Leti Middleware will be core of fog platform for decentralised Cloud-to-Edge AI
Leti, a research institute at CEA-Tech, has said that its sensiNact Internet of Things (IoT) middleware will be the core of a platform under development in an EU-Korean project that will empower emerg
Toward language inference in medicine
Prompt shown to clinicians for annotations. Credit: IBM Recent times have witnessed significant progress in natural language understanding ...
Embedded Studio 4.10 for ARM released
After a successful beta period, SEGGER has added the new Linker and Link-Time Optimization (LTO) to the latest release build of its cross-platform integrated development environments, Embedded Studio
S&P cuts IBM debt rating following Red Hat acquisition
S&P Global Ratings cut the grade for IBM by one notch following the massive acquisition of cloud computing firm Red Hat for a staggering ...
Nanotubes may give the world better batteries
Rice University scientists believe that carbon nanotubes films could become a high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal battery alternative for common lithium-ion batteries.
Whiskers surface growth and dendrites in lithium batteries
Assistant Professor Pen Bai from Washington University in St. Louis has identified three key current boundaries when it comes to creating energy-dense lithium metal batteries. According to the Assist
Research investigates 'smart' highway signs to prevent wrong-way driving crashes
FSU's research team evaluated high-tech countermeasures for wrong-way driving. Credit: Florida Department of Transportation Innovative ...
The future of energy supply: Combined energy storage a key technology
Franz Georg Pikl in the hydraulic engineering laboratory at Graz University of Technology. The technology he developed could cover 90 percen ...
US election integrity depends on security-challenged firms
In this July 14, 2018, photo, Election Systems & Software (ES&S), CEO Tom Burt, right, looks at some of the company's election e ...
IBM buys software company Red Hat for $34bn in bid for cloud dominance
The deal will see IBM acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190.00 per share in cash, more than ...
Microsoft to keep Pentagon bid amid ethics concerns
Microsoft president Brad Smith said the US tech giant will maintain its bid for a major Pentagon cloud computing contract while participatin ...
Report: FBI conducting criminal investigation into Tesla
A published report Friday said the FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into whether electric-car maker Tesla misled investors by over ...
California agrees to delay enforcing net-neutrality law
California won't enforce the nation's toughest state-level net-neutrality law when it takes effect in January, agreeing Friday with ...
Facebook blocks Iran-linked bid to sway US British politics
Facebook said it was often hard to know the identities of individuals behind coordinated influence campaigns Facebook said Friday it had ta ...
Lawmaker sued for banning 2 constituents from Facebook page
A Washington state lawmaker has been sued by two constituents who argue their First Amendment rights are being violated because they've ...
Africa needs to beef up cyber security urgently: experts
Africa is being increasingly targeted by hackers and must invest in cyber security, industry leaders said at the third Africa Cyber Security ...
Google Amazon suffer market setbacks on sales outlook
Google reported a surge in profits in the last quarter, revenue came up short of expectations Internet titans Google and Amazon came under ...
Low cost energy-saving radiative cooling system ready for real-world applications
An array of RadiCold cooling modules on the roof of a building on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. Credit: Yang Lab / University o ...
EU opens anti-trust probe against Ryanair
The EU is probing allegations of illegal state aid for Ryanair in Germany European Union anti-trust authorities on Thursday opened an inves ...
4G/5G summit: Samsung and Qualcomm work to deliver 5G NR small cell infrastructure
Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics are working together to develop 5G small cells, which they hope will open the door for massive 5G network speed, capacity, coverage and ultra-low latency.
Trump complains about Twitter removing his followers
US President Donald Trump expressed displeasure that Twitter's efforts to weed our fake and abusive accounts have curbed growth in his n ...
BBC micro:bit hits milestone as 2m are distributed globally
The Micro:bit Educational Foundation has announced the manufacture and distribution of the 2 millionth BBC micro:bit.
Rohde & Schwarz and Huawei successfully perform LTE-V interoperability tests
Rohde & Schwarz and Huawei have successfully tested the interoperability of LTE-V connected vehicles with the R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester using the embedded Huawei Balong 76
Switzerland's Richemont China's Alibaba team up
Swiss company Richemont owns several of the world's leading luxury brands including the Piaget jewellery label Swiss luxury goods group ...
