Connecticut case challenges use of cellphone tower evidence
An appeal before the Connecticut Supreme Court is adding to the divided legal landscape nationwide surrounding the validity of cellphone tow ...
Trump's team pushes back against Russia hacking reports
In this Sept. 28, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russian President President Vladimir Putin before a bilateral me ...
France gives boost to electric vehicles amid pollution peaks
The French government has announced an anti-pollution plan, including a financial boost to buy electric vehicles, as Paris and other cities ...
Sources: Cuba Google strike deal to hike internet speed
Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant's content, two people familiar with the ...
Obama orders 'full review' of 2016 election cyberattacks
US President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his national security team on cybersecurity on February 9, 2016 at the Whi ...
What to know before buying a drone this Christmas
The International Civil Aviation Organization urges reading the user manual, keeping the drone within eyesight and 50 meters (55 yards) away ...
Michigan lets autonomous cars on roads without human driver
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signs legislation that establishes comprehensive regulations for the testing, use and eventual sale of autonomous ...
Snapchat: How the vanishing-photo app managed not to fade
In this Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 photo, a vending machine containing Spectacles stands in a closed store, in New York. Snap is managing to rema ...
Samsung to disable Note 7 phones in recall effort
Samsung announced Friday it would disable its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in the US market to force remaining owners to stop using the devices ...
In Denmark Apple loses court case over refurbished phone
Apple Inc. has violated a consumer law in Denmark by giving a customer a refurbished iPhone with used components in replacement for his new ...
Apple invests in China wind farms
China made extensive use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)—created under the Kyoto Protocol—to set up green projects such as wind far ...
Sand absorbs high-speed ballistic impact better than steel
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Engineering has found that when a projectile is fired at a sand ...
Watson-powered robot aimed at aiding elderly and caregivers
IBM Research today announced the creation of the prototype IBM Multi-Purpose Eldercare Robot Assistant (IBM MERA) done in collaboration with ...
At Boeing's 777X wing factory robots get big jobs
As the first 110-footlong wing skin panel for Boeing's new 777X jet moved slowly across a mammoth new factory building one recent morning, a ...
How can society offer freedom of transport in low carbon age?
In the UK, road and air transport (both overwhelmingly fossil-fuel based) use energy at a rate twice that of the average power transmission ...
Who's listening? The ethical and legal issues of developing a health app
Developers need to be aware of any legal or ethical issues when creating any healthcare apps for smartphones. Credit: Shutterstock/thodonal ...
Visual analytics software startup could help first responders save lives
Davista Technologies LLC, a startup that licensed a Purdue University innovation, has developed a visual data analytics solutions technology ...
US university lab launches IoT IP test service
The University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has launched an service through which it will provide custom IP test for a range of IoT products. According to the group, this m
Gov't proposal envisions phone calls on airline flights
Airlines could let passengers make in-flight phone calls using Wi-Fi under a proposal from federal regulators. ...
Potassium ions keep battery tunnels open improve capacity
Looking to improve the performance of lithium based batteries, researchers have focused on ‘tunnelled’ electrode structures, which are believed to make it easier for charge-carrying ions to move in an
Apple chief Tim Cook picked to give MIT commencement speech
In this April 30, 2015, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook responds to a question during a news conference at IBM Watson headquarters, in New Yo ...
CNT based memory developer raises another $21million
Memory developer Nantero, which is developing devices based on carbon nanotubes, has closed another funding round, which has raised more than $21million. According to the company, it now has more than
Japan doubles cost estimate for Fukushima cleanup
A Japanese government panel says an estimate of the total costs to clean up the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has doubled to nearly 22 tri ...
NBC to shutter 'Breaking News' service
NBC News said Thursday it was shutting down its popular Breaking News services for alerts on developing stories at the end of December, citi ...
Review: Is LG V20 the next big thing in smartphones?
What goes into choosing a new smartphone? First, we choose an o ...
Instagram and YouTube play nice with their most popular users. Why doesn't Snapchat?
Self-described Snapchat power user Michael Platco received a neon sign bearing his name from social media rival Instagram. And a different v ...
Navy's futuristic-looking USS Zumwalt arrives in homeport
The U.S. Navy's biggest, most expensive and most technologically advanced destroyer arrived at its homeport on Thursday after a nearly four- ...
