NY Times in profit column as digital subscriptions rise
The New York Times remained profitable in the third quarter amid a rise in digital-only subscriptions The New York Times said Thursday that ...
Hate speech is still easy to find on social media
Online hate still rages, often in plain sight. Credit: maxicam/Shutterstock.com Shortly after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, I notic ...
New fast-charge system makes e-buses a more appealing solution than ever
Credit: Heliox The replacement of diesel bus fleets by electric ones will only become possible when the latter can compete in terms of oper ...
Toward temperature-resilient EVs
Credit: otomobil, Shutterstock The OSEM-EV project has come up with an entirely new concept of heat management for electric cars. These adv ...
Judge grounds Ryanair's plan to transfer Dutch pilots
Ryanair aircraft on the tarmac at Eindhoven airport earlier this year A Dutch court Thursday slapped down Ryanair's plan to transfer mo ...
Sensor gives farmers more accurate read on plant health provides valuable crop data
Neal Carpenter (left), a postdoctoral research assistant in Purdue University's Department of Agronomy walks through fields of corn and ...
Semiconductors for higher efficiency comfort and affordability of EVs
Credit: 3Ccar Electric cars are increasingly complex and frequently recalled. But does it necessarily have to be that way? A post-market in ...
Simulation of the forces induced on cylinders by ocean currents could help in the design of off-shore platforms
Modelling vortices in an ocean current around two cylinders could help marine-offshore engineers design better risers. Credit: A*STAR Instit ...
Environmentally friendly concrete from industrial waste is as strong as traditional
After several years of intensive work KTU scientists succeeded to develop alkali activated concrete, which compressive strength is 55 MPa (t ...
Lens-free OLEDs with efficiency comparable to inorganic LEDs
The use of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) has extended to various applications, but their efficiency is still lagging behind inorganic LEDs. A KAIST team says it has provided a systematic way t
Germans vent VW fury in mass 'dieselgate' suit
VW already faces a class action lawsuit in Australia and Britain in connection with the "dieselgate" scandal German consumer grou ...
High-performance flexible transparent force touch sensor for wearable devices
A high-performance and transparent nanoforce touch sensor has been reported by a team at KAIST, developed via a thin, flexible, and transparent hierarchical nanocomposite (HNC) film.
GF introduces Avera Semi to deliver ASIC solutions
GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) has announced a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to providing custom silicon solutions for a broad range of applications, Avera Semiconductor.
Chinese-style 'digital authoritarianism' grows globally: study
Chinese officials have held sessions on controlling information with 36 of the 65 countries assessed by a human rights study Governments wo ...
Google employees to walk out to protest treatment of women
In this Oct. 20, 2015 file photo, employees ride company bicycles outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Hundreds of Google em ...
Germans to vent VW fury in mass 'dieselgate' suit
VW already faces a class action lawsuit in Australia and Britain in connection with the "dieselgate" scandal Volkswagen will on T ...
Japan anti-trust authorities to investigate tech giants
Japan's Fair Trade Commission is to investigate tech giants such as Google and Amazon are using their market-leader positions to exploit ...
Troubled Alitalia says gets three takeover bids
Troubled Italian carrier Alitalia has received three takeover offers as part of its latest rescue efforts, the company says Troubled Italia ...
Apple updates iOS12 with new emojis group FaceTime video calls
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Beyond the new iPad, MacBook Air and Mac Mini refresh, Apple also gave the world new emoji, the ability to do mul ...
Seattle tech startup 98point6 raises $50 million for virtual doctor's visits
Seattle startup 98point6, whose app lets consumers consult with a primary-care doctor via text messages, has raised $50 million from investo ...
Italy tells Ryanair Wizz Air to suspend bag charge
Italy's competition watchdog wants Ryanair and Wizz Air to suspend planned charges for carry-on bags Italy's competition watchdog t ...
UK Canada seek to question Facebook's Zuckerberg on fake news
Mark Zuckerberg has testified to the U.S. Congress. Could a visit before U.K. and Canadian lawmakers be next? ...
Google puts up $25 million for AI research to help humanity Earth
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ladies and gentlemen, start your algorithms: Google is creating a $25 million fund for artificial intelligence re ...
Vietnam rolls out web monitor to control 'false information'
Vietnam has rolled out a series of measures to boost its control of online communication, which critics say is aimed at punishing activists ...
