Sprint T-Mobile shares sink after report says talks scrapped
Shares in Sprint and T-Mobile fell sharply Monday following a Japanese media report that merger talks between the third- and fourth-largest ...
Dr. Alexa? What Amazon might do in health care
Paging Dr. Alexa? As the U.S. health care industry shifts and s ...
Facebook stumbles with early effort to stamp out fake news
Facebook Inc.'s strategy to stamp out fake news is struggling. ...
How much reach do Facebook and Twitter have? Data may not be as accurate as you think
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Data-driven Internet companies that boast they can precisely target advertising down to users' laundry deterg ...
Powerful statistical tool could significantly reduce the burden of analyzing very large datasets
The KAUST supercomputer Shaheen II underpins the collaboration by providing high-performance computing applications and strategic advice and ...
Building a sustainable future: Urgent action needed
Credit: Cambridge University Press We need to act urgently to increase the energy efficiency of our buildings as the world's emerging m ...
Amazon threatens to disrupt the prescription drug delivery business analysts say
In 23 years, Amazon has transformed itself from a relatively unknown online retailer into a behemoth that has toppled traditional big-box st ...
DesignSpark Safety enables embedded safety in equipment development
RS Components (RS), supported by Schmersal and 3M who are developers of safety products for industry, has launched DesignSpark Safety, the latest tool to be added to the growing DesignSpark portfolio
Robotics principles help wave energy converters better absorb power of ocean waves
Sandia National Laboratories water power engineers Giorgio Bacelli, left, Dave Patterson, center, and Ryan Coe with Sandia’s wave energy con ...
VR display technique saves the stomach by exploiting the eye's limits
Foveated rendering as analysed by Mr Roth and colleagues: The centre of the image is sharp, and detail reduces between the inner radius and ...
'Combosquatting' attack hides in plain sight to trick computer users
This chart shows the number of combosquatted domains identified in each domain group studied. Credit: Georgia Tech To guard against unknowi ...
'Instant replay' for computer systems shows cyber attack details
A new cybersecurity system developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and known as Refinable Attack INvestigation (RAIN ...
It lives! This nightmare machine writes bone-chilling tales
In this Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 photo, co-creator of a fiction-writing 'chatbot,' Massachusetts Institute of Technology postdoctoral ...
Can artificial intelligence learn to scare us?
Shelley is an artificial intelligence horror story writer that collaborates with humans to create tales of terror. Credit: Meghan Murphy Ju ...
Small words in an email can reveal a person's identity
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It's possible to identify the author of an email by analysing as little as two words, research by Nottingham ...
An AI professor discusses concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia
Citizen Sophia. Credit: Flickr/AI for GOOD Global Summit, CC BY I was surprised to hear that a robot named Sophia was granted citizenship b ...
Can models predict grid tolerance to environmental extremes?
Understanding the environmental conditions associated with stress on the electric grid has important practical considerations, but also repr ...
Getting quicker – more quickly
Onscreen, athletes and trainers can straightaway see the surrounding air currents. Credit: ETH Zürich A new procedure simplifies wind ...
CMA begins in-depth investigation into Electro Rent/Microlease merger
The Competition and Mergers Authority (CMA) has begun an in-depth investigation into Electro Rent’s acquisition of Microlease.
How a Victorian lawyer from Wales invented the hydrogen fuel cell
Credit: Shaiith/Shutterstock Let us start, in the spirit of steampunk, by imagining a new and different past. One that is just a little dif ...
Research finds microscopic defects make batteries better
High-performance electrodes for lithium-ion batteries can be improved by paying closer attention to their defects, according to new research by scientists at Rice University.
Gradation-tint smart window
2017-10-30 20:00:10Gradation-tint smart window
Dimming glass (20 cm x 20 cm) whose darkness can be varied from a completely darkened state (left) to a completely clear state (right). Cred ...
Switch helps Nintendo half-year net profit soar 35 percent
In this Jan. 13, 2017, file photo, journalists wait outside the venue for the presentation of the new Nintendo Switch in Tokyo. Japanese vid ...
Heathrow launches probe after queen's security details found
Heathrow Airport has launched an investigation after a memory stick containing confidential security information was found on a London stree ...
