Telefonica sales hit by end of roaming charges
The end of roaming charges has hit Telefonica's accounts hard Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica saw its sales plunge in the first quart ...
Nintendo annual profits soar 36 percent to $1.27bn on Switch sales
Nintendo has been on a winning streak, with its Switch console flying off the shelves since its launch last year Nintendo on Thursday said ...
Ford gets record fine in Australia for 'unconscionable' conduct
The US$7.6-million penalty on Ford for "unconscionable" conduct matches the largest-ever handed down under Australian consumer law ...
Volkswagen sees 'good start' to 2018 despite slip in profits
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has vowed to steer the company out of the Dieselgate cloud and continue its pivot towards the greener, cleaner ...
Nokia struggles with losses after 'challenging' quarter
Nokia expects 5G deployments to begin near the end of 2018 Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia on Thursday posted its fifth straight qua ...
Balancing nuclear and renewable energy
Power plants that balance nuclear and renewable energy could increase revenues from electricity markets and reduce variable operating and ma ...
How Comcast is trying to change the cable game
This combo of file photos shows a Netflix logo on an iPhone in Philadelphia on July 17, 2017, bottom, and a Comcast sign on Oct. 12, 2017, i ...
YouTube overhauls kids' app after complaints about content
This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the YouTube app on an iPad in Baltimore. YouTube is overhauling its kid-focused video app to give pare ...
Trump meets with Apple CEO at White House to talk trade
Apple CEO Tim Cook and former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson arrive for a State Dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron and President D ...
Profits up at Facebook with no impact from privacy scandal
Facebook's quarterly financial results appeared to show no impact from a controversy over the hijacking of personal data of millions of ...
Study examines denigration when people call a place a 'shithole'
By tracing the use of the word and hashtag 'shithole' on Twitter, researchers have examined who is engaged in the stigmatizing disco ...
Google ramps up Gmail privacy controls in major update
Indian commuters in Bangalore ride past an advertisement poster for Google, which is overhauling its Gmail service Google on Wednesday ramp ...
Researchers 3-D print electronics and cells directly on skin
One of the key innovations of the new 3-D-printing technique on skin is that the printer uses computer vision to track and adjust to movemen ...
Cybercrime website behind 4 million attacks taken down (Update)
The site, webstresser.org, was the world's largest illegal DDOS seller A British and Dutch-led operation on Wednesday brought down ...
Defending hospitals against life-threatening cyberattacks
Is this device safe for use in a hospital? Credit: Guitar photographer/Shutterstock.com Like any large company, a modern hospital has hundr ...
Businesses balance Facebook privacy concerns ad needs
In this undated photo provided by Mike Seper shows Seper on a zipline at Eco Adventure Ziplines in New Florence, Mo. "While I considere ...
Chernobyl disaster zone lures tourists as visitor numbers boom
The huge metal dome that now covers the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is one of the main tourist attractions Camera? ...
WhatsApp bans European under-16s from using app
No more WhatsApp for under-16s in Europe WhatsApp has raised its minimum age for users in the European Union to 16 years, as the bloc prepa ...
Boeing reports jump in 1Q profits lifts 2018 forecast
The Boeing logo on the first Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane is pictured during its rollout for media in March 2017 Boeing reported a surge in fi ...
Lorax Compliance warns companies to prepare for WEEE changes
Manufacturers and retailers placing electrical goods into the German market must be aware of the changes of scope to German electronics legislation due to come in force later this year to ensure their
Sky 'welcomes' higher Comcast bid in Murdoch battle
Sky welcomed a higher bid from US cable giant Comcast and withdrew support for a bid by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox group Sk ...
Moving toward 100% renewable energy—drivers behind city policies and pledges
As the United States federal government retreats from energy innovation and environmental regulation, local and regional efforts across the ...
The hypodermic effect—how propaganda manipulates our emotions
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The scandal surrounding the improper use of data by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook in the 2016 U.S. election is ...
Silicon as a new storage material for the batteries of the future
The Kiel research team manufactures anodes for their innovative silicon batteries from silicon wafers like this one. An etching process give ...
Twitter reports second straight quarterly profit
Twitter reported two consecutive quarterly profits after years of hefty losses Twitter reported its second consecutive quarterly profit Wed ...
