Court may strike law barring sex offenders from social media
The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to strike down a North Carolina law that prohibits sex offenders from using Facebook and other soci ...
5 bn mobile phone users in 2017: study
The number of mobile phone users globally will top 5 bn by the middle of this year, according to a study The number of mobile phone users g ...
SoC uses Imagination GPU to boost graphics performance save power
MediaTek is using Imagination’s PowerVR Series7XT Plus GPU in its Helio X30 processor. The SoC, manufactured at TSMC on a 10nm process, is said to be MediaTek’s most advanced smartphone chipset, with
Chatting robots and music: fun gadgets on show in Barcelona
Pibo robot, whose main purpose is getting you and your loved ones sharing your daily life again, receives instructions from her owner, at th ...
Engineers respond to UXO crisis with low-cost EOD robot
Credit: Villanova University Starting in 1965 and continuing for three decades, Cambodia was embroiled in armed conflict. US bombings durin ...
Cathode material with high energy density for all-solid lithium-ion batteries
Fig. 1. Charge/discharge curves of the new cathode material Black line: charge curve. Red line: discharge curve. The new material can operat ...
Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches
NC State researchers have found that by sending cockroach biobots random commands, the biobots spent more time moving, moved more quickly an ...
Blind matchmaking for more efficient wireless networks
KAUST researchers Doha Hamza (right) and Jeff Shamma have developed a way for paired strangers to buddy up to make better use of bandwidth. ...
Hydro storage can secure 100 percent renewable electricity
Potential areas for pumped hydro energy storage between Brisbane and Melbourne (excluding national parks and other protected areas). Pumped ...
Using magnetic gates to track slalom skiers' performance
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL researchers can now measure a slalom skier's exact time at each gate all the way down ...
Multicore RTOS upgraded
2017-02-27 22:00:11Multicore RTOS upgraded
Embedded developer Hipperos has upgraded its real time operating system with new features, including hardware acceleration, fast multicore IPC and mixed criticality scheduling. The new features – said
15 ton supercomputer provides access to water energy and the internet
Credit: Shutterstock A new machine called the Watly offers solutions to three of society's most important challenges – ensuring access to c ...
3-D computer models of gigantic archaeological objects
Digitization of the Jupiter Column makes this cultural heritage perceptible by both archeologists and laymen. Credit: KIT/IPEF Archeologica ...
Why we need an 'energy Landcare' to tackle rising power prices
This array in Indiana is one of a growing number of “community solar gardens” in the US. Credit: Robford15/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Risi ...
High-performance computation is available by cloud computing
Hi-IaaS prototype. Credit: Osaka University A group of researchers led by Visiting Professor Takashi Yoshikawa developed the world's first ...
Renesas closes Intersil acquisition
Renesas Electronics has completed its acquisition of Intersil; a move which it says brings together advanced technology and deep end-market expertise, while solidifying its position as a leading globa
Buffett's bite of Apple even bigger than was thought
In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, file photo, Warren Buffett attends the world premiere screening of HBO's "Becoming Warren Buffett" ...
Counterfeiters hackers cost US up to $600 billion a year
Counterfeit goods, software piracy and the theft of trade secrets cost the American economy as much as $600 billion a year, a private watchd ...
Samsung delays its new phone and showcases tablets instead
Arto Nummela, Chief Executive Officer at HMD Global, shows the new re-launched Nokia 3310 phone, ahead of Monday's opening of the Mobile Wor ...
Huawei takes aim at ailing Samsung with new smartphone
Huawei's CEO Richard Yu presents the new phone Huawei's P10 during a press conference on February 26, 2017 in Barcelona on the eve of the st ...
Nokia relaunches iconic 3310 mobile model
The new version of the 3310 will bring back the popular "Snake" game Finnish brand Nokia, a former mobile star, on Sunday launche ...
ZTE launches world's first 5G-ready smartphone
A display of smartphones at last year's Mobile World Congress. Lightening-fast 5G mobile internet is due to be up and running by 2020 Chine ...
New LG phone influenced by Samsung's Note 7 troubles
Chief executive officer of consumer devices division for Huawei Technologies Co. Richard Yu presents the new phone Huawei P10 Plus before th ...
Resort tour company warn customers after data breach
A resort and a tour company are warning customers that their credit card information and other data may have been stolen. ...
