Southwest cuts sales outlook as 737 MAX grounding hits US carriers
Southwest Airlines cut its first-quarter sales forecast, due in part to the hit from cancelled flights following the Boeing 737 MAX groundin ...
Why buildings keep collapsing in Lagos and what can be done about it
Credit: CC0 Public Domain There's been a spate of building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria. In some cases, people have died. In one instanc ...
The future of renewable infrastructure is uncertain without good planning
These photovoltaics panels provide this village with energy now, but they could become obsolete when the main grid arrives. Credit: Shutters ...
The social animals that are inspiring new behaviours for robot swarms
Termite team. Credit: 7th Son Studio/Shutterstock From flocks of birds to fish schools in the sea, or towering termite mounds, many social ...
Beyond 'Bandersnatch' the future of interactive TV is bright
Make a choice to see the next phase of the story. Credit: Netflix Make a choice: Do you want to engage with your media passively or activel ...
New approach could boost energy capacity of lithium batteries
Researchers at MIT and in China believe they've made major steps towards more powerful, smaller and lighter batteries.
Killer robots already exist and they've been here a very long time
Credit: Mykola Holyutyak/Shutterstock Humans will always make the final decision on whether armed robots can shoot, according to a statemen ...
Why it's so hard to trace the patterns of unsustainable fossil fuel use
Credit: Studio concept / shutterstock Our future depends on a transition away from fossil fuels. To map out a path, we need to get to grips ...
Wood-based technology creates electricity from heat
A heat-to-electricity device that runs on ions and could someday harness the body's heat to provide energy has been created.
Apple's foray into video shows limits to tech growth
Apple's latest move into streaming video illustrates an escalating trend: Tech's biggest companies, faced with limits to their growt ...
EU aims to put speed limit technology on cars
In this May 15, 2013 file photo a traffic sign indicating a speed limit of 120 km/h (75 mph) is pictured at the highway A59 close to Troisdo ...
Ford to shut three factories stop making passenger cars in Russia
Ford said that by the end of June this year it will close its vehicle assembly plant in the northwestern city of Saint Petersburg US carmak ...
Fiat Chrysler weighs potential Europe and Asia mergers
Waiting for the green light? Fiat Chrysler is considering potential offers from a number of suitors Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is torn over ...
United against jammers: Researchers develop more secure method for data transmission
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The motto "united we stand, divided we fall" has found new application in an unlikely discipline—cyber ...
Smart speakers are everywhere—and they're listening to more than you think
Machines that listen – such as Google Home – are now more common, but the technology can ‘hear’ so much more than just our voice commands. C ...
EU officials approve speed limit technology for autos
Credit: CC0 Public Domain European Union officials have struck a provisional political deal to require new safety features on autos that wo ...
Plans for blockbuster cryptocurrency IPO shelved amid bitcoin slump
The price of bitcoin has plunged since highs of nearly $20,000 in 2017 The world's largest maker of cryptocurrency mining chips has she ...
World’s longest multilayer flexible printed circuit spans 26m
Trackwise has announced that is has shipped a 26-metre long multilayer, flexible printed circuit (FPC), believed to be world’s longest ever produced, for distributing power and control signals across
Cathay Pacific to buy budget airline HK Express for $628 mn
Hong Kong Express is the city's sole budget carrier Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday it will buy budget airline ...
Object Matrix enables hybrid workflows with AWS
Object Matrix has unveiled its roadmap for enhancing the API integration between MatrixStore and two Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Glacier.M
Volkswagen to network factories in the cloud with Amazon
Volkswagen said Wednesday it is partnering with Amazon to develop cloud computing capacity aimed at improving efficiency and coordination ac ...
Toshiba Memory adds BiCS FLASH-Enabled UFS to embedded flash memory auto portfolio
Toshiba Memory America, (TMA), the US subsidiary of Toshiba Memory, has begun sampling new automotive UFS JEDEC Version 2.1 embedded memory solutions.
Infineon presents the world’s first TPM 2.0 for Industry 4.0
Infineon Technologies will be unveiling what is believed to be the world’s first Trusted Platform Module (TPM) specifically for industrial applications at this year’s Hannover Messe, running from the
Bodybags rats waste: Disaster response turns to VR for grim training
Police in Thailand are trialling a new VR game as part of disaster response training A Thai policewoman trudges through waste and ruined bu ...
