Deutsche Telekom confident after Q1 profit bump
Fast growth at its US mobile unit should help boost earnings in 2018, Deutsche Telekom said Wednesday Germany's Deutsche Telekom lifted ...
Walmart India's Flipkart to announce e-commerce mega deal
US retail behemoth Walmart is reportedly set to buy a majority stake in Flipkart, India's biggest e-commerce company US retail behemoth ...
China's Alibaba buys Pakistan e-commerce firm Daraz
Alibaba added 98 million active consumers over the year ended March 31 Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Wednesday it had purchased lea ...
NYPD tests new tool that detects credit card skimmers
In this April 18, 2018, photo, a detective with the New York City Police Department uses a detection device that indicates if a credit card ...
Toyota reports improved quarterly profit despite incentives
This Feb. 15, 2018, file photo shows the Toyota logo on the trunk of a 2018 Toyota Prius on display at the Pittsburgh Auto Show. Toyota Moto ...
California may require solar panels on new homes in 2020
In this Oct. 16, 2015 file photo a solar panel is installed on the roof of the Old Governor's Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento, ...
Dutch eye Air France woes fearing headwinds for KLM
Tailspin: Air France share prices have plummeted this week Dutch politicians and unions are watching the unfolding crisis at Air France wit ...
Boeing Airbus GE among biggest losers from US Iran shift
GE affiliates based outside the US since 2017 received contracts totaling tens of millions of dollars for equipment for gas production ...
Facebook makes major management overhaul
In an unprecedented management shakeup co-founder Mark Zuckerberg remained chief of Facebook, with chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg h ...
China moves to rope in its tech 'unicorns'
Alibaba founder Jack Ma on the first day of trading for Alibaba on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014. Strict rules essentially prevented t ...
Uber shows off its vision for future 'flying taxi'
A model of Uber's electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle concept (eVTOL) flying taxi is displayed at the second annual Uber Elev ...
Google pitches artificial intelligence to help unplug
Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O 2018 Conference at Shoreline Amphitheater on May 8, 2018 in Mountain ...
US environmental groups slam Ford over clean fuel stance
Envirnomental groups accused Ford of "hypocrisy" for calling for revised fuel efficiency standards, a charge the company denies E ...
At a glance: How new Google features tap digital smarts
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks under a video showing singer John Legend at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May ...
Facebook bans foreign ads targeting Irish abortion referendum
Protesters hold up placards as they take part in the March for Choice, calling for the legalising of abortion in Ireland after the referendu ...
University of California nurses medical workers join strike
Protesters cheer as they listen to a speaker during a rally on the UCLA campus Monday, May 7, 2018, in Los Angeles. Thousands of custodians, ...
Canada newspaper La Presse to become a non-profit
La Presse is the first major newspaper in Canada to become a non-profit entity The Montreal daily La Presse, after ending its 134 year-old ...
Georgia governor vetoes cybercrime legislation
Georgia's governor has vetoed a bill that would have criminalized unauthorized computer access after receiving blowback from the state&# ...
Disney seeks new frontiers as more people watch video online
Disney is seeking new frontiers. The media company launched its ...
Gates Zuckerberg team up on new education initiative
Tech moguls Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are teaming up to help develop new technologies for kids with trouble learning, which will includ ...
Computer-controlled 'greenhouses' in kitchens grow fresher healthier produce
People can grow a variety of plants in the Heliponix GroPod. This photo shows Genova basil, red Russian kale, cherry tomatoes, cilantro and ...
Sun protection without blinds
Window glass that transmits light optimally but keeps the heat outside: a dream of many architects. Credit: Floriane Vita, Unsplash Summer. ...
Synchronizing cochlear signals stimulates brain to 'hear' in stereo
Using both ears to hear increases speech recognition and improves sound localization. Ruth Litovsky, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ...
Will automated vehicles take the stress out of driving? Research says 'don't count on it'
The expectation that automated vehicles will make drivers' jobs easier, especially if they've been behind the wheel for an extended ...
