Fake news the First Amendment and failure in the marketplace of ideas
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The rise of social media and fake news challenge long-held assumptions about the First Amendment and are undermin ...
Researcher in Facebook data scandal apologizes
This image made from a video provided by CBS News/60 Minutes shows Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan during an interview with ...
Robot helps seriously ill Everton fan make history
A staff member holds an AV1 telepresence robot, allowing teenage fan Jack McLinden to be a 'virtual matchday mascot' ahead of the En ...
Arduino partners with Distrelec to launch automation and robotics contest
Arduino has launched a global contest that challenges users of its open-source electronics platform to create products that help advance the development of Industry 4.0 automation and robotics applica
Google parent Alphabet profit leaps on ad growth
Google still accounted for the vast majority of revenues for its parent company Alphabet Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a surge ...
EU probes Italy's latest Alitalia rescue loan
Did the Italian government keep Alitalia aloft illegally? EU anti-trust regulators on Monday opened an in-depth probe to establish whether ...
India's TCS crosses $100-bln market value
The market capitalisation value of India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has passed $100 billion—the second Indian company in history ...
Facebook rejects Australia media calls for regulation
Facebook is under fire from Australian media companies Tech giant Facebook has opposed calls by Australian media companies for digital plat ...
Merkel party warns competition 'impossible' against Facebook
Revelations about millions of Facebook users' data being illegally harvested have stoked Germans' distrust of social networks to fev ...
Mideast ride-sharing app Careem says it was hacked
The Mideast ride-sharing app Careem says it has been hacked. Th ...
Clouds in three dimensions
2018-04-23 06:00:11Clouds in three dimensions
The figure shows all flight paths of passenger aircraft flying at an altitude of less than 10 kilometres, between 7 p.m. and 7.12 p.m. Aircr ...
Financial expert taking Facebook to UK court over fake ads
In this Jan. 23 2018 file photo, MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis poses for a photo at the NTA show, in London. A personal finance exp ...
Neural network trained to assess fire effects
Credit: Open Data Program: DigitalGlobe Skoltech's Aeronet Lab has developed an algorithm that makes it possible to analyze satellite i ...
Qatar Airways to expand despite 'large loss': chief
An A350 of Qatar Airways is pictured on October 19, 2017, after taking off from the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, near Toulouse Qatar Airways w ...
'Soft' robots that can move on their own
A new class of soft robot, composed of ultrathin sensing, actuating electronics and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle that can adapt to the environment and crawl, has been announced by researche
BSI launches compliance scheme for Government’s IoT Code of Practice
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has launched a compliance scheme and governance framework for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Nuclear materials developed for a sustainable future
Credit: P.Stroppa/CEA An EU-funded project has fostered links between national and European programmes to harmonise and implement scientifi ...
Scientists integrate optical components into chips designs
A group of researchers from MIT, the University of California at Berkeley and Boston University have developed a technique for assembling on-chip optics and electronic separately, which enables the us
Quantum radar will expose stealth aircraft
Credit: University of Waterloo Stealth aircraft in the Canadian arctic will be no match for a new quantum radar system. ...
DesignSpark Marketplace to provide fast and simple route to market for makers
Distributor, RS Components (RS), has unveiled a beta version of what it says will be a significant new platform - DesignSpark Marketplace.
Online myth busters fight tide of fake news in India
Exposing fake news before it spreads is a herculean task in India, where an estimated quarter of a billion people use social media As grief ...
China's 'men only' job culture slammed in new report
Chinese tech behemoths Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu all published job ads that openly stated a preference for men, according to Human Rights W ...
Electronics giant Philips posts 27% drop in Q1 profits
Philips is best known for the manufacture of light bulbs, appliances and TVs Dutch electronics giant Philips Monday posted a 27 percent dro ...
Google launches Chat to compete with Apple's iMessage
Google is launching a new text messaging system for its Android platform to challenge Apple's iMessage in smartphone text messaging supr ...
Survey finds public trust in Facebook plummeted after Cambridge Analytical scandal
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Much of America believed in Facebook as the unassuming social network, connecting friends and family on the inter ...