US judge recommends partial ban on iPhone imports to US (Update)
iPhone manufacturer Apple has been locked in a long-running battle over patents and royalties with chipmaker Qualcomm A US trade judge rule ...
Major revamp planned for FAA's oversight process
This Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo shows a Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field in Seattle. America's standing as the ...
Boeing 737 MAX makes emergency landing during US transfer: FAA
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft—like these ones pictured in Phoenix, Arizona earlier this month—made an emergency landing on ...
Robotic arms and temporary motorisation—the next generation of wheelchairs
An automated wheelchair with an exoskeleton arm is designed to help people with varying forms of disability carry out daily tasks independen ...
End of an era in Indian aviation as Goyal bows out
Naresh Goyal stepped down as chairman of Jet Airways and quit its board as part of a rescue plan for the beleaguered carrier he launched in ...
Apple’s ‘Walled Garden’
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is about to unveil plans to turn the company into a modern media giant as it looks to take on Netflix, Amazon and Disney.
Hospital using drones to fly blood samples between buildings
Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos walks next to an operator carrying a drone used for delivery of medical specimens after a flight at WakeMe ...
US judge recommends partial ban on iPhone imports to US
iPhone manufacturer Apple has been locked in a long-running battle over patents and royalties with chipmaker Qualcomm A US trade judge rule ...
UPS launches package delivery by drone
UPS has launched the first authorized use of unmanned drones to transport packages to recipients American delivery giant UPS on Tuesday lau ...
Apple tries to take a bite out of credit card industry
In this Monday, March 25, 2019, file photo, Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay, speaks about the Apple Card at the Steve Jobs Thea ...
Ethiopian official says plane crash report due this week
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 sits grounded at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, March 23, 2019. The ch ...
Google McClatchy collaborating on local news experiment
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google and the McClatchy publishing company say they will work together on an experiment launching three digital- ...
EU ignores US calls to ban Huawei in 5G security blueprint
In this Sept. 26, 2018 file photo, a staff member uses a laptop at a display for 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei ...
Boeing holds test flights for 737 MAX fix: sources
Boeing's fleet of 737 MAX planes has been grounded since March 13 following two fatal crashes Boeing has flown test flights of its 737 ...
Pioneering medical drone program takes off in North Carolina
A pioneering use of drones to fly blood samples across a North Carolina hospital campus launched Tuesday in the latest move to expand their ...
In the future everyone might use quantum computers
Programming in BASIC. Credit: David Firth/Wikimedia Computers were once considered high-end technology, only accessible to scientists and t ...
Facebook blocks more accounts over influence campaigns
Facebook says it shut down more accounts from Russia, Iran and elsewhere seeking to manipulate political sentiment under false pretenses Fa ...
European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech
MEP Axel Voss, who supports the copyright reforms, votes in European Parliament on Tuesday The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted copyr ...
The future of stretchable electronics
Image 1: A wide range of stretchable electronic devices are being investigated, including this thin-film transistor matrix, showed relaxed ( ...
EU ignores US calls to ban Huawei in 5G cyber blueprint
In this Sept. 26, 2018 file photo, a staff member uses a laptop at a display for 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei ...
Combating fatigue with a smartwatch application
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists from EPFL, UNIL and local startup be.care have developed a system that uses heart rate variability to ...
The ethics of artificial intelligence: Teaching computers to be good people
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When people think about artificial intelligence, or AI, they can be quick to jump to the all-too-common sci-fi de ...
Uber acquires Mideast competitor Careem for $3.1 billion
This June 12, 2018, file photo shows the Uber app on a phone in New York. Ride-hailing service Uber announced on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 it ...
Final push at European Parliament for EU copyright reform
The EU copyright reform is strongly opposed by tech giants like Google which make huge profits from the advertising generated on content the ...
Apple's news subscription service a mixed bag for publishers
Roger Rosner, Apple vice president of applications, speaks at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new products Monday, March ...
