UPS to hire 95000 seasonal workers for upcoming holidays
It's not even officially fall yet, but delivery companies and retailers are making their hiring lists for the holiday season. ...
Mapping a new course with smartphone apps
When it comes to map apps, consumers are finding plenty of fresh paths to digital navigation thanks to Google, Apple and a whole host of riv ...
Pioneering research paves the way towards exascale optical networks
In the face of increasing bandwidth demands, ground-breaking research between the University of Bristol and the National Institute of Inform ...
Spotify surpasses 40 million paying subscribers
After launching in Indonesia in March, Swedish streaming music giant Spotify is now present in 59 countries Swedish streaming music giant S ...
Review: Consumers lose as FCC retreats on set-top box proposal
Under fire from Hollywood and Big Cable, Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, lost his nerve. ...
EU seeks stricter controls on WhatsApp Skype
The European Commission recommended tighter privacy and security for services like Facebook-owned message service WhatsApp and Microsoft's v ...
Opinion: Why editors were wrong to damn Facebook for censorship
Global editor-in-chief? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Credit: Brian Solis, www.briansolis.com and bub.blicio.us, CC BY Facebook's recent de ...
Review: Apple's removal of headphone jack a net loss for consumers
I'm not thrilled that Apple's decided to kill the headphone jack. The company's decision to exclude the venerable port from the iPhone 7 is ...
Twitter to launch app on Apple TV others to stream NFL
A new Twitter app is coming to Xbox One, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, where viewers will be able to watch NFL games on Thursday nights. ...
EU's Juncker unveils radical copyright reform
Pop stars such as Coldplay and Lady Gaga will hail part of the EU copyright plan as a new weapon to bring a fair fight to YouTube, the Googl ...
Dual band wireless MCU for range of applications
Described as dual-band wireless MCU with the lowest power consumption, the SimpleLink CC1350 from Texas Instruments supports sub GHz and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity.
Electric planes a steeper challenge than electric cars
Thousands of electric cars are on the road, with many more set to join them over the next few years. Electric planes? Not so much. ...
Web pioneer Halsey Minor bets on VR with Live Planet
Halsey Minor is no stranger to being at the bleeding edge of a new industry. ...
Uber launches groundbreaking driverless car service
In an ambitious experiment, web-based ride service Uber will deploy driverless cars to pick up passengers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Uber ...
Engineers teach machines to recognize tree species
San Pasqual Walk on the Caltech Campus. Credit: Caltech Engineers from Caltech have developed a method that uses data from satellite and st ...
Testing the driverless Uber—first nerves and then acceptance
It was driverless Uber's turn to veer left across a four-way stop, but the driver opposite apparently didn't think so. ...
Turbulence—not as dangerous as flyers think
Credit: University of Melbourne You're sitting in an aeroplane, maybe reading a book or watching a movie, a tray of unopened food in front ...
EU aims to deploy 5G technology Europe-wide by 2025
The European Union wants to make fifth-generation telecommunications technology available around the bloc and have free wireless connections ...
Hungry startup uses robots to grab slice of pizza
In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 photo, co-founder and CEO, Julia Collins, right, chats with employee Jose Lopez as he makes pizza dough at Zum ...
Online educator Udacity offers self-driving car degree
Sebastian Thrun, co-founder of online eduction startup Udacity says a new degree in engineering autonomous vehicles will include building a ...
Majority of online music listeners use phones: study
Large majorities of subscribers to Spotify and Deezer listened on their phones, while computers were more popular among people who used the ...
University research lab helping runners one step at a time
Some footwear stores videotape a jogger's gait on a treadmill to help determine the kind of running shoe that would be the best fit. ...
6 key things to know about Apple's new iOS 10 software
In this Monday, June 13, 2016, file photo, Craig Federighi, Apple senior vice president of software engineering, speaks about Photos in iOS ...
Facebook Twitter join coalition to improve online news
First Draft News, which is backed by Google, announced Tuesday that some 20 news organizations will be part of its partner network to share ...
WADA says Russian hackers published athletes' medical data (Update)
Russian hackers have been blamed for breaking into a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posting confidential medical data of some America ...
NY settles with four companies to stop tracking children online
The state attorney general announced settlements Tuesday with Viacom, Mattel, Hasbro and JumpStart Games to stop them from using or allowing ...
