Target cuts delivery fee by almost half putting pressure on Walmart Amazon
Target will cut its next day delivery fee nearly in half for household staples ranging from paper towels to peanut butter as it rolls the se ...
System outage causes flight cancelations in Frankfurt
A technology failure at Frankfurt airport has caused the cancellation of dozens of flights at Germany's busiest hub. ...
Emergency 911 technology struggles to keep up with the times
High school students hiding from the gunman in Parkland, Florida, were forced to whisper in calls to 911 for fear of tipping off their locat ...
Senate Democrats push to reinstate 'net neutrality' rules
Don't expect the House to go along with the Senate's expected passage of legislation that would revive an Obama-era rule requiring e ...
Apple now has more self-driving car permits in California than Waymo and Tesla
Just last year, Apple was in the backseat of an increasingly crowded competition for self-driving cars with Google-owned Waymo, Tesla and Ub ...
Google cuts prices for storage under a new name. Here's how Google One compares to its rivals
Google rebranded its online storage subscription program to Google One Monday and lowered prices, but Amazon still has the best deal for 1 t ...
Can't type? Apple faces class-action lawsuit over defective MacBook keyboards
Apple faces a proposed class action lawsuit over allegedly defective "butterfly" type keyboards in the company's MacBook and M ...
Samsung and Apple are back in court over iPhone design. Here's why.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Samsung and Apple return to a San Jose, Calif. district courtroom Monday to resume a patent infringement dispute ...
Google's location tracking: FTC probe urged Australia inquiry begins
Location, location, location. Is Google tracking Android users' whereabouts without their permission? ...
Yanny or Laurel? Soundbite sparks internet din
Yanny or Laurel? A simple looped soundbite with just two syllables has ignited an internet meltdown An audio snippet with just two syllable ...
People are more honest on Tinder than you may think study says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain With a quarter of young Americans now finding romance through online dating and mobile apps, you have to wonder—c ...
British cybersecurity expert heads to court in malware case
A British cybersecurity expert accused of creating and distributing malware designed to steal banking passwords is headed to court for a hea ...
A brief history of immersion centuries before VR
Credit: milliganpuss, CC BY Immersive experiences are fashionable at the moment, as virtual reality finally emerges into the mainstream wit ...
Salmon delivered by hyperloop and mail by drone?
Researcher Jackob Høgenes at SINTEF Digital is working with drones. However, this one only flies indoors. Credit: Werner Juvik / SINTEF ...
PNNL successfully vitrifies three gallons of radioactive tank waste
Scientists melt radioactive waste into glass in a test platform at PNNL designed to mimic Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste system being constr ...
Bill Gates gives $44M to influence state education plans
In this Feb. 1, 2018 file photo, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda take part in an AP interview in Kirkland, Wash. Gates& ...
Edmunds examines 3 semi-autonomous driving systems
This photo provided by Nissan shows a 2018 Nissan Rogue, which is available with a semiautonomous driving system called ProPilot Assist. Nis ...
Size-based standards incentivize automakers to increase size of cars study finds
As the Trump administration weighs how to revise fuel economy standards, a new study finds footprint-based rules are less effective and more ...
An argument for calm about robots artificial intelligence and jobs
MIT Sloan professor Thomas W. Malone says it is "easy to overestimate the potential for AI" but "we often underestimate the p ...
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
For the first time, the cord tethering robotic insects to the ground has been cut.
There are no age restrictions for gambling in video games despite potential risks to children
Gambling via mobile devices or mobile games has remained largely unregulated in Australia. Credit: Shutterstock According to a 2018 report ...
A modern alternative to struggling and costly traditional test methods - GOEPEL Electronics webinar
Transitioning to a new PCBA test methodology is always intimidating.
Graphene commercialisation: Finally moving out of the lab and into the market?
Graphene commercialisation is making steady progress, according the latest updated IDTechEx report: Graphene, 2D Materials and Carbon Nanotubes: Markets, Technologies and Opportunities 2018-2028.
Radical closed-wing aircraft design could see greener skies take flight
An artist's view of the PrandtlPlane shows what future commercial aircrafts could look like. Credit: Vittorio C/ University of Pisa, Ita ...
Soon screening near you? Blockchain tech premieres at Cannes
Rolling out the red carpet for blockchain Blockchain may not be the most glamorous new star at the Cannes festival but experts touting the ...
