Cheaper longer lasting battery packs
An electrical engineer at The University of Toledo (UT) claims to have developed an energy storage solution that makes battery packs in electric vehicles, satellites, planes and grid stations last lon
Cree acquires Infineon RF power business
Cree has announced that is has acquired Infineon Technologies' Radio Frequency (RF) Power Business for approximately €345 million.
The latest apps for home layouts inside and out
This March 2018 photo provided by Houzz shows different devices displaying the Houzz App. Houzz has more than 16 million photos of professio ...
Sensor City signs agreement with Altium to bolster design productivity
Sensor City has announced that it is partnering with Altium, the software company, to give SMEs access to specialist design software that will enable them to rapidly prototype their innovations and re
Lithuania plans hackathon to mint digital collector coin
Lithuania will hold a hackathon in May to bring together tech companies and IT professionals, before deciding on the mintage, denomination, ...
The Latest: Flashy Ferrari unveils 488 Pista at Geneva show
The new Ferrari 488 Pista is presented during the press day at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Mar ...
Athens taxi drivers strike in Uber protest
Greek taxi drivers want the government to regulate the sector Greek commuters saw journeys disrupted Monday as taxi drivers downed tools to ...
Teaching computers to guide science: Machine learning method sees forests and trees
Credit: CC0 Public Domain While it may be the era of supercomputers and "big data," without smart methods to mine all that data, ...
At Geneva new electrics but don't forget the horsepower
The undated image provided in a press release by McLaren shows a McLaren Senna which will premiere at the Geneva Car show. The 800 horsepowe ...
The Latest: Ford expects Europe profits to improve this year
The New Volkswagen I.D. Vizzion is presented during the press day at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesda ...
Modified 3D-printable alloy shows promise for flexible electronics
We may be a step closer to the rapid manufacture of flexible computer screens and other stretchable electronic devices.
u-blox unveils its new brand in the wake of its 20th anniversary celebration last year
After celebrating its 20th anniversary, u-blox has announced that its ‘rapid growth’ deserves a new brand.
Facebook asked users if pedophiles should be able to ask kids for 'sexual pictures'
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook is under fire after asking users whether pedophiles asking for "sexual pictures" from children ...
Indonesia blocks online-blogging site Tumblr over porn
Tumblr has fallen foul of Indonesia's government Indonesia has blocked online blogging service Tumblr over pornographic content, the go ...
Germany's Flixbus takes on Deutsche Bahn with train routes
Coming soon to a railway station near you German bus start-up Flixbus on Tuesday said it will begin running two long-distance train service ...
Zagat on menu for restaurant review site Infatuation (Update)
Restaurant review newcomer The Infatuation is buying veteran Zagat from Google for an undisclosed amount Restaurant review new-comer The In ...
Washington becomes first state to approve net-neutrality rules
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks after signing a bill Monday, March 5, 2018, in Olympia, Wash., that makes Washington the first state to se ...
WeChat accounts cross one billion mark: CEO
Pony Ma says WeChat's accounts have crossed the one billion mark WeChat's worldwide accounts have crossed the one billion mark, acc ...
Wreckage found of WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington
The wreckage of the USS Lexington was found by a research vessel, the R/V Petrel, some 3,000 meters (two miles) below the surface more than ...
Restaurant review platform The Infatuation buys Zagat
Restaurant discovery platform The Infatuation says it has entered into an agreement with Google to purchase Zagat, known for its heavily-quo ...
Toyota to stop selling diesel cars in Europe
Toyota will stop selling diesel cars in Europe starting this year, the car giant has announced Japanese car giant Toyota announced Monday t ...
Spectacles at first did not succeed but Snap will try try again report says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Snap Inc. is reportedly giving Spectacles, its camera-equipped sunglasses, at least two more tries. ...
Report: Amazon checking accounts? Something similar could be coming soon
Love online shopping? Don't have a bank account? Amazon' ...
Uber sued after data stolen by hackers covered up
Pennsylvania's attorney general is suing the ride-hailing company Uber, saying it broke state law when it failed to notify thousands of ...
Qualcomm requests national security review of Broadcom bid
Broadcom submitted its initial takeover offer the day after a White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Broadcom CEO Hock Ta ...