Google parent Alphabet keeps ad growth in mixed quarter
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google parent Alphabet said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 36 percent to $9.2 billion, fueled by gains in ...
Snapchat parent pressured by drop in users
Snapchat parent Snap reported revenue growth in the past quarter but failed to add new users to the youth-focused social network Snapchat p ...
GM proposes nationwide zero-emissions vehicle sales mandate
General Motors says it will ask the federal government for one national gas mileage standard, including a requirement that a percentage of a ...
Poor Ivory Coast pupils' ray of hope: solar backpacks
Children in poor communities with no electricity are at a disadvantage, said inventor Evariste Akoumian. 'We must give them light so the ...
Google app tested in Venezuela takes swipe at press censors
In this Oct. 16, 2018 photo, Cesar Batiz, news director of El Pitazo, center, stand next to journalist at the news room of the El Pitazo, a ...
Armed drones iris scanners: China's high-tech security gadgets
Facial-recognition screens analysing candid shots of conference attendees were scattered around the exhibition hall From virtual reality po ...
UltraSoC and ResilTech partner to further functional safety in automotive systems
UltraSoC and ResilTech have announced a collaboration that brings together their expertise and technologies to help further the functional safety compliance of automotive systems, focusing particularl
ATE-Connect test technology set to dramatically speed up silicon debug and bring-up
Mentor, a Siemens business, has announced the availability of the ATE-Connect technology in its Tessent SiliconInsight product for IC debug and bring up.
Cadence unveils first silicon-proven long-reach 7nm 112G SerDes IP
Cadence Design Systems has unveiled the industry’s first silicon-proven, long-reach 112G SerDes IP in 7nm.
Imec and ASML announce EUV lithography collaboration
imec, the research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and ASML, a leading developer of lithographic equipment, have announced the next step in their ongoing and extensive
Amazon quarterly profit rockets tenfold to $2.9 bn
Net sales at Amazon climbed to $56.6 billion in the third quarter, a 29 percent on-year increase Amazon reported Thursday that its profit i ...
Google says fired 48 for sexual harassment over two years
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, said the tech giant has fired at least 48 people following claims of sexual misconduct in ...
Google parent Alphabet profit up 36% at $9.2 bn
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google parent Alphabet said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 36 percent to $9.2 billion, fueled by gains in ...
Trump to develop national strategy on '5G' wireless networks
In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo visitors stand near a 5G logo at a display for Chinese fiber optic cable maker YOFC at the PT Expo in Bei ...
Algorithm art fetches $432500 at NY auction: Christie's
A portrait made by algorithm smashed new boundaries Thursday, selling for $432,500 and becoming the first piece of Artificial Intelligence a ...
Boeing opens first European plant picking UK despite Brexit
The small Boeing facility in the northern English industrial city of Sheffield will employ 52 people and make wing and other parts that will ...
BA says 185000 more customers affected in cyber attack
Many more customers than thought may have had their personal details stolen in a cyber attack British Airways owner IAG on Thursday said th ...
UK fines Facebook over data privacy scandal EU seeks audit
In this April 12, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the company's 10-year roadmap during the keynote address at ...
MixedEmotions: open-source toolbox for emotion analysis
Credit: MixedEmotions project A European team of researchers, including Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, has developed an open-sourc ...
Emissions-free hydrogen production edges closer with new pilot site in Denmark
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An EU initiative will facilitate the production, storage and supply of hydrogen for a wide range of end users. It ...
Why we need more than just data to create ethical driverless cars
How can we make driverless cars ethical? Credit: from www.shutterstock.com What do we want driverless cars to do in unavoidable fatal crash ...
Video: feathers not included
2018-10-25 08:00:19Video: feathers not included
Inspired by the beauty and flying ability of birds, Leonardo da Vinci strived centuries ago to create a human-powered flapping-wing flying m ...
Twitter surges on profit revenue growth
Twitter delivered a fourth straight quarterly profit after years of losses, but its user count declined Twitter reported Thursday stronger- ...
New AI-based video system helps seniors stay safe and independent
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An autonomous intelligence system is helping seniors stay safe both at home and in care facilities, thanks to a c ...
Spread of self-driving cars could cause more pollution – unless the electric grid transforms radically
These charts show the impact on emissions from a rapid shift to a less-polluting grid (left) or a more gradual transition based on governmen ...
