Facebook backs off censoring 'napalm girl' photo
Facebook backtracked Friday on a decision to censor an iconic Vietnam War photo of a naked girl escaping a napalm bombing, after its block o ...
Startups in Target's Techstars accelerator race to finish line
Some of Target Corp.'s first class of Techstar startups are already running tests within the company. Others are in active talks about poten ...
GM recalls 4M vehicles for air bag defect linked to 1 death
This Friday, May 16, 2014, file photo, shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. On Friday, Sept. 9, 201 ...
Air travelers on Samsung phone honor system after fires
In this Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, file photo, a woman walks by an advertisement of the Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at the comp ...
Review: Cutting the cord gets easier with Sling TV DirecTV Now other alternatives to cable
As tired as I am of paying my pay TV bill, I haven't yet been convinced to cut the cord. ...
Dutch police closes probe into fatal Tesla crash
Rescue workers proceed with caution around the spot where a Tesla slammed into a tree in Baarn, on September 7, 2016 Dutch police closed a ...
How a hot LA startup went bankrupt: Inside the 'stress cage' that was Fuhu
When graphic designers at children's tablet and app maker Fuhu Inc. put up a Christmas tree with wacky ornaments for the holidays, an execut ...
Facebook co-founder gives $20mn to Clinton Democrats
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is committing $20 million to help Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party in the upcoming US election. ...
Review: Recall aside the Samsung Note 7 will impress you
I like it when things are in order. Samsung has two Galaxy S models - the S7 and S7 edge. It also has a larger model with a stylus called th ...
Three-wheeled electric vehicle set to go on sale this year
This undated photo provided by Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corp. shows the Solo, a one-seater made by the Vancouver, Canada-based company. Th ...
Body heat as a power source
2016-09-09 22:00:23Body heat as a power source
Chinese scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology have created a flexible, wearable thermocell based on two different gel electrolytes which can harness the energy from body heat t
Are fitness trackers fit for security?
They may look like a normal watch but are capable to do much more than just showing the time: So called fitness trackers are collecting data ...
FAA warns airline passengers not to use Samsung smartphone
In this July 28, 2016, file photo, a screen magnification feature of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is demonstrated, in New York. Aviation safety ...
Simulation highlights potential for low-cost security imaging device
Brian Floyd (left) and Vikas Chauhan. Credit: Brian Floyd Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to dem ...
On-demand mobility experiment coming to MIT
MIT junior Wally Wibowo (left) and graduate student Justin Miller prepare an electric vehicle for the Aerospace Controls Lab mobility-on-dem ...
BEEAs shortlist announced
2016-09-09 20:00:05BEEAs shortlist announced
MA Business, publisher of New Electronics, is delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).
Containing electromagnetic pollution with MXene
A group of researchers at Drexel University and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology is working on cleaning up electromagnetic interference by blocking out and containing the emissions with a
FAA warns airline passengers not to use Samsung smartphone (Update)
In this July 28, 2016, file photo, a screen magnification feature of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is demonstrated, in New York. Aviation safety ...
Google parent Alphabet unit to drop burritos by drone
The Project Wing team at Alphabet is to try out delivering burritos made by Mexican food chain Chipotle by drone on a college campus A team ...
Study: Ethnic groups' government influence and internet access go hand in hand
Global map of active Internet subnetworks for the year 2012. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 9, 2016, issue of S ...
Social networks enable smart household appliances to make better recommendations
David Núñez. Credit: UPV/EHU In his Ph.D. thesis, David Nuñez, a UPV/EHU computer engineer, has improved the too ...
'MakerPad' turns smartphone into user-friendly design system
A new system under development could allow people with no technical training to use their smartphones and tablets to easily create designs a ...
Researchers explore new uses for unmanned aerial vehicles in meteorological research
Researchers Jost Lavric (left) and Martin Kunz (center) of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry assist Purdue aeronautical engineeri ...
Google buys cloud specialty firm Apigee for $625 mn
Apigee is used by hundreds of companies, including AT&T, Bechtel, Burberry, Live Nation and Walgreens, according to Google Google on Th ...