Report says digital industrialisation could benefit the UK economy to the tune of £455bn
According to a new report Britain’s manufacturing sector could gain as much as £455bn if, over the next decade, it successful unlocks the benefits of the fourth industrial revolution deploying robotic
Corporate deal-making driven by fast technological change
The appetite for mergers and acquisitions remains near a record high as firms try to adapt to fast technological changes and despite a welte ...
Oklahoma City where parking meters began modernizes system
In this Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 photo, Wade Beal, parking meter technician, answers a question during an interview in Oklahoma City. The ci ...
Facebook moves toward revealing political ad backers
Facebook has joined Twitter in announcing new transparency steps to allow people to know the source of political ads on the social networks ...
'Assassin's Creed' game is back this time in ancient Egypt
The latest installment of the Ubisoft blockbuster franchise "Assassin's Creed" takes players to ancient Egypt Video game tita ...
US museum debuts first 3-D holograms of Holocaust survivors
Seated onstage at a museum near Chicago, Adina Sella talks about her life as a Holocaust survivor. ...
Why the explosive growth of e-commerce could mean more jobs
In this Aug. 3, 2017, photo, workers prepare to move products at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore. While jobs have been lost in bri ...
AP-NORC poll: Most have little fear of robots taking jobs
In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, file photo, people wait for their lunch orders to be ready at Eatsa in San Francisco. A new survey suggests t ...
New iPhone brings face recognition (and fears) to the masses
Apple senior vice president Philip Schiller shows the FaceID system which is being used on new iPhone X, allowing a user to unlock the devic ...
VPN law latest step in Kremlin online crackdown: experts
A protester with tape covering her mouth takes part in the March for Free Internet in central Moscow in July. A law coming into force on We ...
Investors fuel a multibillion-dollar ride-sharing frenzy
Credit: Steffen Thoma/Public Domain Investors including Japan's SoftBank and Google-parent Alphabet are fueling a drive to a ride-shar ...
Insider Q&A: Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann talks AI rivals
This photo provided by Pinterest shows company co-founder and CEO Ben Silbermann. Pinterest often gets lumped in with social media apps like ...
Twitter pushes out Islamic state supporters but shift may hinder counterterrorism study finds
Although Twitter was once the preferred platform of the Islamic State group, the social network's counter-extremism policies – including ...
Diamond based MOSFET features deep depletion
Wide bandgap semiconductors, seen as significantly more energy-efficient, have emerged as leading contenders in the creation of FETs for next-generation power electronics.
The tide is turning for underwater turbines
The sea's movements can be utilised to create electricity through underwater turbines. Credit: Nova Innovation/ EnFAIT A scale-up of ti ...
Amazon shares soar as earnings top expectations
Amazon said Whole Foods, the natural foods chain acquired this year, provided $1.3 billion in revenue and $21 million in operating income fo ...
Being Bing: Microsoft's overlooked AI tool
In this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, center, answers a question from the audience at the annual Micros ...
Alphabet quarterly profit climbs on ads and other bets
Google ads accounted for the bulk of Alphabet revenue, contributing $27.47 billion, according to the earnings release Google's parent c ...
Microsoft tops forecasts with 16% profit growth
Microsoft on Thursday delivered stronger-than-expected earnings for the past quarter, lifted by gains in cloud computing and other business ...
Scientists get first close-ups of finger-like growths that trigger battery fires
Lithium metal dendrite, taken with cryogenic electron microscopy or cryo-EM, shows that freezing has preserved its original state, revealing ...
Deeper understanding of ISIS propaganda can help in the fight against terrorism
Though their time in active service may be done, many American veterans are finding new ways to serve their country from home. Douglas Wilbu ...
Security flaw could have let hackers turn on smart ovens
LG's internet-connected ovens can be remotely set to pre-heat, meaning malicious hackers could create a potential safety risk A securit ...
Messaging app Line skyrockets in Tokyo trade as profits jump
Line is a popular messaging app in Asia that was launched in 2011 after Japan's quake-tsunami tragedy damaged telecoms infrastructure. I ...
Dutch know-how may have gone into arms of mass destruction
The Dutch government has admitted that technology from the Netherlands may have been used to develop weapons of mass destruction in Iran, Pa ...
Self-driving in snow: Waymo to start tests in Michigan
In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, file photo, a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo's suite of sensors and radar is shown at the N ...
