Lyft lifts off with new look light-up beacons
This undated photo provided by Lyft shows an illuminated Lyft beacon. Ride-hailing service Lyft, the underdog rival to Uber, is getting rid ...
Google also gets fooled by fake election news (Update)
In this March 23, 2010, file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels. Google's search engine is highlighting a ...
South Korea to test self-driving car in real traffic
The driverless car called Snuber, front, is test driven during a demonstration at the Seoul National University's campus in Seoul, South Kor ...
German travel site trivago files for IPO in US
German-based hotel booking site trivago, controlled by US online travel giant Expedia, on Monday filed for a public share offering in New Yo ...
Engineers developing cleanup method for stubborn contaminants
Colorado State University Research Assistant Professor Jens Blotevogel is with a reactor setup for testing chemicals in the lab. Credit: Col ...
Facebook had tool to weed out fake news: report
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected the idea that bogus stories shared at the social network paved a path of victory for Donald Trump ...
'Conductive concrete' shields electronics from EMP attack
University of Nebraska engineers Christopher Tuan (left) and Lim Nguyen have developed a cost-effective concrete that shields against damagi ...
Vroom: Gov't to require hybrid electric cars to make noise
New hybrid and electric cars are required to make noise when traveling at low speeds so that pedestrians, especially those who are blind or ...
Britain approves extradition of alleged hacker to US
Lauri Love, pictured in July 2016, faces three separate charges for allegedly hacking into the networks of the US Federal Reserve, US A ...
Light detector has record sensitivity across the spectrum
A research team at Aalto University in Finland, led by Professor Hele Savin, says it has developed a light detector that can capture more than 96% of the photons covering visible, ultraviolet and infr
Google highlighting inaccurate story about election results
Google's search engine is highlighting an inaccurate story claiming that President-elect Donald Trump won the popular vote in last week's el ...
Apple Pay expands to charities Samsung Pay to offer rewards
Apple is making it easier for people to give to charities by expanding its Apple Pay payments service to nonprofits. ...
Researchers have a better way to predict flight delays
Sina Khanmohammadi, lead author of the study and a Ph.D. candidate in systems science within the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and ...
Court sidesteps issue of social media account authentication
The Connecticut Supreme Court has sidestepped the issue of how social media accounts should be authenticated in criminal cases in a ruling u ...
Online freedom hit by pressure on social media apps
A recent report released by watchdog group Freedom House says 34 of the 65 countries assessed saw internet freedom deteriorate since June 20 ...
Facebook lets Messenger 'bots' tap analytic smarts
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduces a new messenger platform at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California, on March 25, 2015 Facebook ...
Green-screen keying method cuts time boosts quality in film compositing
Credit: Disney Research Filming an actor in front of a green screen and then superimposing the actor over another background is commonplace ...
Xilinx unveils FPGA acceleration stack
Xilinx has unveiled a FPGA-powered reconfigurable acceleration stack that includes libraries, framework integrations, developer boards, and OpenStack support.
'Back to the Future' inspires solar nanotech-powered clothing
UCF scientist Jayan Thomas has made a breakthrough that would essentially turn jackets and other clothing into wearable, solar-powered batte ...
Naver launches $43 million fund to seek content for Snow
Kim Chang-wook, chief of Naver's wholly owned subsidiary Snow, answers a reporter's question during a media conference in Seoul, South Korea ...
Siemens agrees to buy Oregon-based Mentor Graphics for $4.5B
German industrial equipment maker Siemens AG says it has agreed to buy U.S.-based software firm Mentor Graphics Corp. for $4.5 billion. ...
New way to make low-cost solar cell technology
ANU PhD student The Duong, Dr Tom White and PhD student Jun Peng. Credit: Jack Fox, ANU. Researchers at ANU have found a new way to fabrica ...
A technology developed at EPFL will be used to analyze NBA players
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne A new technology developed by PlayfulVision, an EPFL startup bought by Second Spectrum las ...
Improving the management of 'systems of systems'
Credit: Shutterstock The three-year DYMASOS project has tackled the management of systems of systems - how independent technologies can be ...