Campaign against online video-game bullies flops
It seemed like a killer idea: combat sexist harassment in online video games by unleashing hit squads of talented female players to slay the ...
Graphene sets record on squeezing light to one atom
Researchers at The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona, Spain, along with other members of the Graphene Flagship, have been able to confine light down to a space one atom, the smallest
Shanghai gets automated bank with VR robots face scanning
In this April 13, 2018, photo, bank customers speak with a robot at an automated branch in Shanghai. The outlet opened by Beijing-based Chin ...
New study shows wearable technology also contributes to distracted driving
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study by Murtuza Jadliwala, assistant professor of computer science at The University of Texas at San Anton ...
Professor defends role in Cambridge Analytica data scandal
The shared building which houses the offices of Cambridge Analytica are pictured in central London The psychologist behind an app that harv ...
Taxi drivers Uber square up on Istanbul's roads
As new competitors like Uber have emerged, the official taxis in Istanbul have often failed to keep pace with changing times and society Is ...
China's ZTE says it's seeking a solution to US tech ban
ZTE Corp., one of China's biggest tech companies, said Sunday that it is taking steps to comply with a U.S. technology ban and that it i ...
Global carmakers gear up for China's auto show as sector opens
China's booming car market is a key target for foreign manufacturers, who will be displaying their wares at the Beijing Auto Show this w ...
Surge in anonymous Asia Twitter accounts sparks bot fears
Prominent Twitter users in Southeast and East Asia have seen a surge in follows from anonymous, new Twitter accounts It has been jokingly r ...
Russia adds Google IPs to registry of banned sites
Russia's communications watchdog agency says it is adding some Google IP addresses to the state register of banned sites, as a dispute o ...
China auto show highlights industry's electric ambitions
In this April 19, 2018, photo, visitors look at the Infiniti electric concept sedan at a showroom ahead of the Auto China 2018 to be held in ...
UK calls on social media firms to better protect children
Britain's health secretary says the government will introduce new laws targeting online social media companies if they don't do more ...
Robot designed for faster safer uranium plant pipe cleanup
In this photo made on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, David Kohandash, left, and Mohammad Mousaei work on the RadPiper robot in the robotics insti ...
After Facebook scrutiny is Google next?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook has taken the lion's share of scrutiny from Congress and the media for its data-handling practices t ...
Daniel Craig's Aston Martin fetches $468500 in New York
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig attend a fundraiser for The Opportunity Network, to which Craig is donating proceeds from the sale of his Aust ...
FAA orders emergency jet engine inspections after US plane failure
National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to a Southwest Airlines plane that suffered catastrophic engine failure on ...
California regulators investigating worker safety at Tesla
In this May 14, 2015, file photo, Tesla charging stations are shown outside of the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif. California workplace saf ...
DOJ looks into how AT&T Verizon handle defecting customers
This Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, file photo shows the AT&T sign at a store in Hialeah, Fla. The Justice Department has opened an antitrust ...
Texas appeals court dismisses revenge porn law
A Texas appeals court says a state law that punishes those who post intimate images from previous or current relationships online without co ...
How installing hi-tech windows helped a DFW Airport bar sell twice as many drinks
At DFW International Airport, the coolest seats in the house can be found near Gate A28. ...
Sports tech firm Stats looks to bring A.I. to the broadcast booth and sideline
When a baseball announcer rattles off your favorite player's batting average with two outs and runners on first and third, he's not ...
Professor voices concerns over robots and AI taking over PR
Eminent professor of PR voices concerns over robots and AI taking over PR. Credit: Artificial Intelligence Robots are on the rise in the fi ...
Audit clears Facebook despite Cambridge Analytica leaks
In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. An aud ...
Nissan to cut hundreds of jobs at UK car plant: source
Japanese automaker Nissan will axe hundreds of staff at its car plant in northeastern England due to a sharp fall in diesel car sales, a sou ...
UK teen who hacked CIA chief gets two-year prison term
"This was an extremely nasty campaign of politically motivated cyber terrorism," judge Charles Haddon-Cave said at the sentencing ...