NewsGuard new venture to combat 'fake news'
'NewsGuard' is a new venture to provide 'reliability ratings' about media outlets Two prominent American journalists announ ...
Inventor's firm says creator of the wind-up radio has died
An Oct. 9, 1997 photo from files of Trevor Baylis, with his OBE, and a wind-up radio. Trevor Baylis, creator of the clockwork or wind-up rad ...
The Cold War's toxic legacy—costly dangerous cleanups at atomic bomb production sites
Nuclear reactors line the bank of the Columbia River at the Hanford site in 1960. Credit: USDOE Seventy-five years ago, in March 1943, a my ...
Deep-learning system generates specific genre-based music
Two new automatic methods of generating and classifying music have emerged in the context of the BertsoBot project. Credit: University of th ...
How to solve virtual reality's human perception problem
Credit: Shutterstock Virtual reality isn't confined to the entertainment world. There has also been an uptake of VR in more practical f ...
AI's dirty little secret: It's powered by people
This August 2017 photo provided by Shamima Khatoon shows Khatoon in New Delhi. Khatoon's job of annotating cars, lane markers and traffi ...
How a yeast cell helps crack open the 'black box' behind artificial intelligence
Screenshot from d-cell.ucsd.edu, where researchers can use DCell, a new virtual yeast cell developed at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Cre ...
How landline phones made us happy and connected
Phone calls create an opportunity for genuine exchange that written communication lacks. Credit: Flickr/PhotoAtelier, CC BY-SA Smartphones ...
Capturing brain signals with soft electronics
Credit: Linköping Universitet Klas Tybrandt, principal investigator at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping Univers ...
Touchscreen display support given to Raspberry Pi from 4D Systems
A series of LCD displays modules that support the Raspberry Pi family of single computers has been announced by 4D Systems.
Eliminating external surge protection devices
A high voltage non-isolated dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that drives all N-channel MOSFET power stages has been announced by Analog Devices.
TVS diodes to protect power lines and supplies in mobile devices
A series of TVS diodes designed to protect USB power lines and power supply connectors used in mobile devices has been launched by Toshiba Electronics Europe.
Japan car giants team up to build hydrogen stations
Toyota produced the world's first fuel-cell car Top Japanese carmakers said on Monday they were teaming up to nearly double the amount ...
Profits doubts in equal measure at Geneva Motor Show
Luxury carmakers will show off their wares at the Geneva Motor Show - but healthy profits cannot fully ease concerns over the future as the ...
Gaming lovers square off in Riyadh eSports tournament
A handout picture made available by the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sport on March 4, 2018, shows people attend ...
Bruising Qualcomm-Broadcom battle heads for showdown
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, seen at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, has said he sees no path to value in a tie-up with rival chipmake ...
Google expansion plans helping to turn NYC into tech hub
This March 2, 2016, file photo shows the Google office building on Ninth Avenue in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. Google has been quie ...
EU aims to tax internet giants at 'two to six percent': France
The tax-avoidance strategies used by Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple have cost governments around the world as much as $240 billion a yea ...
Cameroon startup launches drones for global market
A young engineer works on making a drone entirely built in Cameroon at the Will & Brothers company premises in Douala Talking fast and ...
Bitcoin heist: 600 powerful computers stolen in Iceland
In this Dec. 8, 2017, file photo, coins are displayed next to a Bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong. The IRS says that cryptocurrency transactions are ...
Vero: Hot Instagram alternative - but will it stick around?
The Vero app, center, is displayed on an iPhone in New York, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Instagram users fed up with ads, with the end of chron ...
Bank of England chief slams cryptocurrencies; urges action
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, who had to cancel his attendance at the Scottish Economics Conference due to the severe weather condit ...
Re-think on energy charging could reduce bills for 70% of households
Credit: Strecosa Researchers have found that 70 percent of U.K. households would be better off if costs of government energy policy were re ...
Embedded World 2018 Round-Up Part 3
As Embedded World 2018 closes it doors, New Electronics takes a look back at a few of the products that were released at this year's show.
