Italian prosecutors seek to shelve Hacking Team breach case
A legal document obtained by The Associated Press says that Italian prosecutors want to drop their investigation into the 2015 breach of sur ...
Developing 3-D maps of ground conductivity for power-grid risk assessment
It's not often geology and national security wind up in the same sentence. Most people don't think about electrical power in connect ...
Computer scientists develop a simple tool to tell if websites suffered a data breach
Some of the code engineers use to develop Tripwire.The entire code is available on GitHub. Credit: University of California San Diego Compu ...
To fend off hackers local governments get help from states
The city of Mill Creek, Wash., has only 55 full-time employees and just one of them—James Busch—is responsible for handling information tech ...
Read this before you give your kid his or her first smartphone
Credit: CC0 Public Domain While it might not bring parents as much joy as a first step or first word, the right time to introduce kids to a ...
Building 3-D models of molecules with RealityConvert
Denis Fourches wants to make the search for new drugs faster and less expensive. So he uses powerful computers to help model interactions be ...
Is your Facebook account being targeted by food companies?
Want to know if you are being targeted on Facebook by food and beverage companies? ...
Distributing control of deep learning training delivers 10x performance improvement
A centralized topology compared to a decentralized topology. Credit: IBM Blog Research My IBM Research AI team and I recently completed the ...
Scientists design an instrument to identify unexploded artillery shells
Credit: University of Helsinki Society faces threats through the malicious use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and/or explos ...
Tokyo airport to be 'scattered' with robots for 2020 Olympics
Visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can expect to arrive at an airport "scattered" with robots to help them, an official said Tues ...
SEGGER presents RTOS stacks middleware for RISC-V
SEGGER has presented a new embOS port for the Open Source RISC-V CPU architecture.
How soundscapes and vibrations are helping blind people see the world
Glasses with special cameras could enable blind or visually impaired people to build a picture of the world around them. Credit: Eyesynth G ...
Cascading use of wood to ensure sustainability
The illustration shows the concept of cascading the use of wood with its individual stages. Credit: Hglmeier 2015 Another 10 years is appro ...
Singapore launches electric car-sharing service
BlueSG hopes to eventually provide Singapore with the second-biggest electric car-sharing service in the world, after Paris Singapore on Tu ...
New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers
Researchers at Princeton University have constructed silicon hardware that can control quantum behaviour between two electrons with extremely high precision.
Scientists print 3-D models of children's hearts for urgent operations
3-D model of a children's heart. Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University are creating 3-D-pri ...
Comcast reportedly no longer in deal talks with Fox
This combo of file photos shows the 21st Century Fox sign outside of the News Corporation headquarters building on Aug. 1, 2017, in New York ...
Pregnant woman wants seat on Tokyo metro: there's an app for that
Tokyo trains are notoriously busy Pregnant women struggling to bag a seat on the famously packed Tokyo subway could find their salvation in ...
Facebook's Messenger Kids: Parents grapple with social media decision
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Torn between the benefits and drawbacks of social media, Leigh Turberville Harrell hasn't decided yet whether ...
Lowest power consumption claimed for wireless MCU
Looking to meet demand for low power components for a range of battery powered IoT applications, Redpine Signals has launched the RS14100, which it says is the lowest-power multiprotocol wireless MCU
Seeking music edge Apple buys song recognition app Shazam (Update)
Apple said that song recognition app Shazam has consistently been one of the most popular items on its App Store Apple said Monday that it ...
Mining to resume at nuke waste dump for first time since leak
This March 6, 2014 file photo shows the idled Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, near ...
Artificial intelligence and supercomputers to help alleviate urban traffic problems
A new deep learning tool uses raw traffic camera footage from City of Austin cameras to recognize objects - people, cars, buses, trucks, bic ...
Apple to buy song recognition app Shazam
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple will buy leading song recognition app Shazam, the companies said Monday, in a fresh bid by the tech giant ...
End of unwanted items in the bagging area
Queuing for the checkout and struggling with snappy self-scanners could be over with a superfast, super safe ultra-connected broadband set t ...
