Kyoto University maps nanoscale changes in memory material
A team of scientists claims that they have created the world's most powerful electromagnetic pulses in the terahertz range to control in fine detail how a data-storage material switches physical f
Watchdog approves landmark Australian media merger
The Nine-Fairfax merger is the first deal under a controversial media ownership law that removed restrictions on companies owning newspapers ...
NewsCorp sees higher profits as subscriptions rise
Rupert Murdoch, seen in a 2017 photo, shares the title of executive chairman with his son Lachlan at the newspaper conglomerate NewsCorp as ...
Toshiba slashes 7000 jobs downgrades profit outlook
7,000 jobs will be cut at Toshiba, announced CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani The boss of struggling Toshiba said Thursday he would cut 7,000 jobs ov ...
Tesla names board director to replace Musk
Elon Musk quit under an arrangement with US regulators to settle fraud charges linked to a tweet in which he said he planned to take the com ...
Nissan first-half profit slumps on rising costs
Nissan's profits dropped more than 10 percent Japanese automaker Nissan on Thursday logged a 10.9-percent drop in net profit for the si ...
Report: Google planning big New York City expansion
In this Dec. 4, 2017 file photo, people walk by Google offices in New York. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is planning a major ...
Samsung folding screen lets smartphone open into tablet
This image taken from a Samsung corporate video shot during the Samsung Developer Conference 2018 in San Francisco on November 07, 2018, sho ...
Siemens profit falls on severance tax costs; dividend up
Industrial equipment and technology company Siemens AG says net profit fell 46 percent in the most recent quarter as the company had expense ...
Reed sensor industry is moving fast
According to Global Market Insights (GMI), the worldwide reed sensor market has been witnessing an exponential growth rate, driven by the rising demand for advanced sensor technologies across industri
Advance pay service may reduce use of payday loans
In this July 28, 2018, file photo, Luis Vazquez, an overnight support manager at Walmart in Dallas, poses for a photo with the Instapay app, ...
Italy to sue Ryanair Wizz Air over bag charge
Low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air had decided to allow only a small bag that could fit underneath a plane seat for free, causing angry ...
Smartphone makers bet on foldable screens as next big thing
Justin Denison, SVP of Mobile Product Development, shows off the Infinity Flex Display of a folding smartphone during the keynote address of ...
Midterm voting exposes growing problem of aging machines
People stand on numerous lines as they wait to vote at Kingsboro Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York on ...
Brussels backs efforts to save EU digital tax proposal
France, backed by EU-presidency holder Austria, has been urging European Union partners to impose a new tax to ensure that global tech platf ...
Autonomous vehicles could shape the future of urban tourism
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the first study of its kind, published in the Annals of Tourism Research, academics from the University of Sur ...
Using diamonds to recharge civilian drones in flight
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne A small lab-grown diamond measuring a few millimeters per side could one day enable civili ...
Bitcoin's high energy consumption is a concern – but it may be a price worth paying
Credit: Shutterstock Bitcoin recently turned 10 years old. In that time, it has proved revolutionary because it ignores the need for modern ...
Keeping health data under lock and key
Health data must be securely stored for a lifetime. Credit: Patrick Bal Researchers from the Collaborative Research Center CROSSING at Tech ...
Former Intel boss Brian Krzanich to lead CDK Global
In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich delivers a keynote speech at CES International in Las Vegas. CDK Global has named ...
Wind tunnel and lasers provide hypersonic proving ground at Sandia National Laboratories
Aerospace engineer Steven Beresh, left, and technologist Russell Spillers of Sandia National Laboratories’ aerosciences department place a m ...
Team breaks world record for fast accurate AI training
Diagram showing data transmission of a 5-layer model. Credit: HKBU Researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have partnered with a ...
Making wind farms more efficient
Wind turbine at the Sustainability Institute. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State With energy demands rising, researchers at Penn State Be ...
Unclear whether digital revolution lowers prices - survey
Shoppers walk by a promotion by Alibaba's Tmall online shopping platform for the upcoming 10th Singles Day event in Beijing, China, Wedn ...
Netflix to boost production of European series
Netflix launched its service globally in January 2016, simultaneously bringing its internet streaming TV network to over 130 new countries a ...
Zuckerberg rebuffs request to appear before UK parliament
In this April 11, 2018 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns after a break to continue testifying at a House Energy and Commerce ...