Airbus and Dassault to team up on combat fighter
Airbus and Dassault Aviation hope to develop Europe's next generation combat fighter jet Airbus and Dassault Aviation announced Wednesd ...
Comcast challenges Murdoch with rival bid for UK-based Sky
In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo a pedestrian walks by a Comcast Service Center, in Miami. Comcast Corp. reports earnings Wednesday, April ...
International probe shuts down cyberattack provider
In a major hit against cybercriminals, an international police operation has taken down what investigators called the world's biggest pr ...
Poll: Younger Americans less apt to use unique passwords
This June 19, 2017, file photo shows fingers on laptop keyboard in North Andover, Mass. Americans appear to be heeding expert advice for kee ...
Simple grid increases fuel cell efficiency by over 30 percent
Torsten Berning with the TurbuGrid that will increase the efficiency of the fuel cell stack significantly. Credit: Aalborg University Turbu ...
Using deep learning to predict emergency room visits
Figure 1. Proposed Model. Credit: IBM At IBM Research, we are exploring new solutions for a range of health care challenges. One such chall ...
A step toward faster more accurate breast cancer detection
Credit: University of California - Berkeley Over the course of her lifetime, a woman has a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer. ...
Biomass-produced electricity in the US possible but it'll cost
Credit: CC0 Public Domain If the U.S. wants to start using wood pellets to produce energy, either the government or power customers will ha ...
New research shows how brain-computer interaction is changing cinema
Credit: Shutterstock/TatianaShepeleva Over the past few years, we have seen the extraordinary development of neural prosthetic technologies ...
Cheap and flexible plastic semiconductors
Cheap, flexible and sustainable plastic semiconductors could soon become a reality be a reality thanks to a breakthrough by Professor Derek Schipper and his team at Waterloo University, Ontario, Canad
Particle delivers production-ready LTE cellular solution
Particle, the widely-used IoT platform, has releases a LTE-enabled, cellular E Series IoT module.
Samsung begins mass production of 10nm-class 16Gb LPDDR4X
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun mass producing 10nm-class 16-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4X DRAM for automobiles.
New robot for skull base surgery alleviates surgeon's workload
The skull bone surgery robot RoBoSculpt, developed by Jordan Bos of Eindhoven University of Technology. On the right there is a phantom piec ...
Beijing Auto show highlights e-cars designed for China
Nissan officials pose for photos with the newly unveiled Sylphy Zero Emission during the start of the Auto China 2018 in Beijing, China, Wed ...
House Democrats talk to Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, departs after meeting with House Judiciary Democrats, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Ap ...
Privacy fears weigh on Facebook with earnings ahead
Facebook reports results for the first quarter as the huge social network grapples with a privacy scandal Facebook reports quarterly result ...
Japan drug giant Takeda tumbles as Shire recommends $64 bn offer
Some analysts say a takeover bid of this magnitude could put too much pressure on the finances of Takeda, whose logo is seen here Shares in ...
Linde confident for Praxair merger after strong Q1
Linde makes ready-to-use industrial plants as well as supplying gases German industrial gases group Linde confirmed its objectives for 2018 ...
Ex-Yahoo paying $35M to settle SEC charges over 2014 hack (Update)
In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, the Yahoo logo appears on a smartphone in Frankfurt, Germany. The company formerly known as Yahoo is payi ...
3-D printed food could change how we eat
A: Food materials are pulverized under ultra-low temperature close to -100 degrees Celsius. B: Micro-sized food materials are reconstructed ...
Doctors may soon be able to see a brain tumor burned away in real time
Some 80,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a brain tumor this year according to the American Brain Tumor Association. Many of them will ne ...
Cambridge Analytica says it is 'no Bond villain'
Cambridge Analytica insists it did not use the data during Trump's 2016 campaign and did not support the pro-Brexit side in Britain' ...
Facebook rules at a glance: What's banned exactly?
In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. For th ...
Supreme Court upholds challenged patent review practice
The Supreme Court has upheld a challenged practice that is used to invalidate patents without the involvement of federal courts. ...
Committee hits pause on solar project over visual concerns
A regional planning committee has refused to sign off on a proposed solar project in Rutland amid concerns over its visual impact on a neigh ...
Cambridge Analytica fights back on data scandal
Cambridge Analytica spokesperson Clarence Mitchell speaks during a press conference in London, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. The press conference ...
