Entertainment service and membership sectors cybersecurity investment falls by 82%
Cyber-attacks are considered the main threat of the future by 53% of UK forms, reveals the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).
RS Components boosts IoT-focused prototyping coding making and learning with XinaBox xChips
RS Components (RS) is adding more ways to prototype and expand the functionality of popular single-board computers like Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone, with XinaBox xChip hardware modules.
'Ground breaking' GFETs now available
Spanish graphene producer Graphenea, has announced a ground-breaking new range of graphene-based field effect transistors (GFETs) available for industrial and commercial use.
New superconducting cable sets records for power transmission
The results of a research project, developed by experts from 10 European countries, on a superconducting cable system have revealed an “industry first”.
Some manufacturers feeling trade war pinch: survey
The National Association for Business Economics survey also found signs of rising prices, a possible sign that inflation and Trump's new ...
Digital age 'desperately' needs ethical and legal guidelines
One of the pressing questions that arise with artificial intelligence is how to account for the actions of machines that make decisions by t ...
ArcSoft and Cadence partner to develop AI and vision applications
A partnership between Cadence Design Systems and ArcSoft, a provider of imaging intelligence technology, has been announced, with the duo looking to develop AI and vision applications for Cadence Tens
Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontier
Lagos is attracting interest from global tech giants keen to tap into an emerging market of young, connected Africans With its colourful ha ...
Germany opens Opel probe in 'dieselgate' scandal
Opel, a subsidary of France's PSA group of carmakers, said in 2016 that it has never installed devices used to cheat emission tests in i ...
US cyberthreat at 'critical point': US intelligence chief
US national intelligence director Dan Coats identified Russia as the most aggressive foreign actor cyber attacker, "no question" ...
Fake news: algorithms in the dock
Algorithms run our Google searches, our Facebook newsfeed, recommend articles or videos to us and sometimes censor questionable content At ...
Microsoft urges regulation of face-recognizing tech
Microsoft and other tech companies have used facial recognition technology for years for tasks such as organizing digital photographs Micro ...
When fake news sparks violence: India grapples with online rumours
India is fertile ground for fake news to take hold and spread India has been shaken by a spate of mob killings sparked by a hoax about chil ...
Irish Silk Road suspect extradited to US: prosecutors
Texan mastermind Ross Ulbricht was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for running Silk Road, the "dark web" marketp ...
Aviation giants fly into Farnborough under Brexit cloud
Airbus and Boeing are ready for the next round of their long-running battle for the skies Top global plane makers land at the Farnborough a ...
Pennsylvania reveals cyber intrusion in birth death records
Pennsylvania officials have revealed they had to shut down the state's online system for birth and death records for about a week after ...
US lifts export ban on suppliers to China's ZTE
"While we lifted the ban on ZTE, the Department will remain vigilant as we closely monitor ZTE's actions to ensure compliance with ...
Greek court rules to extradite cybercrime suspect to France
In this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, police officers escort Alexander Vinnik, center, as they leave a courthouse at the northern Gree ...
Army researchers teaching robots to be more reliable teammates for soldiers
A small unmanned Clearpath Husky robot, which was used by ARL researchers to develop a new technique to quickly teach robots novel traversal ...
Researchers suggest uncertainty may be key in battlefield decision making
Army graphic designed by ARL graphic artist Evan Jensen delivers the key idea that making decisions under uncertainty may not be such a bad ...
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?
A doodle by Isabelle Côté to illustrate her recent study on the effectiveness of scientists using Twitter to share thei ...
India's Infosys reports 3.7 percent profit rise misses estimates
Infosys on Friday reported a 3.7 percent rise in quarterly profits, well below expectations for the Indian software giant. ...
Do drones deserve their dire reputation? Depends who is flying them
Credit: shutterstock Whether they are dropping drugs into prison yards, narrowly avoiding passenger aircraft or invading the privacy of uns ...
Science fiction enthusiasts have a positive attitude brain uploading
Mind uploading is a prospective method to create functional copies of the human brain on computers. The development of this technology, whic ...
Embattled bike-sharing firm told to refund customer deposits
oBike suddenly wound up operations in the city-state last month citing difficulty in complying with new regulations, which includes controll ...