STMicro launches share buy-back program
STMicroelectronics has launched a share buy-back program of up to $750 million to be executed within a 3 year period (subject to shareholder and other approvals from time to time) following the public
Boeing braces for trade war headwinds in China
While Boeing has so far escaped the rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs, analysts say it is at risk if the US-China trade war escalates At China& ...
Bosch makes historic investment in semiconductors
Bosch has announced a €1billion investment in a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Dresden: the largest single investment in the company’s history.
How to make your car's safety features work for you
This undated photo provided by General Motors shows the 2019 Chevrolet Traverse. The latest driver safety aids are available on the Traverse ...
Boeing issues advice over sensors after Indonesia crash
Lion Air JT610 plunged into the Java Sea less than half an hour after taking off from Jakarta on a routine flight to Pangkal Pinang city Bo ...
Turbine maker Vestas turns in record order book
Orders keep on pouring in for Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine maker Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer, ...
NI Trend Watch 2019 explores IoT 5G and autonomous driving
National Instruments (NI) has released its NI Trend Watch 2019 report, which examines the crucial engineering trends and challenges of the changing technology landscape, including the Internet of Thin
Renesas is part of 1st wave of testing for Wi-SUN FAN 1.0 certification
Wi-SUN Alliance has adopted Renesas Electronics' sub-gigahertz (Sub-G) wireless solution as a candidate of the interoperability test bed units (TBUs) for the Wi-SUN FAN (Field Area Network) Certif
Adidas lifts profit outlook after 'strong' quarter
Adidas singled out Argentina as a weak spot, where revenues were negatively impacted by the country's currency woes German sporting goo ...
Runaway mining train travels 90 kilometres without driver
Trains are used to transport thousands of tons of iron ore through remote parts of Western Australia A huge runaway train laden with iron o ...
Google touts progress in fight against piracy
A report by Google claimed progress in the war on piracy, but also noted a new battlefront in the form of "add-on" software that c ...
BMW profit dips in 'volatile' times
BMW issued a rare profit warning in September when it was forced to lower its full-year outlook in the face of a series of setbacks German ...
Amazon considers New York Virginia amid reports of HQ split
This Sept. 6, 2012, file photo, shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Online leader Amazon Inc. has refused comment on reports that ...
Senegal launches African 'cyber-security' school
Students of the National School of Administration walk near the banner announcing the creation of a National School of Cybersecurity in Daka ...
Face the music: Explicit anti-piracy warnings are best deterrent
A graphic of a computer and download symbol with a prohibitive slash -- coupled with the phrasing "STOP! This is illegal. You may be mo ...
With poo on a pedestal Bill Gates talks toilet technology
Bill Gates, former Microsoft CEO and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, gestures to a jar of human feces as he speaks at t ...
France races to save EU digital tax proposal
Paris has been urging its EU partners to impose a new tax to ensure that global tech platforms like Facebook and Google pay their fair share ...
Subtle visual cues nudge users to reveal more in online forum
Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but icons may be even more powerful in nudging people to disclose more information online, according ...
Amazon considering New York amid reports HQ will be split
This Sept. 6, 2012, file photo, shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Online leader Amazon Inc. has refused comment on reports that ...
UK regulator calls for tougher rules on personal data use
Leave campaigner and businessman Arron Banks, centre, speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the A ...
EU approves Disney's deal to buy Fox entertainment assets
In this Aug. 8, 2017, file photo, The Walt Disney Co. logo appears on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European Unio ...
French hotels sue Airbnb claiming 'unfair competition'
French hotels accuse Airbnb of knowingly keeping illicit offers on its site The main trade group for French hotels has sued the home-sharin ...
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower calls for online regulation
Canadian whistleblower Christopher Wylie speaks during the annual Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon on November 6, 2018 A whistleb ...
Learning Chinese-specific encoding for phonetic similarity
Visualization representing the phonetic encoding of Pinyin initials. Credit: IBM Performing the mental gymnastics of making the phoenetic d ...
Electroanatomical mapping with non-thrombogenic stretchable and active multielectrode arrays (MEAs)
Stretchable OECT array on honeycomb grid substrate. A) The stretchable electrophysiological OECT array on a honeycomb grid parylene substrat ...
Forget the 'cloud' soon we'll be on the 'edge' when it comes to smart tech
Eventually the cloud won’t be able to cope with the billions of devices seeking data storage, and more localised edge tech will be adopted. ...