Scientists determine how much damage memory devices can take in mass transit accidents
Steve Cain is a senior research support specialist in the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC) at Binghamton University. Credit: ...
US election was most 'talked about' in 2016: Facebook
The political situation in Brazil, in which the country's former president Dilma Rousseff was impeached, was the second-most talked about to ...
Review: Sony's PlayStation VR shows virtual reality's promise and problems
In these early days of virtual reality, Sony's new PlayStation VR seems like the ideal product. ...
Honeywell app gives workers more control over office environments
The office too cold? Too hot? Forgot your office ID badge? Don' ...
Pebble discontinuing smartwatches after its sale to Fitbit
In this Feb. 12, 2013, file photo, Eric Migicovsky, CEO of Pebble, displays his company's smart watch in Palo Alto, Calif. Fitbit announced ...
Researchers show viability of 5G communication with record-setting data rates
A team at the University of California San Diego is using this test setup to characterize the performance of its 32-element phased array at ...
Harvard reaches goal of cutting gas emissions by 30 percent
Harvard University says it has achieved a 2008 goal to reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent. ...
EU starts legal action against 4 states over VW emissions
In this April 28, 2016 file picture a security guard stands on the roof of the Volkswagen old power plant and monitors the area during the c ...
Researchers building flow battery prototype to augment grid
From left-to-right, researchers Bob Savinell, Nick Sinclair and Jesse Wainright, with a 100-watt version of their iron-flow battery. The eng ...
Jefferson Lab-NVIDIA collaboration uses Titan's to boost subatomic particle research
This image shows an artist's depiction of the team's QCD multigrid method. The top image is fine-grid, which allows the team to simulate hig ...
Banking on change: Tech startups target financial services
It may not be much longer before bank branches join video-rental stores and record shops as relics of a bygone era. ...
Germany's ThyssenKrupp hit by sustained hacking attack
In this Nov. 20, 2014 file picture the ThyssenKrupp headquarters are pictured in Essen, Germany. German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp says it su ...
Navy's futuristic-looking USS Zumwalt arriving in homeport
The Navy's most technologically advanced destroyer is arriving at its homeport after dealing with some glitches along the way. ...
Drones help monitor health of giant sequoias
A camera-equipped drone can scan the same tree multiple times a day to produce digital maps of the leaves and branches (inset) as they chang ...
Protect your privacy during turbulent times—a hacker's guide to being cyber-safe
If only it were this easy. Credit: shutterstock.com Protecting individual privacy from government intrusion is older than American democrac ...
Why artificial intelligence has not yet revolutionised healthcare
Scans are still largely studied by humans. Credit: Shutterstock/bikeriderlondon Artificial intelligence and machine learning are predicted ...
Technology for measuring magnetic properties under stress using piezoelectric device
Figure 1: How the piezoelectric device applies stress to the test-material plate. Credit: Fujitsu Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the ...
Nissan Juke uses onboard cameras to set world-first 'blind' J-turn record
Credit: Nissan The record-breaking Nissan Juke has done it again. This time the popular compact crossover has established the world's first ...
New sensor technology for e-vehicle batteries
Using a novel technology made in Bochum, electric vehicle batteries may become lighter and therefore cheaper. Philip Dost (right) has develo ...
Xilinx takes licence for ARM’s 7nm physical IP
Xilinx is the first company to license ARM’s Artisan physical IP for 7nm and will use it to design its next device generation for manufacture on TSMC’s 7FF process technology.
Chinese firm scraps German tech deal after US block
A Chinese company on Thursday said it had scrapped plans to purchase German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron after US President Barack ...
Every grain of sand: Method efficiently renders massive assemblies of granular materials
Credit: Disney Research Be it sand, snow or a bowl of spices, rendering massive aggregations of granular materials is a challenge for anima ...
EU starts legal action against four states over VW emissions
The European Union is starting legal action against Britain, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg for not imposing penalties against Volkswagen for ...
A stamp to print electronic inks
Engineers at MIT claim to have fabricated a stamp made from forests of carbon nanotubes that can print electronic inks onto rigid and flexible surfaces.
Fewer sensors needed for EV batteries
Batteries may now only require one voltage sensor, according to engineers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, which could reduce overall weight and costs.
