Enhanced power devices open the way for high-voltage applications
Credit: ghrzuzudu, Shutterstock Power semiconductors play an important role in power conversion in a wide range of electronic equipment we ...
Home internet connections hacked – here's how to protect yourself
Securing your home’s connection to the internet. Credit: rommma/Shutterstock.com In late April, the top federal cybersecurity agency, US-CE ...
NIST virtual reality aims to win for public safety
Jack Lewis demonstrates the use of a virtual reality headset and controllers with NIST's virtual office environment (shown on the screen ...
UK car sales rebound from year-long falls: industry
Two British built-cars, a Bentley Flying Spur and a Range Rover, pictured in London in 2015 Britain's new car sales rebounded slightly ...
Xerox CEO to stay as Icahn deal deadline expires
Xerox chief executive and several board members will keep their posts after an agreement with activist shareholders to replace them expired, ...
Towards sustainable blockchains
Award ceremony at Eurocrypt 2018: Krzysztof Pietrzak (left) und Bram Cohen (second from left) receive the Best Paper Award from Eurocrypt-ch ...
US hedge fund in showdown with Vivendi over Telecom Italia
From left, Telecom's Roberto Capone, Tim CEO Amos Genish, Tim Vice President Franco Bernabe' and Tim's Notary Carlo Marchetti si ...
Flipkart board approves $15 bn deal with Walmart: report
Flipkart is India's largest e-commerce group by sales but has been fighting off a huge challenge from Amazon since the US tech giant ent ...
Norwegian says it rejected two IAG takeover bids
Norwegian's shares plunged nearly 10 percent on news of the takeover bid rejections Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said Friday ...
AI-created family trees confirm 18th and 19th century class divisions in Finland
A small section of a family tree covering 13 generations that was derived by the algorithm. The colours show the socio-economic status of th ...
Air France-KLM chief puts job on the line in standoff with unions
Air France-KLM chief Jean-Marc Janaillac has said he will quit if workers at Air France reject the company's latest wage offer The chie ...
Engineers invent smart microchip that can self-start and operate when battery runs out
BATLESS, a smart microchip developed by a team of researchers led by Associate Professor Massimo Alioto (center) from National University of ...
MRI-like technique to detect what ails batteries
An MRI-based technique that can quickly diagnose what ails certain types of batteries – from determining how much charge remains, to detecting internal defects – without opening them up, has been deve
Luke Skywalker's hand inspires scientists to create robotic skin
Scientists at the University of Bristol are engineering human skin on artificial robotic muscles that can stretch and bend the tissue just l ...
Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates
African-Americans are among the top owners of mobile devices, but aren't being considered when it's time for social media and techno ...
BMW races into 2018 with sales profits record
BMW expects to book new records this year for sales and revenue German high-end carmaker BMW said Friday it booked a strong first three mon ...
Vivendi and activist fund set for Telecom Italia showdown
It's showdown time at Telecom Italia A weeks-long power struggle over the control of Telecom Italia between Vivendi and a US activist f ...
European airlines seek bigger piece of Latin American pie
Brazil is slowly emerging from a deep recession and will soon sign an "open skies" accord that will facilitate growth in air traff ...
Harvard forum examining safety of self-driving vehicles
A Harvard University forum is examining how a recent death linked to self-driving technology is causing concern about safety. ...
Seven chateaux and counting: Chinese billionaire is big in Bordeaux
Peter Kwok pose dans la cave du Château Bellefont-Belcier, à Saint-Laurent-des-Combes, en Gironde, le 11 avril 2018 Over the past ...
University of Southampton to lead research into next generation of electronics
The University of Southampton has been awarded a multi-million pound programme to lead the development of innovative nanotechnology that could open the door to a new generation of electronics.
Custom silicon microparticles dynamically reconfigure on demand
What is said to be the first custom semiconductor microparticles which can be steered into various configurations repeatedly while suspended in water have been demonstrated by researchers from Duke Un
Tesla CEO's peculiar conduct causes angst on Wall Street
In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, Elon Musk, founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX, speaks at a news conference after the Falcon 9 Space ...
Twitter urges users to change 'unmasked' passwords
Twitter did not specify how many passwords were exposed or how long the glitch made data vulnerable to snooping Twitter on Thursday urged i ...
Former Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn indicted in US over 'Dieselgate'
Volkswagen's former CEO was charged in US court in connection with the worldwide "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, maki ...
