No new rate hints as Federal Reserve joins Facebook
The Federal Reserve creates a Facebook page, but offerings thus far add nothing to existing communications The Federal Reserve expanded its ...
Gawker to shut down next week
Gawker is going to shut down. A Gawker report Thursday said tha ...
Volvo and Uber form driverless car venture
Uber and Volvo were two of the founding members of a coalition unveiled in April to push for a unified US legal code on self-driving cars S ...
T-Mobile axes data limits but low-data users might pay more
T-Mobile is getting rid of data limits for new customers, while making unlimited data plans cheaper. ...
Analog Devices boosts cybersecurity portfolio with acquisition
Analog Devices has announced the acquisition of the Cyber Security Solutions (CSS) business of Sypris Electronics.
Harley-Davidson in $15m pollution settlement with US
Harley-Davidson agreed to buy back and cease selling so-called "super tuners," which improved performance but increased hydrocarbo ...
Discovering electric mobility in a playful way
How can services help encourage the spread of electric mobility, and how can they be systematically developed? Using four case studies from ...
Uber to use autonomous cars to haul people in next few weeks
Ride-hailing service Uber says it will start hauling passengers with self-driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh in next several weeks. ...
Image: Margaret Hamilton's Apollo code
Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton poses with the Apollo guidance software she and her team developed at MIT. Credit: MIT Museum Half a c ...
Can photos on social media lead to mistaken identity in court cases?
What face do you see? Credit: Shutterstock/Zurijeta When it comes to identifying someone allegedly involved in a crime there can be risks a ...
Interscatter enables implanted devices to 'talk' WiFi
Researchers from University of Washington (UW) have developed a way for devices as varied as brain implants, contact lenses and credit cards, to communicate with mobile devices. In one demonstration,
Railway research into safety at level crossings reaches next stage
Networks of tiny wireless sensors could not only improve safety at railway crossings but would also be much less costly to install and maint ...
Cisco laying off 5500 employees amid tech upheaval
This Wednesday, May 9, 2012, file photo, shows an exterior view of Cisco Systems Inc. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Cisco Systems Inc. ...
'Mr. Robot' mobile game launches as phony messaging app
This image released by USA Network shows Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson in a scene from "Mr. Robot." A fake messaging app inspired ...
'Auction' of NSA tools sends security companies scrambling
In his June 6, 2013 file photo, the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The leak of what purports to be a National Secu ...
AT&T hikes prices for some plans but raises data caps
This Oct. 17, 2012, file photo shows an AT&T logo on an AT&T Wireless retail store front in Philadelphia. AT&T announced Wednesd ...
Interscatter enables first implanted devices contact lenses credit cards to 'talk' WiFi
"Interscatter" communication generates low-power Wi-Fi transmissions using everyday mobile devices. In one example, Bluetooth sign ...
Giant helium-filled airship Airlander takes off for first time
The Airlander 10 in flight, after taking off from Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire, England, Wednesday Aug. 17, 2016. A blimp-shaped airs ...
Networking titan Cisco cuts 5500 jobs as profit climbs
Cisco plans to eliminate 5,500 positions, seven percent of its global workforce Cisco on Wednesday announced plans to cut seven percent of ...
Annual wind report confirms tech advancements improved performance and low energy prices
Wind project performance chart. Credit: Berkeley Lab Wind energy pricing remains attractive to utility and commercial purchasers, according ...
Tesla isn't alone with cars that can nearly drive themselves
In this Monday, April 25, 2016, file photo, staff members talk with visitors as they sit inside a Tesla Model S electric car on display at t ...
AT&T hikes prices for some plans but raises data caps (Update)
AT&T is joining Verizon in raising the prices of some of its data plans. ...
People ignore software security warnings up to 90 percent of the time
A security message from the Google Chrome Cleanup Tool. Credit: Google Chrome Software developers listen up: if you want people to pay atte ...
Pinterest rolls out video ads at online bulletin board
Pinterest on Wednesday introduced video ads as it moved to cash in on a growing appetite for videos at the popular online bulletin board. ...
How do the blind watch the Olympics? NBC helps them hear it
In this Aug. 10, 2016, image made from a video, Jim Van Horne and Norma Jean Wick, of Descriptive Video Works, narrate a volleyball match fr ...