Justices weigh $8.5M settlement with $0 to 129M Google users
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Supreme Court is struggling over what to do about an $8.5 million class-action settlement involving Google an ...
Law enforcement faces dilemma in assessing online threats
In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo a Pittsburgh Police officer walks past the Tree of Life Synagogue and a memorial of flowers and stars in P ...
GM reports strong profits lifting shares
Chevy's Silverado continues to sell well for GM, 30% above forecasts General Motors profits eclipsed expectations in the latest quarter ...
Another exec out amid sex harrassment tension at Google
Google parent Alphabet says another executive accused of sexual harassment has left the company Google-parent Alphabet on Wednesday confirm ...
UT students' startups land share of $50000 entrepreneurship cash
Texas undergraduate teams pitched their startup ideas recently at the University of Texas-Austin to win their share of $50,000. ...
Spotify to give family plan subscribers a free Google Home Mini speaker
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Spotify is giving a Google Home Mini speaker to family plan subscribers for a song—free. ...
Cargill robot moves cattle herds with less stress more safety
Meet the world's first cowboy robot. It does not look like something from Hollywood or Silicon Valley. ...
Industry’s first visually lossless image compression for GPUs
Imagination Technologies has unveiled the PowerVR PVRIC4, a new generation of its image compression technology which enables SoC customers targeting devices such as DTVs, smartphones and tablets to re
Using AI to deduce bias in social media and news
The 2018 Dawn or Doom conference features talks by more than three dozen Purdue faculty members and national experts representing four areas ...
AImotive’s aiWare3 looks to encourage autonomous vehicle production
AImotive, a provider of full stack, vision-first self-driving technology, has released aiWare3, the company’s 3rd generation, scalable, low-power, hardware Neural Network (NN) acceleration core.
Google puts up $25 million for AI research
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google is creating a $25 million fund for artificial intelligence research around the world to address social and ...
Lack of AI strategy training and experience hitting UK organisations
According to a new report commissioned by Microsoft UK, organisations in the UK are at risk of falling behind oversees competition due to a lack of AI strategy.
Cost-effective marketing campaigns on social media
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Social media is the new equivalent of "word of mouth" advertising, and in the United States alone, corp ...
Could nanotube interactions with silk fibroins hold the key to developing flexible degradable electronics?
Silk combined with carbon nanotubes may lead to a new generation of biomedical devices and so-called transient, biodegradable electronics, according to research from the University of Pittsburgh's
Sailing towards a fully electric ferry
Credit: E-ferry The Danish island of Aeroe, located in the Baltic Sea, is one of the few islands not connected to the mainland by a bridge. ...
Crystal size of organic semiconductors can be controlled
A KAIST research team has developed an inorganic polymer micropillar-based solution shearing system to increase the crystal size of an organic semiconductor with pillar size.
Deep learning for glaucoma detection
Figure 1: Visualization of network-detected regions in a glaucomatous (top row) and healthy (bottom row) eye. Credit: IBM Glaucoma is the s ...
Up to £50m to develop world leading AI talent in the UK
The Government has committed further investment to the UK’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector by announcing an additional £50 million to attract and retain the world’s top talent.
Airbus says Q3 net profit more than triples to 957 mn euros
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus reported a strong third quarter but said much work remained to be done to ensure aircraft delivery thi ...
Panasonic first-half profit sags on higher costs
Panasonic has tied up with Tesla and local car makers as it looks to expand business beyond its electronics operations Japanese electronics ...
Air France-KLM gets boost from employee accord
Air France-KLM reported a strong third quarter, recovering from crippling strikes earlier this year Air France-KLM, hit badly earlier this ...
Facebook caught in an election-security Catch-22
In this May 1, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose ...
Samsung Electronics enjoys record Q3 despite smartphone struggles
The South Korean tech giant is the world's top maker of smartphones and memory chips Samsung Electronics on Wednesday posted record qua ...
Black boxes: crucial to air crash probes
Despite the name, the two boxes—consisting of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder—are in fact bright orange When invest ...
Baidu profit grows 56% as apps and AI lift revenues
Quarterly revenues remained strong, growing 27 percent year-on-year to 28.2 billion yuan, Baidu said in an statement Chinese online search ...
Facebook posts strong 3Q profit lukewarm revenue
In this May 1, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose ...