Toyota to build test track for self-driving cars
Toyota will be able to test its autonomous vehicles on real-world scenarios at a new test facility outside Detroit set to open in October T ...
Backers of data privacy measure submit signatures for ballot
Supporters of a California initiative aimed at giving consumers more control over their personal data say they have collected enough signatu ...
Q&A: Cambridge Analytica's bankruptcy won't halt probes
In this April 18, 2018, file photo, a graphic from Cambridge Analytica's Twitter page is displayed on a computer screen in New York. A p ...
New York Times gains 139000 subscribers in Q1
US President Donald Trump dismisses The New York Times as a "failing" newspaper but its online subscriptions continue to rise, rea ...
Sprint's rough week
2018-05-03 12:00:09Sprint's rough week
In this Monday, April 30, 2018, file photo, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Sprint, in ...
Cryptocurrency for the rest of us
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Thanks to a WA startup, there's now an easy way for everyone to invest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. ...
Girl power: All-female teams compete at robotics event
In a photo from, Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Detroit, Valerie Alexander works on the team's robot at the FIRST Championship in Detroit. ...
German authorities smash potato packers' cartel
Sackfuls of trouble for a potato cartel Two German potato packing firms landed in hot water Thursday as competition authorities pounded the ...
Wizz Air granted UK licence ahead of Brexit
Wizz Air and other low-cost airlines are preparing for possible disruption from Brexit Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air on Thursday said i ...
Students create exoskeleton app for patient with muscular dystrophy
MSU students create exoskeleton app for patient with muscular dystrophy. Credit: MSU Zach Smith has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic ...
Facebook gets into dating but there's little scientific evidence online personality matching works
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Dating during his keynote address at Facebook’s F8 developer conference. Credit: Facebook O ...
Tesla's problem: overestimating automation underestimating humans
Credit: Maurizio Pesce, CC BY Tesla was hoping to produce 5,000 new Model 3 electric cars each week in 2018. So far, it has failed to manuf ...
Ferrari hails 'record' Q1 results as profits zoom
The bulk of Ferrari sales was in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari on Thursday said it was racing towards ...
Future cities could be lit by algae
Artist's impression of a bioluminescent city lit by bioluminescent plants and algae. Credit: Signe Friis Schack, Allumen IVS The way we ...
Natural gas prices not 'war on coal' were key to coal power decline: study
Credit: Ian Muttoo. Shared under a Creative Commons license New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorad ...
Indonesia has far more than enough pumped hydro storage sites to support a 100% renewable electricity grid
Credit: Maxim Burkovskiy/Shutterstock.com With the support of the Australia Indonesia Centre we have identified 657 potential sites across ...
Smart microchip can self-start and operate when battery runs out
Engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a microchip, known as BATLESS, that they claim is able to continue operating even when the battery runs out of energy.
News Corp leads charge against tech giants in Australia probe
Australian media groups argue that Facebook and Google's dominance of digital advertising significantly undermined the news industry Ru ...
Tesla cash burn accelerates CEO predicts profit ahead (Update)
In this April 15, 2018, file photo, an unsold 2018 Model X 100d sits on a Tesla dealer's lot in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Co ...
Chip Wars: Tech rivalry underlies US-China trade conflict
In this April 10, 2018, file photo, China's President Xi Jinping prepares to deliver his opening speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Annua ...
Australia's biggest bank loses 20 million customer records
Australia's troubled Commonwealth Bank admitted Thursday it had lost financial records for almost 20 million customers in a major securi ...
China's Xiaomi submits HK filing with big IPO expected
Xiaomi submitted a heavily redacted filing to the Hong Kong exchange late on Wednesday laying out its financial details in what appeared to ...
Currency headwinds sap Bayer in Q1
Bayer secured regulatory approval for the tie-up with Monsanto from the European Commission in March German chemicals firm Bayer said Thurs ...
One-dimensional material packs a powerful punch for next generation electronics
Prototype devices made of zirconium tritelluride (ZrTe3) that can conduct a current density 50 times greater than conventional copper interconnect technology have been demonstrated by University of Ca
A surprising new superconductor
Last September, CIRES chemist and instrument designer Don David and colleagues Dave Pappas and Xian Wu at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), discovered a powerful new plated me
Spotify narrows losses as subscribers grow
Spotify says that it has reached 75 million paying subscribers, as well as 99 million monthly users on its ad-supported free tier—far ahead ...