Shares soar as Twitter eyes profit by year-end (Update)
Twitter, which has struggled to keep pace with rivals, says it could show its first net profit in the coming quarter if it continues to narr ...
Irish America more distant from its cultural roots study finds
Credit: University College Dublin Irish America has become more distant from its cultural roots and there is a need to regenerate community ...
Ford's net income jumps in 3Q on truck sales
This Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, file photo shows the entrance of a Ford car dealership in London. The Ford Motor Co. reports earnings Thursday, ...
Comcast beats 3Q profit forecasts
This Wednesday, March 29, 2017, photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast Corp. reports financial results Thurs ...
Social media companies agree to third congressional hearing
Facebook, Twitter and Google say they will send representatives to a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing next week on Russian meddling in ...
Nokia shares dive as company warns of tough market
Shares in Finnish telecoms giant Nokia have taken a tumble after it warned of tougher competition in China and a weaker global market. ...
Bayer books bumper Q3 as Monsanto merger waits in wings
German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said Thursday it booked a huge windfall gain in the third quarter, but the group is still w ...
SK Hynix posts record profits on rising demand
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix posted record profits in the third quarter, it said Thursday, fuelled by strong demand for its memory chips ...
Newest university gets £15m from government
Universities Minister Jo Johnson has announced funding of up to £15million to support the establishment of a new higher education provider specialising in high-quality engineering courses.
Twitter bars ads from Russia's RT Sputnik
Twitter announced Thursday it was banning advertisements from Russia-based media outlets RT and Sputnik, in response to US intelligence find ...
Researchers target single atom devices for comms apps
Funded by a donation of €10.5million from the Swiss Werner Siemens-Foundation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and ETH Zurich plan to conduct joint research into new types of integrated circui
The challenge to fly non-stop from Australia to anywhere in the world
Dubai is one of the world’s busiest airports. Credit: Flickr/Tony Hisgett, CC BY Australian airline Qantas has the aircraft it needs to fly ...
Ransomware like Bad Rabbit is big business
October is Cybersecurity Awareness month, which is being observed in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere around the world. Ironically, ...
International team highlights free space optics issues
Twisted light – created by passing photons through a type of hologram –has the potential to create much higher bandwidth communications. While optical angular momentum (OAM) techniques have already be
Intel starts shipments of Stratix 10 SX SoC FPGAs
Intel has started shipping the Stratix 10 SX FPGA. The device, which integrates a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor and features more than 1million logic elements, is said to suit 5G wireless communi
Perovskite catalyst could speed commercialisation of metal-air batteries
Metal-air batteries have attracted significant attention as they have a simple structure, extremely high energy density and can be made relatively cheaply. However, current metal-air batteries use exp
‘Flexible microcontroller’ unveiled at ARM TechCon
Flex Logic has demonstrated an initial version of what it calls a flexible microcontroller design. The approach, unveiled at ARM TechCon, integrates an embedded FPGA on MCU processor and peripheral bu
Can't find a coupon code? This startup does all the work for you
Ryan Hudson was trying to order pizza online for his two children when he was prompted to enter a coupon code at checkout. ...
Facebook's election role is likely to increase
Negative headlines. Congressional inquiries. Corporate apologies. The heightening scrutiny surrounding Facebook after it allowed Russian tro ...
New screenings to start for all US-bound airline passengers
In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 file photo, an Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport at Dubai International Airpor ...
Uber rides into credit card market with no-fee card
This photo provided by Uber shows an Uber Visa credit card. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, Uber unveiled a no-fee, co-branded credit card with ...
Can good design be cost-effective: Team builds massive database of mobile-app designs
Visual, textual, structural, and interactive design properties of more than 70,000 mobile user interfaces can be searched with Rico. Credit: ...
Clear talk for first responders
Still frame taken from a simple animation used to visualize the complex data generated by NIST new tool for simulating future LTE cellular d ...
Google and Cisco join forces in the cloud
Cisco and Google said they will collaborate to offer ways for applications or services to be deployed, managed, and secured for businesses w ...
Information re-sharing on social network sites in the age of fake news
Recent research, Information Re-Sharing on Social Network Sites in the Age of Fake News, conducted by Dr. Mehrdad Koohikamali, assistant pro ...
Not at home? Amazon wants to come in and drop off packages
In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, an employee packages a product at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J. On ...