Deriving inspiration from the dragon tree
Outer skin (left) and vascular bundles (right) of dragon tree branch-stem attachments in the loaded (yellow) and unloaded (red) state. Credi ...
Experts anticipate significant continued reductions in wind energy costs
Figure 1. Summary of expert survey findings. Credit: Berkeley Lab Technology advancements are expected to continue to drive down the cost o ...
Six key things to know about Apple's new iOS 10 software
In this Monday, June 13, 2016, file photo, Craig Federighi, Apple senior vice president of software engineering, speaks about Photos in iOS ...
WADA says Russian hackers published athletes' medical data
Russian hackers broke into a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted confidential medical data of some American athletes online. ...
NSA chief 'perplexed' that Twitter won't share key data
Twitter has said it allows both government and business to use the data, as long as it is not for "surveillance" purposes The Nat ...
Pandora takes on Spotify Apple with new streaming services
In this Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, Pandora is displayed above a post where it trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Pandora is ...
Artificially-intelligent cleaning system could save food manufacturers GBP100m a year
Self-Optimising-Clean-In-Place: Dr. Nik Watson (l) and Ian Sterritt (r) are shown. Credit: University of Nottingham The University of Notti ...
Amazon adds audiobooks Audible channels to Prime perks
Listen up. Amazon is adding free audiobooks and a digital audio service called Audible Channels to the ever-growing list of perks for member ...
Samsung's quick fix for Galaxy Note 7 is no full recharge
Samsung plans to issue a software update for its recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that will prevent them from overheating by limiting batt ...
Storage technology puts solar power to work all night long
Argonne National Laboratory mechanical engineer Wenhua Yu prepares to test a prototype thermal energy storage system developed at Argonne th ...
Three's a crowd with arrival of new centrifuge
Credit: University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia is now home to the only geotechnical modelling facility in the ...
Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal 'posts huge losses'
Tidal has received around a hundred payment default records since rapper Jay-Z bought the company for $56 million in March 2015, Norwegian b ...
Engineers propose a technology to break the net neutrality deadlock
Credit: Wikipedia Stanford engineers have invented a technology that would allow an internet user to tell network providers and online publ ...
Connecting the jungle and other remote parts of the world
Credit: Shutterstock With the use of affordable, low-tech femtocells, the EU TUCAN3G project is bringing 3G connection to the otherwise unc ...
New programming language delivers fourfold speedups on problems common in the age of big data
Researchers have designed a new programming language that lets application developers manage memory more efficiently in programs that deal w ...
Research team develops new cooling technology for hybrid and electric vehicles
A team of researchers from Purdue University and the Toyota Research Institute of North America developing a new cooling technology for hybr ...
Review: The iPhone 7 is just fine even if it doesn't wow
In this Sept. 7, 2016, file photo, Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about AirPods during an event ...
Samsung's quick fix for Note 7 is no full recharge
Samsung plans to issue a software update for its recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that will prevent them from overheating by limiting batt ...
Researchers study practicality of drone use in ranching
Dr. John Walker, Texas A&M AgriLife Research resident director at San Angelo, demonstrates moving a small group of lambs with a drone. C ...
Synopsys looks to address IoT security concerns with latest secure processors
As the Internet of Things develops, security is becoming increasingly important, particularly for so called edge devices. Typically, these have been MCU based and vulnerable to attacks.
Renesas announces $3.2bn deal to acquire Intersil
Renesas Electronics has announced that it is acquiring power management and precision analogue solutions provider, Intersil, in a deal worth $3.2billion. The deal has been universally approved by the
Narrowband radio will enable operators to manage their IIoT networks more effectively
A narrowband radio providing reliable and secure data transmission over long distances has been launched by Cambium Networks. Aimed at Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, the radio – ca
Sony promises VR music video other entertainment content
Sony Corp.'s video game division is readying not just games but also music, movies and other kinds of entertainment for its Virtual Reality ...
When batteries explode: five questions
Samsung has suspended sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and recalled 2.5 million units following problems with batteries exploding or burning while ...
