Amazon joins the $1000 club
2017-05-31 02:00:28Amazon joins the $1,000 club
In this Thursday, May 25, 2017, photo, a woman is greeted by an Amazon Books store employee as she arrives at the store in the Time Warner C ...
CMU's interactive tool helps novices and experts make custom robots
An interactive design tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University was used to design and test in simulation two robots that were then produ ...
Man guilty of libel over Facebook 'likes': Swiss court
The court said that by hitting the "like" button on Facebook, the man had endorsed defamatory comments In a landmark ruling, a Sw ...
Wal-Mart works to close gap between itself and Amazon
In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, file photo, two Wal-Mart employees walk past a sign in the lobby at the Walmart.com office in San Bruno, ...
Preventing software from causing injury
An office worker types on a laptop. Credit: Texas A&M University Health Science Center Workplace injuries don't just come from lifting ...
Court: Russian hacker can be extradited to US or Russia
A Czech court has ruled that a Russian man who faces charges of hacking computers at American companies can be extradited either to the Unit ...
Amazon's stock tops $1000 for the first time
Amazon, the e-commerce giant that has changed how much of the world shops for books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone. Its stock to ...
Laser weapons could go from big screen to battlefield with engineers' help
John Ballato, left, and Lin Zhu are taking two separate but complementary paths to creating lasers that can be deployed to the battlefield f ...
European semiconductor distribution notes record sales
For the European semiconductor distribution industry, 2017 began with a dynamic start. According to DMASS, the quarter ended with €2.13billion, 10.5% higher than the last record quarter: Q1/CY16.
A 3-D-printed rocket engine just launched a new era of space exploration
Credit: RocketLab The rocket that blasted into space from New Zealand on May 25 was special. Not only was it the first to launch from a pri ...
Two wheels closer to a safe arrival
Sensors on helmets and garments could call emergency services and give a GPS position in the case of an accident. Credit: Ludmilla Parsyak, ...
Taxi strike across Spain to protest Uber Cabify services
Taxi drivers across Spain's are striking to protest the increase in cars run by private companies offering cheaper, mobile ride-hailing serv ...
Chess-playing robot star of Taiwan tech fair
A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia's largest tech fair kicked off in Taiwan A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia's larges ...
Holographic measurement technology at production speed
The system can measure centimeter-sized rough objects in fractions of a second with micrometer accuracy - even under disturbances, such as v ...
New audio codec enables unprecedented voice call quality
The EVS codec transmits speech of such pure quality that it sounds as if the person you’re calling is in the same room. Credit: Fraunhofer-G ...
Apple's new mobile AI chip could create a new level of intelligence
Neural networks driving machine learning. Credit: Shutterstock Apple is reportedly working on a chip called the Apple Neural Engine, which ...
New technology concept enables elderly people to live at home safely
What to do if you fall in your home? Many elderly people ask themselves these and similar questions; they want security without having to gi ...
New model of gasoline combustion developed using experimental data
By observing the soot particles formed in a simple flame, researchers at KAUST have developed a computational model capable of simulating so ...
Tactile feedback adds 'muscle sense' to prosthetic hand
Test subjects were more than twice as likely to correctly discern the size of grasped objects grasped with a prosthetic hand when they recei ...
Being more media savvy won't stop the spread of 'fake news'—here's why
Credit: Shutterstock "Fake news" is the buzzword of 2017. Barely a day goes by without a headline about president Donald Trump la ...
Automatic probe system for advanced 3D chips
Imec and Cascade Microtech have successfully developed of a fully-automatic system for pre-bond testing of advanced 3D chips. The new system enables probing, and hence testing, of chips with large arr
Economic alternative for hexavalent chromium anticorrosive agent
With EHLA, metal protection layers can be applied at an extremely high speed. Credit: Fraunhofer ILT To prevent components from becoming co ...
32bit MCU 'bridges graphics performance gap'
In a move which looks to bridge the graphics performance gap between MCUs and microprocessors, Microchip has launched the PIC32MZ DA. The device, which allows embedded system designers to remain in a
Post-quantum cryptography added to security chip
Infineon has demonstrated post-quantum cryptography (PQC) implementation on a commercially available contactless security chip. The deployed algorithm is a variant of ‘New Hope’, a quantum-resistant c
Czech court to open hearing on Russian hacker extradition
A Russian man who faces charges in the United States of hacking computers at American companies is facing an extradition hearing at a Prague ...