Lyft and Uber out to be everyday rides with passes
Uber has introduce "Ride Pass" in five cities that lets users lock in lower rates by paying monthly subscription fees US ride-sha ...
Google spinoff to test fully driverless cars in California
Google's robotic car spin-off Waymo is poised to become the first to test fully driverless vehicles on California's public roads. ...
Florida man sues Tesla over autopilot feature crash
A Florida man says the autopilot feature of his Tesla vehicle failed to detect a disabled car on a highway, leading to a collision that left ...
New technologies in the ocean energy sector
Ocean energy technologies. Credit: EU, 2018 While the ocean energy sector is still at an early stage of development, a new report analyses ...
Facebook 3Q revenue slightly below expectations
In this May 1, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose ...
GoFundMe scams: 'I don't think anyone's got their arms around it'
A Faribault, Minn., man has admitted faking cancer and spending the money raised for medical bills on marijuana, liquor, video games and dar ...
Twitter looking to remove 'Like' button as a way to improve debate on social network
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Twitter may be saying goodbye to the "Like" button. ...
OnePlus 6T packs a fingerprint scanner in its screen to take on iPhone XS Google Pixel 3
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has built its reputation on offering the latest specs for a cheaper price than comparable devices from Appl ...
UK ratchets up pressure on US tech giants with new tax
Dark clouds on the horizon for tech companies in Britain Britain could become the first major world economy to impose a specific tax on tec ...
NASA researchers teach machines to 'see'
Data gathered by Goddard's Cloud-Aerosol Transport System, or CATS, instrument is being used to advance machine-learning algorithms. Cre ...
iPads Macs get new screens as Apple pushes creativity
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event to announce new products Tuesday Oct. 30, 2018, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Beb ...
People are keeping their smartphones longer report says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain People are holding on to their aging smartphones longer, squeezing out a few more months of use before trading th ...
UK demonstrators press Uber ahead of key legal fight
Demonstrators and GIG economy workers protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice ahead of a legal hearing over employment rights in London, ...
General Electric cuts dividend as it reports huge loss
Troubled US industrial giant GE reports a $22.8 billion third quarter loss as it writes down assets as part of a turn-around bid General El ...
Former Audi boss released as diesel probe continues
Rupert Stadler, CEO of German car maker Audi, was released after months in custody A German court released Tuesday former Audi chief execut ...
The new electric vehicle highway is a welcome gear shift but other countries are still streets ahead
Motorists and governments have each been waiting for the other to take the plunge on electric cars. Credit: Shutterstock.com Perhaps buoyed ...
European tech leaders warn against EU digital services tax
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond poses for the media as he holds up the traditional red dispatch box, outside his of ...
Illuminating the 'dark web'
2018-10-30 08:00:15Illuminating the 'dark web'
It might sound scary, but the ‘dark web’ is not much different from the rest of the internet. Credit: Willequet Manuel/Shutterstock.com In ...
High-performance components made by electroplating
The balance wheel is the beating heart of every mechanical watch mechanism. The delicate springs are usually made of cast, forged Nivarox al ...
Advanced solution for satellite missions
Credit: sattahipbeach, Shutterstock Estonian start-up company Spaceit has unveiled next-generation service for control and monitoring of sa ...
Fiat Chrysler profits hit by charges for diesel probe
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Tuesday its third-quarter profits dropped nearly 40 percent due to a one-off charge to cover possible payment ...
Teledyne e2v and partners to build a new generation of ultra-precise atomic clocks
Teledyne e2v's Quantum Group has announced that it is collaborating with a team of science and industry experts on the iqClock project to commercialise high-precision atomic clocks, one of 20 proj
With mobile pay you can go without a wallet at checkout
In this Aug. 6. 2015, file photo, a Samsung employee demonstrates Samsung Pay using a Galaxy S6 Edge Plus in New York. Mobile wallets come i ...
The smallest steerable catheter
Two versions of the newly developed catheter. Credit: ETH Zürich Scientists have developed a very small magnetic steerable catheter fo ...
Controlling the crystal size of organic semiconductors
Figure 1. Cover article of the July 2018 Issue of Advanced Materials. Recently, solution-processable organic semiconductors are being highl ...
Renovating buildings to save energy
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute In the suburbs of Valladolid, a city in central Spain, one district is at the forefront of Europe' ...