Hacking the hackers? US spy agency at center of apparent breach
Mysterious hackers calling themselves the "Shadow Brokers" leaked online what appears to be classified NSA computer code The US N ...
Intel ventures into virtual reality with headset and new studio
Intel is diving head-first into virtual reality, announcing Tuesday at its annual developers forum in San Francisco that it is working on it ...
Review: These chargers can give a boost to students going back to school
For students heading back to school this month, keeping their phones, tablets and laptops charged up is important. ...
The vents in your office aren't just pumping out air
We rely on our HVAC systems to keep us cool when it's hot and warm when it's cold—but that's not all they're doing. Current systems waste hu ...
Reducing gas flares—and pollution—from oil production
Last year, dozens of major oil companies and oil-producing nations agreed to end the routine flaring of natural gas from wells by 2030. This ...
Retailers look to high tech to engage visitors to their store
The store, that basic building block of commerce, is emerging as a high-tech laboratory. ...
Troy Wolverton: Virtual world meets virtual reality as Minecraft heads to Oculus Rift
If you have an Oculus Rift, you can now use it to explore and build in the world of Minecraft. ...
More small businesses put focus on a mobile-first strategy
In this Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, photo, Scott Paladini, CEO of Bear Mattress, sits with a sample Bear Mattress, a newly-designed pillow and a ...
FCC complaint: Baltimore police phone trackers disrupt calls
Civil rights groups filed a federal complaint against the Baltimore Police Department's use of a portable technology that mimics cell towers ...
Amateur drone operators soon could face high-tech barriers
Something weird happened to Duncan Sinfield's drone shortly after he was told by a security guard to stop flying over a tech company's campu ...
"High-occupancy" vehicle (HOV) battery
The location of magnesium inserted into a battery electrode material is shown in an atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microsc ...
New bendable concrete that is stronger and more durable
NTU Asst Prof Yang En-Hua holding the bendable concrete developed by his team. Credit: Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technologic ...
Combating traffic congestion with advanced data analytics
Managing traffic the smart way for less congestion and better air quality. Credit: Telefónica Deutschland Fraunhofer IAO and Telef ...
WeChat sends China's Tencent profits surging
Chinese Internet giant Tencent said Wednesday its profits jumped by 47 percent in the second quarter, buoyed by new users of its popular mes ...
Lessons from Fukushima
2016-08-17 20:00:09Lessons from Fukushima
Nuclear engineer Douglas Osborn shows student intern Anastasia Fox the results of an experiment that resulted in the zirconium cladding of a ...
Solid lithium garnet batteries improve safety
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a non-flammable battery that consists of solid chemical compounds. "Solid electrolytes do not catch fire even when heated to high temperatures or exposed
Teaching machines to direct traffic through deep reinforcement learning
Rush hour—the dreaded time of day when traffic conditions seem bent on making you late. As your car slowly creeps in line behind countless o ...
Ford says it will have a fully autonomous car by 2021 (Update)
In this Thursday, March 26, 2015, file photo, Ford President and CEO Mark Fields speaks during the inauguration of Ford's manufacturing faci ...
CMI Oddello Industries pursue recovery of rare-earth magnets from used hard drives
Rare earth magnet assembly was recovered from a used hard drive. Credit: ORNL A process developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for larg ...
US taps NCAR technology for new water resources forecasts
The new WRF-Hydro computer model simulates streams and other aspects of the hydrologic system in far more detail than previously possible. ( ...
Big PanDA tackles big data for physics and other future extreme scale scientific applications
A workload management system developed by a team including physicists from Brookhaven National Laboratory taps into unused processing time o ...
Obama admin unveils new truck fuel standards
Under new US standards tractor-trailers, delivery trucks and school buses will be forced to reduce carbon emissions by up to 25 percent by 2 ...
French mayor bans Pokemon figures in his village near Lyon
A French mayor has banned the virtual presence of Pokemon Go characters in his whole eastern village citing security reasons and ordered the ...
Ford says it will have a fully autonomous car by 2021
Ford Motor Co. says it will have a fully autonomous vehicle ready to provide ride-hailing or ride-sharing services by 2021. ...
Snowden: Exposure of alleged NSA tools may be warning to US (Update)
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says the exposure of malicious software allegedly linked to his former employer may be a mess ...