New antenna concept developed for cars
A car in the test area in Ilmenau. Credit: Vienna University of Technology Telecommunications is becoming ever more important for vehicles. ...
First trials of innovative non-invasive mineral exploration technologies
Credit: Moritz Kirsch In its recently published action plan for batteries which identifies EU sources for the minerals required to produce ...
Ryanair shuts down Dutch base despite court ruling
Ryanair pilots in the Netherlands are resisting the airline's bid to force them to transfer abroad Irish budget airline Ryanair announc ...
Foxconn may import workers for US plant: report
Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony in June for a new Foxconn factory complex in Wisconsin ...
Stalking the drones
2018-11-06 06:00:09Stalking the drones
“They are a very disruptive technology, but ultimately drones are flying pickup trucks,” said David Kovar. Credit: Ingimage Drones are beco ...
A new semiconductor nanofibre could greatly increase the effectiveness of solar cells
The highly conductive nanomaterialhas a wide range ofapplications. When used inan air purifier, it provides agraphene superhighwayfor faster ...
Toyota quarterly profit rises on growing sales cost cuts
In this Nov. 13, 2017, photo, visitors take a look at Toyota cars at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota Motor Corp. has raised it ...
Amazon mum on reports it will split new headquarters
This Sept. 6, 2012, file photo, shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Online leader Amazon Inc. has refused comment on reports that ...
Next gen electric powertrain innovations
ON Semiconductor has announced an Official Supplier relationship with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport and Mercedes EQ Formula E team. Building on the company’s technology, already utilised in the ene
Boeing’s first production site opens in Europe
On October 25, 2018 Boeing welcomed guests from industry, Government, partners, suppliers and the local community to celebrate the opening of its new Fabrication factory in Sheffield. 
Web pioneer wants new 'contract' for internet
Web pioneer Berners-Lee said 'all kinds of things have gone wrong' with the internet The inventor of the worldwide web, Tim Berners ...
Under fire tech sector gathers in Portugal
Web Summit's Irish chief executive Paddy Cosgrave says technology is going through 'a funk' Europe's largest tech event, th ...
Michelin closes Scottish plant with 845 workers
Michelin said the Dundee factory will close in mid-2020 French tyre manufacturer Michelin announced plans Monday to close a Scottish manufa ...
TVA announces solar installations being built for Facebook
Tennessee and Alabama will get their largest solar power projects yet, to supply a Facebook data center with 100 percent renewable energy. ...
Icelandair share price soars after deal with rival
Low-cost airlines, like Iceland-based WoW Air, have had difficulty adjusting to rising fuel prices Shares in Icelandair shot up more than 4 ...
Ride-share companies embrace election frenzy
In this July 22, 2014, file photo parked Citi Bikes line a street in New York. Ride-share companies are capitalizing on voter enthusiasm ahe ...
Even a few bots can shift public opinion in big ways
Adding bots into an online discussion can definitely affect the views of real people. Credit: Tatiana Shepeleva/Shutterstock.com Nearly two ...
Verizon reorganizes structure under new CEO to prep for 5G
In this Feb. 25, 2013, file photo Hans Vestberg, chief executive officer of Ericsson looks on during conference at the Mobile World Congress ...
Supreme Court rejects net neutrality appeal
In this Oct. 9, 2018 photo, police office guards the main entrance to the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended the court ...
VRTIGO lets you test your nerves in virtual reality
EPFL researchers have developed a virtual-reality program that examines how users – equipped with a headset and sensors – react to a vertigi ...
Two critical chip-level vulnerabilities discovered
Armis, the enterprise IoT security company, has discovered two critical vulnerabilities related to the use of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips made by Texas Instruments (TI), and used in Cisco, Meraki
How 'net neutrality' became a hot-button issue
In this June 19, 2018, file photo a router and internet switch are displayed in East Derry, N.H. Net neutrality traces back to an engineerin ...
Training with states of matter search algorithm enables neuron model pruning
Axons of presynaptic neurons (input X) connect to branches of dendrites (horizontal rectangles) by synaptic layers; the membrane layer (vert ...
Contract prices have started to drop in PC DRAM market Says TrendForce
Contract prices of PC DRAM products have started to turn downward sharply as major suppliers have completed most contract negotiations, reports DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce.