Leti and Mapper announce breakthrough in cyber-security
Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, and Mapper Lithography, a specialist provider of maskless lithography equipment for the semiconductor and nanofabrication industries, have announced a low-cost
Crowdlending: Anatomy of a successful strategy
Crowdlending is participation in peer-to-peer financing that allows individuals to directly finance projects or companies by means of intere ...
Microchip buys Microsemi for $10bn
Microchip is to buy Microsemi in a deal which values the latter at about $10billion. The move follows a period of speculation about Microsemi being an acquisition target.
Embedded World 2018 Round-Up Part 1
With this year's Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany drawing to a close New Electronics takes a look at some of the announcements made this week.
Embedded World 2018 Round-Up Part 2
With Embedded World, Nuremberg, Germany drawing to a close New Electronics takes a look at some of the announcements made this week.
Lithium battery said to operate at -70°C
Researchers in China have developed a battery with organic compound electrodes that can function at -70°C – far colder than the temperature at which lithium-ion batteries lose most of their ability to
Twitter CEO asks for help on 'civility'; YouTube stumbles
This combo photo of images shows the Twitter app and YouTube logo. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is asking for help improving the openness and civ ...
Proposal advances to store nuclear waste in New Mexico
A new proposal to store nuclear waste underground in southern New Mexico—this time from nuclear reactors across the country—has cleared an i ...
Beware of replicating sexism in AI experts warn
AI is the science of programming machines or computers to reproduce human processes, like learning and decision making Artificial intellige ...
Apple surges ahead in wearables on smartwatch sales: survey
IDC analysts say Apple sold eight million smartwatches in the final three months of the year following the release of its Apple Watch 3, to ...
Jim Rossman: Are you ready to ride? Tech expert takes on Six Flags' new VR coaster
So are you a roller coaster person or not? I go back and forth. ...
Apple plans largest iPhone ever and a cheaper alternative report says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Looking for an iPhone later this year? Apple wants to cover your needs, whatever those may be. ...
Miami's airport wants to read your face. You might be happy about that
Credit: Petr Kratochvil/public domain Face it, going through airport security is a vital, but time-consuming pain in the you-know-where. ...
Why Amazon is sending you pictures of your front porch
Have you suddenly started getting porch snapshots from your Amazon delivery person? You're not alone. ...
In Florida texting and driving still not a primary offense
Will Florida join most of the rest of the country and place an outright ban on texting and driving? Probably not anytime soon. ...
A power boost for mobile technologies
Imagine you are shopping on your iPad for a new merino wool sweater for the winter, and when you visit a retail site, you can not only see c ...
Uber starts offering rides to the doctor
In this March 15, 2017, file photo, an Uber car drives through LaGuardia Airport in New York. Uber offering to take patients in every U.S. m ...
Twitter seeks help measuring 'health' of its world
Twitter is asking for outside experts to assess the health of its platform by measuring the impact of abuse and manipulation Twitter on Thu ...
Common bricks can be used to detect past presence of uranium plutonium
Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a technique that can determine whether bricks - the common building mater ...
Equifax finds additional 2.4 million impacted by 2017 breach
This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. Equifax said Thursday, March 1, 2018, ...
France cracks down on undeclared Airbnb listings
Airbnb could face thousands of euros in fines in France if it does not ensure homeowners have registered to pay taxes on renting out their p ...
Mobile network equipment makers eye 5G windfall
The prospect of hundreds of billions in orders to build the next generation 5G mobile networks has equipment makers like Ericsson, Huawei an ...
Cyberattack against German government 'ongoing'
Germany's Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, pictured as the government's IT network was suffering a cyberattack Germany's gover ...
Remove 'terror content' within an hour EU tells web firms
Brussels is looking for ways to combat online extremism amid growing alarm about the use of sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter as foru ...
Dyson shifts up a gear with electric car hub
After revolutionising the humble vacuum cleaner, Brexit-backing billionaire James Dyson has now set his sights on the electric car market J ...
Mobile phones help transform disaster relief
Mobile phones can be used to pin point where aid is most needed after natural disasters Mobile phones are helping transform how relief agen ...
UK scraps plans for new inquiry into media wrongdoing
In this Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018 file photo, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Hancock smiles after leaving a cabin ...
