Zuckerberg acknowledges 'mistakes' as Facebook turns 14
CEO Mark Zuckerberg marked the 14th anniversary of the founding of Facebook with reflections on mistakes he has made in building the biggest ...
EU Commission urges carmakers to 'behave more ethically'
Last week it emerged that German auto giant Volkswagen tried to keep secret the results of a diesel emissions test on monkeys because it sho ...
Former Google exec Eric Schmidt named MIT innovation fellow
This march 8, 2016, file photo shows Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet speaking during a press conference ahead of the Google Dee ...
Alleged UK hacker wins US extradition fight
Lauri Love waves outside The Royal Courts of Justice in London, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. The ruling in Lauri Love's appeal against extradit ...
Alibaba buys stake in Wanda Film for $750 million
Wanda originally specialised in real estate, but later diversified into cinema, amusement parks and sports Troubled Chinese conglomerate Wa ...
Israel bourse bullish on blockchain cagey on crypto
An Israeli consultant trades the cryptocurrency, bitcoin, online, in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv in this picture taken on January 17, 2018 ...
Revolutionary material for future electronics
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) may stand to revolutionise the way in which we control the flow of electrons through a circuit.
Continental teams with NVIDIA on self-driving car system
Software maker NVIDIA (Nah-VID-E-uh) and German auto parts supplier Continental are teaming to build a self-driving vehicle system that will ...
New method to manufacture organic solar cells
Semitransparent solar cell module. Credit: Thor Balkhed The ability to use cheap materials and simple manufacturing methods are two huge ad ...
The benefits of job automation are not likely to be shared equally
In Australia, wage growth is lagging productivity growth across most sectors of the economy. Credit: Lukas Coch/AAP While companies might r ...
Amazon hammers out tax deal with France
US online shopping giant Amazon said it has struck a deal with the French government to settle a bill for nearly 200 million euros ($249 mil ...
Alleged UK hacker wins appeal against US extradition
Lauri Love waves outside The Royal Courts of Justice in London, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. The ruling in Lauri Love's appeal against extradit ...
UK bank bans bitcoin purchases via credit card
Hold your horses on those card bitcoin purchases Lloyds Banking Group on Monday joined major US banks in banning purchases of bitcoin and o ...
Panasonic upgrades earnings targets on cheap yen
Panasonic has upgraded its earnings targets Japanese electronics giant Panasonic on Monday upgraded its annual earnings targets thanks to a ...
Broadcom raises Qualcomm bid to more than $121 billion
In this Thursday, April 27, 2017, file photo, visitors look at a display booth for Qualcomm at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) ...
Shortage of skills threatens UK’s potential in technology and innovation post-Brexit
The UK’s chances of taking a global lead in science, technology and innovation post-Brexit are said to be at risk according to Odgers Berndtson. The executive search firm has warned a committee of MPs
Porsche to double investment in electric cars
Porsche's flagship Mission E electric sports car is scheduled to hit the roads in late 2019 German high-end sports car maker Porsche sa ...
Late-year change in income tax rate leads to billions in unexpected profits and losses
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As politicians tout the merits of U.S. tax reform on personal returns and corporate investment, many companies ar ...
Nissan to invest $9.5 billion in China to drive sales
Nissan's high-end brand, Infiniti, will go all electric in China by 2025 Japanese automaker Nissan Motor and its Chinese joint venture ...
IATA chief warns about rising cost of airport expansion
The boss of IATA called for more modest airport developments to keep construction costs down and avoid landing customers with higher prices ...
Third time lucky for another Samsung leader
Lee Jae-Yong arrives in court last August Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong on Monday became the third generation of his family to benefit from mer ...
China looks to stamp out cryptocurrency trading
China plans to stamp out trading in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin China plans to stamp out all remaining cryptocurrency trading in the c ...
A raucous Google-Uber fight is finally heading to trial
In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Anthony Levandowski, then-head of Uber's self-driving program, speaks about thei ...
Q&A: Ride-hailing service Lyft's product chief Tali Rapaport
This photo provided by Lyft shows Tali Rapaport, the company's vice president of product. Even though it's been in business for just ...
EU says 'electroshock' tax plan for internet giants set for March
EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, pictured in November 2017, said that on average internet giants pay a tax rate of 9 perce ...