EU copyright overhaul sparks cultural 'apocalypse' warnings
European Council President Donald Tusk (L) talks with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker as they walk across the groun ...
Naval Academy to honor computer scientist Grace Hopper
The U.S. Naval Academy will name its future cyber building after Grace Hopper, a pioneering computer scientist and U.S. Navy rear admiral, t ...
Navy's futuristic destroyer makes port call in Rhode Island
The future USS Zumwalt heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Bath, Maine. The nation's bi ...
So long cable box. New rules may allow you to bypass the box
In this March 17, 2015, file photo, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies before the House Oversight and Governme ...
Lawmakers ask for delay on US plan to cede internet oversight
Four Republican lawmakers called Thursday for a delay in implementing a plan to cede US oversight of the internet address system, saying it ...
Apple shares slip on heels of iPhone 7 launch
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller speaks on stage during a media event at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San ...
Uber strikes one-year deal to stay in Quebec
Uber has reportedly pledged to collect and pay provincial and federal value-added taxes on each trip made by its UberX drivers and will cap ...
How to get an iPhone 7
2016-09-09 04:00:06How to get an iPhone 7
Apple has introduced its latest iPhone 7 that features a souped-up camera and a new headphone jack. Looking to upgrade? Here are a few optio ...
Airbnb takes new steps to fight discrimination
Global home-sharing giant Airbnb announced Thursday it is implementing new policies aimed at curbing racial discrimination by hosts and crea ...
Two men arrested charged with hacking senior US officials
Two North Carolina men were arrested Thursday and charged in connection with a computer hacker network that allegedly targeted CIA Director ...
Life after Fitbit: Appealing to those who feel guilty vs. free
The UW research team tested different types of data visualizations and social comparisons with lapsed Fitbit users. Credit: University of Wa ...
Cutting the cord: Apple pulls the earphone jack
The venerable earphone jack looks destined for the same technological graveyard where the Walkman and the rotary telephone now lie after App ...
Small businesses get Facebook tools to find global customers
Facebook is expanding its services to small businesses that want to sell to customers in other countries. ...
US should act to support innovation in increasingly clean electric power technologies: report
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine urges Congress, federal and state agencies, and regulatory i ...
NIST and Navy tests suggest telecom networks could back up GPS time signals
Mathematician Marc Weiss in the NIST Boulder laboratory that controls an experimental demonstration of time transfer over commercial telecom ...
New applications for ultracapacitors
FastCAP Systems' ultracapacitors (pictured) can withstand extreme temperatures and harsh environments, opening up new uses for the devices a ...
Achieving universal broadband: What the FCC can and cannot do
The FCC has the power to save us from slow, expensive internet service. Credit: shutterstock.com It's long-accepted common knowledge that h ...
Amazon slashes price adds Alexa to new Fire tablet
Amazon wants to be under the Christmas tree this year. It's cut the price of its new Fire tablet almost in half and added its popular voice ...
UK tech firm Micro Focus in HP software deal
Berkshire-based Micro Focus International, one of the UK’s largest technology firms, is to buy part of Hewlett Packard (HP) in a deal worth £6.6billion creating one of the world’s leading software com
Smartwatches: for fitness freaks and tech geeks only?
The new Apple Watch Nike+ are displayed during a launch event on September 7, 2016 in San Francisco, California They were hyped as the next ...
Pride not money the spur to eGames King
The eGames were showcased in Rio during the Olympics Golf has the Ryder Cup, tennis the Davis Cup and now the fast-growing eSports will hav ...
Weebit Nano partners with Leti to develop advanced memory technology
Weebit Nano has announced that it will be partnering with Leti, the French microelectronics research institute, to develop an advanced memory technology that is expected to replace flash memory.
Teaching human values to artificial intelligences
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two Cornell experts in artificial intelligence (AI) have joined a nationwide team setting out to ensure that when ...
UK tech sector in shakeup under Hewlett Packard deal
British group Micro Focus will merge with some of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software assets, the pair said, in a further consolidation of ...
Apple is betting big on a wireless world
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the features on the new iPhone 7 earphone options during an ...