China's TCL brings back physical keyboard in new BlackBerry
TCL Communcation's CEO Nicolas Zibell presents the new BlackBerry KEYone phone at the Mobile World Congress centre in Barcelona on February ...
Appealing to millennials Las Vegas gets e-sports arena
n this Feb. 18, 2017, photo, Teams compete against each other playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive during the Dreamhack Masters e-sports ...
Private data leaked online by Cloudflare bug
A cry for people to change all of their online passwords because of a Cloudflare bug created a buzz on Twitter, where #CloudBleed became a t ...
Solar-powered cinema opens in Burkina ahead of festival
President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore (C) cuts the ribbon during the inauguration of a new movie theatre which runs on solar ...
VW makes $5.4 billion profit in 2016 limits executive pay
The CEO of Volkswagen Matthias Mueller gestures during a press conference held after the conclusion of the company's board of directors meet ...
Google rolls out AI tool to combat online trolls
Google has developed a programming tool called Perspective to help editors trying to moderate discussions by filtering out abusive 'troll' c ...
Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see
In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, Yvonne Felix wears eSight electronic glasses and looks around Union Square during a visit to San ...
Bristol and BT collaborate on massive MIMO trials for 5G wireless
The Massive MIMO system during its recent trial at BT. Credit: University of Bristol The quest for highly efficient 5G wireless connectivit ...
Two types of sensors that provide information on vineyard water status are designed
Test made in a vineyard. Credit: Elhuyar Fundazioa Researchers at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre have designed two types of sens ...
Major gains still to be made in quality of arm prostheses
Approximately 4,000 people in the Netherlands are affected by arm damage: they have to do without the use of their hand or part of their han ...
Deutsche Telekom rolls out NarrowBand-IoT network
Deutsche Telekom will be expanding the standardised and cost-effective NarrowBand-IoT technology across Europe throughout this year.
Gamer dies while attempting 24-hour stream for charity
Police are investigating the death of a popular Virginia gamer who died during the home stretch of a 24-hour marathon video game session he ...
Electrical engineers create tiny but powerful medical devices
Battery-operated medical devices implanted in human bodies have saved countless lives. A common implant, the cardioverter defibrillator, sen ...
European semiconductor distribution market picks up
The European semiconductor industry had a strong final quarter of 2016, according to the distribution association DMASS. According to the organisation, the quarter ended with €1.79billion in sales, 5.
Towards 5G initiative shows results
Ericsson, Orange and PSA Group welcome Qualcomm as a new member to the ‘Towards 5G’ initiative and have taken a significant step towards the realisation of 5G technology for connected vehicles after c
Phone firms turn to artificial intelligence at top mobile fair
Virtual reality will be in focus at the Barcelona mobile fair, the world's biggest Phone makers will seek to seduce new buyers with artific ...
India police arrest cheap mobile maker on fraud charges
In this July 7, 2016 file photo, Mohit Goel, Director of Indian company Ringing Bells Pvt. Ltd. shows Freedom 251 smartphones at a press con ...
Alphabet accuses Uber of stealing self-driving car technology
Alphabet contends that a manager at its autonomous car subsidiary Waymo took technical data with him when he left to launch a competing vent ...
Germany's BASF 'cautious' after challenging 2016
German chemicals giant BASF on Friday said it expected higher oil prices to push up earnings this year after a challenging 2016, when its ma ...
Bored by physical therapy? Focus on citizen science instead
Researchers hacked the Microsoft Kinect game system to become the sensor and control system for physical therapy exercises that doubled as c ...
Agricultural robot may be 'game changer' for crop growers breeders
A robot under development at the University of Illinois automates the labor-intensive process of crop phenotyping, enabling scientists to sc ...
Chu's Limit—a limit no more
Measured bandwidth performance comparison of non-Foster integrated antenna vs. passive (conventional) antenna of the same physical size. Cre ...
Researchers teach drones to land themselves on moving targets
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are using fuzzy logic to teach drones how to land on moving platforms. Credit: UC Creative Servi ...
Liquid hydrogen may be way forward for sustainable air travel
Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world—and that figure is set to grow, according to the International Energ ...