Soon you can watch the NFL free on your phone on Yahoo
In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, the Yahoo logo appears on a smartphone in Frankfurt, Germany. Watching NFL games free on your phone used ...
ESnet's Petascale DTN project speeds up data transfers between leading HPC centers
Operations staff monitor the network in the ESnet/NERSC control room. Credit: Marilyn Chung, Berkeley Lab The Department of Energy's (D ...
Hot electrons generate light in chips
A metamaterial developed by researchers at King’s College London uses quantum effects to turn electrons flowing through a circuit into ‘hot electrons’ and light in a highly controlled manner. Accordin
Asian investors embrace bitcoin but regulators are wary
In this Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, photo, people use the Bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong. The launch of a U.S. futures contract for bitcoin on Sunday, D ...
Could a cardboard principle boost vehicle safety?
Composites Part B. Credit: Scott Schrage Prior research has shown that even thin-walled tubing can effectively absorb energy, which makes i ...
Additive manufacturing explained
Additive manufacturing makes it possible to create objects with complex geometries. Credit: MIT Sloan School of Management Additive manufac ...
Secret surveillance methods in the Digital Age—how to ensure human rights protection
Secret surveillance powers of authorities are reaching unprecedented levels in the Digital Age, raising challenges for the protection of hum ...
Asphalt-based filter to sequester greenhouse gas at wellhead
Adding water to asphalt-derived porous carbon improves its ability to sequester carbon dioxide at natural gas wellheads, according to Rice U ...
Going virtual—UniSA app to equip next-gen journalists
Credit: University of South Australia Journalism has emerged as one of the 21st century's most rapidly "disrupted" industries ...
Uber's London licence battle set for May/June
Uber can continue operating in London until its appeal is heard in May or June Uber's appeal against losing its licence in London will ...
Volumetric 3-D printing builds on need for speed
Volumetric 3D printing creates parts by overlapping three laser beams that define an object’s geometry from three different directions, crea ...
Transformation to wind and solar achievable with low indirect GHG emissions
Different low carbon technologies including wind and solar energy, and fossil carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) differ greatly when it ...
Volkswagen boss urges end to diesel tax breaks
VW's boss says diesel cars should no longer be helped with taxpayers' money The head of the world's biggest automaker Volkswage ...
Bitcoin tops $18000 in debut on major bourse
Bitcoin surged after its debut on a major global exchange Bitcoin surged past $18,000 after making its debut on a major global exchange but ...
As bitcoin soars warnings of a bubble proliferate
This Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, photo shows the Chicago Board Options Exchange website announcing that bitcoin futures will start trading on the ...
Bitcoin futures rise as virtual currency hits major exchange
This Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, photo shows the Chicago Board Options Exchange website announcing that bitcoin futures will start trading on the ...
Snow and ice ground hundreds of flights in Frankfurt
An airplane of British Airways is being de-iced as it stands on the tarmac of the airport in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on December 10, 2 ...
German intelligence warns of increased Chinese cyberspying
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency warned Sunday that China is using social networks to try to cultivate sources of info ...
Tech titans ramp up tools to win over children
Facebook has developed a messaging app for kids under 12, the latest in a series of products and services for children From smartphone mess ...
India faces painful move to cleaner energy
Hundreds of millions in India are forced to live in the fallout of the dirtiest fuels as the government blames a lack of funds to pay for gr ...
With new internet rules set for vote firestorm won't die
Demonstrators in Los Angeles on November 28 were among those protesting the FCC's plan to roll back rules on "net neutrality" ...
Bitcoin futures launch sparks excitement warnings
A key US regulator gave the green light for trading in bitcoin futures on two major exchanges, but warned "of the potentially high leve ...
Big Media scrambles to meet challenge from Big Tech
The struggle with Big Tech for competition in the media sector is described by some as a "Game of Thrones," a reference to the pop ...
Apple to buy music recognizing app Shazam: report
Apple revolutionized online music with iTunes and in 2015 launched Apple Music as the market turns to streaming, which offers unlimited on-d ...
North Carolina county leaders say second cyberattack failed
A North Carolina county recovering from a cyberattack says hackers failed in a second attempt to infiltrate their computer system. ...