Nintendo skyrockets on Super Mario game for iPhone
Nintendo stocks skyrocketed in early trade after the Japanese gaming giant and Apple announced that an exclusive Super Mario game will be av ...
Qantas Virgin Australia ground Samsung Note 7 after recall
A woman tests a Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone at a Samsung showroom in Seoul on September 2, 2016 Australian carriers Qantas and Virgin A ...
US rules for targeted killing using drones need clarifying RAND report asserts
Current U.S. policies on using drones for targeted killing are characterized by ambiguities in interpretations of international law and too ...
Apple makes splash with waterproof iPhones (Update)
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPhone 7 during an event inside Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on September ...
Five takeaways from Apple media event
The iPhone 7 offers more powerful processors, improved camera technology and water resistance Apple rolled out several latest-generation pr ...
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise to spin off assets in $8.8B deal
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman speaks during a press conference in New York Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. will spin off non-co ...
New PlayStation 4 products aim to keep Sony in lead
Sony's new PlayStation 4 is compatible with cutting-edge high dynamic range television Sony on Wednesday unveiled a pair of new offerings f ...
Say goodbye to the iPhone's headphone jack
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the features on the new iPhone 7 earphone options during an ...
Intel to spin off cybersecurity unit McAfee
US tech giant Intel announced plans Wednesday to spin off its cybersecurity operations as an independent company under the name McAfee. ...
Apple announcements: iPhone 7 Mario game new watch
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the features on the new iPhone 7 earphone options during an ...
Apple unveils iPhone 7 with better camera no headphone jack
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the features on the new iPhone 7 earphone options during an ...
Dell finalizes huge EMC deal to become tech titan
Michael Dell created Dell Technologies from his dorm room at the University of Texas and led it to become a global heavyweight US computer ...
Starbucks moves into "content creation" with digital series
In this Wednesday, March 23, 2016, file photo, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the coffee company's annual shareholders meeting in Se ...
Russia hacks US networks 'all the time': spy chief
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper speaks at the 2016 Intelligence and National Security Summit in Washington, DC, September 7, ...
The Latest: iPhone 7 models are getting more storage (Update 2)
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the features on the new iPhone 7 during an event to announc ...
Driver dies as Tesla slams into tree in central Dutch town
The 53-year-old driver of a Tesla Model S electric car died Wednesday when the vehicle smashed into a tree in the central Dutch town of Baar ...
Nintendo's Super Mario coming to iPhone
Creator of Super Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, speaks on stage during Apple launch event in San Francisco Super Mario is coming to an iPhone nea ...
Apple unveils new iPhones waterproof smartwatch (Update)
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPhone 7 during an event inside Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on September ...
Upgraded Apple Watch is waterproof has GPS
Apple COO, Jeff Williams, announces Apple Watch Series 2 during launch event in San Francisco Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new version of ...
Smartphone hacks 3-D printer by measuring 'leaked' energy and acoustic waves
An illustration of a smartphone hacking a 3-D printer. Credit: Wenyao Xu. The ubiquity of smartphones and their sophisticated gadgetry make ...
New service improves cloud storage usage on mobile devices
A new service developed at Binghamton University, State University of New York could improve performance of mobile devices that save data to ...
Team of robots learns to work together without colliding
When roboticists create behaviors for teams of robots, they first build algorithms that focus on the intended task. Then they wrap safety be ...
Irish opposition attacks Apple ruling appeal
Ireland's opposition on Wednesday lashed out at a cabinet decision to appeal the EU's Apple ruling amid public support for the European Comm ...
Volkswagen China's JAC in talks to make electric cars
In this Oct. 5, 2015, file photo, the VW sign of Germany's Volkswagen car company is displayed at the building of a company's retailer in Be ...
Scientists in the UK discuss sex robots and digital intimacy
Sex robots—discuss. That is precisely what scientists and academics are doing at a British conference also covering all-too-modern issues li ...
New regulations curb use of drones in Poland
New aviation regulations have taken effect in Poland to limit the flying of drones in populated areas and to require identification plates o ...
Fighting crime at the intersection of science and social justice
The TraffickCam app, developed by engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, transforms a smartphone into a crime-fighting tool. ...