Keysight Technologies highlights cybersecurity risk to enterprise Cloud operations
Keysight Technologies announced that Ixia, a Keysight Business, has released the Ixia 2018 Security Report, which highlights the company’s biggest security findings over the past year from its Applica
Amazon halts Seattle construction project ahead of tax vote
Amazon says it has halted construction planning on a high-rise building in Seattle while it awaits the outcome of a city proposal to tax wor ...
Tesla posts record 1Q loss as cash burn accelerates
In this April 15, 2018, file photo, an unsold 2018 Model X 100d sits on a Tesla dealer's lot in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Co ...
Data firm at center of Facebook privacy scandal will close
This March 20, 2018 file photo shows the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London. A published report says the data firm at the cent ...
Investors will eye cash production in Tesla 1Q earnings
When Tesla releases first-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday, investors will be scrutinizing more than the bottom line. ...
Facebook taps advisers for audits on bias and civil rights
In this Jan. 13, 2015, file photo, Laura Murphy, director, ACLU Legislative Office, speaks at the President's Task Force on 21 Century P ...
Amazon bids for 60% stake in India's Flipkart: report
Amazon has made a big for India's online retailer Flipkart, putting it in competition with Walmart for e-commerc dominance Amazon has m ...
Pedal power: the rise of cargo bikes in Germany
Modern cargo bikes offer lighter frames and more spacious carriers, while electrically assisted ones allow the less physically active or tho ...
Are public objections to wind farms overblown?
Wind turbines are becoming as American as haybales. Credit: MattJP, CC BY-SA While most surveys suggest that the public generally supports ...
Energy recovery of urban waste
The use of urban waste for energy creation, especially the use of technologies based in gasification, is presented as a more sustainable alt ...
Claiming credit for cyberattacks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The decision to claim credit for a cyberattack on a government or institution depends on both the goals of the at ...
Tumorcode a software to simulate vascularized tumors
Rendering of a bulk tissue tumor simulation. Credit: Springer The tumor vasculature is a major target of anticancer therapies. Rieger, Fred ...
Giant ship transits Istanbul after laying Russia-Turkey gas line
Pioneering Spirit is the size of several football pitches One of the biggest maritime vessels in the world on Wednesday transited through t ...
Ekioh launches world’s first multithreaded embedded browser
A multithreaded HTML browser specifically designed for multi-core processors, known as ‘Flow’, has been developed by Cambridge software company, Ekioh.
Stricter FAA regulations on pilots linked to higher fares fewer flights
UCI study finds stricter FAA regulations linked to higher fares and fewer flights. Credit: University of California, Irvine When federal le ...
Six rules for improving city bus services
Smart bus use can transform public transport in cities, as EMBARQ is doing in Brazil. Credit: EMBARQ Brasil/Flickr, CC BY-NC Public transpo ...
TI expands lead among last year’s top analogue suppliers
The top 10 suppliers held 59% of the worldwide analogue market last year, with ON Semiconductor showing strongest growth, says IC Insights.
Spin Transfer Technologies PSC structure positions MRAM as the leading memory for mobile datacentres and AI
Spin Transfer Technologies has announced its proprietary Precessional Spin Current (PSC) structure results. According to the company, this technology can enhance the performance of anyone’s MRAM array
Cadence prototypes first IP interface in silicon for preliminary version of DDR5 standard being developed in JEDEC
Cadence Design Systems made two announcements yesterday regarding the DDR5 standard and TSMC Wafer-on-Wafer (WoW) stacking technology.
Zuckerberg unveils plans for Facebook dating service
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled plans for a new dating feature in a speech at Facebook's annual developers conference in Californi ...
Xerox CEO to resign in settlement with top shareholders
Judge Barry Ostrager of New York's Supreme Court in Manhattan temporarily blocked the planned takeover of Xerox by Japan's Fujifilm ...
Ten percent overall growth in Q1 2018 keeps Authorised Distributors within their forecast range
The consolidated results reported by Authorised Distributors in the UK and Ireland for March 2018 show that total monthly billings (net sales invoiced less credits) increased by 27% when compared to t
Qantas orders six more Dreamliner planes as jumbo bows out
Boeing's 747 has been part of the Qantas fleet since 1971 Australian national carrier Qantas on Wednesday ordered six Dreamliner planes ...