Electrode shape improves neurostimulation for small targets
This small chip holds a 2-D electrode with a shape that can better stimulate small targets in the body over time. Credit: Purdue University ...
Ex-Yahoo paying $35M to settle SEC charges over 2014 hack
The company formerly known as Yahoo is paying a $35 million fine to resolve federal regulators' charges that the online pioneer deceived ...
Spotify ramps up free service in bid for expansion
Gustav Soderstrom, Spotify Chief Research and Development Officer (R), shown with Spotify's Troy Carter, Spotify Gustav Soderstrom, Spot ...
US senators introduce social media privacy bill
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, speaks to US Senator John Kennedy ahead of an April 10 hearing on privacy concerns about the leading soc ...
Scientist in Facebook data scandal says being scapegoated
The academic behind the app that allowed consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to farm the data of some 87 million Facebook users said Tuesday ...
Ride-sharing platforms may be taking the place of managers in the gig economy
Ratings, ride assignments and other aspects of Uber's ride-sharing computer platform in some ways subtly serve as the manager for the co ...
User control and transparency are key to trusting personalized mobile apps
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As concerns about privacy increase for people using mobile apps, users' trust and engagement may hinge on per ...
Ireland to collect billions from Apple in back taxes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ireland says it will begin collecting more than 13 billion euros ($15.9 billion) of back taxes from Apple, 19 mon ...
Poll: For many online Americans Facebook is a habit
In this Jan. 13, 2016, file photo, Icons for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest are displayed on a window in New York. A new poll by ...
Audi recalls about 1.2M vehicles; coolant pumps can overheat
Audi is recalling about 1.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the electric coolant pumps can overeat and possibly cause a fire. ...
Volkswagen makes 15-bn-euro bet on electric cars in China
People stand under a billboard advertising a Volkswagen car on the eve of the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing Car giant Volkswagen announced T ...
Diet Coke grows for first time in 8 years after makeover
This Feb. 23, 2017, file photo shows a delivery van is painted with artwork for Classic Coca-Cola in downtown Pittsburgh. Coca-Cola Co. repo ...
Music business grows at record pace as digital dominates
Recorded music grossed $17.3 billion in 2017 with digital music amounting to 54 percent of the revenue The global music industry soared a r ...
Takeda lifts Shire takeover bid again
Irish-based pharmaceuticals firm and takeover target Shire said Tuesday that Japanese drugs firm Takeda has lifted its informal bid again. ...
Gallium oxide shows high electron mobility
The next generation of energy-efficient power electronics, high-frequency communication systems, and solid-state lighting, rely on materials known as wide bandgap semiconductors. Circuits based on the
US renewables firm takes Poland to court over U-turn on windmills
Between 2005 and 2015, Invenergy built 11 wind farms in Poland, investing 'hundreds of millions of dollars of equity capital to develop ...
Get Into My Car ... Amazon begins delivery to vehicles
In this May 9, 2017, file photo, a package from Amazon Prime is loaded for delivery in New York. Last year, the online retailer introduced a ...
AkzoNobel splashes out as Q1 profits paint rosy picture
AkzoNobel, the world's leading paintmaker, owns brands such as Dulux and Trimetal Leading global paintmaker AkzoNobel Tuesday posted ri ...
Facebook unveils appeal process for when it removes posts
Facebook said it will give users the right to appeal decisions if the social network decides to remove photos, videos or written posts deeme ...
Poll: Privacy debacle prompts social-media changes
In this March 26, 2018, file photo, a man poses for photos in front of a computer showing Facebook ad preferences pages in San Francisco. If ...
Caterpillar lifts outlook on strong demand; shares soar
Caterpillar, the maker of big machinery, sees continued growth in the mining, construction and energy sectors boosting the company's bot ...
2.7 billion tweets confirm echo chambers in Twitter are very real
The scatterplots display how the polarization on the topic of Obamacare content is distributed among Twitter users. Blue dots represent Demo ...
Machine speak: Left to their own devices computers can figure it out
Using novel machine learning techniques, a research team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory is teaching electronic devices how to speak for ...
Engineer invents one-of-a-kind surf rover machine
Dr. William Dally, a University of North Florida civil engineering professor, along with some of his students, operate the complete Surf Rov ...