EU mulls stricter controls on WhatsApp Skype
The European Commission is set to recommend tighter privacy and security for services like Facebook-owned message service WhatsApp and Micro ...
Graphene based plasmonic 'spaser' could detect dangerous materials
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have found graphene might be suitable for manufacturing plasmonic devices capable of detecting a single molecule of explosive materials,
Android makers really want to make their phones eye-catching
In this Tuesday, July 26, 2016, photo taken in New York, the Moto Z Droid, left, and Moto Z Force Droid phones are displayed with modules av ...
UK approves 'world's biggest offshore wind farm' project
The Hornsea Project Two will be an extension of the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One which was in itself being trumpeted as the world's biggest off ...
Tesla car catches fire during promotional event in France
A Tesla electric car caught fire during a promotional tour in southwest France, and those aboard escaped unharmed. ...
Survey: Too many new smartphone models released each year (Update)
Consumers think smartphone makers are releasing too many new models each year, a survey showed Tuesday. ...
Persian Gulf public amenable to energy subsidy reforms
Traditional subsidized energy prices may be unnecessary for large numbers of residents of the Persian Gulf monarchies like Saudi Arabia, acc ...
Ford to invest $75M in autonomous vehicle sensor company
This Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, shows the blue Ford oval badge in the grill of a pickup truck on the sales lot at Butler County Fo ...
Google's search engine directs voters to the ballot box
This image provided by Google shows on a mobile device a summary box detailing state voting laws at the top of the search results whenever a ...
Solid batteries improve safety
A slice of (white) lithium garnet electrolyte coated with a (black) lithium compound acting as the battery's minus pole in the laboratory of ...
Snowden: Exposure of alleged NSA tools may be warning to US
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says the exposure of malicious software allegedly linked to his former employer may be a mess ...
Professors see a positive relationship between gaming and human behavior
You are a gamer. The majority of us are and might not realize it. Your participation was subtly recruited by purchasing a soda with a twist ...
The cat-and-mouse game of blocking digital ads
Credit: Northeastern University If you were using Facebook on a desktop last week, you may have noticed that your ad-blocking software was ...
Radar display and target tracking modules for naval navigation radar system
Cambridge Pixel has been selected by Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems to supply software modules for radar scan conversion, target tracking and radar fusion for integration into Lockheed Martin’s na
Survey: Too many new smartphone models made each year
A survey of consumers in six countries shows that consumers think smartphone makers are releasing too many new models each year. ...
Software maverick McAfee warns China of hacking weakness
John McAfee, founder of the eponymous anti-virus company, addresses the China Internet Security Conference in Beijing on August 16, 2016 Ch ...
PragmatIC awarded grant to develop production equipment
PragmatIC has been awarded €1.6million funding under the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme (phase 2), for development of its FlexLogIC equipment.
Existing navigation data can help pilots avoid turbulence
Scientists from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, have demonstrated that turbulence can be detected in a much faster and more pr ...
Buffett's company adds to stakes in Apple and Phillips 66 (Update)
Warren Buffett's company is taking an even bigger bite of Apple stock and adding to its already sizeable stake in Phillips 66. ...
Google's Duo app joins crowded field of video calling
This image provided by Google shows its video chatting app on a mobile device. The app, dubbed Duo, represents Google's response to other po ...
Carnegie Mellon professor creates software to improve data sharing in research and academia
John Kitchin, professor of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has developed open source software which improves data sharin ...
Buffett's company adds to stakes in Apple and Phillips 66
Warren Buffett's company is taking an even bigger bite of Apple stock and adding to its sizeable stake in Phillips 66. ...
Wiring reconfiguration saves millions for Trinity supercomputer
The first row of cabinets for the new Trinity supercomputer at the Lab. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory A moment of inspiration duri ...
Twitter shares jump on talk of Apple TV tie-up
An agreement with Apple TV could extend Twitter video broadcasts to the biggest screens in homes, engaging more users and increasing the pot ...
New residential water heater concept promises high efficiency lower cost
A new class of gas-fired heat pump water heaters, based on a novel semi-open sorption concept, could replace the evaporator in a traditional ...
