BlackBerry lesson: adapt or die in the internet Age
Mobile phones were an existing market that incumbents like Blackberry felt they knew well and were "completely taken aback by the combi ...
NMI sets up Impactech with Southampton
A collaboration between the University of Southampton and the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) is intended to provide NMI member companies with access to world leading research expertise at t
New research could help build better hearing AIDS
Scientists at Binghamton University, State University of New York want to improve sensor technology critical to billions of devices made eve ...
Renault-Nissan CEO at Paris auto show: Diesel isn't dead yet
Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn addresses the media during the presentation of the Nissan Micra as part of the first press d ...
40 years of safer aviation through reporting
Credit: NASA The U.S. has an incredibly safe aviation system – it's unparalleled when compared to other modes of transportation. The basis ...
First-ever 3-D printed excavator project advances large-scale additive manufacturing R&D
The first-ever 3D printed excavator will include a cab designed by a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student engineering team and ...
Uber tests in Pittsburgh don't mean driverless taxis are imminent transportation policy expert says
Credit: University of Kansas The media hype surrounding Uber conducting tests of driverless ride-share vehicles in Pittsburgh made it seem ...
With more drones in the sky expect less privacy
Coming to a window near you? Credit: Stanisic Vladimir/Shutterstock.com Drone footage is everywhere, whether used to film extreme sports, o ...
Product verification support leads to significant savings for precision engineering company
Credit: National Physical Laboratory Support from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped SME Anglia CNC Engineering (ACE) improv ...
Building a sustainable intelligent and power-efficient cloud
Credit: Shutterstock EU researchers are combining high-performance computational power with hardware and servers in order to build a more e ...
Coolness control and community draw people to Pinterest
Cool features with easy-to-follow instructions that provide control and community may keep Pinterest users pinning, liking and inviting, acc ...
Older adults no slower than young adults at taking control of semi-autonomous vehicles
Young driver in the semi-autonomous driving simulator. Credit: Jing Feng New research from North Carolina State University finds that older ...
World's first 4-seater fuel-cell plane takes off in Germany
The world's first four-seater plane HY4 that uses emission-free hybrid fuel-cells to fly is pictured at the airport in Stuttgart, Germany, T ...
Elon Musk an innovator wary of humanity's future
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks about the "Interplanetary Transport System" which aims to reach Mars with the first human crew ...
US prepares to cede key role for internet
Credit: Wikipedia The US government is set to cut the final thread of its oversight of the internet, yielding a largely symbolic but never ...
Low power MCUs to accelerate prototyping for sensor hubs
Renesas has announced the RL78/G11 MCUs, a group of small-package, low power devices that is said to enable faster prototyping and the development of systems that support low power sensor hubs and sen
Apple teams with Deloitte to push deeper into work (Update)
Following their partnership announcement on September 28, 2016, Apple and Deloitte say they will collaborate on an EnterpriseNext consulting ...
VW chief: Working on settlement with US for emissions fraud (Update)
Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller says the company is cooperating with U.S. authorities and hopes to reach a settlement on a fine with the Jus ...
Samsung eyes fix after complaints of 'exploding' washers
Samsung is in discussions about "potential safety issues" concerning some of its washing machines after a class-action lawsuit com ...
HP promises fix for printer software that barred outside ink
HP Inc. has apologized to customers for cutting them off from ink cartridges from other companies and says it will fix the problem. ...
Apple partners with Deloitte in pitch to business
Apple is extending its push into selling business technology by forging a partnership with the Deloitte consulting firm to advise companies ...
VW chief: Working on settlement with US for emissions fraud
Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller says the company is cooperating with U.S. authorities and hopes to reach a settlement on a fine with the Jus ...
Apple to make famous Battersea Power Station its London HQ
Global technology colossus Apple on Wednesday announced plans to create a London headquarters in the iconic and long-abandoned Battersea Pow ...
Android's Nougat update isn't flashy but still pretty handy
This Thursday, June 30, 2016, file photo provided by Google shows the Android Nougat statue, officially unveiled at Google campus in Mountai ...
The 'uberisation' of work is driving people to co-operatives
Workers aren’t the only people worried about Uber’s business practices. Credit: Aaron Parecki on Wikimedia Commons Street protests against ...
Why human brains hold the key to smarter artificial intelligence
Credit: Shutterstock Understanding how our brains sustain 'internal evolution' – and help us to adapt and learn complex skills such as lang ...