Net neutrality fans speak up as FCC set to strike down rules
Demonstrators rally in support of net neutrality outside a Verizon store, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in New York. The FCC is set to vote Dec. 1 ...
France to allow trading of securities via blockchain
Blockchain technology adds transparency to transactions as well as security, experts say. France's finance minister unveiled Friday a d ...
Russia claims radioactivity spike not due to nuclear plant
In this file photo taken on Friday April 8, 2016, a sign warns people not to enter the town of Ozersk, Chelyabinsk region, Russia, which hou ...
What to teach your preschooler about internet safety
Internet safety in early childhood is a new area of research because, until now, children as young as four weren’t able to easily access the ...
Making interaction with AI systems more natural with textual grounding
Two women wearing hats covered in flowers are posing. Credit: IBM In an upcoming oral presentation at the 2017 Neural Information Processin ...
Tool tests realistic changes to local transit networks
A new digital tool developed by an MIT team lets people design alterations to transit networks and estimate the resulting improvements, base ...
Firewalls – a security risk?
Protecting business networks is getting more important. But how well do firewalls actually do in protecting sensitive and confidential infor ...
Music streaming giants Spotify Tencent invest in each other
Swedish music streaming service Spotify and Chinese internet company Tencent have struck a deal to take minority stakes in each other. ...
Pouring cold water on energy myths
Fixated on those all-important energy ratings when buying a washing machine or dishwasher? ...
Liquefied gas proving to be a natural for energy firms
Russia's giant Yamal LNG plant went on line above the Arctic Circle this week, an example of growing interest in the fuel The world' ...
Should robots have rights?
2017-12-08 08:00:28Should robots have rights?
Credit: Northeastern University As robots gain citizenship and potential personhood in parts of the world, it's appropriate to consider ...
LabVIEW gets MAC layer to support 5G research
NI has announced MAC layer support for its LabVIEW Communications 802.11 Application Framework.
New AI algorithm recommends right products at the right time
Prediction performance on real-world Tmall and Amazon Review datasets. With 1 being best, the IBM algorithm noted in red and referred to her ...
Russia: Spike in radioactivity unrelated to nuclear plant
Russian authorities denied Friday that a radioactivity spike in the air over Europe resulted from a nuclear fuel plant leak in the Urals, sa ...
Unlocking the power of web text data
Figure shows the word features which were found in online customer ratings and reviews for nine major restaurants managed by a hotel chain i ...
Research team develops novel program to make more cost effective runways
Credit: Texas A&M University An aircraft's impact on the runway is likely the last thing to cross anyone's mind when boarding a ...
Mapping out a biorobotic future
Vickie Webster-Wood is the lead author in a new paper calling for a comprehensive organization for the emerging and merging fields of tissue ...
Insights on fast cockroaches can help teach robots to walk
Close up of a cockroach. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain Using the example of cockroaches, the Cologne-based zoologist Dr Tom Weihmann and ...
Toshiba Electronics launches 14TB HDD
Toshiba has brought out a 14TB Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) HDD.
TITAN V looks to transform the PC into AI ‘supercomputer’
NVIDIA has announced the TITAN V driven by, what the company’s claims, is the world’s most advanced GPU architecture, NVIDIA's Volta.
Hyperspectral content for cameras
Credit: American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev New software developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) research ...
Virtual reality makes journalism immersive realism makes it credible
The project team (l to r) Jin Kang, a doctoral student studying mass communications at Penn State, S. Shyam Sundar, Distinguished Professor ...
Authorised distributors see continued growth in 2018
The UK & Ireland electronic component market is forecast to grow in the range 6.5%-to-10.5% in 2018, according to a new forecast from the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn).
'Grinch bots' may steal Christmas by snatching up prized toys
The Dr. Seuss Grinch and Max balloon during the 91st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Researchers say automated programs or " ...
South Korea mulling ways to curb craze for bitcoins
A man walks by a screen showing the price of bitcoin in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. South Korean is studying ways to regulate ...
New technology attends to seniors' health quality of life
Who hasn't worried about elderly family members and wished it was easier to keep up with them from afar? ...