Startup makes residential solar panels twice as efficient
Credit: EPFL/Alain Herzog With a 36% yield, the solar panels developed by startup Insolight could deliver up to twice as much energy as tra ...
Car sharing on campuses improves quality of life takes cars off the road
Credit: iStock You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out why UC Berkeley has designated parking areas for Nobel Laureates: if t ...
Using architecture as medication
"If someone had obtained the same results with a new medicine, it would have been a worldwide sensation," says Stefan Lundin as he ...
Textile fiber waste helps improve the sustainability of materials
Textile waste used to build the panel. Credit: UPM Researchers from UPM have developed a panel with textile waste that improves both the th ...
Beam me up to the video conference
Right in the middle of the action with VR glasses: A new camera system virtually represents people naturally and realistically. Credit: Frau ...
Flying the flag for an airship revolution
The rise of freight airships could go down like a lead balloon with traditional aircraft companies but could also represent a new high for A ...
Bosch 'helped conceal' Volkswagen's emissions cheating devices
Bosch "played a critical role" in the scheme to evade US emissions requirements, lawyers wrote in a San Francisco court filing see ...
EU defends 'free roaming' pledge despite 90-day limit
The end of roaming charges was a key element of the EU's effort to create a far more unified market in Europe, especially for digital and co ...
Mocana security platform features the Infineon OPTIGA TPM
Mocana, has added the Infineon OPTIGA Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security controller as a standard feature in its latest Security of Things Platform.
Apple expected to polish lineup with iPhone 7
Apple has maintained a rhythm of introducing updated iPhone models on an annual basis, timing introductions to coincide with the year-end ho ...
Teledyne LeCroy introduces 10bit HDO9000 oscilloscopes
The HDO9000 range of oscilloscopes from Teledyne LeCroy feature HD1024 technology, said to automatically determine the best A/D converter configuration under each measurement condition to optimise ver
In search of energy-efficient comfort through 'smart' ceiling fans and thermostats
Ceiling fans provide comfort and save energy at Berea College’s “Deep Green” residence hall, the first student residence hall certified unde ...
LG unveils the first phone to ship with Google's new Android
In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, photo, the LG V20 is demonstrated in New York. The most visible changes include the ability to run two apps ...
Report details missed opportunities to stop OPM cyber breach
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is photographed Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in Washington. It was time to purge the hacker from the U.S. ...
Vietnam's 'Silicon Valley' sparks startup boom
Recent Vietnamese graduate looking for an English language teacher? There's an app for that. Or hunting the best bowl of pho in your Hanoi n ...
Michigan may not require a human in self-driving test cars
The finalized prototype of Google self-driving car. Michigan would no longer require that someone be inside a self-driving car while testin ...
Mobile price wars as Indian tycoon pledges free 4G
A customer in Mumbai selects a Reliance Jio Infocomm 4G mobile simcard offering an audacious free service for the rest of 2016 Outside a ti ...
Stealthy destroyer ready to set sail to join US Navy
The largest and most expensive destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy once headed to sea in a snowstorm during builder trials. Now, it's hea ...
Apple to show off new iPhones and maybe new ways to listen
This Sept. 2, 2016, photo shows the earphone jack and charging port on an Apple iPhone 6, in New York. Apple is getting ready to unveil new ...
Washington Post to roll out speedy mobile news site
The Washington Post announced Tuesday it was rolling out a "lightning-fast" mobile news site that would provide near-instant load ...
Emirates jet crashed as gear went up for 2nd landing attempt
In this Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 file photo made from video shows smoke rising after an Emirates flight crash landed at Dubai International A ...
Snapchat ad revenue to rocket: eMarketer
Snapchat estimates it has more than 100 million users globally of the service for sending videos, images and text messages which vanish afte ...
NREL releases updated baseline of cost and performance data for electricity generation technologies
From NREL’s 2016 Annual Technology Baseline, the projected Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) for electricity generating technologies in 2030. Cred ...
Can Apple make listening easy without a headphone jack?
This Sept. 2, 2016, photo shows the earphone jack and charging port on an Apple iPhone 6, in New York. Apple is getting ready to unveil new ...