China to launch cybersecurity law despite concerns
Companies are pleading with the Chinese government to delay the implementation of new cybersecurity legislation amid concerns about unclear ...
Amazon and Alphabet could join '$1000 Stock Club' but is that a sign of trouble?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wall Street's exclusive "$1,000 Stock Club" could soon be welcoming two new members. ...
Lawmakers seek to restore internet privacy after repealing it
Credit: CC0 Public Domain House and Senate lawmakers are hoping to push legislation to replace recently repealed Obama-era internet privacy ...
BA flights disrupted for third day after IT crash (Update)
Passengers faced a third day of disruption at Heathrow on Monday as British Airways cancelled short-haul flights after a global computer cra ...
Europe's first 'eTree' puts down roots in central France
The first "eTree" technology used in Europe developed by Solar Tree Europ, a French-Israeli start up, pictured during an inaugurat ...
Beyond X-rays — the new inspection tools to thwart smugglers
Once they’re ready, electronic sniffer dogs and neutron-emitting machines will quickly be able to check containers for illegal substances. C ...
BA flights disrupted for third day after IT crash
Passengers faced a third day of disruption at Heathrow Monday as British Airways cancelled short-haul flights after a global computer crash ...
Harnessing the energy generated when freshwater meets saltwater
Credit: Pennsylvania State University Penn State researchers have created a new hybrid technology that produces unprecedented amounts of el ...
NASA drone traffic management tests take off in Reno
On May 25, Chris Walach, director of the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site, briefs team members on NASA’s UTM flight plan. Credit: NASA N ...
Explaining hostility to renewables
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Studying the catastrophe that has been Australian climate and energy policy these past 30 years is a thoroughly d ...
BA says most flights running; angry passengers face delays
Passengers stand with their luggage outside Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport after flights were canceled due to the airport suffering ...
India's ethical hackers rewarded abroad ignored at home
"Ethical hackers" Anand Prakash (R), Shashank (L), and Rohit Raj (C), who break into computer networks to expose rather than explo ...
How Hollywood is giving its biggest stars digital facelifts
This combination of photos released by Disney, shows the character Jack Sparrow at two stages of his life in "Pirates of the Caribbean: ...
ARM unveils first cores featuring DynamIQ technology
ARM has launched the Cortex-A55 and A75 cores; the first cores to feature its recently announced DynamIQ technology. Ian Smythe, senior director of marketing programmes, noted: “DynamIQ has been devel
US official mulling greatly expanded airplane laptop ban (Update)
In this Thursday, May 25, 2017, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, while testifying b ...
More Heathrow chaos as BA scrambles to recover from IT crash (Update)
Thousands of travellers faced further chaos on Sunday as British Airways cancelled around 60 flights from London's Heathrow Airport followin ...
Ford's changes at the top aimed at faster decision-making
In this Monday, May 22, 2017, file photo, Jim Hackett speaks after being introduced as Ford Motor Company CEO, in Dearborn, Mich. Hackett an ...
New Russian jet takes to air in bid to rival Airbus and Boeing
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in front of the new MC-21 medium-haul jet, which has made a successful test flight, during its roll-o ...
US official mulling greatly expanding airplane laptop ban
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says he's considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and f ...
More Heathrow chaos as BA scrambles to recover from IT crash
Thousands of travellers faced further chaos on Sunday as British Airways cancelled around 40 flights from London's Heathrow Airport followin ...
BA aims to restore normal flight service after IT failure
In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Airport during a 48hr cabin crew strike in London. ...
Why nuclear could become the next 'fossil' fuel
Plans to expand the Turkey Point Nuclear Reactor power station are on hold A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power pla ...
Google linking online and offline worlds in new ad challenge
Google's new initiative called "Attribution" aims to link online ads and offline purchases to help measure the effectiveness of in ...
BA outage creates London travel chaos; power issue blamed
Passengers wait at a British Airways check-in desk after the airport suffered an IT systems failure, at London''s Gatwick Airport, Saturday, ...
