Macron urges Apple chief to boost investment in France
Macron is trying to get Apple to invest more in France French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged Apple's chief executive Tim Co ...
Hey Portal Facebook might want to cut the losses now on the video device
Imagine the politician who gets caught in a scandal, breaching the public's trust, whether that be of a sexual nature, misspending taxpa ...
Green electronic polymer-based films with protein nanowires
A new class of electronic materials that could lead to a green, more sustainable future in biomedical and environmental sensing has been developed the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Artificial intelligence will make you smarter
People plus machines will surpass the capabilities of either element alone. Credit: metamorworks/Shutterstock.com The future won't be m ...
Electric cars are a hazard for blind people
Research scientists carrying out an experiment involving adaptive sound as an aid for blind people. Tests were performed at a quiet location ...
HZO acquires Semblant
2018-10-23 08:00:09HZO acquires Semblant
HZO, experts in advanced and scalable electronics waterproofing and protection solutions, has acquired Semblant, a UK based leader in protective nano coatings and waterproof technology.
Apple offers a range of iPhones from $450 to $1100
This Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, photo shows the iPhone XR, left, that has a single lens, and the iPhone XS Max that has two lenses, in New York. ...
Government agrees 5-year funding package for Digital Catapult
The government has confirmed its intention to provide a five-year funding package for Digital Catapult which looks to bring startups, scaleups and corporates together.
Is that new doll spying on your kids?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain What if strangers are using one of your child's toys to spy on them? In the new world of connected toys, trut ...
Dyson to build electric car in Singapore aiming at China
Pioneering British engineer and founder of the Dyson company, James Dyson, plans to start building electric cars at a plant in Singapore Dy ...
Tim Cook wants retraction of Chinese spy-chip story that named Apple Supermicro
Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken the unusual step of going on the record to deny a news story, and is further asking the news agency that publis ...
iPhone XR makes the right trade-offs for a cheaper price
This Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, photo shows from left, the iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and the iPhone XS Max in New York. The XR falls between the top ...
BMW recalls over 1 mn cars over exhaust system fire risk
German high-end automaker BMW said it is recalling another one million cars over an exhaust system fire risk German high-end carmaker BMW s ...
Uber plans pollution levy on London fares
Ride-sharing pioneer Uber plans a clean air levy in London to help combat pollution Uber will levy a "clean air fee" on London jo ...
Record-setting transfer of 1 petabyte of data
This screen shot from MyESnet shows the southern links of the network dark red, indicating data transfers exceeding 50 Gbps during the 5,000 ...
Battle of the video speakers: Amazon Echo Show vs. Google Home Hub
The battle of the video speakers begins in earnest today. Googl ...
STMicroelectronics launches ultra-low-power Sigfox Monarch-ready solution
STMicroelectronics says it is the first chip maker to develop and market a certified solution for seamless global, ultra-low-power, and long-range wireless IoT connectivity enabling the Monarch worldw
Renesas and BlackBerry deliver R-Car based development environment
Renesas Electronics is expanding its partnership to offer an integrated virtualisation functional safety and secure development environment for the Renesas R-Car system-on-chip (SoC) devices. Using Bl
Dyson to make electric cars in Singapore
Pioneering British engineer and founder of the Dyson company, James Dyson, plans to start building electric cars at a plant in Singapore Br ...
Wind River and TTTech Auto collaborate to advance autonomous driving applications
Wind River has announced that it has provided its VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) to power the latest versions of MotionWise, TTTech Auto’s safety-software platform for autonomous driving ap
4G/5G Summit: First 3GPP-compliant 5G NR Sub-6 GHz OTA call with a mobile form factor device
Qualcomm Technologies and Ericsson have announced the successful completion of a 3GPP Rel-15 spec compliant 5G NR over-the-air (OTA) call over sub-6 GHz bands on a smartphone form factor mobile test d
Google Maps for iOS will now allow you to share real-time updates with friends
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google Maps for the iPhone is about to get a little bit better. ...
New patrolling robots to eradicate petrol plant explosions
A new generation of small chemical sensors that use light and sound to ‘listen’ to gas leaks, could reduce the risk of a petrol plant explosion or potential disaster on an oil refinery.
Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit: Creating headsets with Alexa
Qualcomm has announced what it says is the industry’s first qualified, end-to-end, Bluetooth, Smart Headset reference design featuring push-button activation support for Alexa for users of Android pho
China opens mega-bridge linking Hong Kong to mainland
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is seen in Hong Kong, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. The bridge, the world's longest cross-sea project, which ...