Tough microbe settlers in the concrete jungle
Test cylinders on laboratory roof. Credit: Julia Maresca It is easy to forget that much of our cities—the sidewalks, buildings, bridges, an ...
Researchers developing new steel for better electric motors
Jun Cui works with a metal spinner, which rapidly solidifies metal into thin ribbons, and other equipment in his lab. Credit: Christopher Ga ...
Using EV tires to counter traffic noise
There is a massive potential for reducing both traffic noise and fuel consumption linked to conventional cars by combining low-noise tyres a ...
IBM unveils industry's first platform to integrate all data types for AI-powered decision making
IBM's Project DataWorks helps users access and gain insights from the 90% of unstructured data that goes untapped by organizations (accordin ...
BlackBerry to outsource handsets will halt production
Handsets with the BlackBerry name will now be produced under license by PT Tiphone Mobile Indonesia Tbk BlackBerry, the Canadian firm that ...
Europol: Ransomware now top cybercrime threat
European police agency Europol says the threat from ransomware has now eclipsed other forms of online theft, a sign of how quickly the compu ...
SeaWorld mixes virtual reality in roller coaster
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new virtual reality experience on a roller coaster, a new presentation on orcas, and a sha ...
Qualcomm signs Arrow to distribute processors targeted at embedded apps
In a change of marketing tactics, Qualcomm is making the newly launched Snapdragon 600E and 410E processors available through distribution. Recognising the need for long term availability, Qualcomm sa
How 'robots' of the Enlightenment era gave us an early glimpse of automation
Clockwork classics. Credit: Lyon and Turnbull The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey and his wife Heather are in Edinburgh, Scotland to auctio ...
One-eyed robot learns to see in weightlessness
Stereo camera on one of the Spheres – Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellite – drones resident in the Space S ...
Mesh networking module simplifies Thread and ZigBee
Silicon Labs has introduced a family of Wireless Gecko modules focused on mesh networking applications with support for ZigBee and Thread software. First in the family, the MGM111 module’s integration
e2v named global supplier to aero/defence sector by GaN Systems
Following the signing of a master supply agreement, high reliability semiconductor specialist e2v has been appointed by GaN Systems as the global supplier of 100V and 650V transistors to the aerospace
Disabled man gets license shows driverless tech's potential
Indy Racing League driver Sam Schmidt prepares to drive his modified Corvette on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Las Vegas. Schmidt was paralyze ...
Can Africa's mobile money revolution reduce poverty?
Across Africa, more and more people are now spending, saving and planning for the future through banking services offered by mobile phone co ...
US health insurer to subsidize Apple Watch buys
A major US health insurance company on Monday said it will help buy Apple smartwatches for customers as part of a move to integrate the gadg ...
Verizon: Call records of 'fewer than 500' customers breached
A Verizon Wireless spokeswoman says it appears that "fewer than 500 customers" had their private information accessed in 2014 in a ...
Snapchat's playful shot at sunglasses
Snap Inc. shows their new Spectacles video-catching sunglasses A paparazzi photograph of Snapchat Chief Executive Evan Spiegel prematurely ...
Pilots air traffic controllers shifting to text messaging
United Airlines Capt. Tommy Holloman, left, and Capt. Chuck Stewart demonstrate radio communications, right, and the Data Communications Dat ...
A hot market for IPOs shows itself — at least for a week
Ample free food and other perks are nice, but it's stock options and lofty missions that often seduce people into joining tech startups. ...
Microsoft teams with Bank of America on 'blockchain'
Microsoft and Bank of America Merrill Lynch said they will build and test frameworks for blockchain-powered exchanges between businesses and ...
ST expands STM32F4 MCU family with entry level parts
STMicroelectronics has added more entry level devices to its STM32F4 microcontroller family. Apart from introducing devices with more memory and extra features, it has also announced STM32F4 MCUs qual
Carriers and companies are better prepared for 5G communications
While the challenges associated with 5G communications are considerable, mobile carriers and the companies that support them are far better placed than when 3G and 4G were at a similar stage, accordin
Execute in place memory updated for IoT edge applications
As IoT and embedded devices become more intelligent, they need more program memory than can be implemented economically using embedded flash or SRAM. However, their memory requirements are less than t
The flexible grid involves its users
Fur, the Danish island. Credit: www.greencom-project.eu The GreenCom project, funded in part by the European Commission and led on the tech ...