California judge dismisses lawsuit over Google's pay to women but it could be refiled
A lawsuit by three female former Google employees claiming that the company paid women less than men has been dismissed, but may reappear in ...
Click to unwrap: More retailers are letting customers send digital gifts this holiday season
It's Christmas Eve, you still have gifts to buy, and as the hours tick by, your options grow thin. ...
Chance the Rapper Google team to bring computer science to Chicago public schools
Google is teaming up with Chance the Rapper to bring computer science education to Chicago's public schools. ...
Anheuser-Busch orders 40 Tesla Semi trucks
Your beer could soon be delivered in a Tesla. Brewer Anheuser-B ...
Ford shifts production of electric SUV to Mexico
Ford says that shifting production of an electric SUV from the U.S. to Mexico will allow the company to make more self-driving vehicles in M ...
Tech is taking over our lives and our 401(k) accounts
In this April 16, 2015, file photo, an employee monitors prices at the tech-driven Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. From Silicon Valley to Sha ...
Cyberattack slows North Carolina county as it works on fixes
Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio speaks at a news conference at the Government Center about the hacking of Mecklenburg County's se ...
Team uses 4.5G mobile phone network for drone traffic management
(From left) M1 Chief Operating Officer Patrick Scodeller, M1 Chief Technical Officer Denis Seek and NTU ATMRI Director Professor Duong and N ...
Qualcomm CEO sees 'no path to value' in Broadcom tie-up
Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm, told a Washington event the computer chip company wants to remain independent and sees "no real path ...
Bitcoin tops $17000; hack raises concerns ahead of US trade
In this Monday, April 7, 2014, file photo, a bitcoin logo is displayed at the Inside Bitcoins conference and trade show in New York. The bit ...
Internet betting firms settle suits over NYX acquisition
Three gambling companies have agreed to end their legal battle over the proposed acquisition of NYX Gaming by Scientific Games. ...
Q&A: How is a bitcoin mined? A look at the virtual currency
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A company in Slovenia that mines bitcoin says it has been hacked, for a potential loss of tens of millions of dol ...
Video game system technology helping physical therapists athletic trainers
Motion labs similar to the one pictured require space and can cost upward of $100,000. According to new studies from a MU research team, dep ...
1st state opts out of broadband public safety network
New Hampshire is the first state to officially opt out of the nationwide public safety communications system known as FirstNet. ...
Satellites to battle the digital divide
A Franco-Finnish consortium developed a new generation of satellite technologies to deliver fast Internet to remote communities. Six publica ...
Reducing discrimination in AI with new methodology
A decision tree from the pre-processed ProPublica COMPAS dataset. Credit: IBM I finally had a chance to watch Hidden Figures on my long jou ...
Solar power advances possible with new 'double-glazing' device
Dr Gavin Bell and Dr Yorck Ramachers in the laboratory, credit University of Warwick. Credit: University of Warwick A new 'double-glazi ...
Bitcoin roars to record past $15000
Bitcoin has risen from $752 in mid-January to dramatically surge past $15,000 Bitcoin ploughed past $15,000 to a fresh record on Thursday, ...
The future of hardware is AI
2017-12-07 08:00:08The future of hardware is AI
IBM’s new POWER9 processor. Credit: IBM AI workloads are different from the calculations most of our current computers are built to perform ...
In the future your sports headlines may be generated by algorithm
Grayson Allen headed for the hoop. Credit: Duke University What if there were a scientific way to come up with the most interesting sp ...
Six ways (and counting) that big data systems are harming society
Credit: GarryKillian/Shutterstock.com There is growing consensus that with big data comes great opportunity, but also great risk. ...
Dockless bike sharing looms as the next disruptor—if key concerns are fixed
Information about who rides where and when is useful for city planners and policymakers, but also a valuable commodity in its own right. Cre ...
Reilly Center releases its 2018 top 10 list of ethical dilemmas in science and technology
Texting and driving. Credit: University of Notre Dame The John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of No ...
When celebrities die 'grief policing' abounds social media gets toxic
After David Bowie's death, grieving fans gathered online to plan real-life memorials. Credit: University of Colorado at Boulder After t ...