A robust AI-centric indoor positioning system
Figure 1: System architecture. Credit: IBM In modern airport terminals, hospital complexes, office buildings, sports arenas, university cam ...
A novel approach to recycling construction waste
Aerated concrete made of brick (rear); aerated concrete made of sand-lime stones (front). Credit: Fraunhofer IBP The construction industry ...
Network of 200 nano-satellites to offer connectivity services to those in remote geographies
Sky and Space Global (ASX: SAS), a New Space UK company listed in the Australian Stock Exchange, has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Pearls satellite, which allows the company to pro
Nokia to cut costs as it waits for 5G network demand to grow
Telecom networks provider Nokia reported Thursday lower third-quarter earnings and said it would start a new cost-cutting scheme as it waits ...
Brighton testbed looks to showcase 5G technology
Last month a UK 5G testbed was launched to showcase some of the latest innovation and immersive technologies.
4G/5G summit: Ecosystem collaborations to expand reach of Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear platforms
A series of ecosystem collaborations to expand the reach of Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear family of wearable platforms with turnkey reference designs have been unveiled at the Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit in Hong
UK watchdog fines Facebook over users' data breach
In this April 12, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the company's 10-year roadmap during the keynote address at ...
Good news for immersive journalism: Look at your audience
Immersive journalism uses virtual reality (VR) to put the viewer directly into a news event. But how can you help someone to personally enga ...
Ford earnings drop on weak China sales
Ford F-150 pickup truck remains a top seller in North America, but the automakers global results were disappointing Ford reported a drop in ...
Hyundai Q3 profit plummets on slowing sales currency swings
Kia has struggled to stay afloat in China in the face of cheaper alternatives from homegrown carmakers Hyundai Motor reported a 67 percent ...
After 'historic' quarter Tesla looks to Europe China
Shares in electric car maker Tesla leapt in after-market trades following the company's quarterly earnings report Electric car maker Te ...
Daimler profits hit by diesel scandal
Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler said third quarter earnings were hit by the dieselgate scandal German car giant Daimler reported Thursday a slu ...
Questions mount over delay after Cathay Pacific admits huge data leak
Cathay Pacific Airways took five months to let the public know that it was hacked in March and the data of 9.4 million customers compromised ...
Microsoft quarterly profit soars on cloud services
Microsoft has transformed from a company focused on software installed on home and business computers to making money from services hosted o ...
4G/5G summit: Qualcomm adds to its family of 5G NR mmWave antenna modules
Qualcomm has extended its QTM052 mmWave antenna module family of fully-integrated 5G NR millimetre wave (mmWave) modules for smartphones and other mobile devices with its smallest additions yet.
When drones light up the night will they replace fireworks?
In the night sky near Interstate 75 in northern Oakland County, Mich., 60 drones moved with precision. ...
From dating contestants to grieving widows Facebook bets heavily on entertainment but will people watch?
A steady stream of photos began appearing on the website in September, as widows shared stories of their dead husbands, almost like a never- ...
Air traffic to double by 2037: IATA
Air traffic should double to 8.2 billion passengers a year by 2037, IATA forecasts The number of people travelling by air should double to ...
Google abandons planned Berlin office hub
Campaigners in a bohemian district of Berlin celebrated Wednesday after Internet giant Google abandoned strongly-opposed plans to open a lar ...
US brands falter in Consumer Reports auto reliability survey
In this April 22, 2014, file photo, a worker cleans a Tesla Model S sedan before an event to deliver the first set of cars to customers in B ...
Cathay Pacific hit by data leak affecting 9.4m passengers
Cathay admitted data including passport numbers, identity card numbers, email addresses and credit card details was accessed Hong Kong flag ...
Lab develops world's first 3-D volumetric circuit
Raymond C. Rumpf, Ph.D., working with a student in the EM Lab in The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Engineering. Credit: UT ...
Amazon officials pitched their facial recognition software to ICE
Amazon officials earlier this year pitched the company's controversial facial recognition software to the U.S. Immigration and Customs E ...
New technology advances protection of critical systems from insider-assisted attacks
New technology from Purdue University advances the protection of critical systems from insider-assisted attacks. Credit: Purdue University ...
Virtual reality brings dog's anatomy to life for veterinary students
Veterinary students try out a new virtual reality experience, created at Virginia Tech, that allows them to see and study a dog's anatom ...