Google's AlphaGo retires on top after humbling world No. 1
AlphaGo defeated brash 19-year-old world number one Ke Jie of China on Saturday to sweep a three-game series that was closely watched as a m ...
Apple opens first official store in Southeast Asia
People queue outside the Apple store in Singapore's Orchard shopping district on its opening day, on May 27, 2017 Apple opened its first So ...
Fractious politics leads 'Far Cry' video game to US
Ubisoft has sold some 42 million copies of the "Far Cry" videogame since the first installment launched in 2004, making it one of ...
French designer shows off DIY robot in public for first time
A woman poses next to French designer Gael Langevin's InMoov robot after he unveiled it at a technology fair in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, ...
G7 demands internet giants crack down on extremist content
"Make no mistake: the fight is moving from the battlefield to the internet," Prime Minister Theresa May told her G7 colleagues Th ...
Canadian accused in Yahoo hack to appeal bail denial
A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails says he'll appeal a judge's decision to deny him bail. ...
No green light for latest traffic light app following expert evaluation
Psychologist Dr Kyle Wilson takes a 'human look' at a new vehicle traffic light app ahead of plans to introduce similar devices into 'connec ...
Minimizing the risk of electric shock around pools and lakes
A danger that you can't see or hear—electric shock in water—can easily go undetected. Electricity is deadly and often discovered only after ...
The problem of treating play like work – how esports can harm well-being
Esports has become big business. Credit: BagoGames/flickr, CC BY We are mid-way through the annual esports calendar and South Korean team S ...
Avideh Zakhor: The brains behind Google Earth and Street View
For one of Silicon Valley's most important inventions, we can thank Avideh Zakhor, creator of the technology that brought us Google Earth an ...
EU collaboration to boost the IoT
A collaboration of 13 partners has been announced to form the Necomada consortium, which will focus on integrating electronics into a broader range of everyday items in a bid to widen the scope of the
New technique could increase success rate life span of implantable devices
Hyowon Lee, an assistant professor in Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, holds up a smart self-clearing catheter in the form ...
Taiwan's 'forest bus' charms passengers
The ordinary single-deck city bus has been converted into a travelling green house decorated with orchids, ginger lilies and a variety of fe ...
UltraSOC raises another £5million
On chip monitoring and analytics IP developer UltraSoC has completed a £5million funding round that will support the continued deployment of its technology.
Designing games that change perceptions opinions and even players' real-life actions
In ‘Big Huggin,’ players control the action by giving affection to a teddy bear controller. Game by Lindsay Grace. Credit: Stacey Stormes, A ...
Review: Three devices to talk on your phone while driving
Have you ever talked on your phone while driving your car? Sure ...
Light controlled by changing refractive index
In a move which parellels the use of electric fields to switch current on and off, researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique for controlling light with electric field
In His Words: Mark Zuckerberg addresses Harvard Class of '17
Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, M ...
Gadgets: Several decisions to be made before selecting new headphones
With the summer just about upon us, headphone season is in full force. If you're about to make a new purchase, don't get fooled with fancy m ...
Zuckerberg urges Harvard grads to build a world of 'purpose'
Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, center, smiles as he is introduced before being presented with an honorary Doctor of Laws ...
Lost for words? How to search online with your smartphone camera
On the hunt for new shoes? Racking your brain for a recipe idea? When you're trying to find information, typing out words in a search bar is ...
While Barnes & Nobles close Amazon is opening real live bookstores
A luxury shopping complex on New York's Columbus Circle opens to a new tenant Thursday: Amazon. ...
Venture capitalist spends time browsing Nextdoor
The lauded Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley who, along with his partners at Benchmark, was an early investor in companies such ...
Russia's disinformation efforts hit 39 countries: researchers
Russia's campaign of cyberespionage and disinformation has targeted hundreds of individuals and organizations from at least 39 countries alo ...
How to protect your data from cyberattacks
Credit: George Hodan/Public Domain The malware attack known as WannaCry (or Wcrypt) has quickly become one of the worst cyberattacks in rec ...
US nuclear regulators greatly underestimate potential for nuclear disaster researchers say
This image captures the spread of radioactivity from a hypothetical fire in a high-density spent-fuel pool at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power ...