New Macs Lenovo laptop make traditional keyboards touchy
In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, a guest looks at the Touch Bar on a MacBook computer shown in a demo room following the announc ...
Making data centers green
2016-11-14 22:00:17Making data centers green
The value and scale of information grows unstoppably and data centers must size-up if they are to adequately meet their operational requirem ...
Energy savings in shopping centres
The EU project CommONEnergy aims to develop practical support tools and systems to transform shopping centres into energy-efficient architec ...
Inorganic chemistry could enable quantum computing team claims
Researchers from The University of Manchester claim to have taken a significant step towards creating quantum computers. Its work is said to show that large molecules made of nickel and chromium could
Samsung to acquire Harman in $8bn deal
Samsung Electronics has announced that it is to acquire Harman International Industries in a deal that values Harman at $8.0bn. The move provides Samsung with a significant presence in the large and r
Siemens agrees to buy Mentor Graphics
In a move that values the business at $4.5bn Siemens has announced that it is to buy Mentor Graphics as it looks to enhance its industrial software capabilities.
Samsung to buy US auto parts supplier Harman for $8 bn
South Korean giant Samsung Electronics bids to enter growing market for automotive technology to produce 'connected' cars Samsung Electron ...
Naver unveils $43 million fund to seek content for Snow
Kim Chang-wook, chief of Naver's wholly owned subsidiary Snow, answers a reporter's question during a media conference in Seoul, South Korea ...
Continental working with Oxford on automotive AI
Technology developer Continental is working with the University of Oxford to develop artificial intelligence algorithms for mobility applications. According to the partners, deep learning algorithms h
Toadstool footstools: Are organisms manufacturing's future?
In this Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 photo, workers package bags of mycelium and agricultural byproduct in Green Island, N.Y. Ecovative Design is ...
At $800K a pop new Navy destroyer's ammo is in question
The new guns on the Navy's biggest and most advanced destroyer are going to be firing blanks if the Navy can't find cost-effective projectil ...
Oil taking on green sheen
2016-11-13 20:00:07Oil taking on green sheen
Analysts say even though only a tiny percent of oil majors' investment goes into renewables, the interest seems to be sustained and underpin ...
Zuckerberg: 'Crazy' to say Facebook influenced election
In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conferen ...
Executive of firm acquired by Hewlett-Packard indicted
A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted the former chief financial officer of a British software maker on charges he engaged in f ...
Zuckerberg among Facebook users mistakenly declared 'dead'
Mark Zuckerberg was among two million still-living Facebook users whose profile pages were accidentally issued with memorial messages Faceb ...
Facebook glitch made it appear some users had died
In this June 11, 2014, file photo, a man walks past a mural in an office on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. Some Facebook users re ...
Zuckerberg: 'Crazy' to say Facebook influenced election (Update)
In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conferen ...
Facebook tweaks race-based ad targeting policy
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Responding to criticism, Facebook says it will ...
Computer outage briefly grounds flights on several airlines
Airlines are dealing with another computer outage that is disrupting flight schedules heading into the weekend. ...
$12.9B 4.5 acres: Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier
In this April 27, 2016 photo, USS Gerald R. Ford is stationed at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. The $12.9 billion warship, t ...
Crowd workers help robot keep conversation fresh
Credit: Disney Research People can find a hundred ways to say the same thing, which poses a challenge to robots that are expected to keep u ...
Zuckerberg: That Facebook influenced election is 'crazy'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the idea that Facebook influenced the outcome of the U.S. election is a "crazy idea." ...
NMI announces shortlist for awards ceremony 2016
NMI has announced the shortlist of its annual awards ceremony - which include Ultrahaptics, Codeplay and Mentor Graphics.
Energy storage system of tomorrow
Invention by Horst Schmidt-Böcking and Gerhard Luther basis for a novel marine pumped storage system developed by the Fraunhofer Instit ...
Remote sensing tech sees positive response from federal agencies
Interpreted products are centralized into a common portal for access by emergency and transportation managers.  Credit: University of N ...
electronica – Wireless development platform updated
WICED – the Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices platform developed by Broadcom’s IoT business unit prior to its acquisition by Cypress – has been updated with the launch of the Studio
New NIST guide helps small businesses improve cybersecurity
NIST provides guidance to help small businesses secure their data and information in the new publication, Small Business Information Securit ...