Researchers improve textile composite manufacturing
Engineering professor Abbas Milani and graduate student Armin Rashidi use 3D scanning equipment to analyze textile composites. Credit: UBC O ...
Facebook bans foreign ads in Ireland abortion referendum
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook says it is banning foreign advertiseme ...
TAP Air Portugal profits take off after years in the red
TAP Air Portugal has surged back into profitability Portugal's flagship TAP Air carrier returned to profit in 2017 after years in the r ...
In latest diesel woes Audi flags new emissions 'irregularities' (Update)
Is Audi's A6 model guilty of cheating on emissions tests? German luxury carmaker Audi on Tuesday said it had detected "irregularit ...
A strategy bearing fruit
2018-05-08 08:00:23A strategy bearing fruit
Moshe Gavrielov’s decision to leave Xilinx saw Victor Peng appointed as the company’s new president and CEO. Here he talks to Neil Tyler about his plans for the company.
Optimised hearing devices featuring fibre-optic technology
Groundbreaking technology for the transmission of acoustic signals, designed for use in fully implantable hearing aids, has been successfull ...
Taking air travel to the streets or just above them
An artist’s conception of an urban air mobility environment, where air vehicles with a variety of missions and with or without pilots, are a ...
Tweet all about it – people in parks feel more positive
Being in a park tends to make people feel more positive, although the time of day and the season also affect their moods. Credit: leungchopa ...
States await election security reviews as primaries heat up
In this Friday, April 27, 2018 photo, voters prepare their ballots during early voting at the Hamilton County Government Center in Noblesvil ...
Deutsche Post digs deep to master parcel boom
German logistics group Deutsche Post DHL said net profits were down 5.2 percent year-on-year between January and March German logistics gro ...
3-D printing of weapons threatens security on global national and personal level
While advances in additive manufacturing offer potential breakthroughs in prosthetic arms or jet engine parts, 3D printing, as it is known, ...
Novel solution to a GPS blind spot for safer and smarter driving experience in multilevel road networks
Angle Difference Method for Vehicle Navigation in Multilevel Road Networks. Credit: The University of Hong Kong Multilevel road networks su ...
Worrying times for the UK’s space industry
News that UK companies might be shut out of the Galileo programme raises concerns for companies working in the country’s space industry.
Researchers teach robots to touch
Touching and grasping objects are surprisingly complex processes, an area where contemporary robots are still clumsy. Principal investigator ...
Google to showcase AI advances at its big conference
In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, file photo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about Google Assistant during a product event in San Francisco. Go ...
Japan's Takeda to buy Shire in record $62.5 bn deal
Analysts say the deal would be a smart move by Takeda as it looks to diversify but there are also concerns that it could be overextending it ...
Romanian who attacked Warcraft gets year in prison
Guests demo the new World of Warcraft game at BlizzCon on November 3, 2017 in Anaheim, California A Romanian man who launched a cyber attac ...
Microsoft launches $25M program to use AI for disabilities
Participants attending the keynote address at Microsoft's Build, the company's annual conference for software developers, are led in ...
Amos Genish confirmed as CEO of Telecom Italia
Amos Genish, seen here at the Telecom Italia shareholders meeting on Friday, will stay on as the comapny's CEO Israeli Amos Genish was ...
News agencies hail 'major step' by EU to make net giants pay for news
Officials are hammering out an overhaul of EU copyright rules against the backdrop of free online news that has decimated earnings for tradi ...
Buffett says stocks remain best investment option for most
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, drinks Cherry Coke while playing bridge outside Berkshire-owned Borsheims jewelry st ...
Monsanto CEO and others to leave after Bayer takeover
Monsanto Chairman and CEO Hugh Grant will leave the company after it's acquired by Germany's Bayer AG. ...
Visual homing for micro aerial vehicles using scene familiarity
Credit: World Scientific In a paper to be published in Unmanned Systems, a group of researchers have discovered that a navigation algorithm ...
Egypt approves law to govern popular ride-hailing apps
Egypt's parliament has approved a law to govern popular ride-hailing apps Uber and Careem after the companies appealed a court ruling th ...