New software lets your car tell you what it needs
Credit: Steffen Thoma/Public Domain Imagine hopping into a ride-share car, glancing at your smartphone, and telling the driver that the car ...
In Honolulu it's not okay to cross the street reading a smartphone
A visitor texts before crossing the street in the Honolulu beachside neighborhood of Waikiki on October 24, 2017, on the eve of a new rule f ...
Trump OKs test program to expand domestic drone flights
Americans could see a lot more drones flying around their communities as the result of a Trump administration test program to increase gover ...
New screenings for US-bound passengers on global airlines
In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 file photo, an Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport at Dubai International Airpor ...
Secure payment without leaving a trace: Scientists have developed safe protocol to guarantee privacy
Paying public passenger transport tickets with a smartphone becomes increasingly popular. But is it secure? Credit: Gabi Zachmann/KIT No ma ...
Self-driving bus to shuttle Bavarian townsfolk
All aboard... German railway company DB's first driverless bus as it tests future modes of transport. German state-owned rail company D ...
Researchers develop highly stable perovskite solar cells
Highly stable p-i-n perovskite PV, prepared via a mechanochemical ball-milling method. Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST ...
Design team has revealed new self-charging electric bike
Professor YeonWoo Jung's 'Hybrid Module Mobility' design concept. Credit: UNIST A UNIST design team has revealed its new self-c ...
New fractal-like concentrating solar power receivers are better at absorbing sunlight
Year-round Sandia National Laboratories intern Jesus Ortega inspects one of the new bladed receivers at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test ...
Science walden 'waterless toilet' displayed at DDP
The Science Walden design team at UNIST. From left are EunHo Jo, Professor Hyun-Kyung Lee, and Jeong Hyeon Bae. Credit: UNIST Regular medic ...
Among 'green' energy hydropower is the most dangerous
Brazil has the 2nd largest hydropower capacity (after China), and generates more than 70% of its electricity from hydropower. Tucuru ...
How virtual reality can defuse conflicts over building projects
The Immersive Engineering Lab is a modern working and presentation environment that allows immersive 3D displays for realistic, detailed, ac ...
Students fortify concrete by adding recycled plastic
“Our technology takes plastic out of the landfill, locks it up in concrete, and also uses less cement to make the concrete, which makes fewe ...
Racial profiling by retailers creates an unwelcome climate for black shoppers study shows
Credit: Case Western Reserve University Discrimination endured by black shoppers forces them to downplay their race or shy away from an act ...
Kaspersky: We uploaded US documents but quickly deleted them
Sometime in 2014, a group of analysts walked into the office of Eugene Kaspersky, the ebullient founder of Russian cybersecurity firm Kasper ...
Companies in Ukraine Russia come under new cyberattack
A new strain of malicious software has paralyzed computers at a Ukrainian airport, the Ukrainian capital's subway and at some independen ...
Nissan executive bows to apologize for inspections scandal
Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Daniele Schillaci bows before his presentation during the media preview of the Tokyo Motor Show in ...
Google's parent sends Internet balloons to reconnect Puerto Rico cell phones
Google's parent company Alphabet has dispatched its stratospheric Project Loon balloons to deliver Internet service to remote areas of P ...
Slurp alert: Japanese fork masks noodle-sucking noise
A Japanese firm has created what it claims is a world-first "noise-cancelling" fork to mask the sound made by slurping down noodle ...
Five things to see at the Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota's CONCEPT-AI car, which aims to understand and react to driver emotions, is unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show From a car that wan ...
Twitter increase ad transparency to foil politics meddling
Twitter announced steps to make it easier to identify political ads and who is behind them Twitter on Tuesday announced steps to make it ea ...
Saudi Arabia plans to build futuristic city for innovators
In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks at the opening ceremony of Future Investmen ...
Twitter to disclose info on political ads amid scrutiny
Twitter says it will provide more information about political ads on its service, including who is funding them and how they are targeted. ...
Sophisticated DNA labs unveiled to help trace the missing
An employee works at the new state-of the-art DNA laboratory of the International Commission on Missing Persons, in The Hague, on October 24 ...
UK probes Equifax hacking
2017-10-25 06:00:09UK probes Equifax hacking
Britain's financial watchdog on Tuesday said it was investigating a massive hack of the US consumer credit rating service Equifax that a ...