Rise fall and suspense: bitcoin's wild first decade
What a bitcoin, the most popular crypto-currency, might look like in the real world From its birth in an anonymous, academic style paper to ...
Moscow cryptocurrency 'boutique' in legal grey area
Moscow's first cryptocurrency store is a physical portal to the virtual realm of bitcoin First you ring, then push through heavy doors ...
Facebook closes 'spam' pages accounts helping Brazil presidential candidate
Facebook says it has closed down numerous pages and accounts for posting spam aimed at helping Brazil presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. ...
Wall Street greets bitcoin with interest and worry
This picture taken on January 17, 2018 shows a visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin, at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris ...
Q&A: What is bitcoin?
2018-10-23 02:00:08Q&A: What is bitcoin?
Technicians inspect bitcoin mining at Bitfarms in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, as the world's most popular cryptocurrency marks its 10th yea ...
Cryptocurrency bitcoin marks 10 years
A shop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv shows a visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin, now 10 years-old October 31, 20 ...
Snapcrap app steps in to take on public poop
A freshly launched Snapcrap app is out to turn San Francisco smartphone users into poop-spotters. ...
New technology encodes and processes video orders of magnitude faster than current methods
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a new technology that can encode, transform and edit video fast ...
Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe joins exodus from Facebook
In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo, Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe speak during the Oculus 2 conference in Los Angeles. Iribe, a co-founder of ...
Ryanair's Dutch-based cabin crews to strike Tuesday
Ryanair has decided to close its base at Eindhoven Airport Ryanair's Dutch-based cabin crews Monday announced a last minute 24-hour str ...
Musk says LA Hyperloop tunnel to be unveiled December 10
Elon Musk said his Boring Company will hold an event to open its first test tunnel December 10 that will travel 155 miles per hour Elon Mus ...
Netflix to borrow another $2B to pay its programming bills
Netflix plans to borrow another $2 billion to help pay for the exclusive series and movies that its management credits for helping its video ...
Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless
Cairns has an extensive CCTV network, which as well as keeping homeless people under surveillance is sometimes used to help them. Credit: An ...
Industrial robots increase wages for employees
Analyses of statistics from 17 countries shows that the introduction of industrial robots has led to higher wages for employees, while produ ...
Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at all
Apple has removed several security tools from the Mac app store after they were found to be collecting unnecessary personal data. Credit: Sh ...
AI and human creativity go hand in hand
AI and human creativity go hand in hand, in an AI self-portrait. Credit: IBM What does AI look like? You might say it looks like a robot, o ...
Offshore wind farms to test business in deep water
Advocates of floating offshore wind platforms say they are cheaper to run and install, less disruptive to sea life, and have greater output ...
Japan orders Facebook to improve data protection
Facebook said early this month that hackers accessed the personal data of 29 million users in a breach at the world's leading social net ...
Fiat sells auto parts unit to Japan's Calsonic for 6.2 bn euros
CEO of Fiat Chrysler Michael Manley, pictured (L) with new Ferrari Chairman John Elkann, said the deal will boost growth at Magneti Marelli ...
Japan firms fined $3.4 million over maglev bid-rigging
Japan is investing trillions of yen in maglev—magnetic levitation—trains, which are scheduled to begin commercial service between Tokyo and ...
Electronics giant Philips posts mixed results in Q3
Dutch electronics giant Philips, which is focusing its business on medical equipment and services, on Monday posted higher third quarter sal ...
Ryanair first-half profits fall 7% after widespread strikes
low-cost pioneer Ryanair said its first half earnings fell seven percent after after widespread strike action by pilots and cabin crew ...
Germany urges global minimum tax for digital giants
Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Sholz (R, pictured May 2018) said there needs to be a "minimum tax rate valid globally which no sta ...
Spain backs new tax on internet giants in budget plan
The new levy has been dubbed the 'Google tax' Spain's socialist government approved Friday a new tax on big internet companies ...
US existing home sales drop in September as mortgage rates rise
The inventory of available homes for sale continued its upward trend, rising to 4.4 months—at the current sales pace—from 4.3 in the prior t ...
Daimler cuts 2018 profit forecast on diesel woes
Daimler manufactures Mercedes-Benz and Smart cars but it was recently forced to recall more than 770,000 diesel cars across Europe German l ...