'Missing link' found in the development of bioelectronic medicines
Memristor chip. Credit: University of Southampton New research, led by the University of Southampton, has demonstrated that a nanoscale dev ...
US gasoline consumption is higher than ever
Gas is cheap and Americans are back on in their cars and trucks. Credit: viriyincy/flickr, CC BY-SA August was the biggest month ever for U ...
No diesels need apply: Electric cars rule at Paris show
This undated handout image provided by the MediaPortal of the Daimler AG shows the 2016 model of the AMG GT Roadster and AMG GT C Roadster. ...
Hate standing in line? Japan now has self-driving chairs
Nissan says the system adopted for its moving chairs is similar to that used in autonomous vehicle technology Hate standing in line at your ...
Germany blocks WhatsApp data transfers to Facebook
WhatsApp says sharing data with Facebook will allow for more targeted advertising and help fight spam German data protection authorities on ...
Password breach could have ripple effects well beyond Yahoo
This Jan. 14, 2015 file photo shows Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's mas ...
Can Facebook influence an election result?
Showing your voting support with a button can be more powerful on Facebook. Credit: Shutterstock/dfoto Facebook was in hot water this May o ...
Video refereeing could be a major own goal for football—here's why
Could video kill the football star? Credit: EPA Ajax's 5-0 cup victory against fellow Dutch premier division side Willem II on September 21 ...
A supercomputer just made the world's first AI-created film trailer – here's how well it did
Credit: 20th Century Fox More people have been talking about the trailer for the sci-fi/horror film Morgan than the movie itself. It's part ...
Professor discusses future of smart lighting
Credit: Aalto University Smart lighting for building services engineering is a field with large untapped potential. This is the opinion of ...
A revolution in wave energy
2016-09-27 22:00:31A revolution in wave energy
Credit: Eureka A Spanish and Norwegian duo weren't deterred by the cancelling of renewables projects – they turned to EUROGIA to help them ...
New methods for achieving efficient paper recycling
Credit: Shutterstock In many ways paper is the perfect example of the circular economy; it is both an end product and the main raw material ...
KIT team develops ‘quantum optical structure on a chip
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology say they have developed a quantum photonic circuit with an electrically driven light source. Described as a ‘complete quantum optical structure on
20nm magnetic tunnel junctions claimed by MRAM developer
Spin Transfer Technologies (STT) says it has created perpendicular MRAM magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) as small as 20nm at its development fab in California.
Novel solutions for a competitive and sustainable European biogas sector
Credit: Shutterstock The EU ATBEST project has recently hosted its final international conference from 7 to 8 September 2016 in Linköp ...
Memristors could play central role in bioelectronics says team
Research led by the University of Southampton claims that memristors could enable the development of implants that use electrical signals from the brain to help treat medical conditions.
How Twitter explains the 2016 election
MIT Media Lab researchers have developed the "Electome,” a tool for comparing the content of Twitter conversations with news media cove ...
Coherent backplane IP boosted
ARM has launched the third generation of its coherent backplane technology which it says has been optimised for next generation intelligent connected systems, including 5G networks and industrial syst
Stacked perovskite/CIGS solar module achieves unprecedented efficiency at 17.8 percent
Caption: The two thin-film modules of the highly efficient stack: CIGS below, perovskite on top. Credit: IMEC Scientists from imec (partner ...
Power management IC targets more effective energy harvesting
e-peas, a start-up based in Liege, has announced the commercial availability of its first low power IC - the AEM10940. The chip looks to maximize the efficiency with which electronic hardware scavenge
Firm hopes to be 1st with skill-based slots
A New York firm hopes to be the first in the world to install skill-based slot machines on casino floors in which the main determining facto ...
Disney considering bid for Twitter: report
Twitter has yet to post a profit even after ramping up advertising efforts The Walt Disney Company is evaluating a potential bid for Twitte ...
Collaboration enhances optical chip design process
Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory A unique collaboration between a U.S. telecommunications equipment provider and a Department ...
Ex-Verizon worker accused of selling customer phone records
A former Verizon Wireless technician is accused of using the company's computers to obtain customers' private call records—plus data showing ...
'Pokemon Go' fervor has cooled but the game isn't dead yet
In the Wednesday, July 20, 2016, file photo, "Pokemon Go" players begin a group walk along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. " ...