Walmart unveils Lord & Taylor site as it tries to go upscale
Walmart, long known for its "everyday low prices" mantra and as a place for basics, wants shoppers to think of it as a source for ...
Google worker rebellion against military project grows
About a dozen Google workers are said to be quitting the company over its collaboration with the US military on drones An internal petition ...
Call transcript reveals new details in cyber expert's case
British cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins, once credited with stopping the worldwide WannaCry computer virus, said in a jailhouse phone c ...
Germany's Flixbus takes on Greyhound with US launch
Flixbus plans to widen its US network to around 20 cities by the end of 2018 German startup Flixbus on Wednesday brought its low-cost, long ...
Anglia warns of chip resistor famine
Anglia Components is advising customers that they should be looking to ensure that they have sufficient orders/inventory to cover their chip resistor needs.
Twitter tweak steps up fight against trolls
Twitter said Tuesday it was stepping up its long-running battle against online trolls, trying to find offenders by looking at "behavior ...
Tesla chief defends self-driving cars after new crash
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lamented reports focusing on the dangers of autonomous driving technology instead of the safety benefits Tesla chief El ...
Facebook shut 583 million fake accounts
Facebook may remove content, add warnings if content may be disturbing to some users while not violating standards, or notify the police in ...
Texas city of Arlington says it's out of bid for Amazon HQ2
The city of Arlington says it's "no longer moving forward" in the competition to become Amazon's second headquarters, and ...
Thoreau's 'Walden' gets new life as a video game
This May 23, 2017, file photo shows a view of Walden Pond in Concord, Mass., where the 19th century American philosopher and naturalist Henr ...
Something new to binge-watch: TV's rich history of itself
In this Feb. 3, 2018 file photo, Judd Apatow arrives at the 70th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. A collect ...
WTO says EU has failed to stop illegal Airbus subsidies
The WTO ruling is a big win for Boeing The European Union has failed to remove its illegal subsidies for Airbus, the World Trade Organizati ...
Swiss police investigate fatal crash fire involving Tesla
Police in southern Switzerland say they are investigating the death of a German man after a Tesla car he was driving crashed into a guardrai ...
Mexico acknowledges banks were hacked; losses unknown
Mexico established a one-day waiting period on electronic money transfers of over $2,500 in the wake of a hacking attack that may have taken ...
Facebook: We're better at policing nudity than hate speech
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook believes its policing system is better ...
Using IoT AI and cloud technologies to advance home-based integrated care
Figure 1: HW Profile User Interface One of the largest growing demographics in the EU is individuals aged 65 and over, and two thirds of th ...
How artificial intelligence is reimagining work
Credit: MIT Sloan School of Management Paul Daugherty, chief technology and innovation officer at Accenture, sees three myths surrounding a ...
Gender is personal – not computational
Should an algorithm try to guess what gender people are by how they look? Credit: all_is_magic/Shutterstock.com Imagine walking down the st ...
Uber shifts policy for alleged sexual misconduct on service
This June 21, 2017, file photo shows the building that houses the headquarters of Uber, in San Francisco. Uber's ride-hailing service wi ...
Air France-KLM names interim leaders after CEO's quick exit
Strikes have cost Air France hundreds of millions of euros this year The board of Air France-KLM named chief financial officer Frederic Gag ...
Dutch govt dropping Kaspersky software over spying fears
The Dutch government is phasing out the use of anti-virus software made by Russian firm Kaspersky Lab The Dutch government is phasing out t ...
Facebook details policing for sex terror hate content
Facebook may remove content, add warnings if content may be disturbing to some users while not violating standards, or notify the police in ...
Platform for mobile networks would bring services up to speeds of 100 Gbps
Even as demand for web services grows alongside countless internet of things applications, a new platform could enable networks to deliver s ...
Engineers on a roll toward smaller more efficient radio frequency transformers
University of Illinois engineers say they have been able to minimise the size of the transformer – a notoriously large element of ICs.
Scientists discover how a pinch of salt can improve battery performance
A pinch of salt can be used to drastically improve the performance of batteries, claim researchers from the Queen Mary University of London, University of Cambridge and Max Planck Institute for Solid
Silicon wafer shipments reach record levels for first quarter of 2018
Reaching their highest recorded quarterly level ever, worldwide silicon wafer area shipments jumped to 3,084 million square inches during Q1 2018.