Study finds people willing to pay more for new biofuels
When it comes to second generation biofuels, Washington State University research shows that consumers are willing to pay a premium of appro ...
This is 'year zero' of a virtual reality revolution say filmmakers
In a glass cube inside a MK2 cinema near France's national library in Paris, viewers can choose between HTC Vive, Playstation VR and Oculus ...
Congress cracks down on 'bots' that snap up concert tickets
Congress sent legislation to President Barack Obama that could make it easier to get tickets to popular shows, sports events and concerts. ...
RRAM based low power serial EEPROMs offer security features
Serial EEPROMs from Adesto Technologies are said to offer low-power operation, excellent endurance and features to enable better security in battery and low power devices for IoT and other connected a
Love in the time of Trump: Dating sites for politically passionate
TrumpSingles.com is a dating site inspired by president-elect Donald Trump that seems to be attracting lots of young Republicans The encoun ...
Need to confess sins? New app in Spain finds nearest priest
A young woman says confession to a priest at a temporary confessionals set up in Madrid Catholics seeking to confess their sins to a priest ...
Time runs out for smartwatch pioneer Pebble
Fitbit said it had acquired "specific assets of Pebble, including key personnel and intellectual property related to software and firmw ...
Expedition eyes sunken mini sub on Pearl Harbor anniversary
Federal archaeologists and scientists used a remotely operated vehicle Wednesday to document the condition of a mini submarine used in the a ...
Innovation or monopoly? Panel looks at ATT-Time Warner deal
In this June 18, 2014, file photo, Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, attends the Cannes Lions 2014, 61st International Advert ...
Bluetooth 5 is adopted officially
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has officially adopted Bluetooth 5 as the latest version of the Bluetooth core specification.
Six ways to keep phone charges low during international travel
In this Wednesday, May 27, 2015, file photo, a passenger makes a phone call as he walks by a flight information board at Brussels Airport in ...
Innovation or monopoly? AT&T Time Warner CEOs defend deal
In this June 18, 2014, file photo, Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, attends the Cannes Lions 2014, 61st International Advert ...
Time to set limits: Business owners suffer tech overload
In this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, photo, Aaron Norris poses for a picture with his smartphone near his office, in Riverside, Calif. Norris f ...
Qualcomm launches server chip with 48 ARM v8 cores
Qualcomm has demonstrated what it says it the first 10nm server processor. The Qualcomm Centriq 2400 – the first in a series of devices – has up to 48 cores and is built using 10nm FinFET process tech
Swiss unveil stratospheric solar plane
Raphael Domjan (right) and Thierry Plojoux in front of SolarStratos on December 7, 2016 in Payerne, Switzerland Just months after two Swiss ...
Lightening soldiers' loads by lifting PV cells onto flexible surfaces
Credit: National Renewable Energy Laboratory Two thousand years ago, Roman legionnaires lugged 100-pound packs into battle. A lot has chang ...
Record tunneling magnetoresistance for one of the world's smallest perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions
Figure 1 – (a) TMR (tunnel magnetoresistance), (b) Hc (coercivity) and (c) Hoff/Hc (offset field/coercivity, in %) across MTJs of various si ...
Alibaba China Mobile announce development partnership
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and the country's biggest phone carrier, China Mobile, announced a partnership Wednesday to develop interne ...
Regional Australia is crying out for equitable access to broadband
Internet and broadband connectivity are the foundation of the networked economy. But to ensure the benefits of the networked economy are eve ...
Sick mother was inspiration behind supersmart phone
Reidun and Richard: Reidun Gully has been testing the EziSmart for two months, and it is her first smartphone. She particularly likes the ex ...
imec does 8nm STT-MRAM claims ‘manufacturable’ at 10nm
Nanotechnology research centre imec described an 8nm p-MTJ device at the International Electron Devices Meeting, claiming the part has 100% tunnel magnetoresistance and a coercive field as high as 150
Engineers erase and rewrite data on optical chips
Engineers can now flash a beam of UV light onto an optical chip to instantly erase all content thanks to a new development in a nanomaterial, according to Professor Yuebing Zheng from the Cockrell Sch
Nuclear waste encapsulated in diamond produces batteries that could last thousands of years
A team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol have grown a man-made diamond that uses nuclear waste to generate electricity when placed in a radioactive field. The development could
Car company offering red light-reading vehicles in Las Vegas
A line of Audi A4 cars are parked before a demonstration of Audi's vehicle-to-infrastructure technology Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, in Las Vegas. ...
