URI engineering project brings joy to amputees in Colombia
Corvah Akoiwala, left, demonstrating a new prosthetic arm to Joysi, a Colombian boy who lost his forearm in an accident. Colombian student C ...
Chinese drone maker denies giving data to government
The Chinese company that is the world's biggest maker of commercial drones is denying claims in a U.S. government document circulated on ...
Google data-saving tool aims to help manage smartphone bills
Google says a new mobile application will help smartphone users conserve data, enabling them to better manage their wireless costs, respondi ...
Amazon brings Alexa from the home to the office in a new AI push
Amazon is launching a new Alexa for Business service using its speakers powered by artificial intelligence Amazon announced Thursday it is ...
Google's phones and other gadgets have had a bumpy ride
In this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, a woman holds up the Google Pixel 2 phone, left, next to the Pixel 2 XL phone at a Google event ...
Lewd comments cause YouTube to pull videos of children
Google-owned YouTube said it deleted videos with children and teens, not because the content was offensive, but because of inappropriate com ...
Hot sunny days could slow 5G networks but research offers solutions
Future 5G cellular systems, including backhaul links and device-to-device connections, could be affected by solar ray emissions, Embry-Riddl ...
GM to launch self-driving vehicles in big US cities in 2019
In this Tuesday, June 13, 2017, file photo, a self-driving Chevrolet Bolt EV that is in General Motors Co.'s autonomous vehicle developm ...
Army researchers seek better batteries
Army researchers are exploring how to create more efficient batteries by studying optimized geometries from calculations. (US Army illustrat ...
Squeezing light brings optical computing closer to reality
A team from Imperial College London has made what is called a significant step forward by reducing the distance over which light can interact by 10,000 fold. This, says the team, means that optical pr
Wisconsin county settles suit over augmented-reality games
Milwaukee County plans to settle a lawsuit from an augmented-reality game developer that challenged an ordinance requiring developers to get ...
Alleged UK hacker fights extradition to the US
British national Lauri Love, who is accused of hacking into U.S. government computers, arrives for an extradition appeal hearing at the Roya ...
GM to launch autonomous cars in big cities sometime in 2019
General Motors expects to have autonomous vehicles working commercially in big cities sometime in 2019. ...
Indonesian city to citizens: stop using free WiFi for drugs prostitution
Red-faced officials in Solo, Indonesia, have now cut back on free WiFi access An Indonesian city thought it was doing half a million citize ...
Lawsuit accuses Google of stealing data of 5m UK users
A lawsuit in Britain has accused Google of illegally collecting data from more than five million iPhone users. A consumer activist launched ...
Judges reserve judgment in case of alleged UK hacker
British national Lauri Love, who is accused of hacking into U.S. government computers, arrives for an extradition appeal hearing at the Roya ...
Holiday shopping: Desire for deals but some impulse buying
In this Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, file photo, people wait to pay for televisions as they shop a sale at a Best Buy store on Thanksgiving Day, ...
Startup event in Finland puts spotlight on European tech
General view of Slush 2017 event in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. Al Gore has kicked off the two-day Slush conference, one of ...
Wearable computing ring allows users to write words and numbers with thumb
FingerSound uses wearable ring technology to detect numbers and letters drawn on fingers. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology With the ...
Video: Lightbulb moment leads to wearable technology for performance dance
Credit: University of Colorado at Boulder Fascinated by innovations in wearable technology and driven by a passion for dance, undergraduate ...
Our exposure to electromagnetic waves—beware of commonly held beliefs
A base station or GSM relay antenna on a roof in Paris. Credit: Pyb/Wikimedia, CC BY For over 10 years, controlling exposure to electromagn ...
Viruses and malware—are we protecting ourselves adequately?
Bad news on the doorstep. How to stay safe? Credit: Shutterstock Cybersecurity incidents are increasingly gaining public attention. They ar ...
Technologically enhanced humans—a look behind the myth
Augmented warrior. Credit: U.S. Army/Flickr, CC BY What exactly do we mean by an "enhanced" human? When this possibility is broug ...
Far field voice capture evaluation kit launched
XMOS says the xCORE VocalFusion Speaker Linear evaluation kit is now available. Part of its range of far-field voice capture solutions, the kit is based on the XVF3100 voice processor and targeted at
Al Gore opens startup networking event in Finland
Former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore speaks during a Slush 2017 startup and technology event in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, ...