What are the pros and cons of longer solar contracts?
Bokpoort CSP plant with SENERtrough® parabolic trough collector technology. Credit: SENER.jpg The world's first 35-year day or nig ...
First machine learning method capable of accurate extrapolation
A robot needs to learn about his body and the environment. It tries a few different motions and uses the algorithm. It can then predict what ...
Study shows virtual reality could hold the key to GPs spotting child abuse
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A three-year research project led by a University of Birmingham academic, working with colleagues from Goldsmiths ...
Intel to acquire eASIC
2018-07-13 04:00:11Intel to acquire eASIC
Intel plans to expand its programmable solutions portfolio to include structured ASICs by acquiring eASIC, a structured ASICs provider, which will join Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group.
Electrical contact to molecules in semiconductor structures established for the first time
A new method is said to allow electrical contact to be established with simple molecules on a conventional silicon chip.
Fighting 'fake news' with the law
Critics say legislation to fight 'fake news' could compromise freedom of expression Some countries are bringing in legislation to f ...
Global PC market grows for first time in 6 years: survey
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The global personal computer market grew for the first time in six years in the second quarter of 2018, driven by ...
Fake news: the media industry strikes back
Pro-EU demonstrators outside a June 12 British parliamentary hearing on fake news and the Brexit vote The viral spread of hoaxes and misinf ...
Apple launches $300 mn 'green' fund for China suppliers
Apple said the project would produce an initial one gigawatt of clean energy, equivalent to powering nearly a million homes Apple said on F ...
Brazil fighting fake news in the classroom
Students attend a lesson on "Fake News: access, security and veracity of information" in Sao Paulo, Brazil Brazil has taken a sta ...
US hedge fund demands $770m from S. Korea over Samsung merger
Activist fund Elliott Associates and other shareholders say the merger of two Samsung units wilfully undervalued C&T A US hedge fund is ...
US appeals judge's order allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner
The US Justice Department has appealed a judge's order allowing the AT&T mega-merger with media-entertainment giant Time Warner to p ...
Latin America's largest solar park turns Mexican desert green
The Villanueva photovoltaic (PV) power plant is the biggest solar project in the world outside China and India Driving through the endless ...
Team finds many of mobile applications are open to web API hijacking
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Smartphones, tablets, iPads—mobile devices have become invaluable to the everyday consumer. But few consider the ...
Report: SEC probes Facebook privacy issues
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A report says the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Facebook adequately warned its inve ...
Research team improves code to benefit industrial engineers
The Ohio Supercomputer Center's (OSC) Karen Tomko, Ph.D., and the University of Illinois/Urbana's Robert Dodds, Ph.D., recently wrap ...
$7500 federal tax credit for Tesla buyers to end Dec. 31
Tesla Inc. says its customers won't get the full $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit after Dec. 31. ...
Robots are coming to the seafood industry. Here's why
Northeastern professor Taskin Padir, far left, found that seafood processing plants in New Bedford were enthusiastic about bringing in robot ...
UK clears way for 21st Century Fox to buy Sky
Sky's jewel in the crown is its live coverage of English Premier League soccer Britain on Thursday cleared the way for Rupert Murdoch&# ...
How blockchains can empower communities to control their own energy supply
Credit: www.shutterstock.com As the cost of solar panels, wind generation and battery storage falls, individual households and consumers ar ...
5 things to know about Tesla's China plans
In this April 5, 2018, file photo, a sales person stands inside a Tesla electric vehicle showroom in Beijing. Electric car producer Tesla wi ...
Green energy is the future according to new report
The UK should move away from fossil fuels, towards cheaper, greener energy sources, according to report launched this week, published by the ...
Superior seismic imaging for better drilling
The GIRIH software solves seismic wave propagation problems by grouping cells from the fine-scale grid of space and time coordinates into ti ...
Artificial intelligence helps design an ultra-aerodynamic bike
Thanks to software developed by Neural Concept, an EPFL spin-off, bicycle engineers can quickly calculate the most aerodynamic shape for a b ...
Safer airport approaches with 3-D satellite-based navigation
Credit: beeboys, Shutterstock As air traffic grows in Europe's skies, so does the challenge to ensure that its airports are safely acce ...