Confident VW leaves rivals in the dust despite diesel woes
Volkswagen net profit more than doubled year-on-year between July and September, to 2.76 billion euros ($3.14 billion), still short of analy ...
Intel reports limited progress with 10nm yields
In a conference call with analysts, Intel said that it was making some progress on improving 10nm yields, while reiterating its pledge to ship 10nm chips by the end of 2019.
Nintendo first-half profit up 25% on Switch console sales
Huge sales of games including 'Mario Tennis Aces' and 'Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze' helped boost Nintendo's bot ...
Tests show integrated quantum chip operations possible
In order to develop quantum computers capable of solving complex problems, like drug design or machine learning, they will require millions of quantum bits - or qubits - connected in an integrated way
Higher fuel costs clip Lufthansa's wings in third quarter
Higher fuel costs took a bite out of third quarter profits for German airline Lufthansa German airline giant Lufthansa reported falling pro ...
Honda raises forecasts on solid motorbike sales
Japan's Honda Motor has revised up net profit and sales forecasts Japan's Honda Motor said Tuesday it was raising annual forecasts ...
Apple expected to unveil new iPads Mac in New York
In this March 27, 2018, file photo Apple CEO Tim Cook smiles as he watches a demonstration on an iPad at an Apple educational event at Lane ...
Spy chief wanted ban on China telecoms from Australian 5G
In this Sept. 26, 2018, photo, visitors walk past a display from Chinese technology firm ZTE at the PT Expo in Beijing. A spy chief said in ...
Volkswagen profits soar as diesel scandal costs fade
German auto giant Volkswagen reported sharply higher third quarter results, with no fresh costs for its diesel emissions cheating scandal G ...
From streaming TV to Gmail it's all about the cloud
Cloud computing refers to having servers in remote datacenters handling programs or data that people or businesses can access anywhere from ...
Apple Watch supplier under fire over China student labour
Apple has sold tens of millions of the smartwatch since it launched three years ago Apple is investigating a factory in southwest China aft ...
Sony nearly doubles first-half net profits upgrades forecast
Sony's operating profit and sales were both up, with video games driving the good news Sony on Tuesday announced its six-month net prof ...
IBM's $34B Red Hat deal is risky bid to boost cloud business
This undated photo provided by IBM shows IBM Chairman and CEO Virginia Rometty, right, and Red Hat president and CEO Jim Whitehurst. Shares ...
Google to give away $25 million to fund humane AI projects
This March 19, 2018, file photo shows the Google app on an iPad in Baltimore. Google will give away $25 million to projects that propose way ...
Cypress expands collaboration with Arm to deliver IoT platform with secure device management
Cypress Semiconductor is expanding its collaboration with Arm to enable secure, easy-to-use management of Internet of Things (IoT) edge nodes based on Cypress’ compute and connectivity hardware.
Team improves structural health monitoring with magnetostrictive transducer
Dr. Sergey Vinogradov, an SwRI staff engineer and expert in sensor systems and nondestructive evaluation technology, holds the improved MsT ...
Anglia moves to support RoHS 3 compliance
Anglia is adding RoHS 3 compliance information to the documentation it offers on Anglia Live. Anglia is also working closely with suppliers to ensure that its inventory will be compliant by the time t
What if humans are no longer earth's most intelligent beings?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In his final, posthumously published book, famed physicist Stephen Hawking raises an alarm about the dangers of a ...
Can a holographic screen help a new phone break out?
This Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, photo shows the camera on the back of the Red Hydrogen One smartphone in New York. The new Hydrogen One has a ho ...
3-D-knitted shells save on construction materials and time
Credit: Lex Reiter With just the press of a button, ETH researchers knit a textile that serves as the primary shaping element for curved co ...
Treating the fear of spiders with augmented reality
With the aid of a digital therapy environment displayed in data glasses, exposure therapy is transferred to virtual reality. Credit: Fraunho ...
No chance for bacteria on implants
Antibiotic coating lyses bacterium (E. coli). Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Hip and dental implant operations are routine. But not entirely risk- ...
Online tool designed to calculate property energy efficiency
Achieving energy efficient housing while maximising economic profit is the objective of RentalCal, an online tool designed by the University ...
Red Hat soar on IBM deal
2018-10-29 08:00:21Red Hat soar on IBM deal
In this April 26, 2017, file photo, pedestrians walk past the IBM logo displayed on the IBM building in New York. Shares of Red Hat skyrocke ...