The good bad and the unknown of Apple's new services
Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay, speaks at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new products Monday, March 25, 20 ...
Lightening the load
2019-03-26 00:00:10Lightening the load
When part consolidation is leveraged to bring down production costs, additive manufacturing becomes more cost competitive than traditional m ...
Developers Developers Developers
In what was its 10th annual GPU Technology Conference, NVIDIA made a series of announcements covering developments in data centres, autonomous vehicles and robotics.
Solving problems better
2019-03-25 16:00:08Solving problems better
It’s been a busy few months for Martin Cotter, SVP Worldwide Sales & Digital Marketing at Analog Devices. From electronica last year to the Consumer Electronics Show in January, he’s been engaging
Qualcomm DDFA amplifier solution brings clearer sound to speakers
Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled the CSRA6640, a flexible, highly integrated single-chip amplifier solution that uses the company’s DDFA Digital Amplifier Technology.
Apple highlights privacy in new services in jab at rivals
Kumail Nanjiani speaks at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. ...
Apple pivot led by star-packed video service
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during a company product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park With Hollywood stars galore, Apple ...
Study examines commercial hybrid-electric aircraft reduced carbon emissions
The study includes a map of the US with values by state of how much carbon is produced per unit of energy. Credit: University of Illinois De ...
Apple includes 300 magazines in subscription news service
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple News+ during a launch event at Apple headquarters on Monday Apple launched a subscription news service ...
In 'Killer Robots' debate Japan shuns fully automated arms
Japan's ambassador to the United Nations-backed Conference on Disarmament says his country has not developed fully autonomous weapons sy ...
Pumped storage hydropower a 'game-changer'
Snowy Hydro’s Tumut 3 PSH project. Credit: Jamie Pittock, ANU A series of Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) projects planned across 5 states ...
Ethiopian Airlines says pilots got appropriate training
Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, poses for a photograph after speaking to The Associated Press at Bole In ...
Facebook Live post nets wiretapping guilty plea for student
A Maryland university student has pleaded guilty to illegally wiretapping a congressional staffer and putting the conversation on Facebook L ...
SAfrica's Naspers to list internet assets in Europe
The jewel in crown South African conglomerate Naspers, the continent's biggest media company, said Monday that it will spin off online ...
Open source software helps researchers extract key insights from huge sensor datasets
Open source software 'Dave': Data visualization (shown in background) helps Professor Andreas Schütze (right) and research ...
Facebook has shut down accounts spreading fake news but is it accountable?
Since last year, Facebook has been taking down fake news accounts from countries all over the world. Credit: Shutterstock Since late last y ...
Spotting hacks automatically before the hackers do
Mohammad R. Fadiheh (from left to right), Professor Wolfgang Kunz and Dominik Stoffel have developed the new algorithm in collaboration with ...
Semiconductor market decline in 2019
The global semiconductor market grew 13.7% in 2018, but finished weak with an 8.2% decline in the 4Q from 3Q, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS).
Founder of India's beleaguered Jet Airways quits
Naresh Goyal, founder of Jet Airways, has stepped down from the company's board, according to a statement India's troubled Jet Airw ...
Frankfurt flights reduced by air traffic control IT glitch
A software glitch has lead to scores of flights to and from Frankfurt airport being cancelled Scores of flights to and from Germany's b ...
DRAM ASP poised to continue descent into the second half-year
The drop in DRAM contract prices continues to grow in the first quarter due to the overabundance in inventory levels, falling by over 20% in overall ASP, according to DRAMeXchange.
WOW Air seeks debt restructuring as Icelandair quits talks
WOW Air transports more than a third of those travelling to Iceland, and plays a large role in the country's important tourism sector I ...
Polish dailies print blank front page in EU copyright appeal
Google says the proposed copyright overhaul would be bad for creators and users Major Polish newspapers printed blank front pages on Monday ...
Germany works to fix air traffic control software glitch
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Germany's air traffic control agency says a software issue that has caused disruption for several days won ...
How to identify the date of manufacture on the Samsung SMD capacitor label
The numbers on the specific capacitance label that identify the production date on the Samsung chip capacitor label indicate
Uber to buy Mideast rival Careem: report
A Careem cab service delivers goats ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, in Karachi, Pakistan in 2017 Uber is set to buy its Middle Ea ...