X-rays aid better understanding of electron mobility in modern transistors
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) claim to have accomplished an “industry first”: observing electrons while they were flowing in a high-performance transistor made of gallium nitride.
Five-year action plan is needed in engineering higher education
A five-year action plan for inclusive engineering education should be developed by engineering leaders and educations in all higher education establishments, says a report from The Royal Academy of En
Action plan published by the Royal Academy of Engineering to inspire future engineers at the Houses of Parliament
The This Is Engineering campaign, led by the Royal Academy of Engineering and supported by EngineeringUK, has launched a 10-point action plan in a view to inspire future engineers at the Houses of Par
French carmaker PSA sales speed up on Opel takeover
PSA celebrates a "new all-time record" in sales French carmaker PSA on Thursday said its global car sales jumped in the first hal ...
Before Trump the long history of fake news
Donald Trump may have popularised "fake news", but the concept has been around for centuries In capital letters and with an excla ...
Comcast Fox both raise bids as they reach for Sky
This Friday, July 25, 2014, file photo shows a view of the headquarters of the Italian Sky television broadcaster in Milan, Italy. Media mog ...
The online battle for the truth
US President Donald Trump has popularised the term 'fake news' and used it to attack the news media False information is saturating ...
German court to rule on parents' access to dead daughter's Facebook
The parents argue the contents of their daughter's Facebook account are legally identical to a private diary or letters German judges w ...
How a Macedonian town became a 'fake news' epicentre
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Jovan got a pair of Nike sneakers and went on holiday to Greece, his reward for having helped turn the small Mace ...
Broadcom buys business software firm CA for $18.9 bn
Semi-conductor giant Broadcom in April transferred its headquarters from Singapore to the US Semi-conductor giant Broadcom, which recently ...
Wimbledon 'Stat Pack' help explain the point
Numbers up: Roger Federer leaves court after losing to Kevin Anderson and walks past the scoreboard giving up-to-date information In subter ...
ZTE shares surge 22% as US sanctions lift moves step closer
ZTE had been forced to halt operations and was on the verge of collapse after Washington announced a seven-year ban on US companies selling ...
Banned in other cities these Bird electric scooters have arrived in Kansas City
About a hundred Birds flocked to Kansas City. But these Birds don't fly. They scoot. ...
Google's human-like speaking AI will soon start booking restaurant hair salon reservations
After generating buzz and controversy with its unveiling, Google's human-like speaking assistant Duplex will be released to select users ...
Avnet Abacus announces new President
EBV veteran, Rudy Van Parijs, steps into role of Avnet Abacus President as Nigel Ward announces retirement after 30 years.
Do iPhones and Androids eavesdrop on us? Lawmakers want to know
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Lawmakers are asking Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Larry Page how our smartphones may be tracking us withou ...
$16 per month streaming service Philo expands to Amazon Fire and Apple TV
One of the newest broadband TV services, Philo, is expanding its reach. ...
Disney to put live 'Overwatch' eSports matches on TV
Overwatch video games will be broadcast live on US television under an agreement by the game maker and Walt Disney Co. to bring eSports to v ...
Twitter sweeps 'locked' accounts from follower tally
Twitter users may see reduced follower counts after changes made by the social network to stop tallying accounts which may have been comprom ...
Dutch city to unveil world's first 3D-printed housing complex
The southern Dutch city of Eindhoven plans to unveil the world's first 3-D-printed housing complex next year, which its inventors believ ...
Amazon will give you $10 to spend if you shop at Whole Foods before Prime Day
Amazon will give you $10 if you're a Prime member and go shopping at Whole Foods starting Wednesday, one of the many deals it's offe ...
Social Science One set to release massive trove of Facebook data for research purposes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It seems Christmas is coming early this year for social scientists. ...
Google parent 'graduates' moonshot projects Loon Wing
A Project Loon balloon is seen in New Zealand in 2013, one of Google parent Alphabet's "moonshot" projects that is now operati ...
Boosting process efficiency in advanced single and multi-board PCB design
Zuken has unveiled the CR-8000, a PCB design environment that looks to address industry’s changing design requirements when it comes to PCBs, such as high-density and high-speed, multi-board designs,
Sweating for a cooler Singapore
A good place for research and sport: many Singaporeans already use the Rail Corridor as a recreational area. Credit: Lina Meisen Students f ...