Khashoggi crisis shines light on Saudi ties to Silicon Valley
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, who are directing billions of investments in US technology, are inter ...
Facebook does indeed want to track your calls on device
Facebook wants to you to spend $199 to $349 to install its version of a connected, talking video speaker—such as Amazon's Echo—into your ...
Facebook hires British ex-deputy PM as global affairs head
Britain's former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is set to move to California for his new role as Facebook's head of global affairs ...
RS Components bolsters educational support with new tools to inspire young engineering talent
RS Components (RS) has introduced new ranges of tools from Seeed Studio, Arduino and Bare Conductive that target academic institutions, including educators and students of electronics. These also look
Pharrowtech boosts millimeter-wave fixed wireless access coverage
Pharrowtech, a spin-off initiative from the research and innovation hub imec, has demonstrated a prototype of a 60 GHz active phased array at the Telecom Infra Project Summit in London.
Anritsu and Samsung achieves 5G NR full stack IODT with MT8000A platform
Anritsu has announced that Samsung’s System LSI Business has successfully completed 5G NR full stack Interoperability Development Testing (IODT) with its recently announced Exynos Modem 5100 using Anr
Green Hills adds secure virtualization for NXP i.MX 8 and 8X processor families
Green Hills Software has announced the availability of its INTEGRITY Multivisor secure virtualization for the NXP Semiconductors i.MX 8 and 8X families of applications processors.
Cadence Verification Suite enabled on Arm-based HPC datacentres
Cadence Design Systems has announced that the Cadence Verification Suite is now enabled for Arm-based high-performance computing (HPC) server environments.
Secure contactless transactions to wearables in complete payment SoC
STMicroelectronics and Fidesmo, the contactless-services developer and Mastercard Approved Global Vendor, have created a turnkey active solution for secure contactless payments on smart watches and ot
SiFlower licenses and deploys CEVA’s 802.11ac Wi-Fi IP in its smart home access point SoC
CEVA has announced that Shanghai SiFlower Communication Technology (SiFlower), a designer and supplier of advanced Smart Home platforms, has licensed and deployed CEVA’s RivieraWaves 802.11ac Wi-Fi IP
EU leaders vow tough action on cyber attacks
With concerns growing about the  malign cyber activities of several countries around the world, notably Russia, EU leaders called for w ...
US authorities reel in StarKist in canned tuna scandal
Charlie the Tuna was netted by US authorities as part of a canned tuna price fixing conspiracy, as Korean-owned StarKist was fined up to $10 ...
MoviePass operations under investigation by New York AG
This Aug. 23, 2018, file photo shows Movie Pass debit cards and used movie tickets in New York. The company that runs the beleaguered MovieP ...
States and feds unite on election security after '16 clashes
Election officials and federal cybersecurity agents are touting improved collaboration aimed at confronting and deterring efforts to tamper ...
Facebook lured advertisers by inflating ad-watch times up to 900 percent: lawsuit
Not only did Facebook inflate ad-watching metrics by up to 900 percent, it knew for more than a year that its average-viewership estimates w ...
Manufacturers adopt robots that help human workers not replace them. For now
During more than 25 years as a factory worker, David Young has seen a parade of robots take over tasks he and his colleagues used to do by h ...
First proof of quantum computer advantage
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For many years, quantum computers were not much more than an idea. Today, companies, governments and intelligence ...
Portable "tricorder" scans life signs
Credit: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Scientists from the School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow have deve ...
Iron Man-like exoskeletons studied to improve productivity safety and well-being
Sarcos Guardian XO Exoskeleton. Photo courtesy of Sarcos. Credit: Sarcos Over the next decade, American manufacturers are facing an industr ...
Warsaw taxis hold anti-Uber go slow
Traditional cab drivers say the Uber app and others like it represent unfair competition Hundreds of taxis on Thursday drove at a snail' ...
Mass tax trickery cost Europe 55 bln euros: report
So-called "cum-ex" and "cum-cum" deals were first uncovered in Germany in 2001, while a 2018 media investigation found e ...
True blue picks: A snapshot of Australia's favourite porn
Despite the nation’s small size, Australians are the 8th biggest viewers of Pornhub. Credit: Shutterstock.com (This article contains explic ...