Low cost modules to fuel the IoT
Low cost IoT communication modules have been launched by Sigfox and its ecosystem of partners.
New cybersecurity framework profile to ensure safe transfer of hazardous liquids at ports
NIST worked with the U.S. Coast Guard and industry to create a new cybersecurity document to improve the safety of transferring hazardous li ...
Grubhub CEO backtracks after asking Trump supporters to quit
The co-founder of food delivery service Grubhub sent an email to all his employees suggesting that supporters of President-elect Donald Trum ...
US university launches auto IIoT and ProAV consortia for TSN testing
The University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has launched three consortia focused on Time Sensitive Networking (TSN). Addressing the automotive, industrial and ProAV sectors
Linear demonstrates wireless battery management system at electronica
Linear Technology used the electronica show in Munich to demonstrate the industry’s first wireless automotive battery management system (BMS) concept car.
Arrow combines with Indiegogo to bring crowdfunded technology to life
Arrow Electronics and Indiegogo, a global platform that has been designed to help entrepreneurs take ideas from concept to market, have combined to launch what they are describing as a groundbreaking
'Big data' questioned in wake of Trump's surprising victory
In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 photo, supporters watch as results come in at the a GOP election party in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Donald Trump's st ...
EU Commission call for the next generation of processors
Funding has been allocated by the European Commission towards the development of next generation high performance processors for customised and low energy computing.
Nintendo ending Japan sales of Wii U shifting to Switch
In this July 13, 2015, file photo, shoppers ride on an escalator under Nintendo's Super Mario characters at an electronics store in Tokyo. N ...
Disney embraces streaming as ratings sag
As more and more people get their favorite TV shows and movies online, Disney is also learning to embrace the stream. ...
After off-mark polls some question value of 'big data'
In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 photo, supporters watch as results come in at the a GOP election party in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Donald Trump's st ...
Va-va-hum: Vespa goes electric
A "Vespa Elettrica" is presented during the EICMA, the International fair for cycles and motocycles, on November 10, 2016 in Milan ...
New Israeli machine to standardize diamond grading
Sarine Technologies Ltd. employ puts a diamond in a machine that can instantly grade the clarity of polished diamonds in Ramat Gan, Israel, ...
Judge: Amazon to reimburse customers for in-app buys by kids
A federal judge has laid out rules for how Amazon must reimburse customers whose kids made in-app purchases without permission. ...
Big Ten to broadcast Minnesota-Nebraska in virtual reality
The Big Ten network is making Saturday's football game between Minnesota and No. 21 Nebraska available in virtual reality. ...
FCC concerned about AT&T exempting DirecTV from data caps
Federal regulators say that they are concerned that AT&T's exempting its DirecTV unit from cellphone data caps could hurt competition. ...
Research prepares for a 'sharing economy' in renewable electric power
Researchers at Lehigh University are exploring how an integration of distributed renewable energy capture can be aggregated for higher overa ...
Massive cyberattack hit five top Russian banks: Kaspersky
Moscow-based internet security giant Kaspersky said that massive cyberattack has hit at least five of Russia's largest banks A massive cybe ...
Artificial-intelligence system surfs web to improve its performance
Of the vast wealth of information unlocked by the Internet, most is plain text. The data necessary to answer myriad questions—about, say, th ...
Progress but uphill slog for women in tech
They are under-represented in the industry and sometimes made to feel unwelcome in geek-infested workspaces, but women are making their voic ...
Google rejects EU anti-trust charges over Android
The EU now has three cases on the go against Google US Internet giant Google on Thursday rejected EU allegations that it abused its market ...
The highlight of Google's Daydream VR is ... its controller
The best thing about Google's new virtual-reality headset isn't the headset at all. ...
Russia to block LinkedIn after court ruling on user data
Business-focused social network LinkedIn faces being blocked in Russia after a court ruled it broke a law on data storage. ...
Preservation of monuments: Pinpointed repair reduces costs
Detailed radar and ultrasonic measurements were made from a mobile platform underneath the Laufenmühle viaduct. Credit: IONYS/KIT The ...