British ‘agri-tech’ start-up launches Indiegogo campaign to "transform" farming
Small Robot Company, a British ‘agri-tech’ start-up for sustainable farming has launched its Indiegogo campaign to fund its digital planting robot ‘Harry’.
EasyJet says losses narrow on sales boost
EasyJet hailed an "excellent performance" in the first half of the group's financial year British low-cost airline EasyJet sl ...
Algorithm is 'game-changer' for picking up on insurance fraud
Jiawen Sun, Queen's University Belfast Ph.D. student with Dr. Hans Vandierendonck. Credit: Queen's University Belfast A Queen's ...
Tesla's Autopilot engaged during Utah crash
In this Friday, May 11, 2018, photo released by the South Jordan Police Department shows a traffic collision involving a Tesla Model S sedan ...
Seattle backs tax on companies like Amazon to help homeless
People fill a hallway before a Seattle City Council meeting where the council was expected to vote on a "head tax" Monday, May 14, ...
Struggling Toshiba returns to black avoids delisting
Toshiba is bouncing back after a terrible year Struggling Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it had bounced back into the black aft ...
Symantec downplays mysterious internal investigation
Shares of Symantec closed the trading day up 9.6 percent to $21.40 ahead of top executives holding a telephone conference to discuss the com ...
EU seeks to protect citizens in data 'jungle': minister
EU authorities are urging the bloc's 500 million citizens to take control of their personal data, warning tech giants they face huge fin ...
Vodafone returns to profit announces CEO departure
Vodafone's long-serving CEO Vittorio Colao will step down later this year British telecoms giant Vodafone on Tuesday announced a return ...
EU data protection may trigger global ripple effect
Terms and conditions update: will internet giants apply the new EU rules worldwide? The EU's new data protection rules that enter into ...
Kaspersky to transfer infrastructure out of Russia
Kaspersky Lab says it is transferring its core infrastructure and operations from Russia to Switzerland Russian anti-virus software firm Ka ...
Wearable ring wristband allow users to control smart tech with hand gestures
Using acoustic chirps emitted from a ring and received by a wristband, Georgia Tech researchers say they have developed a technology that is able to recognise 22 different micro finger gestures.
From Yahoo to Uber major hacks of data
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The European Union's new data protection rules, which take effect on May 25, will give people more control ov ...
Research examines wing shapes to reduce vortex and wake
Photo showing wake turbulence. Credit: Ryoh Ishihara It's common to see line-shaped clouds in the sky, known as contrails, trailing beh ...
Tesla reorganizing to speed up production
Tesla chief Elon Musk said a company reorganization aims to speed up production of the Model 3, a key to expansion of the electric carmaker ...
Hackers divert funds from Mexico banks amount unclear: official
At least five attacks on the Mexican central bank's Interbank Electronic Payments System were carried out in April and May Hackers have ...
US looking at alternative sanctions for China's ZTE: Ross
Ross called the US trade deficit "blameful and shameful," in many cases due to protectionism. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross s ...
University of Alberta cyclotron could supply province's demand for medical isotopes
A cyclotron at the University of Alberta has proven capable of producing enough medical isotopes for up to 1,000 diagnostic procedures in a ...
CBS sues to block effort to 'force' merger with Viacom
A lawsuit alleges that controlling CBS shareholder Shari Redstone is seeking to force a merger with media rival Viacom on unfavorable terms ...
US Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on sports gambling
A woman plays the slot machine in a near empty casino in Atlantic City, where the closure of some casinos in recent years contributed to a s ...
Facebook suspends 200 apps over data misuse
Facebook has suspended 200 apps as part of an investigation into misuse of personal data on the social network Facebook said Monday it has ...
Tesla sets up Shanghai firm as it expands China presence
Tesla has long eyed manufacturing its cars in China, the world's biggest electric market Tesla has set up a company in Shanghai focusin ...
HSBC ING banks announce blockchain first
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Banking giants HSBC and ING on Monday said they had carried out a landmark blockchain transaction aimed at speedi ...
Norway artists file complaint against Tidal over false streaming
Beyonce, seen here at Coachella, launched her album "Lemonade" exclusively on Tidal in 2016 Norwegian songwriters, composers and ...
