BMW sued in US over diesel emissions
German automaker BMW is being sued in the United States over possible fraud in its emissions-monitoring software German luxury carmaker BMW ...
Japan embracing cryptocurrencies despite big theft cases
In this March 15, 2018 photo, Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox speaks during an interview in Tokyo. Fou ...
Solar seeks its place under Spanish sun
Spain was one of the pioneers of solar power-generation but the financial crisis broke its momentum Sun-drenched Spain should be a natural ...
Slippery start for Venezuela's petro crypto coin
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro launched the oil-backed petro on February 20, putting 38.4 million units of the world's first s ...
Single board computing kits aim to make progamming fun
Stadium Group has announced a partnership with Maker Life, a developer and provider of simple build-your-own computer project kits designed to educate parents, teachers and children around the world a
NVIDIA and ARM bring deep learning to IoT devices
NVIDIA and ARM are partnering to bring deep learning inferencing to the billions Internet of Things devices that are set to enter the global marketplace.
New technique sheds light on body language in job interviews sales calls team projects
A joint research team from the University of Cambridge and Dartmouth College has developed a system for using infrared light tags to monitor ...
New scheduling model puts airlines on equal plane while easing congestion
Air traffic congestion that causes frustrating delays and cancellations can be reduced through flight schedules that don't systematicall ...
Oracle's big-money case against Google gets new life
Oracle's copyright infringement lawsuit against tech rival Google got fresh life with a federal appeals court ruling An appeals court o ...
US investigating fatal Tesla crash in California
Federal investigators are looking into a fatal Tesla crash in California Federal investigators said Tuesday they were examining a fatal cra ...
Watchdog: FBI could have tried harder to hack iPhone
Apple CEO Tim Cook watches a demonstration of an app on the new educational Apple iPad during an Apple event at Lane Technical College Prep ...
Facebook sued by housing advocates alleging discrimination
Fair housing advocates sued Facebook Tuesday, saying it lets landlords and real estate brokers target advertising to discriminate against fa ...
Uber gives up autonomous vehicle testing rights in Calif.
Uber will not renew its permit to test autonomous vehicles on California public roads when it expires Saturday. And the company will have so ...
Apple unveils pencil support for $329 iPad at school event
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple event at Lane Technical College Prep High School, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/C ...
Pink-haired whistleblower at heart of Facebook scandal
ACanadian data analytics expert Christopher Wylie appearing as a witness before the British parliamentary committee Instantly recognisable ...
Next-generation photovoltaics for economical clean energy
Figure 1. Researchers at Colorado State Univ. have created a roadmap of device structures for CdTe PV performance. Thus far, they have achie ...
Self-driving cars can't be perfectly safe – what's good enough? 3 questions answered
Is it going to stop? Credit: marat marihal/Shutterstock.com On March 19, an Uber self-driving vehicle being tested in Arizona struck and ki ...
Tattoo electrodes from an ink-jet printer for long-term medical diagnostics
Researchers at TU Graz present tattoo electrodes from the printer, which are particularly attractive for long-term medical diagnostics. Cred ...
World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 2018 finalists
Calling all gamers to help pick World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees. Twelve finalists were named for the class of 2018, pitting "Ms ...
Zuckerberg turns down British MPs for data privacy grilling
The social media giant said it did not know the data was being used in a political campaign Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday turne ...
Volkswagen in UK court over 'dieselgate'
Greenpeace supporters held a protest against Volkswagen over the emissions scandal as a hearing got under way in London Thousands of Britis ...
Taxis paralyse Brussels to protest against Uber
Hundreds of taxis brought traffic to a standstill in Brussels on Tuesday to protest proposed government reforms said to favour ride-hailing ...
Expert says Brexit campaign used data mined from Facebook
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie who alleges that the campaign for Britain to leave the EU cheated in the referendum in 2016, speaking at a l ...
Waymo to buy 20000 Jaguars for robotic ride-hailing service
The Jaguar I-Pace vehicle is introduced Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in New York. Self-driving car pioneer Waymo will buy up to 20,000 of the el ...
UK MPs demand Zuckerberg testify on data row after he offers deputy
The social media giant said it did not know the data was being used in a political campaign British MPs renewed a demand on Tuesday to inte ...