Crypto specialists break SHA-1 security standard
Researchers at the Dutch research institute CWI and Google have broken the SHA-1 internet security standard, which is widely used for digital signatures and file integrity verification, including secu
When test-driving a new car take the technology for a spin
In this May 26, 2015 file photo, an iPhone is connected to a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu equipped with Apple CarPlay apps, displayed on the car's ...
How South Australia can function reliably while moving to 100% renewable power
Peak energy demand sometimes occurs when there’s no wind. Credit: Shutterstock Despite the criticism levelled at South Australia over its r ...
CWI Google announce first collision for Industry Security Standard SHA-1
Credit: shatterered.io Today, researchers at the Dutch research institute CWI and Google jointly announce that they have broken the SHA-1 i ...
Broadband internet can help rural communities connect – if they use it
Using the internet is what matters. Credit: shutterstock.com Being able to connect to the internet is crucial for many rural Americans. It ...
Latest Exynos made on 10nm FinFET process
Samsung Electronics has launched the Exynos 9 Series 8895 applications processor, manufactured on a 10nm FinFET process. The eight core processor integrates four of Samsung’s second generation custom
Toshiba goes to 64 layer flash with 3bit/cell
Toshiba has announced a 64 layer flash memory that uses 3bit/cell technology to offer a capacity of 512Gbit. The part will be suited to applications including enterprise and consumer solid state disks
Tesla slips back into red but revenue grows (Update)
Tesla reported on Wednesday that it slipped back into the red in the recently ended quarter while revenue revved, with orders for some of el ...
GM bill is self-driving and self-interested
In this photo provided by General Motors a self-driving car is seen in Detroit. General Motors is trying to persuade state lawmakers across ...
‘Most advanced’ comms DSP core launched
Said to be the most advanced communication DSP yet launched, the CEVA-XC12 is said to been designed to solve critical challenges in modern communications systems. According to CEVA, the core – which h
German federal police say British hacker arrested in London
Germany's federal police say a 29-year-old Briton has been arrested on a European arrest warrant on suspicion of a cyberattack on Deutsche T ...
Social information from friends experts could help reduce uncertainty in crowdfunding
Social information gathered from friends and experts, depending on the complexity of the product, can decrease uncertainty in crowdfunding c ...
Russia military acknowledges new branch: info warfare troops
In this Saturday, May 7, 2016 file photo, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes to his soldiers as he is driven along Red Square du ...
Apple 'spaceship' headquarters readies for boarding (Update)
This image provided by Apple shows the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino, Calif. Apple announced that its new headquarters will ...
High court ruling limits international reach of patent laws
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with California-based Life Technologies Corp. in a patent infringement case that limits the internation ...
Snap's IPO builds an 'impregnable fortress' where only the founders have power
The founders of Snap Inc. want to take the company public. But that doesn't mean they want to run a public company. ...
Amazon resists request for Echo info in Arkansas slaying
Amazon is resisting an effort by Arkansas prosecutors to obtain potential recordings from a slaying suspect's Amazon Echo smart speaker, say ...
GMC cuts size and cost of Acadia mid-size SUV for 2017
This undated photo made available by GMC shows the 2017 GMC Acadia Denali SUV. The federal government said the resized 2017 Acadia with all- ...
Cameras can steal data from computer hard drive LED lights: study
Credit: George Hodan/Public Domain Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have demonstr ...
Tesla slips back into red but revenue grows
Tesla on Wednesday slipped back into the red in the recently ended quarter while revenue revved up, with orders for some of its electric car ...
Automated cafe sets up shop in tech-crazy fancy coffee-loving San Francisco
As Katy Franco waited for her morning coffee, passersby pulled out their phones and snapped photos and video of her barista. ...
Microhotplates for a smart gas sensor
Simulation result of the temperature distribution in the proposed micro-hotplate. Credit: Toyohashi University of Technology Gas sensors us ...
Reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions—promotion or steering?
Credit: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Policy interventions to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions have a variety of effe ...
Here's how to defend net neutrality
Partial map of the Internet based on the January 15, 2005 data found on opte.org. Each line is drawn between two nodes, representing two IP ...
Novel antenna array boosts THz detection
An antenna array developed by researchers at UCLA is said to expand the operation bandwidth and level of sensitivity for imaging and sensing systems that use terahertz frequencies.
Comcast Facebook and Apple Music are making mobile video moves
With Xfinity Stream, Comcast has some new ammunition in the ever-escalating war for mobile viewers' eyeballs. ...