Race is on to set up Europe's electric car charging network
In this Friday, May 11, 2018 photo a man charges his BMW electric vehicle at the rest stop Brohltal Ost at the A61 motorway in Niederzissen, ...
Email encryption standards hacked
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A research team from the University of Applied Sciences (FH) in Münster, Horst Görtz Institute for IT S ...
Zimbabwe warns against cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin has sparked interest in Zimbabwe as the Zimbabwe dollar was abandoned in 2009 due to hyperinflation. Zimbabwe's central ba ...
Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
An image prepared in 1984 by the late Phil Belbin of what the Very Fast Train south of Canberra could look like. Courtesy of Railway Digest ...
If we can't recycle it why not turn our waste plastic into fuel?
Could this be turned into fuel, instead of just more plastic? Credit: Shutterstock.com Australia's recycling crisis needs us to look in ...
Ultrasound scans for damage to concrete bridges
Credit: Phillipe Olivier The concrete Pantheon in Rome is in excellent condition after 2,000 years. Steel reinforcement can dramatically re ...
New series of proofs toward proving the Unique Games Conjecture
Credit: Kevin Hong for Quanta Magazine A paper posted online in January takes theoretical computer scientists halfway toward prov ...
China hails Trump's ZTE olive branch ahead of trade talks
China on Monday hailed President Donald Trump's offer to prevent Chinese telecom giant ZTE from collapsing due to a US technology ban, a ...
We asked people if they would trust driverless cars
How much would you trust a driverless car? Credit: Shutterstock/metamorworks We're promised a future with driverless cars on our roads, ...
Researchers develop method to compare pricing models
A team of biophysicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) presents a mathematically concise method for ...
Why your smartphone may soon start scanning your veins
Manufacturers may be favouring fingerprints over passcodes to allow access to smartphones, but Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers alre ...
94% of Australians do not read all privacy policies that apply to them – and that's rational behaviour
Credit: Chart: Shelley Hepworth Source: CPRC Australians are agreeing to privacy policies they are not comfortable with and would like comp ...
Regulating social platforms has dangers like punishing content creators
By harnessing social media, the teenage survivors of the Parkland, Florida massacre in the United States have started a movement that might ...
Counter-terrorism police are now training with virtual terrorists
Virtual reality is helping train counter-terrorism officers. Credit: Josh LeCappelain/US Deparment of Defense What if you could save an air ...
Nano ribbons provide building block for high-performance nanoelectronic devices
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a unique growth mechanism to produce atomically thin semiconductor ribbons that can serve as a building block for high-perfor
No crisis for Panini stickers as World Cup fever builds
The Panini Group has an exclusive contract with world football's governing body FIFA and its first World Cup album dates back to 1970 B ...
Xerox ends merger with Fujifilm in victory for shareholders
Under the terms of the merger with Xerox, Fujifilm would have held 50.1 percent of Fuji Xerox while current shareholders would have rec ...
JAL to launch low-cost carrier ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
JAL hopes to take advantage of Tokyo 2020 to boost its low-cost offering Japan Airlines (JAL) on Monday announced plans to launch a budget ...
Rights for citizens duties for firms under new EU data rules
The EU's new data protection regulation will mean changes for companies and users The EU's new data protection rules are set to bol ...
In DR Congo home-grown digital entrepreneurs defy odds
Being a digital entrepreneur in the Democratic Republic of Congo comes with many challenges, not least that internet access is very limited ...
EU data laws set to bite after Facebook scandal
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg tells the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce how the company will boost personal data protection as th ...
Arduino and MathWorks offer students new Arduino Engineering Kit
Arduino, in partnership with MathWorks, a developer of mathematical computing software, have unveiled the Arduino Engineering Kit.
Nissan reports record full-year profit but warns on outlook
Nissan warned that next year could get choppy Japanese car giant Nissan on Monday reported a record full-year net profit thanks to US tax c ...
Trump pledges to safeguard Chinese telecoms jobs (Update)
US President Donald Trump says he is working with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help telecom giant ZTE to stay in business US President Dona ...
Trump says working with Xi to save telecom giant ZTE
US President Donald Trump says he is working with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help telecom giant ZTE to stay in business US President Dona ...