Air France CEO threatens to resign if strikes continue
Raising the stakes: Air France's CEO threatened to quit The embattled CEO of Air France-KLM, Jean-Marc Janaillac, threatened Friday to ...
Forget tech's bad bros: Stanford Berkeley boost female computing grads
More and more women are getting computer science and electrical engineering degrees from the Bay Area's two elite universities, a goal U ...
Meijer to launch self-scanning app to speed grocery checkout
Meijer plans to launch a self-scanning mobile application in Chicago-area stores by the end of the summer, a move likely to be followed by s ...
How social networking sites may discriminate against women
A network effect known as homophily may reduce women's visibility on social media when recommendation algorithms are added, says a new s ...
Texas appeals court dismisses 'revenge porn' law
A Texas appeals court has ruled unconstitutional a state law that punishes those who post intimate images from previous or current relations ...
How does a city get to be 'smart'? This is how Tel Aviv did it
Tel Aviv has a reputation as a “non-stop city” but is also known for its local government’s use of smart technology to listen to and respond ...
Review: Apple's New iPad is the best tablet for almost everybody
Credit: Apple The Apple iPad is a gadget that appeals to a really wide audience. ...
Airbus Bill Gates and others back video imaging satellite venture
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Airbus, Bill Gates and Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son have joined to back a spinoff from Bellevue, Wash.-base ...
'The Bay Area is broken': Why Silicon Valley startups are hiring elsewhere
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Silicon Valley may be the world's tech paradise, but it's a hiring nightmare for many local startups now ...
Optical path recognition made audible
Image recognition makes the course of a path audible based on variable color saturations. Credit: Harald Kucharek Students of Karlsruhe Ins ...
Innovative imaging technology leads to automated pathological diagnosis
Credit: Fujifilm FUJIFILM Corporation has developed surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) imaging technology capable of analyzing larg ...
Sweden's new road powers electric vehicles – what's the environmental impact?
This month Sweden built the first road that charges electric vehicles as they drive. Credit: eroadarlanda Sweden has built the first smart ...
Smarter fiber data transmission doubles capacity to the home
Researchers of Eindhoven University of Technology and fiber broadband equipment supplier Genexis have developed data transmission techniques ...
Preview: Shadow streaming service may succeed where OnLive others failed
The biggest obstacle for Blade's Shadow service is the past. ...
T-Mobile expands jobs services for veterans
T-Mobile has launched a campaign geared toward veterans, with a hiring effort, discounts on phone lines, and investments in its network near ...
From promposals to Snaps smartphones are crashing the prom party
Smartphones have forever changed our lives. They also have forever changed the experience of the all-important high school ritual of going t ...
Scientists integrate opitcal components into chips designs
A group of researchers from MIT, the University of California at Berkeley and Boston University have developed a technique for assembling on-chip optics and electronic separately, which enables the us
As doors close in the US China's Huawei shifts to Europe
In this March 13, 2018, photo, the logo of Huawei is displayed at its headquarters in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong Province. A ...
AT&T chief says merger would boost value of Time Warner
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, who testified in an antitrust trial in Washington, maintained that merging with Time Warner would help ease ...
China's ZTE vows to fight US supplier ban
ZTE said the seven-year ban on buying US technology 'seriously endangers' its survival and added 'we cannot accept it!'  ...
Amazon worker's median pay in 2017: $28446
Amazon says its median employee pay was $28,446 last year. That ...
Gadgets: Treat your pearly whites to a sonic clean
I've been brushing my teeth this week with the Swedish made Foreo ISSA 2, which the company touts as the world's first silicone soni ...
Belarus to require internet comments to be authorized
The parliament in Belarus has passed a measure prohibiting internet users from commenting on forums without authorization and requiring onli ...
Virtually modelling the human brain in a computer
Neurons of the mouse cerebral cortex reconstructed from electron microscopy images (grey). Each nerve cell forms contacts to thousands of ot ...
Maryland bill seeks transparency in online political ads
In this Saturday, April 7, 2018 photo, Maryland Del. Alonzo Washington, D-Prince George County, who sponsored legislation in Maryland to inc ...
US Air Force awards nearly $1 bn for hypersonic missile
This 2010 US Air Force file photo shows an X-51A WaveRider hypersonic flight test vehicle under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress during tes ...