Snapchat joins EU group fighting hate speech
Snapchat has agreed to join an EU-sponsored group of US internet giants to combat hate speech and online extremism, EU officials said on Mon ...
Big investor offers about $6.5 billion for athenahealth
Prominent athenahealth investor Elliott Management Corp. is offering about $6.5 billion to take the medical billing software maker private a ...
Invisible structures exposed
2018-05-07 06:00:18Invisible structures exposed
Fig.1. Estimated 3D plant branch structure. Credit: Osaka University Thoroughly understanding the growth of branches and leaves of individu ...
Bioinspiration—plant-inspired pipettes
Credit: The Royal Society The authors of a new article published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, "Plant-inspired pipettes&q ...
Report: Millions of tweets spread anti-Semitic messages
Millions of anti-Semitic messages on Twitter have spread negative stereotypes and conspiracy theories about Jews across the social media pla ...
Putin rolls out new Russian limo at inauguration
The new Russian-made limousine carrying Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin to his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May ...
US giant IFF to buy Israel's Frutarom for $7 bn
International Flavors & Fragrances said Monday it agreed to buy Israel's Frutarom for more than seven billion dollars (5.9 billion e ...
Air France shares nosedive after CEO bails (Update)
Heavy turbulence for Air France, including on the stock market Air France shares went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange Monday af ...
Low-carbon energy transition requires more renewables than previously thought
The transition to a low-carbon energy society will require more renewable energy sources than previous estimates if current levels of energy ...
Deep learning comes full circle
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For years, the people developing artificial intelligence drew inspiration from what was known about the human bra ...
Oversharing can have consequences research says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Social media and digital communication tools make sharing private information easier than ever, but communication ...
Sensor stickers transform the human body into a multi-touch surface
Saarbruecken computer scientists have developed novel skin sensors that allow mobile devices to be controlled from any point on the body. Cr ...
Cloud computing artificial intelligence on Microsoft agenda
This Nov. 29, 2017, file photo shows Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking at the annual Microsoft shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash. Mi ...
Air France shares in tailspin after CEO quits
Heavy turbulence for Air France, including on the stock market Air France shares went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange on Monday ...
ZTE petitions US government to lift sanctions
Trading in ZTE shares in Hong Kong and Shenzhen has been halted since the US slapped it with sanctions last month Chinese telecom giant ZTE ...
Nestle pays $7.15 billion to sell Starbucks products
Brewing up a 'global coffee alliance' Swiss food giant Nestle announced Monday it will pay $7.15 billion for the rights to market S ...
Trial set for Latvian accused of running malware operation
Jury selection is set to begin in Virginia in the trial of a Latvian man accused of running a hacking operation offering malware products an ...
Sale of debt-laden Air India fails to take off
Beleagured national airline Air India's privatisation has stalled because the government's sale conditions are too restrictive, expe ...
VW board eyes damage claims against former CEO Winterkorn
In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of the German car manufacturer 'Volkswagen', arrives for a questionin ...
Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway is sound even without him
Investor Warren Buffett speaks on June 14 of last year in Washington Investor guru Warren Buffett, 87, told shareholders Saturday that his ...
US companies weigh price hikes as material costs rise
Prices of aluminum have risen further after US announcements of tariffs on imported aluminum Higher costs for oil, industrial metals and ot ...
Spain's Bilbao fights to lead European wind power sector
Wind turbine blades stored at Haizea Wind Group's headquarters at Bilbao's harbour. Spanish wind power firms are fighting to hold th ...
Banks don't want to be weakest link in blockchain revolution
Blockchain technology has powered trading in cryptocurrencies, but experts say it could be used to speed up and make cheaper trading in othe ...
T-Mobile Sprint customers will be fine if the deals keep coming
A year ago, my wife and I were still paying through the nose for two cellphone lines from Verizon Wireless that somehow consistently cracked ...
Air France's future in the balance warns economy minister
The survival of strike-hit Air France is in the balance, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned France's economy minister on ...
Police: Sedan that collided with Waymo vehicle ran red light
A driver whose sedan collided with a self-driving vehicle owned by Waymo has been cited for running a red light, police in a Phoenix suburb ...