Gaming camera could aid MS treatment
A team of researchers led by McGill University postdoctoral fellow Farnood Gholami, supervised by Jozsef Kövecses from the Departme ...
Tesla: Removal of 'Autopilot' from Chinese site a mistake
In this April 25, 2016, file photo, visitors look at a Tesla Model S electric car on display at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibit ...
Laboratory test SELFA for nanomaterial safety screening
A test developed at UCLA uses lab-on-a-chip technology to predict how hazardous engineered nanomaterials might be. It could also be used to identify biological biomarkers that can help scientists and
Electric vehicles can meet drivers' needs enough to replace 90 percent of vehicles now on the road
2016 Nissan Leaf Could existing electric vehicles (EVs), despite their limited driving range, bring about a meaningful reduction in the gre ...
Purdue startup developing six-axis control system for students to gain hands-on experience in automation robotics
A Purdue-related startup is commercializing a six-axis, open source controller and teaching pendant that could allow technology college stud ...
Hotels in 10 states and DC may have been hit by hackers
This Feb. 1, 2010, file photo, shows The Westin Philadelphia hotel in Philadelphia. Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriott and Westin hotels in 10 states ...
Germany warns on risks of playing 'Pokemon Go' at airports
Police and the airport operators' association in Germany are warning of the potential dangers of playing "Pokemon Go" in some airp ...
Alternative material for transparent circuits
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have found a way to make transparent transistors and other essential electronic components using inexpensive, readily
Smartkem upgrades with more engineers and equipment
UK organic semiconductor developer SmartKem has expanded its presence at the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) with new equipment and more engineers.
IBM researchers use grocery scanner data to speed investigations during early foodborne illness outbreaks
Foodborne illnesses, like salmonella, E. Coli and norovirus infections, are a major public health concern affecting more than one out of six ...
Syrian refugees invent app for Germany's bureaucracy maze
Interminable queues, impenetrable paperwork, unpronounceable German words—the hurdles for any newcomer to Europe's top economy can be daunti ...
Maiden flight of giant helium-filled airship postponed
The Airlander 10, part plane, part airship, goes through pre-flight checks at Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire, England, Sunday Aug. 14, ...
Pokemon No: Can a place declare the game off-limits?
In Saudi Arabia, the top clerical body has re-issued a 15-year-old fatwa banning Pokemon in response to the new smartphone version, saying i ...
Russian man faces US trial in lucrative hacking scheme
In this June 5, 2013, file photo, attorney John Henry Browne listens to questions from reporters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington s ...
Hacker posts personal info of House Democrats and staff
In this Aug. 11, 2016, photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelos ...
VW: Fix gets OK for 460000 more cars with cheating software
German automaker Volkswagen says it's received approval from the country's motor vehicle authority for technical fixes for another 460,000 c ...
Pokemon hunt leads to glory for Google-born Niantic
Born in Google's shadow, Niantic strode into the spotlight with a mobile internet spin on hunting Pokemon but can the obsession with the gam ...
California may beef up electric vehicle mandate
This April 25, 2016 file photo photo shows an electric Fiat plugged into a charging station in a parking lot in Los Angeles. A California la ...
Smiley faces at small company making popular emoji apps
Mobile apps that allow users to create their own emojis or share the stylized images of NBA star Stephen Curry and other celebrities are pay ...
Researchers develop a low-power always-on camera with gesture recognition
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Smart devices that wake up with voice commands have gained popularity in recent years, and now rese ...
Developing the next generation of solar cells
Research scientist Matthew Lumb is leading efforts to develop more efficient solar cells. Credit: George Washington University Through a $9 ...
South Korea to review toxins data disclosure process
South Korea plans to review if there was any negligence in the government's handling of sick workers' inquiries about workplace toxins, afte ...
New computer programme replicates handwriting
Credit: University College London In a world increasingly dominated by the QWERTY keyboard, UCL computer scientists have developed software ...
Dragonfly shows simulated flight potential
Jule dragonfly by Markus Henke . Credit: Biomimetic Lab, ABI Futuristic dragonflies are flapping their wings in the Biomimetics Lab at the ...
Is every human voice and fingerprint really unique?
One of a kind? Credit: Maksim Kabakou Barclays, the UK bank, is to replace the password system on its phone banking service with personal v ...