Jack Ma says Alibaba 'doing a lot of research' on driverless cars
Alibaba founder Jack Ma said his compnay is doing research on driverless cars E-commerce giant Alibaba is steering resources towards driver ...
New US aviation safety inspections after Southwest mishap
National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to a Southwest Airlines plane that suffered catastrophic engine failure on ...
Irish drugmaker Shire facing potential $60bn bidding war
Takeda, led by Frenchman Christophe Weber, has been actively looking overseas Ireland's Shire Pharmaceuticals on Thursday faced the pro ...
British cybersecurity expert faces key hearing in US case
This Monday, May 15, 2017, file photo shows Marcus Hutchins, a British cybersecurity expert during an interview in Ilfracombe, England. Hutc ...
German court rules that ad blockers are legal
Developed 10 years ago and downloaded hundreds of millions of times, the open-source software Adblock Plus is one of the most popular a ...
US to drop curbs on drone tech to boost arms sales
US officials say American firms are losing sales of armed drones like the MQ-9 Reaper—seen here on an air base in Afghanistan—to Chinese &qu ...
Bike-share companies are transforming US cities – and they're just getting started
Citibike station in midtown Manhattan. Credit: Jim Henderson, CC BY Residents of major U.S. cities are becoming used to seeing docks for bi ...
Using tooth sensors to detect disease
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the School of Engineering & Appl ...
Running facial recognition on buildings to unlock architectural secrets
Is this a face or a building? Credit: David W, CC BY About a decade ago, a modest update to Apple's iPhoto software showed me a new way ...
Silicon Labs completes Z-Wave acquisition
Silicon Labs has completed the acquisition of Sigma Designs’ Z-Wave business, including a team of approximately 100 employees, for $240 million in an all-cash transaction.
First integrated FPGA-in-the-loop workflow for PolarFire and SmartFusion2 FPGA development boards
Microsemi has announced a collaboration with MathWorks to launch hardware support for field programmable gate array (FPGA)-in-the-loop (FIL) verification workflow with Microsemi FPGA development board
USGS and DOE release nationwide wind turbine map and database
The US Wind Turbine Database viewer, which houses information on more than 57,000 individual wind turbines across 43 states, Puerto Rico, an ...
When our view of the world is distorted by algorithms
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Algorithms are used to personalize our newsfeed on social media. But the risk is that the ...
Tech giants are battling it out to supply the global internet—here's why that's a problem
Google’s Project Loon uses high altitude navigable balloons to deliver internet to rural and remote areas. Credit: Andrea Dunlap/Google The ...
Your next pilot could be drone software
Would you be – or feel – safer if one of these people were a robot? Credit: Skycolors/Shutterstock.com Would you get on a plane that didn&# ...
Why you should talk to your children about Cambridge Analytica
It’s never too early – or too late – to start talking to your children about how to protect their data from people who might misuse it. Cred ...
Cadence and Plexus join PCB Design & Manufacturing Live seminar line-up
Cadence Design Systems and Plexus are the latest names to join the expert line-up of speakers at PCB Design & Manufacturing Live.
Nexperia secures $800m to fund future growth plans
Nexperia has completed a refinancing of its current facilities with $800million equivalent of senior credit facilities. This includes a significant proportion of Revolving Credit facility. The proceed
Flight paths of bees and cuckoos could bring savings to airlines
Collaboration of Warsaw-based and Colombian scientists has resulted in the creation of software to optimize the routes of passenger aircraft ...
Writing and deleting magnets with lasers
Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) together with colleagues from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, USA have found a way t
One step closer to flexible TVs and high performance wearables
A nanoscale transistor could take us a step closer to flexible televisions, tablets and phones, as well as ‘truly wearable’ smart technology.
China: Qualcomm plan 'has difficulty' resolving concerns
The Chinese government says Qualcomm Inc.'s plan for its $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors "has difficulty" resolv ...
Robot developed for automated assembly of designer nanomaterials
A Japanese research team has developed an automated robot that greatly speeds up the collection of 2D crystals and their assembly to form van der Waals heterostructures.