How to stream the high-stakes presidential debates
Lena Gjokaj takes a cellphone photo of the stage for the presidential debate between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and R ...
Get Started: Internet security bill may aid small businesses
CYBERSECURITY BILL Small businesses would get more information ...
Powered for life: Self-charging tag tracks fish as long as they swim
PNNL’s self-powered fish-tracking tag comes in two lengths to accommodate differently sized fish: 100 and 77 millimeters, or about 11 to 14 ...
Closure of Palestinian pages sparks Facebook censorship fears
First Draft News, which is backed by Google, announced Tuesday that some 20 news organizations will be part of its partner network to share ...
Ex-Verizon worker accused for selling customer phone records
Federal prosecutors in Alabama say a former Verizon Wireless technician used the company's computers to obtain customers' private call recor ...
Chaos theory offers solution to Moore’s law
Researchers at North Carolina (NC) State University have developed nonlinear, chaos-based chips that could perform multiple functions with fewer transistors. These ICs could be manufactured with ‘off
Computer engineers boost app speeds by more than nine percent
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Samsung Electronics have found a way to boost the speed of computer applications by mor ...
Will the hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts get everyone to protect their passwords?
How to Hack Yahoo. Credit: The Hacker News Yahoo has confirmed that account information of around 500 million users was stolen by hackers i ...
An algorithm for taxi sharing
Researchers in Uruguay have developed an evolutionary algorithm to allow a smart city to facilitate efficient taxi sharing to cut an individ ...
Removing gender bias from algorithms
Can machine learning help us find – and reduce – gender bias? Credit: shutterstock.com Machine learning is ubiquitous in our daily lives. E ...
Researcher develops intelligent encryption libraries
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mira Mezini. Photo: Katrin Binner Sometimes, when two people or software applications are communicating via the Internet, a ...
Viability tests of Ericsson's pre-commercial 5G technology
In the European race to make 5G a reality by the year 2020, time and opportunity are of the essence. At the Madrid-based 5TONIC Lab, Ericsso ...
Graphene based quantum LEDs emit single photons
Researchers from the Graphene Flagship have used layered materials to create all electrical quantum LEDs which can emit single photons. The devices are said to have the potential to act as on chip pho
New modulation technique allows 1Tbit/s on optical fibre network
Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) claim to have used a new modulation technique to transmit data at 1Tbit/s on an optical fibre network. This was cl
Researchers restore first ever computer music recording
University of Canterbury alumni composer Jason Long (L) and professor Jack Copeland pose for a photo in Christchurch, on September 6, 2016 ...
A chance to break into Indian smart cities market
Innovate UK is currently looking for innovative SMEs looking to gain a foothold into the multi-billion pound smart cities market in India to apply to join the Connected Cities Mission to India between
California eyes unusual power source: its gridlocked roads
This Sept. 9, 2016 photo shows rush hour traffic moving along the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. California's traffic-locked roads are be ...
MIT's flea market specializes in rare obscure electronics
In this Sept. 18, 2016, photo, Joel Goldberg, of Newton, Mass., browses MIT's Radio Society flea market on the campus of the Massachusetts I ...
Indonesia struggles to tap volcano power
Steam rises from the Wayang Windu geothermal power station on West Java Columns of steam shoot from the ground at an Indonesian power plant ...
Firefighting: Samsung recall threatens reputation bottom line
A blown-up Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone pictured in Gwangju Exploding batteries and an embarrassing recall of a flagship gadget during a ...
US guidelines on self-driving cars get good reception at G-7
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Sunday that his counterparts in the Group of Seven nations welcomed U.S. guidelines on regul ...
Snapchat introduces video-catching sunglasses
Snap Inc. shows their new Spectacles video-catching sunglasses Vanishing message service Snapchat announced Saturday it will launch a line ...
First test of driverless minibus in Paris Saturday
Paris's transport authority carries out its first test of a driverless minibus on September 24, 2016 The French capital's transport authori ...
UK police investigate Pippa Middleton royal photo 'hack'
Scotland Yard were investigating Saturday after reports that 3,000 photographs had been hacked from Pippa Middleton, sister-in-law of Britai ...
Connecticut becoming a hub for new bioscience companies
In this Sept. 22, 2016 photo, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. speaks at a ribbon cutting for new laboratory space at the University of Connecticu ...