West Virginia reaches $2.65M settlement with Volkswagen
West Virginia has reached a $2.65 million settlement with Volkswagen AG and two of its affiliates in a lawsuit over the automaker's emis ...
Facebook messaging app adds real time translations
Facebook's Messenger app is being given the ability to translate messages in real time Facebook on Tuesday gave its popular Messenger a ...
Zuckerberg pledges to 'keep building' in no-apology address
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. ...
Zuckerberg unveils plans for Facebook dating service (Update)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled plans for a new dating feature in a speech at Facebook's annual developers conference in Californi ...
Army neuroscientists foresee intelligent agents on the battlefield
Pulsating intense colors, a visualization tool developed by the US Army Research Laboratory indicates how well two people's brains are s ...
Apple's tax break yields $102 billion boon for shareholders
In this Nov. 3, 2017, file photo, the Apple iPhone X sits on display at the new Apple Michigan Avenue store along the Chicago River in Chica ...
Storage plan for spent fuel adds to US nuclear debate
A plan to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in New Mexico is drawing fire from critics who say the ...
Tech giants urge governor to veto Georgia cybercrime bill
Tech giants Google and Microsoft have joined a chorus or cybersecurity experts urging Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to veto a bill that makes una ...
Iconic American guitar maker Gibson files for bankruptcy
Gibson, maker of iconic guitars like this Elvis Presley's limited edition Gibson EJ-200E, filed for Chapter 11 protection Gibson, maker ...
Technology is better than ever – but thousands of Americans still die in car crashes every year
35,092 people died in crashes on U.S. roadways in 2015. Credit: Honeybee49/shutterstock.com Today, driving is arguably safer than ever been ...
Your smartphone could help to speed up cancer research while you sleep
The DreamLab app, showing the D.R.U.G.S. project, led by Imperial's Dr Kirill Veselkov. Credit: Imperial College London A new research ...
Facebook developer conference kicks off amid scandal
In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees o ...
Amazon expansion includes new office 2K jobs in Boston
Amazon has unveiled plans for a major expansion in Boston's Seaport District. ...
UltraSoC selected by Andes for RISC-V development with trace and debug
Andes Technology, a leading CPU IP supplier, has adopted UltraSoC’s advanced embedded analytics technology for use in its AndesCore range of RISC-V processors.
Dielectric metamaterial is dynamically tuned by light
Researchers at Duke University have built the first metal-free, dynamically tunable metamaterial for controlling electromagnetic waves.
UK MPs pressure Zuckerberg to testify on Facebook data breach
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by the US Congress last month but sent one of his executives to answer questions posed by the Hou ...
No sign of MH370 found in new scan of Indian Ocean floor (Update)
In this March 31, 2014 file photo, the shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is seen on low level cloud while the aircraft search ...
How are drones changing warfare threatening security?
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Trump administration recently announced a new policy that could vastly expand the sa ...
Navigating the AI maze is a challenge for governments
Finding the optimal route to benefiting from AI is like navigating a maze for most governments. Credit: Shutterstock New developments in ar ...
How to make solar hydrogen year round
Annual H2 Production: The turquoise columns show the temperature in the receiver which varies with varying solar energy, and the purple line ...
Govt argues that AT&T-Time Warner deal would hurt consumers (Update)
In this March 22, 2018, file photo, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson leaves the federal courthouse, in Washington. The U.S. government pleade ...
WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum to leave Facebook amid privacy flap
In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, file photo, Whatsapp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum speaks during a conference at the Mobile World Congress, the ...
New scan of ocean floor hasn't found any sign of MH370
In this March 31, 2014 file photo, the shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is seen on low level cloud while the aircraft search ...
TÜV SÜD unveils new electrical safety service
TÜV SÜD Product Service has launched a new Electrical Safety Pre-Test Assessment Service, which is intended to help manufacturers avoid costly product modifications and time-to-market delays by identi
Virtual championship real ambition as NBA launches eSport league
A general view of the NBA 2K League Draft at Madison Square Garden on April 4, 2018 in New York City A virtual championship with real ambit ...
Graphene specialist Paragraf closes £2.9m seed round
The graphene technology development company, Paragraf, a recent spin out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a £2.9 million seed round to support the development of its first major products.