Tesla Australia to turn 50000 homes into power generators
South Australia plans to partner again with Elon Musk's Tesla which has already built the world's largest battery in the state Some ...
YouTube labels state-sponsored news as rules tighten
YouTube said it is labeling news videos coming from state-funded organizations as part of an effort to improve transparency YouTube on Frid ...
Vodafone eyes European asset buy from Liberty Global
"Vodafone confirms that it is in early stage discussions with Liberty Global regarding the potential acquisition of certain overlapping ...
Algorithm identifies vulnerable people during natural disasters
A new algorithm developed at the University of Waterloo will help first responders and home care providers better help the elderly during na ...
Video: Why traffic apps make congestion worse
Has your smartphone traffic app ever led you into a traffic jam? Join the club. ...
Spain extradites suspect thought to be spam kingpin to US
Spain says it has extradited to the United States a Russian citizen who is suspected of being one the world's most notorious spammers. ...
BT shares tumble on sliding sales
BT shares tumble on disappointing first-quarter results Shares in British telecoms and television broadcasting company BT slumped Friday to ...
German car sales shrug off new diesel woes
A new scandal related to diesel emissions has not yet had an impact on car sales in Germany The number of new car registrations in Germany ...
Dell considers VMware purchase going public again
Dell Technologies is considering merging with business software provider VMware as part of several potential strategic options. ...
Apple overtakes Samsung in shrinking smartphone market: survey
Apple overtook Samsung as the largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter but the South Korean giant maintained the top position for 201 ...
Poland and Baltic states need energy plan by June: EU
Poland and Lithuania already have one electricity link, but more are needed to integrate the Baltic states fully into the EU electricity gri ...
Vodafone in early talks with Liberty Global on buying assets
Vodafone is confirming that it is in early stage discussions with Liberty Global regarding the potential acquisition of some "overlappi ...
Should Twitter Facebook get serious about real names?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fake social media accounts can retweet a presidential candidate, boost the perceived influence of a celebrity—or ...
Curving technology proposed for optical equipment
Leti, a research institute at CEA Tech, has developed a new curving technology for optical sensors and micro-displays that improves performance, enhances field of view and compensates for aberrations
Little known technique offers up to 5db reduction in PIM at no extra cost
Cable lengths in mobile base station structures are much more important than previously thought according to a new study, which has discovered that adjusting a jumper cable length by as little as 1cm
Mark Zuckerberg: People are spending 50 million fewer hours on Facebook a day
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Mark Zuckerberg warned in January that radical changes he's making to return Facebook to its roots connecting ...
Japan raids hacked crypto exchange bitcoin plunges further
Coincheck president Koichiro Wada bows in apology at a news conference last weekend after hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars in d ...
Apple delivers record profit seeks to allay iPhone X fears
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple on Thursday said its earnings in the final three months of last year set new records, with sales of its fl ...
Google parent hit by higher costs names new chairman
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google parent company Alphabet on Thursday reported a quarterly loss to set aside funds to pay taxes on repatriat ...
With Kamprad gone will Ikea lose its compass?
Will Ikea be able to assemble a comfortable future by itself without founder Ingvar Kamprad's manual? Will Ikea lose its way after the ...
Record highs record heists: where is cryptocurrency heading?
It has been a rollercoaster week for virtual currencies like bitcoin A hacking theft that netted $530 million, a ban on Facebook advertisin ...
Japan's Honda revs up annual net-profit forecast
Honda nearly doubled its net profit forecast Honda Motor on Friday nearly doubled its annual net-profit forecasts, citing strong growth in ...
China orders microblog operators to tighten censorship
Ratcheting up control over Chinese microblogs, regulators ordered operators on Friday to set up a mechanism to remove false information afte ...
System identifies music selections via brain scanning
It may sound like science fiction, but mind-reading equipment is much closer to reality than most people realize. A new study carried out at ...
Mimicking human driving in autonomous vehicles
Credit: University of Leeds Researchers from the University of Leeds are contributing to a 30-month autonomous vehicle project that will cu ...
Spintronics demonstrated in low cost materials
Engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have reported advances in spintronics that could lead to new computing and data storage technologies.