Can airships take scenic flights back to the future?
A concept airship, the Aether, which Mr Henderson showed his research participants so they could conceptualise what a modern airship might b ...
How to improve recovery of electrical and electronic equipment waste
Credit: ltummy, Shutterstock Better recycled critical raw materials will be given a new life thanks to an EU project. This initiative could ...
Britain to fine Facebook over data breach (Update)
In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017, file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer confere ...
Overshooting 3D NAND flash market demand is high and growing says IC Insights
Overspending by the major NAND suppliers expected to further cool NAND flash prices this year.
Graphene forms electrically charged crinkles
Gently compressed stacks of graphene form sharp crinkles that carry an electric charge, which could be useful in nanoscale self-assembly and other applications, reveals Brown University.
Murdoch's 21st Century Fox ups Sky bid to beat rival Comcast
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox increased Wednesday its bid to take full control of lucrative European pay TV service Sky ...
Chat bot designed to help engineers navigate 18th Edition of IET Wiring Regulations
Following the publication of the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations, electronics manufacturer and distributor, Hager, has launched a Facebook chat bot designed to keep electrical professionals
US firm: Chinese hackers infiltrated Cambodia's politics
The U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye says it has found evidence that a Chinese hacking team it believes is linked to Beijing has penetrated c ...
India's Vistara places $3.1 bn order with Airbus Boeing
Vistara, which began flying in 2015, said it would use the new planes to boost its domestic network and support its international operations ...
Improving disaster response through Twitter data
“We are looking at the crisis as it happens,” said Prasenjit Mitra. “The best source to get timely information during a disaster is soc ...
Multi-face tracking to help AI follow the action
Figure 1. Three core algorithmic components of our method for multi-face tracking in a video sequence. Credit: IBM At the recent 2018 Confe ...
Facebook faces U.K. fine over its privacy scandal
In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017, file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer confere ...
Airbus to sell 60 smaller planes to JetBlue
The US company JetBlue has signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of 60 A220-300 aircraft, the former Bombardier CSeries, val ...
Leti and Soitec launch a substrate innovation centre
Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, and Soitec, a specialist in designing and manufacturing innovative semiconductor materials, have announced that they will be collaborating. as part of a five-ye
Departing Apple engineer stole autonomous car tech: FBI
An ex-Apple engineer was charged with stealing secrets from a self-driving car technology project days before he quit to go to a Chinese sta ...
A new brain-inspired computer takes us one step closer to simulating brain neural networks in real-time
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A computer built to mimic the brain's neural networks produces similar results to that of the best brain-simu ...
Facebook faces Australia data breach compensation claim
Facebook admitted in April the data of up to 87 million people worldwide—including more than 300,000 in Australia—was harvested by Cambridge ...
Tesla announces deal for Shanghai factory
In this April 15, 2018, file photo, the sun shines off the rear deck of a roadster on a Tesla dealer's lot in the south Denver suburb of ...
Indian IT giant TCS's profits soar 24 percent
India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported on Tuesday a 24 percent rise in quarterly earnings thanks to s ...
New real-time milk and feed measurement system helps optimise dairy production
The field measuring instrument of GrainSense Oy, a VTT spinoff, is used in the SmartFarm project. Among others, the device developed by Grai ...
What if your car spied on you?
Driverless cars are set to change many aspects of everyday life, including an area you may not have thought of: privacy. ...
Capacitor-based architecture for AI hardware accelerators
Figure 1. Unit cell schematic of a capacitor-based cross-point array. Credit: IBM IBM is reaching beyond digital technologies with a capaci ...
Space IoT takes off
2018-07-10 08:00:11Space IoT takes off
Credit: 3Dsculptor, Shutterstock We know that current networks are not equipped to deal with the Internet of Things and the exponential gro ...
STMicroelectronics acquires GUI software specialist
STMicroelectronics has announced that it has acquired the software specialist Draupner Graphics.
Court orders Ryanair to comply with Dutch law
Irish law to rule them all? Not here, says a Dutch court A Dutch appeals court has ruled that employees of the Irish budget carrier Ryanair ...