Entropy and search engines
2018-10-24 08:00:17Entropy and search engines
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Entropy, a term loosely referring to the disorder of a physical system and infamously associated with the Second ...
Lead-free bearings for greener large-bore engines
Credit: Aun Photographer, Shutterstock Lead-free bearings are one of the missing pieces in the technological shift that will eventually all ...
Here's how to design cities where people and nature can both flourish
Mid-rise, courtyard-focused buildings and wide boulevard streetscapes created through a biodiversity sensitive urban design approach. Credit ...
Let's store solar and wind energy – by using compressed air
Credit: Grzejnik / shutterstock Electricity generated by fossil fuels is increasingly unsustainable and a shift towards renewable energy – ...
Boeing profits surge after tax settlement raises earnings estimate
Aerospace giant Boeing has scored some new defense contracts in the latest quarter, even while that business line posted a loss, helping to ...
Germany wants automakers to pay up as more diesel bans loom
In this Oct. 9, 2018 file photo exhaust pipes of a car are pictured in Berlin, Germany. The German government is putting pressure on the cou ...
At least 57 negative impacts from cyber-attacks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Cyber-security researchers have identified a total of at least 57 different ways in which cyber-attacks can have ...
FLOURISH: User-focused driverless car project releases latest research findings
Credit: FLOURISH The West-of-England-based FLOURISH driverless car research and development project has today released its mid-project tria ...
Memory steel—a new material for the strengthening of buildings
Reinforcement of an intermediate slab with memory-steel. Credit: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology A new buil ...
Crisis informatics lab tracks extreme weather on social media
Assistant Professors Sam Jackson (left) and Amber Silver recently launched CEHC's Crisis Informatics Lab. Credit: Patrick ...
More rules for the intelligent household
The results show which user groups should be able to control which capabilities of smart home devices according to the study participants. T ...
Using AI to create new fragrances
Symrise Master Perfumer David Apel samples fragrances in front of Philyra, an AI solution developed by IBM researchers and Symrise, which he ...
4G/5G summit: Qualcomm Quick Charge technology
Qualcomm has revealed that its Quick Charge technology is now at the core of more than 1000 mobile devices, accessories and controllers.
World’s first TPM for cybersecurity in the connected car
Infineon Technologies says it is enabling a “crucial” step toward greater cybersecurity in the connected car, as the world’s first semiconductor manufacturer to put a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) spe
Apple CEO backs privacy laws warns of data 'weaponization'
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during a data privacy conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Virgi ...
An NJIT vision therapy team wins 'most innovative' in worldwide VR competition
The NJIT project, VERVE (Virtual Eye Rotation Vision Exercises), employs virtual reality games to correct an eye motor disorder called conve ...
Driverless hover-taxis to take off in Singapore
The Volocopter electric air taxi takes off and lands vertically and can carry two passengers for around 30 kilometres (19 miles) Test fligh ...
Tesla shares surge as stock short-seller goes long
The note came as Tesla moved up its quarterly earnings release date Tesla shares surged on Tuesday after a high-profile stock short-seller ...
Omron demonstrates benefits of robots in manufacturing with its new lab
Omron has opened a new Robotic Innovation Lab at the company’s UK headquarters in Milton Keynes.
US tech giants split over corporate tax to help homeless
San Francisco's homeless problem has been exacerbated by the tech boom that pushed housing prices sky high Taxing San Francisco's w ...
Inexpensive chip-based device may transform spectrometry
Spectrometers - devices that distinguish different wavelengths of light and are used to determine the chemical composition of everything from laboratory materials to distant stars and often come with
Facebook report shows backers of US political ads
Facebook, which has launched a "War Room" to guard against US election interference, says it will provide regular reports on who i ...
Facebook beyond Facebook? Instagram Messenger step up
In this April 12, 2016 file photo, David Marcus, Facebook Vice President of Messaging Products, watches a display showing new features of Me ...
Walmart makes improvements to third-party marketplace
In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo items are seen on display ahead of the holiday shopping season at a Walmart store in North Bergen, N.J. Wal ...
Yahoo to pay $50M other costs for massive security breach
Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to about 200 million people in the U ...
MoviePass to be jettisoned by parent company
This Aug. 23, 2018, file photo shows Movie Pass debit cards and used movie tickets in New York. The parent company of MoviePass says that it ...