Japan's deal maker Softbank tycoon Masayoshi Son
President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, speaks to members of the media at Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, ...
CEOs of AT&T Time Warner to sell merger to skeptical Senate
In this June 18, 2014, file photo, Jeffrey Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, attends the Cannes Lions 2014, 61st International Advert ...
Apple blames external damage for flaming China iPhones
Apple has blamed "external physical damage" for causing a handful of iPhones to explode or catch fire in China Apple has blamed & ...
China fines Medtronic $17 million on anti-monopoly charges
The Chinese unit of medical device maker Medtronic has been fined $17 million by anti-monopoly regulators in the latest effort by Beijing to ...
Amazon's commander of the Cloud shares his vision
Andy Jassy, a 19-year Amazon veteran, is arguably the most powerful man in the cloud. ...
Firm's new service tracks an elder's movements
It knows if you've been sleeping and when you are awake. The new Family Guardian tracking service is like having an automated snoop on duty ...
Three rule-of-law issues threaten Mexico's energy reform: experts
Credit: shutterstock.com/Rice University Three major issues with Mexico's weak rule of law threaten to foil the successful implementation o ...
Review: A rearview camera may be closer than it appears with this app
Did you know that starting in May 2018, all new vehicles sold in the United States will have to have a backup camera? ...
Online shopping reaches new highs for the holidays
In a converted former broom factory in Baltimore, employees of PlayBetter.com checked inventory and pricing, prepared email blasts and packe ...
Taking back control of an autonomous car affects human steering behavior
Holly Russell, former graduate student in the Dynamic Design Lab, is lead author of a new study on the handover of control from an autonomou ...
Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built
Salto, for saltatorial locomotion on terrain obstacles, is shown. Credit: Stephen McNally Roboticists at UC Berkeley have designed a small ...
Internet giants must do more to combat hate speech says EU
"It is our duty to protect people in Europe from incitement to hatred and violence online," European commissioner for justice, con ...
Scientists develop robotic hand for people with quadriplegia
The battery-driven hybrid EEG/EOG-based brain-machine interface. Solid gel electrodes – attached to a noninvasive mesh cap worn on the head ...
Samsung wins over Apple in $399 mn patent appeal (Update)
In this Dec. 12, 2013 file photo, a man passes by the Samsung Electronics Co. logos at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. A unanimous S ...
PewDiePie threatens to shut down YouTube channel
Swedish video game commentator Felix Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie poses with his new book, 'This book loves you' at an event in central London, ...
EU approves Microsoft buyout of LinkedIn with conditions (Update)
The European Union on Tuesday approved Microsoft's mega buyout of the professional networking site LinkedIn, provided the US tech giant meet ...
NREL 2016 standard scenarios outlook shows continued growth in renewables and gas in the U.S. power sector
Renewable energy penetration in the U.S. power sector as projected by a subset of the Standard Scenarios, where the dashed line shows histor ...
Solar panels repay their energy 'debt': study
Solar panels, which convert sunlight into electricity, are a key player in the fast-growing renewable energy sector, which also includes wat ...
Turning point as social media tackles online 'terror'
Facing mounting pressure to use their technological clout to curb the spread of jihadist propaganda, major US social networks have finally j ...
The science behind tweeting in times of crisis
When tragedy struck on 9/11, Jeannette Sutton was a graduate student. She remembers receiving the same calls as many others did—"Turn o ...
MEMS device could replace emech relays says start up
A spinout from GE’s Global Research Center claims it has reinvented the electronic switch in the form of a MEMS device.
Expectation versus reality in the acceptance of self-driving cars
As interest in the development of automated cars increases, public and media attention has focused on the speculative benefit of having an a ...
Google hits renewable energy goal in quest to pare pollution
Google is crossing a milestone in its quest to reduce pollution caused by its digital services that devour massive amounts of electricity. ...
System lets users design and fabricate drones with a wide range of shapes and structures
A four-rotor "bunnycopter" developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory features propellers at diffe ...