Global semiconductor sales in September up 13.8% year-to-year
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors have reached $122.7 billion during the third quarter of 2018. This is an increase of 4.1% over the pre
Feeling the need for speed neutrons study fluid flow for hypersonic flight
UT researchers Zhili Zhang (left) and Cary Smith, in association with researchers from the US Air Force, use neutrons at HFIR’s CG-1D instru ...
SoftBank posts eight-fold jump in first-half net profit
SoftBank's profits soared due to the success of its investment funds Japan's SoftBank Group said Monday it logged an eight-fold jum ...
Social media's misinformation battle: No winners so far
In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, a FaceBook elections sign stands in the media area in Cleveland, before the first Republican presidential ...
Ahead of vote Twitter says accounts removed over 'disinformation'
For months, Twitter has sought to eliminate automated and bogus accounts designed to manipulate the public conversation Twitter on Saturday ...
Vietnam could give tech companies one year to obey cyberlaw
The bill would require tech companies to store data in Vietnam, and remove 'toxic content' from websites and hand over user informat ...
Despite crackdown 'junk news' still flourishes on social media
Even as efforts ramp up to root out misinformation such as Facebook's "War Room," seen here, researchers say low quality and & ...
Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
This file photo provided by the Tempe Police Department shows an Uber SUV after hitting a woman on March 18, 2018, in Tempe, Ariz. Nearly ei ...
Apple shares slide after disappointing holiday outlook
Apple shares took a hit from weaker-than-expected iPhone sales and a disappointing outlook for the holiday season Apple shares tumbled Frid ...
UK fracking firm produces first shale gas
Cuadrilla's Preston New Road drilling site near the village of Little Plumpton in northwestern England last month UK energy company Cua ...
Smartphone sales down for fourth straight quarter
Samsung kept the top spot in the global smartphone market which saw a fourth consecutive sales decline, according to research firms Global ...
Vietjet inks $6.5 bn deal with Airbus for 50 planes
Vietjet annouced plans to buy 50 new Airbus planes Airbus signed a deal with Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet for 50 new planes worth $6.5 ...
Alibaba revenue jumps ahead of shopping bonanza Singles Day
E-commerce giant Alibaba reported net profit of $2.6 billion, a 13 percent year-on-year increase Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Friday po ...
Ryanair warned to respect national labour laws in Europe
Ryanair pilots, including these based in Belgium, in August staged their first simultaneous strike across Europe in a battle for better pay ...
Speeding up test dev times
2018-11-02 08:00:14Speeding up test dev times
Keysight has announced the Keysight DAQ970A data acquisition system (DAQ) to speed test development times with rapid measurement and scan rates, expanded measurement types and ranges, as well as simpl
First AR medical solution for Microsoft HoloLens cleared by the FDA
The OpenSight Augmented Reality (AR) System is said to be the first AR medical solution for Microsoft HoloLens cleared by the FDA, receiving 510(k) clearance for use in pre-operative surgical planning
Samsung to compensate fab employees and affected families
Following the death of Hwang Yumi – a 23-year-old fab employee of Samsung – the electronics company has announced a major pay-out deal, which will see those affected by disease and death caused by che
Study of Google data collection comes amid increased scrutiny over digital privacy
The study for Digital Content Next found much of the data Google collects from Android-enabled devices happens when the user is not interact ...
Strong flexible films that allow light in but keep electromagnetic interference out
A new technique to produce relatively low-cost electromagnetic interference (EMI)-blocking composite films has been developed by a team the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Distinguished University,
Top Australia defence firm reports serious cyber breach
Austral—which among other things makes small, quick ships for warfare close to shore—said its 'data management system' had been infi ...
Apple delivers strong profits but shares slip on outlook
Apple CEO Tim Cook is seen during a launch event October 30 for a new iPad and Macbook Air Apple on Thursday delivered stronger than expect ...
Spotify earnings hit sour note on Wall Street
Swedish music streaming service Spotify, whose CEO Daniel Ek is seen here, saw shares drop after a disappointing quarterly update Spotify s ...
Amazon's sexist hiring algorithm could still be better than a human
New technology, old flaws. Credit: Jirsak/ Shutterstock Amazon decided to shut down its experimental artificial intelligence (AI) recruitin ...
Electric light vehicles just got handier and smarter
Credit: RESOLVE A consortium of 14 partners has developed technology demonstrators for what the compact and efficient electric vehicles of ...