Don't want to be hit for extras on your flight? Bots—and FIU—could help
If the complexities of booking flights is making you long for a road trip, some robot relief is on the way. ...
Al Franken returns to spotlight with cybersecurity speech
Al Franken edged back into the spotlight Tuesday, speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Lisbon, Portugal, four months after resigning fr ...
Google self-driving van involved in crash in Arizona driver injured (Update)
A self-driving van that was part of Google's tests in Arizona was involved in an accident Friday when a car being driven by a human swer ...
Swiss Guards: World's oldest standing army gets new headgear
The world's oldest standing army is getting some new headgear. ...
First company to $1 trillion: Apple zeroes in on historic market cap for ultimate 'icing on the cake'
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For the past few months, Apple has flirted with the possibility of becoming the first company ever to reach the o ...
Facebook F8: Four things you need to know about the conference
Here are the four biggest announcements from Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook's annual F8 conference for software developers on Tuesday. ...
Tech firm offers new hires student loan assistance to make Bay Area more affordable
Sexy office perks like free food, gym classes and tropical retreats are so last year. These days, a growing number of companies are offering ...
Toyota invests Can$1.4 billion in Canada plants
Ottawa will support the investment with Can$110 million in Toyota's Cambridge and Woodstock plants in Ontario Toyota announced Friday i ...
Waymo self-driving car hit in collision on Arizona street
Police in a Phoenix suburb are investigating a collision involving a self-driving vehicle owned by Waymo. ...
Why Wall Street's worried about Tesla
In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Tesla is a company of b ...
Apple iPhones are still selling. There goes your hope of a price cut.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain People are still buying lots of iPhones, so don't expect Apple to roll out bargains anytime soon. ...
Novel simulation technique models material-aging process
According to UCI engineers, the difference between aging and non-aging concrete lies in the amount of nano-confined water in its molecular b ...
How to pick a new password now that Twitter wants one
This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia. Twitter says it discovered a bug that stored pass ...
Tesla's Musk defends comments made during conference call
In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology indus ...
Air France-KLM boss resigns after staff reject pay deal
"I accept the consequences of this vote and will tender my resignation to the boards of Air France and Air France-KLM in coming days,&q ...
Google to show who is behind US political ads
Google announces new rules for placing online US election ads on the social media platform Google on Friday said that people looking to pla ...
Apple took 8 days to give me the data it had collected on me. It was eye opening.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain How much does Apple know about me? The answer surprised me. ...
Hotel rooms by the hour—or the minute
This screenshot from a smartphone shows an example of a page from Recharge, an app that offers hotel rooms by the minute. Recharge currently ...
Pentagon halts sales of Chinese-made smartphones as security risk
The Pentagon has ordered retail stores on its bases around the world to cease selling all smartphones and devices made by two Chinese compan ...
Google Assistant is now in 5000 smart-home devices
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As far as Google is concerned, there's no place like home. ...
Buffett's firm buys 75 million more Apple shares in 1Q
In this Nov. 3, 2017, file photo, the Apple iPhone X sits on display at the new Apple Michigan Avenue store along the Chicago River in Chica ...
Optimizing customized steel products for manufacturers
AutoBarSizer calculated cutting plan with leftovers. Green: reusable remainder (type 2), yellow: reusable remainder (type 1), red: scrap. Cr ...
Alibaba says annual net profit up 47% in 2017/2018
Alibaba, which has made billionaire founder Jack Ma one of China's richest men and a global e-commerce icon, has been on a roll, regular ...
Building with bottles
2018-05-04 10:00:10Building with bottles
The project uses bottles created by Friendship Products LLC to construct a shelter for disaster relief. Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti ...
Vermont reduces incentives for renewable energy program
Vermont regulators are reducing the financial incentives for electric customers who install renewable energy systems such as solar panels an ...
US hedge fund wins control of Telecom Italia board
From left, Telecom's Roberto Capone, Tim CEO Amos Genish, Tim Vice President Franco Bernabe' and Tim's Notary Carlo Marchetti si ...