Against a snowy death: predicting avalanches with self-driving car technology
It's a bountiful winter in the snowy Sierra Nevada, with the biggest snowpack in 22 years. That's great news for skiers and snowboarders, bu ...
IBM training Watson to identify eye retina abnormalities
IBM Research has today announced new research developments in IBM Watson's ability to detect abnormalities of the eye's retina. The Melbourn ...
Video: Terraformer wind tunnel takes hazards engineering research to a new level
Wind engineer and 13th generation Floridian Forrest Masters knows how to ride out a hurricane. In fact, hurricanes have become his life's wo ...
Wilders' security officer held for suspected data leak
Firebrand int-islam lawmaker Geert Wilders greets well-wishers during an election campaign stop in Spijkenisse, near Rotterdam, Netherlands ...
Scientists develop new high-precision method for analysing and comparing functioning and structure of complex networks
Credit: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the Universi ...
IoT not making the progress expected report finds
Six per cent of senior executives in a range of industries around the world have not heard of the Internet of Things, according to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
China selfie-app leader seeks to 'beautify the world'
China has a world-leading 700 million mobile-Internet users, vast numbers of whom use apps to fuss over their digital appearance Strolling ...
Estonian robots headed for US must master crosswalks
A six-wheeled robot by Starship Technologies makes its way to deliver food from a restaurant in Tallinn, Estonia A knee-high, black-and-whi ...
ARM invests in mmWave specialist
Millimetre wave specialist Blu Wireless Technology has received what it calls ‘significant investment’ from ARM and other strategic and private investors. The funding will allow further development of
Bayer says Monsanto deal on track eyes record 2017
German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant Bayer on Wednesday reported record sales and profits for 2016 and said it expected further growth ...
Researchers helping intelligence analysts make smart decisions
An IARPA grant to research, develop and evaluate an intelligent analytical tool will help analysts put the pieces together. Credit: Marcia S ...
Waste silicon sawdust recycled into anode for lithium-ion battery
A production process from silicon sawdust to lithium battery anode. Credit: Hirotomo Nishihara Researchers have created a high performance ...
DOOMED is new online learning approach to robotics modeling
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers Robotics researchers have developed a novel adaptive control approach based on online learning t ...
Historic Manhattan cathedral activates eco-friendly power
The historic St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan has activated a geothermal plant—part of a series of environmentally friendly upgrades. ...
Likelihood of dieting success lies within your tweets
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology There is a direct link between a person's attitude on social media and the likelihood that their di ...
New metamaterial is proved to be the world's first to achieve the performance predicted by theoretical bounds
The Isomax cell configuration. Credit: UCSB Engineering In 2015 UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan ...
Vector buys Vector in software testing deal
In a move which extends its software testing capability, German based Vector Informatik has acquired the US company Vector Software for undisclosed terms.
Harman designs haptics technology into auto systems
Ultrahaptics is collaborating with Harman International Industries to incorporate its haptic feedback technology into a range of infotainment and audio systems.
Yahoo salvages Verizon deal with $350 million discount
This Monday, July 25, 2016, file photo shows the Yahoo and Verizon logos on a laptop, in North Andover, Mass. Yahoo is taking a $350 million ...
CommAgility bought by US company
Loughborough based CommAgility, whose portfolio includes embedded signal processing and RF modules, has been acquired by the US company Wireless Telecom Group.
VTT's vision of the era of smart and consumer-centric food production
We are moving into the era, where food production and digitalisation will merge to form a new food economy. The transition is already under ...
Solar power lights up lives in Nigeria
The surprise was finding that people dependent on candles, batteries, kerosene and fuel for generators in countries without a secure supply ...
New rules needed as drones crowd the skies
As drones increasingly crowd the skies, the risk of collision has soared As drones increasingly crowd the skies, the risk of collision with ...
UAE grapples drones after airport closures
Drones halted air traffic at Dubai airport three times last year Dubai authorities are grappling with new ways of keeping the emirate's ski ...
ARM invests in NB-IoT expertise
In a move said to enable its customers to design narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) compliant products, ARM has acquired Mistbase and NextG-Com, noting both companies engineering expertise in software and hardw
Buying green doesn't make you green according to study
Company bosses need to walk the walk when it comes to greening their business with technology, with new QUT research finding that just buyin ...