Designers of mixed reality experiences shouldn't overlook the communal nature of video games
Season two of the Netflix series Stranger Things featured a video game called Dragron’s Lair. Credit: Netflix Augmented reality, virtual re ...
Machine tools receiving a check-up
The researchers configure the measuring nest. Credit: Fraunhofer IWU Influences like temperature variation, drafts, and air humidity can he ...
New radiation detectors developed at Sandia used for New START inspections
Sandia National Laboratories designed new radiation detection equipment for New START Treaty monitoring. This new equipment detects neutron ...
Terahertz waves generated with spin current flow
Using quantum magnetic current flow, so-called spin current, in magnetic metal nanostructures, physicists at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) say they have developed a new way to generate t
CommAgility LTE platform supports eNodeB and UE LTE-Advanced functionality
A stand-alone hardware platform supporting eNodeB and UE configurations for LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks has been announced by CommAgility.
US car sales mixed in January; trucks stay strong
Contrary to the trend of rising US sales of trucks and SUVs, Fiat Chrysler saw an unusual decline in sales of its Ram pickup truck in Januar ...
Tracking activity on social networks now possible with new research
Researcher Fredrik Erlandsson at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden has now developed methods that enable human interaction to be tr ...
Efficient use of resources in manufacture of metal components
Structurally optimized wheel bearing for an ultralightweight vehicle designed for Additive Manufacturing – made in the 3D-Printing Lab for M ...
How Facebook could really fix itself
Facebook has a world of problems. Beyond charges of Russian manipulation and promoting fake news, the company's signature social media p ...
A step toward independence from fossil resources
Lignin is a real alternative to fossil resources in the manufacture of primers and adhesives. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Instead of happening ...
Israeli firm takes venture world with crowdfunding approach
Investors attend the OurCrowd Global Summit in Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Israeli venture capitalist Jonathan Medved launched his Ou ...
Lightweight robots harvest cucumbers
Agricultural vehicles known as “cucumber flyers” enable as many as 50 seasonal workers to harvest crops. Credit: Fraunhofer IPK Automation- ...
Paris court hears Facebook 'censorship' case over nude art
Frederic Durand-Baissas, a 59-year-old Parisian teacher and art lover, poses during an interview in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Durand-Ba ...
Alibaba net profit soars 35% as Singles Day pays off
Bumper profits for Jack Ma's e-commerce giant Alibaba were fuelled by successful Singles Day sales Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Thu ...
Tajikistan says $4bn dam to open in November
The Rogun hydroelectric dam could be ready to begin operations in time for a November holiday honouring Tajikistan's President Emomali R ...
Perovskites could boost optical comms data rates
An attractive candidate material for more efficient solid-state lasers and LEDs has been developed by a team from the US Naval Research Laboratory, which says free space visible light communications c
Low-latency image data compression
Cameras are installed, for example, in reverse lamps. They help with parking or detect obstacles. To minimize the size of the image data, vi ...
Profitable Daimler expects heavy spending on new tech
In this Jan. 24, 2018 file photo a woman fixes a Daimler Logo on a car at the Daimler AG company in Sindelfingen, Germany. Daimler AG says T ...
Nokia widens losses in 2017
2018-02-01 06:00:40Nokia widens losses in 2017
Nokia's net loss widened in 2017, but underlying profits improved Nokia said Thursday that its net loss widened in 2017, but that under ...
3-D printing of living cells
2018-02-01 06:00:403-D printing of living cells
A tube with an outer diameter of approximately 15 mm and a modular internal architecture is printed in one step, by depositing core-shell al ...
Diesel monkey tests: can harmful corporate research ever be justified?
Credit: Shutterstock The recent allegations that researchers funded by the German car industry tested the effects of diesel fumes on humans ...
Strava storm: why everyone should check their smart gear security settings before going for a jog
Credit: Strava Fitness tracking app Strava recently kicked off a privacy and security storm after it was revealed that its software had pot ...
Smart cities need to be more human so we're creating Sims-style virtual worlds
Credit: shutterstock.com Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. These include camer ...
‘Strong financial results’ for Cadence
Cadence Design Systems has seen revenue growth of around 7%, with a total income of $1.943 billion in 2017, compared to $1.816bn in 2016.