Facebook apologises for censoring prehistoric Venus statue
Facebook has apologised for censoring an image of the 29,500-year-old "Venus of Willendorf" statue Facebook apologised on Thursda ...
Harley-Davison invests in electric vehicle company
Harley-Davidson says it will collaborate with Alta Motors on the motorcycle maker's plans for an electric bike. ...
Aqueous storage device needs only 20 seconds to go
Switching a wearable LED kit with two AHCs in series charged by a flexible photovoltaic cell. Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team has devel ...
Device supports OTA test of Bluetooth LE devices
The Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) test specifications, when drafted in 2010 by the Bluetooth SIG, featured a direct test mode via a control line, but did not specify an over the air (OTA) signalling test
Deep learning may help predict when people need rides
Better predictions could lessen the time taxis idle waiting for rides, making cities cleaner ... better ride prediction technology could als ...
Monovalent manganese could enable new batteries
Using a range of X-ray techniques, researchers from the US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have confirmed a chemical state of manganese first proposed about 90 years ago. According to the
Thermal monitoring system to detect processor hacking
According to a research team from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, devices made on processes of less than 10nm are highly sensitive and could be destroyed within a few days through artificial ageing
Researchers use recycled carbon fiber to improve permeable pavement
Water runs through Washington State University pervious pavement. Credit: Washington State University A Washington State University researc ...
Television titans bulk up to battle internet rivals
Content is critical ammunition, with online streaming services Netflix and Amazon pouring massive amounts of money into 'original' p ...
Facebook jobs service spreading to more countries
Facebook initially added a local jobs posting feature early last year in Canada and the US, but is now expanding it Facebook on Wednesday a ...
Startup commercializes MRI device that could enhance medical diagnostics
MR-Link is a Purdue-affiliated startup that is developing a coin-sized, affordable device that can be inserted into existing MRI machines to ...
Spotify's music service seeks to drum up $1 billion in IPO
This Jan. 28, 2018, file photo shows music streaming apps clockwise from top left, Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and Google on an iPhone i ...
Bitcoin billionaire? Don't forget the IRS
In this Dec. 8, 2017, file photo, coins are displayed next to a Bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong. The IRS says that cryptocurrency transactions are ...
Google still under fire over EU anti-trust violations
Google's rivals say the actions taken by the US tech giant haven't improved competition in shopping search results. Rivals to Googl ...
Scientists confirm century-old speculation on the chemistry of a high-performance battery
In the middle and right images, produced using an X-ray technique at Berkeley Lab, there is a clear contrast in an exploration of the mangan ...
Russian hackers infiltrated German ministries' network: report
The hacker group known as APT28—which has been linked to Russia's GRU military intelligence—managed to plant malware in the German minis ...
'Near-religious' marketing fervour grips smartphone world
The mobile phone industry has long used the promise of better future to sell its wares. With "near-religious" fervour, mobile pho ...
Cadence imec tape out 64bit MCU test chip at 3nm
Nanotechnology research centre imec has taped out what it says is the industry’s first 3nm test chip. The project, in association with Cadence, was completed using design rules focused at EUV and 193n
Snapchat challenging Facebook among US youth: survey
Known for its disappearing messages, Snapchat is gaining on Facebook among social networks used by young American adults, a Pew Research Cen ...
Encrypted smartphones secure your identity not just your data
A smartphone is a digital form of ID for many apps and services. Credit: Iowa Department of Transportation Smartphones store your email, yo ...
How a nuclear attack on North Korea would add to global cancer epidemic
A hill near Fukushima, Japan, that in April 2016 has been denuded by efforts at radiation decontamination following the nuclear power plant ...
Sensors help smartphones keep eye on solo seniors
Many tech companies are producing inexpensive sensors that could wirelessly alert users if elderly relatives stay in bed all morning or suff ...
Apple offers new wellness program for headquarters employees
Are you a doctor? Want to work with Apple employees? Here's your shot. ...
Optical interconnect contract signed with 'global tier 1'
Optoscribe, the Livingston based supplier of glass-based integrated photonic components, has signed a multi-million pound procurement agreement to supply transceiver optical interconnect chips to a gl