Cheetah III robot preps for a role as a first responder
Associate professor of mechanical engineering Sangbae Kim and his team at the Biomimetic Robotics Lab developed the quadruped robot, the MIT ...
Your online privacy depends as much on your friends' data habits as your own
Many social media users have been shocked to learn the extent of their digital footprint. Credit: Shutterstock In the aftermath of revelati ...
Evolutionary computation has been promising self-programming machines for 60 years – so where are they?
Credit: Shutterstock What if computers could program themselves? Instead of the laborious job of working out how a computer could solve a p ...
AI improves touchscreen interfaces for users with impairments
An ageing test user with a prototype interface. Photo: Kochi University of Technology. Credit: KUT Researchers at Aalto University, Finland ...
Design principles could point to better electrolytes for next-generation lithium batteries
A new approach to analysing and designing ion conductors could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, MI
Next generation automotive controller microcontroller from Renesas
Renesas Electronics has announced the sample shipment of the industry's first on-chip flash memory microcontroller (MCU) that uses a 28nm process technology.
Smart conveyor rollers to optimize parcel logistics operations
The drive systems specialist Matthias Nienhaus (photo) from Saarland University is collaborating with partners to develop smart conveyor rol ...
Amazon delivers boost to French grocery giant Monoprix
Monoprix has sealed what the French media described as a "historic" deal with Amazon Shopping for high-end groceries in France ma ...
How Facebook was able to siphon off phone call and text logs
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile device in Philadelphia. The news that Facebook's Android ap ...
Atomically thin light-emitting device opens the possibility for 'invisible' displays
A bright-light emitting device that is millimetres wide and fully transparent when turned off has been built by a team of engineers at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. The light emitting m
AkzoNobel to sell chemicals arm for 10.1 bn euros
AkzoNobel, the world's leading paintmaker, owns brands such as Dulux and Trimetal Dutch chemical giant AkzoNobel announced Tuesday it w ...
Improving information security by giving employees options
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Computer users ― at home and at work ― often engage in behaviors that create security risks and privacy threats, ...
New cars are quickly getting self-driving safety features
This Aug. 24, 2016, file photo shows a Lidar, that detects obstacles using laser sensors, installed above the car plate of an autonomous veh ...
Apple looks to return to head of class in education market
Apple is hoping to return to the head of the class in the competition to get high-tech products into U.S. classrooms. ...
Deleting Facebook's billions: stock sinks as outrage swells
In this April 4, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook has dr ...
Arizona puts brakes on Uber self-driving car tests
Uber put a temporary halt to its self-driving car program in the US after the March 18 accident that resulted in the death of pedestrian Th ...
FTC states increase pressure on Facebook on privacy (Update)
This Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Fac ...
Is Zuckerberg willing to act boldly to fix Facebook crisis?
This Feb. 5, 2007 file photo shows Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Zuckerberg's boyish ap ...
In a trade war aviation giant Boeing could be a sitting duck
Planes are seen under construction at a Boeing assembly plant in North Charleston, South Carolina—which President Donald Trump visited a yea ...
Twitter bans crytocurrency ads on fraud fears
Twitter became the latest internet platform to ban ads for cryptocurrency offerings, saying these services are often associated with "d ...
Tesla starts community college courses to train technicians
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. is fostering community college training programs for what could be new blue-collar jobs as mechanics for the g ...
Atlanta still feeling the effects of ransomware cyberattack
Atlanta's mayor says the city continues to operate despite ongoing troubles caused by a cyberattack on its computer network last week. ...
Germany vows 'stricter' Facebook oversight after data leak
Germany's justice minister, Katarina Barley, said Facebook should face "stricter" oversight after data leak Germany's jus ...
Spotify warns of slower sales growth as New York listing nears
Spotify's guidance came days ahead of its New York listing Spotify, the world's leading music streaming site, said Monday that its ...
Spain arrests Ukrainian cyber criminal 'mastermind' (Update)
Types of cyber attacks Spain and Europol on Monday announced the arrest of a Ukrainian man dubbed the mastermind of a gang behind hundreds ...