Giving optical switches the 'contrast' of electronic transistors
In a bid to improve computer power and speed, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is experimenting with photonic computing.
The Internet of Things is now wearable
Thanks to a West Australian innovation, Australia is getting its first payment ring. ...
Facebook booming even as time spent on it drops
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined changes aimed at improving personal interactions on the social network, at the potential co ...
Backplane demo supports 112Gbit/s data transmission
TE Connectivity and Credo are teaming up at DesignCon 2018 to demonstrate a system that can transmit data at rates of up to 112Gbit/s over PCB backplanes.
UAE cyber firm DarkMatter slowly steps out of the shadows
In this Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 photo, taken with a long exposure, employees walk into offices of the cybersecurity firm DarkMatter, in Abu D ...
Facebook shares swing as changes trim time spent by users
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined changes aimed at improving personal interactions on the social network, at the potential co ...
Apple challenged to show iPhone star shines
Apple's quarterly update could provide clues on the performance of the new flagship iPhone X, and on the future of the company With App ...
Microsoft reports loss due to tax charge
Microsoft said its loss for the past quarter was $6.3 billion—as it took a charge of $13.8 billion to pay taxes Microsoft on Wednesday repo ...
White House seeking to slash renewable energy research: report
Spending for the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is currently set at $2.04 billion, but would drop ...
Court rejects lawsuit against Twitter over IS attack
This Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, file photo, shows a Twitter app on an iPhone screen in New York. A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Facebook profit up 20 percent to $4.26 bn
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook on Wednesday reported that its profit in the final three months of last year climbed 20 percent to $4.2 ...
Apple to respond to US probes into slowdown of old iPhones
In this March 9, 2015 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus during an Apple event in San Francisco. U.S. ...
Carnegie Mellon Power Sector Index sees renewables with highest growth rate
Credit: CC0 Public Domain On January 9th, Carnegie Mellon University, supported by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), announced the r ...
Team creates ‘new generation of HD’
A process developed by an international research team could lead to brighter, lighter and more energy efficient high definition TVs and smart devices.
Artificial intelligence sparks hope—and fear US poll shows
A Gallup survey shows Americans are largely optimistic about the impact of artificial intelligence but fearful of some technologies such as ...
VW hid 'devastating' result from diesel exhaust tests on monkeys
VW admitted in 2015 to fitting emissions cheating software into millions of diesel vehicles worldwide German auto giant Volkswagen tried to ...
Nanomanufacturing facility to target next generation electronics
The University of Surrey plans to open a £4.2million nano-manufacturing facility to produce electronics for future smart consumer and industrial products. The project, supported by 32 partner organisa
Health care just the latest industry Amazon seeks to upend
In this Nov. 3, 2015, file photo, customer Kirsty Carey, left, gets ready to swipe her credit card for clerk Marissa Pacchiarotti, as she ma ...
Volvo profits rev higher on record sales
Strong global demand for trucks drove sales at Swedish maker Volvo last year Swedish truck maker Volvo said Wednesday that its net profit s ...
Designing greenways for diverse users
Greenway users exercise on Atlanta's Eastside Trail. Credit: North Carolina State University With greenways taking root in urban areas ...
New technology heralds easy and innovative ways to catch rays
A recent study demonstrates new technology that could be a first step towards ultralight and flexible solar cells on a thin plastic film. Cr ...
Smart lighting market is expected to reach a value of $19.47 billion by 2022
The smart lighting market is expected to reach a value of $19.47 billion by 2022, according to market research firm, MarketsandMarkets. Microsemi hopes to capitalise this anticipated growing demand wi
Smart furniture transforms spaces in tiny apartments into bedrooms work spaces or closets
MIT Media Lab spinout Ori is developing smart robotic furniture that transforms into a bedroom, working or storage area, or large closet — o ...
Semiconductor sales see UK distributor figures flat
The latest figures from the Electronic Components Supply Network’sauthorised distributor group show monthly billings in December 2017 remained flat compared to the same month in 2016 due to a decline
Germany probes Bosch workers in US over diesel emissions
Prosecutors in the German city of Stuttgart are investigating two employees of auto components and technology firm Robert Bosch LLC in the U ...