Technology leaders are jostling to capture their share of the emerging market for computer vision
Virtual reality technology is nothing new; the first devices aiming to give users the ability to enter ‘another world’ appeared more than 20 years ago. But a combination of the electronics technology
Facebook apologizes for removing 'napalm girl' photo
This is a June 8, 1972 file photo of South Vietnamese forces follow after terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they ...
New test to improve commercial viability of printable electronics
The UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed a new, non-destructive, method of measuring the three dimensional orientation of molecules in an organic semiconductor transistor, using Raman
Court: Yelp not liable for negative rating 'stars' on site (Update)
In this Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, the logo of the online reviews website Yelp is shown in neon on a wall at the company's Manhattan offices ...
China's electric vehicle industry shaken by scandal
China's electric vehicle industry, a flagship for Beijing's technology ambitions, has been rocked by scandal after five companies were caugh ...
GM's electric Chevy Bolt to go 238 miles per charge
The Chevrolet Bolt, General Motors' Tesla-fighting electric hatchback for the masses, will be able to go 238 miles (383 kilometers) on a sin ...
Verizon out to be more than 'dumb pipe' with Yahoo buy
(From L) AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong, Executive Vice President and President of Innovation at Verizon and New Business Marni Walden a ...
French terror investigators grapple with Telegram app
Smartphone app Telegram, favoured by the Islamic State group thanks to the encrypted messaging it offers, is proving a headache for French a ...
Court: Yelp not liable for star ratings on site
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that online review site Yelp's star rating system does not make it liable for reviews posted on the sit ...
Honeywell: Facility division headquarters to be in Atlanta
Honeywell plans a new software development center in Atlanta and also will relocate a key division's headquarters to the city. ...
Facebook Messenger allows for direct merchant sales
Facebook earlier this year opened up Messenger to developers to create new applications and "bots" which can interact with users ...
App vs. website: Which best protects your privacy?
Both apps and websites leak personal information, including names, gender, phone numbers, and e-mail. But don't despair. Northeastern resear ...
Digital forensics rescues retro video games and software
The box cover for Asteroids for the Atari 7800 gaming system, one of roughly 25,000 titles of vintage video games and productivity software ...
UTA to design new models for networked group learning and online work settings for Web 3.0
George Siemens, executive director of UTA's LINK Lab. Credit: UTA New research at The University of Texas at Arlington will analyze massive ...
Europe's Apple tax grab to spur US reforms: Lew
Europe's order for Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($14.6 billion) in back taxes could provoke US tax reforms and a significant break for firm ...
Silicon nanoparticles to replace expensive semiconductors
Physicists at the Moscow State University (MSU) found a way to ‘force’ silicon nanoparticles to glow in response to radiation with enough strength to replace semiconductors used in displays. According
Instagram lets users filter offensive comments
Instagram co-founder CEO, Kevin Systrom announced Instagram's newest feature that will filter offensive comments Instagram on Monday began ...
Twitter to add slate of live-streamed programs
Twitter said Monday it would be offering users live-streamed video programs on technology, media and business as the social network seeks to ...
Artificial photosynthesis: Researchers create the first practical design for photoelectrochemical water splitting
The photosynthesis system of the Jülich solar cell scientists is compact and self-contained, and the flexible design allows for ups ...
Solar panels plus lead-acid batteries to increase electricity self-sufficiency
Photovoltaic systems coupled with lead-acid batteries do not ensure electrical self-sufficiency for a residence at a reasonable cost. This i ...
New drone technology will uncover secrets of Amazonian tribes
The drone has been tested in South America. Credit: University of Exeter Experts hope to uncover the hidden secrets of ancient Amazon tribe ...
This new fingerprint technique could revolutionise the way we solve gun crime
Hidden clues. Credit: Shutterstock Despite the development of DNA profiling for criminal investigation, fingerprints remain the most common ...
Hajj goes high-tech for bloodless Eid sacrifices
The more than 1.8 million pilgrims from around the world participating in the hajj have the option this year of computerised coupons to orde ...
Eagles away! Dutch police unveil latest recruits against drones
Dutch police are adopting a centuries-old pursuit to resolve the modern-day problem of increasing numbers of drones in the skies, becoming t ...