Here's one tally of the losses from WannaCry cyberattack
A digital worm powered by stolen National Security Agency software caused $1 billion in damages when it infected hundreds of thousands of co ...
Apple's gift to schools: Free app development curriculum
Apple is creating a new curriculum designed to teach mobile app development to high school and college students with little to no prior codi ...
The economics behind Uber's new pricing model
Uber is changing the way it calculates fares, moving to a system that charges what customers are "willing to pay", based on factor ...
Your mobile phone can reveal whether you have been exposed to radiation
In accidents or terror attacks which are suspected to involve radioactive substances, it can be difficult to determine whether people nearby ...
Military-funded prosthetic technologies benefit more than just veterans
A high-tech prosthesis for a child draws on decades of research. Credit: Mark Geil, CC BY-ND In 1905, an Ohio farmer survived a railroad ac ...
Next generation Genesys+ power supply released
A Genesys+ series of high power density programmable DC power supplies has been announced by TDK-Lambda - introducing the 5kW, 1U model as the first in the series.
Printed battery can stretch and recharge
A printed battery that is flexible, stretchable and rechargeable has been developed by nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego. The zinc batteries could be used to power everything fro
Managing demand can save two power stations' worth of energy at peak times
The management of Australia's looming energy crisis has so far focused almost exclusively on the supply side of the equation: exploiting new ...
MEMS mike draws almost no power
Acoustic sensor developer Vesper has launched the VM1010, said to be the first MEMS microphone to enable voice activation while drawing almost no power.
Metallic nanowire is ‘true 1D material’
Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick have developed a metallic nanowire from a string of tellurium atoms and say it could be used to miniaturise many electronic components.
Chinese fans trash blackout as Google AI wins again
Nineteen-year-old Go player Ke Jie (L) makes a move during the first match against Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo in Wuz ...
Jury out on North Korea link to ransomware attack
The "WannaCry" ransomware attack seen in a graphic on May 14, 2017 Was North Korea behind the ransomware epidemic that hit global ...
Chinese go champion begins 2nd game against computer
Chinese Go player Ke Jie, left, looks at the board as a person makes a move on behalf of Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, ...
Serious injuries at Tesla plant double industry average: report
Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged that employees at his company have been 'having a hard time' The rate of serious injuries at a Tesla facto ...
Fighting forgery with paper fingerprints
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fingerprinting official documents could provide a cost-effective way to prevent forgery, new research shows. ...
From blue and black dresses to turbine blades—here's the science of 'fake fake' photographs
The Blade in situ, viewed from below. Credit: Professor George Mather, University of Lincoln Whether it's a blue and black dress - or white ...
Facebook's Zuckerberg to give Harvard graduation speech
Mark Zuckerberg is giving a commencement address at Harvard, where he dropped out 12 years ago to focus on Facebook. ...
Novel technology applied to replace aging bridge
A new bridge replacement system allows for rapid and cost-effective construction. Credit: Majid Talebi/ University of Delaware America's br ...
Xbox adds Netflix-style video game subscriptions
The Microsoft Xbox One S console, seen at its 2016 launch, can be used for the tech giant's new Netflix-style streaming game service Micros ...
New modified toy car designs offer children with disabilities more options
A toy car modified with a toy pitching machine to allow children with disabilities to experience throwing. Credit: Sam Logan, Oregon State U ...
Chinese tech firm LeEco reverses course in US cuts 325 jobs
LeEco co-founder and chief executive Jia Yueting is seen in October outlining the Chinese technology company's move into the US market. This ...
Huge changes are likely for the new iPhone 8 including a whopper of a price tag
Details about the new anniversary iPhone are starting to emerge, and here's a big one: The price is likely to start at about $1,000. ...
Facebook aims for broad views in 'trending topics' tweak
Facebook, whose logos are pictured on the screens of a smartphone and a laptop computer, is once again redesigning its "trending topics ...
Hyundai Ioniq: 2017's top fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid
The 2017 Ioniq Hybrid is Hyundai's fuel-efficient challenger to the Toyota Prius, America's best-selling gasoline-electric hybrid. ...
Need cash? Facebook expands personal fundraising tools
Facebook is expanding its fundraising tools that let users ask friends and strangers to give them money to help pay for education, medical o ...