FTC is investigating Facebook over privacy practices
This Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Fac ...
Facebook shares in fresh slide amid US consumer agency probe
The US Federal Trade Commission has taken the unusual step of confirming a probe into Facebook following revelations on the leakage of data ...
A model for optimising the use of local trains
The University of Seville has participated in a project dedicated to optimising both planning and transport systems. David Canca (University ...
Worried about your Facebook data?
Credit: Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University Last weekend, the New York Times revealed that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica misuse ...
Students create 3-D printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees
Credit: University of Manchester Students at The University of Manchester have designed and built a 3-D printed, low-cost robotic prostheti ...
Spin-off from astronomy—measuring water pollution with your mobile
Credit: Leiden University Leiden astronomers and ecologists are developing an instrument that lets people measure the quality of surface wa ...
UAE awards major refining contracts to Korea's Samsung
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in is visiting the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said Monday it has awarded two ...
Spain breaks up cybercrime gang after $1.2 billion spree
Police in Spain have captured a cybercrime gang made up of Ukrainians and Russians that allegedly stole more than 1 billion euros ($1.24 bil ...
UAE says its first nuclear reactor complete
A handout photo released by the ENEC on June 1, 2017 shows part of the Barakah nuclear power plant under construction near al-Hamra west of ...
Watch it Facebook: new EU data rules may have broad impact
In this Aug. 27, 2009 file photo, the site Facebook login webpage is seen on a computer screen in Ottawa, Canada. Mozilla, Tesla and other c ...
A smart car that can read brain signals
Credit: Nissan EPFL and Nissan researchers are able to read a driver's brain signals and send them to a smart vehicle so that it can an ...
Facebook faces scrutiny for pulling Android call text data
An advertisement in The New York Times is displayed on Sunday, March 25, 2018, in New York. Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge ...
Taiwan's HTC to get Google boost as it posts biggest loss
HTC is hoping for a boost from Google Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC posted its worst-ever quarterly loss on Monday, but said ...
Eight capacitor manufacturers fined €254m by The European Commission
The European Commission has fined eight producers of capacitors – Elna, Hitachi Chemical, Holy Stone, Matsuo, NEC Tokin, Nichicon, Nippon Chemi-Con, and Rubycon €253million.
Algorithm successfully simulates color perception for #theDress image
Simulation of individual differences in the appearance of #theDress image, including two extremes: white/gold (top left: A-1) and blue/black ...
Robot-mounted vacuum grippers flex their artificial muscles
Susanne-Marie Kirsch and her research colleague Felix Welsch (r.) are research assistants within the group led by Stefan Seelecke and are de ...
Watch it Facebook: new EU data rules may have global impact
In this Aug. 27, 2009 file photo, the site Facebook login webpage is seen on a computer screen in Ottawa, Canada. Mozilla, Tesla and other c ...
On chaotic SE Asian roads local hero Grab zips past Uber
Grab's Malaysian chief executive, Anthony Tan, used his local knowledge to come up with a service well adapted to the Southeast Asia reg ...
The 10th annual BEEAs is now open for entries
For nearly a decade, the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs), in association with Eureka! and New Electronics magazines, has honoured the very best in British design engineering talent. Over
Waymo chief says his tech would have averted fatal Uber crash
"At Waymo, we have a lot of confidence that our technology would be able to handle a situation like that," CEO John Krafcik (seen ...
Ledtech opens new facility in UK
Ledtech, one of the world’s largest capacity LED manufacturers, has announced the opening of a European facility in the UK.
Uber exits SE Asia in new retreat from global markets
Singapore-based Grab is taking over the ride-sharing and food delivery operations of Uber in Southeast Asia Uber sold its Southeast Asian b ...
Communication and awareness are key in the battle to combat counterfeit components
‘The fight is not over’, were the opening words of the Anti-Counterfeiting Forum, by co-owner, Ian Blackman. ‘And it will be a hard fight’.
Gunmaker Remington files for bankruptcy
US gunmaker Remington has filed for bankruptcy, as the more than 200-year-old firearms manufacturer vies to restructure its massive debts U ...
Toshiba awaits regulator approval for key chip unit sale
On hold: Toshiba says it is still waiting to hear whether regulators have approved of the sale of its chip unit Embattled Japanese conglome ...