Double helix structure found in inorganic material
A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered a double helix structure in an inorganic material. The material, called SnIP, comprising tin, iodine and phosphorus, is a semiconduc
HP buying Samsung Electronics' printer business for $1.05B
HP is buying Samsung Electronics Co.'s printer business in a transaction worth $1.05 billion. ...
New report examines how AI might affect urban life
Harvard Professor Barbara Grosz chairs the AI100 Standing Committee, which has released its first report examining how advances in artificia ...
Nanoclusters of silver with ‘desirable’ optical properties
An international team of researchers has managed to synthesise and characterise two previously unknown silver nanoclusters of 136 and 374 silver atoms.
The motorcycle of the future won't need a rider
Credit: EPFL / Alain Herzog Microengineering student Eric Unnervik has developed a miniature self-balancing motorcycle. His aim is to one d ...
Up to £4m available in compound semiconductor competition
Innovate UK is to invest up to £4million in innovative projects that help to speed the application of compound semiconductors in areas such as power electronics, RF and microwave, photonics and sensor
Diamond based electronics developer raises £750k
Evince Technology, which is developing technologies to enable the manufacture of electronics based on synthetic diamond, has closed its largest funding round to date.
Tesla says it's improving Autopilot by boosting radar
In this Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., talks during a news conference at the company's headquarte ...
Samsung shares plunge over smartphone explosion debacle
A woman walks past billboards of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and Galaxy S7 at a mobile phone shop in Seoul on September 12, 2016 Samsung shares p ...
Green-powered boat readies for round-the-world voyage
Labourers work on on the hull of an under-construction self energy producer, multihull 'Energy Observer', in Saint-Malo, western France Dub ...
BMW wheelchairs high-tech bikes: life in the Paralympic fast lane
The machine, created by BMW's California-based firm Designworks and customized to fit each athlete, is made from carbon fiber A wheelchair ...
Datacenter-on-chip: Researchers target a new paradigm for big data computing
From Data Centers to Wireless Datacenter on Chip (WiDoCs). Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Electrical and Computer Engineering Diana Mar ...
Smart cities vs. 'locked-in' cities
Credit: Youris.com One of the key issues facing modern cities today is municipalities being locked in to technology from a single provider, ...
The green light for green buildings—retrofitting Europe
Credit: Youris.com Retrofitting public buildings is crucial to meeting Europe's energy efficiency goals. But can new knowledge in retrofitt ...
West Virginia University students win robotics competition
A team of West Virginia University engineering students has won the $750,000 top prize in a NASA robotics competition. ...
Samsung urges consumers globally to stop using Galaxy Note 7
In this Sept. 8, 2016 photo, a Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note 7 smartphone is displayed at the headquarters of South Korean mobile carrier ...
EU finance ministers line up behind tax ruling against Apple (Update)
Netherland's Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem during press conference after the Eurogroup's deliberations at the Informal Meeting of ...
Emirates bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on its planes
Samsung last week suspended sales of its 'phablet' Galaxy Note 7 and recalled 2.5 million units Civil aviation authorities in the Emirates ...
EU finance ministers line up behind tax ruling against Apple
Netherland's Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem during press conference after the Eurogroup's deliberations at the Informal Meeting of ...
Apple tapping brakes on self-driving cars
Apple fueled speculation about its automotive ambitions this year with a billion-dollar investment in Chinese ride-sharing powerhouse Didi C ...
Samsung urges Koreans to stop using Galaxy Note 7
Samsung is urging South Korean consumers to stop using its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone due to reports of exploding batteries Samsung urged Sou ...
Air travelers on Samsung phone honor system after fires (Update)
In this Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, file photo, a woman walks by an advertisement of the Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at the comp ...
Apple warns against scams involving iTunes cards
Apple is warning consumers about scam artists who pressure their victims into transferring money by purchasing iTunes gift cards after the f ...
US Navy gives look inside futuristic $4.4B Zumwalt destroyer
The USS Zumwalt sits at dock at the naval station in Newport, R.I., Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. The 610-foot-long warship has an angular shape to ...
No Apple's new AirPods won't give you cancer experts say
Consumer technology analysts have been calling Apple's decision to leave the earphone jack off its new iPhone 7 a risky business move. But s ...
Ford buys shuttle service as part of new mobility push
Ford Motor Co. is buying an app-based shuttle service and partnering with a bike-share company as part of its ongoing effort to expand its t ...