircraft – vertical takeoff, traditional takeoff, crewed, uncrewed – safely perform a var ...
Getting robotic surgical tools from the lab to the operating room
Nabil Simaan’s Advanced Robotics and Mechanism Applications Laboratory at Vanderbilt leads the way in advancing several robotics technologie ...
Australia's fuel stockpile is perilously low and it may be too late for a refill
Australia currently keeps only a fraction of the fuel it needs in reserve. Australia is an island nation that depends heavily on imported f ...
Tech bends light more efficiently offers wider angles for light input
A technology developed by researchers at North Carolina (NC) State University for steering light that allows for more light input and greater efficiency holds promise for more immersive augmented-real
Coal plants get new life in the sun
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Cheaper renewable energy is reshaping how electricity is generated and consumed. In many U.S. electri ...
Kyocera enters into license agreement with Bosch
Kyocera has signed a license agreement with Bosch, providing the company with access to Kyocera’s patented haptic feedback technology for use in its automotive solutions.
Cadence unveils first analogue IC design-for-reliability solution
Cadence Design Systems has introduced the Legato Reliability Solution, the industry’s first software product that looks to address the challenges associated with designing high-reliability analogue an
Ocado create robot swarm to cater for overseas operations
​A swarm of robots moving like rooks on a chessboard, was how Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Ocado Technology, described the Andover-based factory’s picking and sorting system.
Symmetry is essential for power network synchronization
A power network consisting of four generators and six buses (connection points). Generators 1 and 2 and Buses 1 and 2 to which these are con ...
Vodafone buys Liberty Global assets for 18.4 bn euros
Vodafone will be the EU's top telecommunications firm by subsribers if its deal to buy assets from Liberty Global goes through British ...