Facebook's election 'war room' takes aim at fake information
A man works at his desk in the war room, where Facebook monitors election related content on the platform, in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, ...
Heart pump from a 3-D printer
Cross section of the prototype. The dark grey magnetic components are clearly visible. Credit: Kai von Petersdorff-Campen / ETH Zurich ETH ...
China not manipulating currency but lacks transparency US says
US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin has refrained from escalating a fight over China's currency Washington on Wednesday again d ...
Global trade wars risk 'millions of jobs': WTO chief
US President Donald Trump is locked in a trade war with China, rolling out billions of dollars in tariffs in a bid to tackle its trade defic ...
Hong Kong mega bridge launch announcement sparks backlash
The world's longest sea bridge will connect Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China An opening ceremony has finally been announced for the ...
Method for making single-atom-thick wafer-scale materials opens up opportunities in flexible electronics
A technique to harvest 2-inch diameter wafers of 2D material within just a few minutes which can then be stacked together for form an electronic device within an hour, has been developed by MIT.
Newly published files confirm plan to move Assange to Russia
In this file photo dated Friday May 19, 2017, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in Londo ...
Broadcaster urges football authorities not to leave market 'to criminals'
British regulations prevent live football from being shown between 2:45 pm and 5:15 pm local time on Saturdays in a bid to avoid hurting mat ...
Public investment funds join call for independent Facebook chair
Amid growing turmoil at Facebook, more investors have joined a call to separate the role of chairman and CEO now held by Mark Zuckerberg Fo ...
Twitter releases 10 million tweets from foreign influence efforts
Twitter said some 10 million tweets from as far back as 2009 were part of foreign manipulation and misinformation campaigns Twitter on Wedn ...
US tops WEF competitiveness ranking but obesity weighs on score
In the World Economic Forum's annual Global Competitiveness Report, the United States topped the 2018 rankings, "confirming its sta ...
Tesla secures land in Shanghai for first factory outside US
In this Sept. 29, 2015, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., talks about the Model X car at the company's headquarters, in F ...
Modifying a virtual environment in just a few clicks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Creating and modifying a virtual reality environment just got a lot easier thanks to software being released toda ...
Simulating nuclear safety
2018-10-17 06:00:15Simulating nuclear safety
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Commercial operation of the CHASNUPP-1 996 megawatt intermediate type pressurised water reactor began in May 2000 ...
New emission tests brake EU car sales in September
EU car buyers were exhuasted in September after incentives offered to sell cars before new pollution regulations came into force Car sales ...
Facebook makes reality TV its new weapon for web supremacy
Facebook Watch is turning to reality TV in the social media giant's bid to lure viewers away from competitors such as YouTube Facebook ...
Tesla secures land for Shanghai factory first outside US
Electric auto brand Tesla Inc. says it has secured land in Shanghai for its first factory outside the United States, pushing ahead despite m ...
Japan company admits falsifying data for quake shock absorbers
The Tokyo Skytree is among the structures that might have been built using the affected 'oil dampers', according to local media A c ...
YouTube goes down for more than an hour
In this Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file, a YouTube sign is shown across the street from the company's offices in San Bruno, Calif. YouTube&# ...
Once kings of TV US broadcast networks face reckoning
At the Emmys in September 2018, ABC got one award, CBS got two and Fox got three—only NBC won a respectable 16, but nearly all of them came ...
Can Pinterest succeed as the 'un'-social network?
In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, photo Evan Sharp, Pinterest co-founder and chief product officer, poses for a photo in his office beside a ...
Hidden gapless states on the path to semiconductor nanocrystals
When chemists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in Warsaw were starting work on yet another material designed for the efficient production of nanocry
Google to charge for apps on Android phones in Europe
This July 19, 2016 file photo shows the Google logo at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google says it will start cha ...
Catalyst for high-energy aluminum-air flow batteries
An electric vehicle (EV) battery technology that is more energy-efficient than gasoline-powered engineers has been introduced through a recent study, affiliated with UNIST.
Netflix surges on user gains strong profits
Netflix shares staged a strong rally after reporting better-than-expected profits and user growth in the past quarter Netflix reported Tues ...
When it comes to smartphone lifespan brand name matters more than hardware
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many critics have denounced smartphone manufacturers in recent years for producing devices that quickly become ob ...
Google offers solutions to avoid more EU Android fines
The European Commission accused Google of using the Android system's dominance of smartphones and tablets to promote the use of its own ...