Ride-hailing apps run Indonesian tuk-tuks off road
Ride-hailing apps like the Grab motorcyle-taxi seen here are denting the fortunes of traditional three-wheeled bajaj taxis in Indonesia Aut ...
Facebook apologises for data scandal in UK newspaper ads
Zuckerberg repeated that Facebook had changed the rules so no such data breach could happen again. Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took out ...
UK watchdog evaluates evidence from Cambridge Analytica
The scene at a window as Information Commissioner's Office enforcement officers work inside the offices of Cambridge Analytica in centra ...
First direct Australia-Europe passenger service takes off
Qantas' 787 Dreamliner takes off on its inaugural flight from Perth to London, on March 24, 2018 The "Kangaroo Route" from Au ...
In Ivory Coast 'drone academy' offers youth the chance to soar
The Ivorian Electricity Company (CIE) is using drones to revolutionise the inspection of its infrastructure "Drones have become my pas ...
CEO says Waymo dedicated to safe self-driving technology
The leader of Google's self-driving car spinoff Waymo says he is confident in the company's technology and its capability to interac ...
Facebook faces 'Oppenheimer moment' over Trump scandal
A public apology by Zuckerberg has failed to quell outrage over the hijacking of personal data from millions of people by Cambridge Analytic ...
Facebook crisis prompts Silicon Valley soul-searching
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's belated apology did little to quell the crisis at the social network, which has called into question the ...
Cloud firm Dropbox surges in Wall Street debut (Update)
Dropbox shares surged Friday as the cloud data storage firm made its Wall street debut following a public offering raising some $750 million ...
New US law changes rules for cross-border data requests
Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft, is seen outside the Supreme Court ahead of arguments in a case over cross-broder ...
UK regulators search Cambridge Analytica offices
Pedestrians pass the shared building which houses the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London on March 21, 2018 British regulators ...
Reliance merges music apps amid streaming rise in India
Reliance Industries said it was integrating its own music app, Jio Music, with Saavn and that the combined entity would be worth $1 billion ...
Fallout from cyberattack on Atlanta computers still unclear (Update)
More than 24 hours after a ransomware cyberattack targeting the city of Atlanta's computer network was discovered, the fallout still was ...
Facebook as an election weapon from Obama to Trump
Facebook data has been used for years on political campaigns, but members of Barack Obama's team deny obtaining people's information ...
Broadcom shareholders approve plan to move back to US
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan visited the White House last November where he told President Donald Trump the chipmaker would be moving back to the U ...
Cloud firm Dropbox surges in Wall Street debut
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi (C) celebrate the launch of Dropbox's initial public offering by ringing ...
India asks Cambridge Analytica for information on data
India's government on Friday sent a notice to U.K.-based Cambridge Analytica asking whether it has misused data to profile Indians and i ...
There are 8 million reasons why you should care if Magic Leap succeeds
When it comes to tech, the most buzzed-about companies often raise big investments—and big questions. ...
Royal Caribbean picks up world's largest cruise ship
The Symphony of the Seas, the largest passenger ship ever to be constructed by gross tonnage, pictured last month as finishing touches were ...
Craigslist ends personal ads after US sex trafficking bill passes
Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, hosted a White House meeting on sex trafficking on March 13; she is seated between Sena ...
US charges Iranians in massive hacking scheme
The US Treasury Department accuses Iran's Mabna Institute of cyber intrusions into the computer systems of 144 US universities, and 176 ...
Reusing electric pylons to design the roof of a train station
Six high-voltage lines are due to be taken down in Valais canton. Credit: Swissgrid For his Master's project, Joseph Desruelle devised ...
Researchers refute 20-year-old assumptions in solar cell production
Microscopic image of the solar cell absorber made of one grain (black and white) and corresponding chemical analysis showing the concentrati ...
Exposed: The path of ransomware payments
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The murky ecosystem of ransomware payments comes into focus in new research led by Damon McCoy, an assistant prof ...
Facebook fallout—Americans' privacy at risk across entire tech information industry
Credit: UC Berkeley As fallout from the revelation of Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook user information continues, many are mis ...