Designing urban energy systems based on the urban climate
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne As cities grow at an ever-faster pace, concerns about global warming rise and fossil fuels ...
AI used by humanitarian organisations could deepen neocolonial tendencies
Credit: Liu zishan/Shutterstock.com Artificial intelligence, or AI, is undergoing a period of massive expansion. This is not because comput ...
Britain's mass surveillance regime is directly opposing human rights
The UK government has blurred the line by failing to adequately safeguard human rights with its investigatory powers law. Credit: Shuttersto ...
Will electric vehicles take over the world?
EVs charging at San Francisco City Hall. Credit: Felix Kramer As more people and goods move around the planet, our cars, planes, trains, an ...
New invention revolutionizes exoskeletons
PhD student Miguel Nobre Castro with the award-winning CXD joint. Credit: Jakob Brodersen Aalborg researchers have developed a new type of ...
BMZ invests €7m in China HQ
BMZ Group, specialists in the production of lithium-ion system solutions, has invested €7million in a new building in China. Around 800 employees are expected to move to this new location.
Keysight research lab opens at Queen's University
Keysight Technologies has announced the opening of a new millimeter-wave research lab in collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast.
UK maker community turns to Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is becoming more popular with UK makers as nearly half of Brits (48 per cent) say they plan to use it for an electronics project, with 87 per cent of makers having already used the mi
Google parent Alphabet profit leaps on ad growth (Update)
Google still accounted for the vast majority of revenues for its parent company Alphabet Google parent Alphabet reported a surge in quarte ...
By 2040 artificial intelligence could upend nuclear stability
A new RAND Corporation paper finds that artificial intelligence has the potential to upend the foundations of nuclear deterrence by the year ...
Power-sucking Bitcoin 'mines' spark backlash
In this March 24, 2018 photo, Ryan Brienza poses with the drives at his crypto-mine in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Cheap electricity and chilly air ne ...
China's 'makers' battle mistrust in hi-tech community
A teacher instructs children at 'MG Space', a small-scale workshop in Shenzhen, southern China Engineers, computer programmers and ...
Software better at tackling IS propaganda Facebook says
Facebook said it 'took action' on 1.9 million pieces of IS or al-Qaeda-linked content in the first three months of this year, nearly ...
SK Hynix posts big jump in Q1 net profit
SK Hynix is reporting a big jump in net profit year-on-year thanks to strong global demand South Korea's SK Hynix, the world's seco ...
Scientist at centre of Facebook data scandal faces MPs
Cambridge Analytica has maintained it did not use Facebook data in the Donald Trump campaign, but its now-suspended CEO boasted in secret re ...
SAP more ambitious after soaring Q1 profits
SAP hailed a lift-off in profits from January to March this year German business software maker SAP lifted its full-year forecasts Tuesday, ...
BMZ China invest €7m in its 12-storey HQ
BMZ Group, specialists in the production of lithium-ion system solutions, has announced it has invested approximately €7million into a new building in China, with around 800 employers planing to move
PSA Peugeot Citroen rides to higher sales backed by Opel Vauxhall
PSA's results were doped by the inclusion of Opel Vauxhall in its books French carmarker PSA Peugeot Citroen said Tuesday its acquisiti ...
European scientists call for a European AI hub
A group of leading European scientists have drawn up plans for a multinational European institute devoted to artificial intelligence (AI) research, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper.
Wind energy's swift growth explained
Source: American Wind Energy Association. Credit: The Conversation The wind industry is growing quickly around the world, especially in Chi ...
Bitcoin more vulnerable to attack than expected
Calculations by University of Twente researchers show that Bitcoin is more vulnerable to attack than people had always assumed. If some Bitc ...
New report reveals cybercriminal spending behaviours
A University of Surrey senior lecturer in Criminology has teamed up with virtualisation technology company Bromium to produce "Into the ...
New research modernizes rammed earth construction
Engineering professor Sumi Siddiqua (right) and graduate student Priscila Barreto (left). Credit: UBC Okanagan A building method as old as ...
New control strategy helps reap maximum power from wind farms
The December 2017 cover image of Wind Energy was produced using the Stampede2 supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. Credit: ...
EU probes Apple plan to buy music app Shazam
The investigation of Apple's Shazam buyout becomes yet another source of contention between Brussels and Silicon Valley The EU on Monda ...