LawOS—regulations as society's operating system
Credit: Santa Fe Institute Much as Linux, Windows, and iOS coordinate the execution of computing applications, laws coordinate the executio ...
Computers made of genetic material?
Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) University and Paderborn University in Germany have managed to conduct an electrical current through gold-plated nanowires, which independ
America's aging voting machines managed to survive another election
Depending on old technology. Credit: Rob Pegoraro/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA During this year's voting, the vast majority of states used outdated ...
Nintendo and Sony do battle with old vs. new console launches
Nintendo launched a palm-sized version of its eighties era games console, setting up an old versus new showdown with rival Sony as it releas ...
Project explores how virtual reality can help students learn
Fangcao Xu, a Ph.D. candidate in geography, explores the dormant Iceland volcano, Thrihnukagigur, using a virtual reality head-mounted displ ...
Energous and Dialog partner up for wireless charging
Energous, the developer of WattUp, has announced a partnership with Dialog Semiconductor. Dialog has agreed to make a $10million investment in Energous and become the exclusive component supplier of t
Peter Thiel wins with bet against Silicon Valley
The improbable triumph of Donald Trump is a victory for tech sector investor Peter Thiel, who unabashedly backed the Republican candidate de ...
Samsung's biotech unit debuts in Seoul. Here's what to know. (Update)
A name of Samsung Biologics Co. is displayed at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Samsung Biologics Co., th ...
Samsung's drug-manufacturing unit goes public
Samsung's drug-manufacturing unit made its stock market debut on Thursday, in one of South Korea's biggest ever share listings that raised n ...
Yahoo reveals more details about massive hack
Yahoo is trying to pin down when it first knew hackers had breached its systems and whether they left ways to regain access to accounts late ...
Twitter chief operating officer flying the coop
Anthony Noto (L), chief financial officer of Twitter, will take over Bain's job, serving in both posts until the board hires a new chief fin ...
Amazon looks to clean house— literally
Is Amazon.com thinking of providing good housekeeping as its next Prime member perk? ...
Drowning in a sea of messaging apps
We've got too many ways to talk digitally. WhatsApp, HipChat, Slack, Facebook Messenger and more. ...
Blizzard wants to create 'Overwatch' league with city-specific video game fans
Blizzard Entertainment pioneered e-sports with its "Starcraft" franchise more than a decade ago. ...
Apple out of touch with both fans and average consumers
Apple is looking more and more like it's lost its way. Revenue and earnings are falling. Sales of all its major products are in decline. Num ...
Accelerating cancer research with deep learning
A representation of a deep learning neural network designed to intelligently extract text-based information from cancer pathology reports. C ...
Tinder world swiped for Clinton—except Russia
Tinder made a name for itself by getting users to "swipe" right or left to find a date Tinder users worldwide looking for their p ...
Hackers might be a pain but we need them expert says
Sure, they might take your credit card information, stop you from watching Netflix and figure a way to use any key fob to access your car, b ...
Review: Google's entry into smartphone design has some very cool features
I always thought Google was missing out on a great opportunity in not having its own phone to take advantage of its Android operating system ...
Advertising is driving social media-fuelled fake news and it is here to stay
Screenshot of the fake news. The rise of fake news, once only the preserve of certain types of tabloids has now become a dominant feature o ...
Wave energy device successfully deployed at BiMEP site
Oceantec MARMOK-A-5 at BIMEP. Credit: Dave Parish The final section of a sophisticated wave energy device has been successfully installed b ...
Using the X-Box Kinect as a sensor to conduct centrifuge research
A view of the 150 g-ton geotechnical centrifuge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Rensselaer’s centrifuge was commissioned in 1989 an ...
Dyke inspection robot with an innovative powertrain
The robot's drive train including the dual-hemisphere system. Credit: University of Twente Future robots that continuously inspect our dyke ...
Power-to-liquid—pilot operation of first compact plant
The founders of INERATEC, a spinoff of KIT, develop compact, microstructured chemical reactors for conversion of gases into high-quality liq ...
This election was not hacked – but it was attacked
All indications are that voting was not subject to a cyberattack. Credit: shutterstock.com The presidential campaign of 2016 thankfully – a ...