Long-awaited video service expected from Apple on Monday
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple is expected to announce Monday that it's launching a video service that could compete with Netflix, Ama ...
Energy monitor can find electrical failures before they happen
A new system devised by researchers at MIT can monitor the behaviour of all electric devices within a building, ship, or factory, determining which ones are in use at any given time and whether any ar
Fix to 737 MAX anti-stall software is ready: industry sources (Update)
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 is pictured on the exterior of the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington, as the image of the manufacturer comes un ...
Apple's rivals in streaming video
Apple will enter a crowded market dominated by Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Apple is expected to take on streaming rivals like Netflix and Amaz ...
FAA to look at Boeing's fixes for 737 Max jets next week
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 sits grounded at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, March 23, 2019. The ch ...
Aiming for reinvention Apple eyes streaming services
Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to be joiend by Hollywood stars on Monday as the tech giant looks for a fresh reinvention for the post-smartp ...
Ethiopian Airlines chief questions Max training requirements
Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, speaks to The Associated Press at Bole International Airport in Addis Ab ...
'Back from the dead': Greek homes in Airbnb fever
A view for the ages For Dimitra Dionysopoulou, who lives in the shadow of the Acropolis, there is no mistaking the signs of the Airbnb take ...
Fix to 737 MAX anti-stall software is ready: industry sources
Boeing's 737 MAX planes, including those owned by American Airlines, seen here in March 2019, have been grounded following recent accide ...
First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years
This March 6, 2014, file photo shows the idled Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, near ...
Protesters rally against EU internet copyright reform
Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Germany on Saturday to protest against an imminent EU copyright reform Tens of thousands of d ...
Visual discovery startup Pinterest files for IPO (Update)
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann is seen during the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 conference Pinterest, the online visual discovery platform with ...
US corporations advertise on hookup sites—unwittingly
Ads for aerospace firm Pratt & Whitney appeared on hookup sites Ads for major US corporations like General Electric and home improvemen ...
Digital scrapbooking site Pinterest files for IPO
Digital scrapbooking site Pinterest on Friday filed for an initial public offering of stock. ...
Cars are regulated for safety – why not information technology?
Modern cars are safer than this – but not because auto companies got more ethical. Credit: Richard Thornton/Shutterstock.com As the computi ...
GM announces jobs electric vehicle after Trump criticism
This April 26, 2017 file photo shows a Chevrolet sign at a Chevrolet dealership in Richmond, Va. Less than a week after a series of critical ...
Are these tiny 'inherently safe' nuclear reactors the path to a carbon-free future?
In the six decades since the Shippingport Atomic Power Station near Pittsburgh began operating as the nation's first commercial nuclear ...
Hydrogen mobility from clean energy gaining momentum in Europe
Credit: Mona Makela, Shutterstock Although the mass roll-out of fuel cell electric vehicles is still years away, efforts to make hydrogen-p ...
Lightweight tool boxes clever with heavyweight data
Credit: John Innes Centre A free, open-source toolkit to help researchers deal with data management overload has been devised by the John I ...
Make deep learning faster and simpler
Researchers are using automatic differentiation and other techniques to make deep learning faster and simpler. Credit: Purdue University Ar ...
Boeing 737 Max: The FAA wanted a safe plane – but didn't want to hurt America's biggest exporter either
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Recent incidents aside, air travel is incredibly safe these days. ...
First textbook in marine renewable energy explores harnessing ocean power
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Offshore renewable energy is an emerging and rapidly growing industry in the United States and around the world. ...
Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won't make it work better
Scratch this off your to-do list. Credit: Florence Yuill, CC BY-ND I asked my neighbor who hoses off his air conditioner condenser every sp ...
Collaboration to improve temperature measurements
Sensor Coating System (SCS) has been awarded an Innovate UK grant under the A4I (Analysis for Innovators) programme to collaborate with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
Motorless pumps and self-regulating valves made from ultrathin film
Engineers Philipp Linnebach (left) and Steffen Hau (right) from the research team led by Professor Stefan Seelecke with prototypes of a moto ...