Alibaba betting on long-term gain from eSports investment
"We are prepared to lose money. We can accept the losses now as we hope to promote this sport," Alisports CEO Zhang Dazhong told A ...
AWS takes ‘stewardship’ of FreeRTOS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon FreeRTOS. Based on the popular FreeRTOS kernel, Amazon FreeRTOS is aimed at IoT applications. The move also sees AWS take 'stewardship' of FreeRTO
Backlash grows on 'Star Wars' video game 'loot boxes'
A new "Star Wars" video game is drawing fire for a feature that essentially allowed money instead of skill to determine who wins. ...
Bet you don't have this (very) early Apple product
Apple fans are known to hold onto the company's products long after they've been eclipsed by new models. ...
Warwick wins £80m for national battery development facility
A partnership between WMG, Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership and Coventry City Council has been awarded £80million to establish a new National Battery Manufacturing Development Fa
Nine atom wide graphene nanoribbons could enable nanotransistors
Transistors based on carbon nanostructures could be in production in the near future, according to an international research team, which has succeeded in producing nanotransistors from graphene ribbon
How to know when it's safe to click 'unsubscribe' on spam emai
Credit: CC0 Public Domain I had a reader write in to ask about spam. ...
Cyber Monday fueled by smartphones sets an online sales record of $6.6 billion
Cyber Monday delivered as expected. Based on final online sales numbers released at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Cyber Monday became the biggest U.S. on ...
Apple Pay Bitcoin for holiday shopping? 'Cash or check' feels obsolete
Customers at Linda Files' Winter Park-based The Spice & Tea Exchange have some options: Golden Monkey Tea, 4 Peppercorn spice blend ...
Apple's MacOS High Sierra security bug: Do this now
Apple pushed out a fix for a serious security bug in computers running its most recent operating system on Wednesday morning, less than a da ...
Two big Uber investors agree to sell shares in SoftBank deal
At least two big Uber stakeholders have agreed to sell part of their private shares to a group led by Japanese technology conglomerate SoftB ...
UW students teach Alexa to have a little chat with us
Credit: CC0 Public Domain We all know Amazon's Alexa can turn on your kitchen lights or order new dishwashing detergent. ...
Cyber Monday: Adobe says online sales surged higher
Did you go to Amazon.com Monday and pick up that Instant Pot countertop pressure cooker that you'd had your eye on for a while? ...
Semiconductor grab: Silicon Valley chip companies making tasty acquisitions
Winter may be on the way, but Silicon Valley chipmakers are having their moment in the sun. ...
Snapchat seeks to attract more users by redesigning app
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Snapchat is separating what friends share and what media organizations publish in an attempt to appeal to a broad ...
Facebook pledges $50M a year to match relief donations
In this Monday, June 19, 2017, file photo, a user gets ready to launch Facebook on an iPhone, in North Andover, Mass. Facebook announced Wed ...
Digital media company BuzzFeed cutting jobs in US UK
Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 8 percent of U.S. employees, or 100 jobs, as changes its business model in a bid to boost revenue. ...
Facebook to give relief groups data on users' needs
In this Monday, June 19, 2017, file photo, a user gets ready to launch Facebook on an iPhone, in North Andover, Mass. Facebook announced Wed ...
Microsoft plans to rebuild its suburban headquarters (Update)
In this Jan. 22, 2009, file photo, a man walks on the Microsoft headquarters campus in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft says it's overhauling it ...
Toward safer longer-lasting batteries for electronics and vehicles
The rise of lithium-ion batteries over the past 25 years has enabled much of today's technology, but on occasion, they still catch fire. ...
BuzzFeed to cut jobs refocus advertising
Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti says a reorganization will seek to diversify revenue at the digital media startup BuzzFeed said Wednesday it was ...
Smartphone market seeing steady growth as bigger screens rule
A survey shows consumers increasingly buying large-screen smartphones or "phablets," fueling growth in the sector The global smar ...
That's cheating! Video-game companies suing crooked players
A video-game maker is suing online gamers for designing or using computer code allowing them to crush competitors playing the popular " ...
Simulated computer network alters reality to mislead hackers
Sandia National Laboratories cyber researcher Vince Urias helped develop the Sandia-originated HADES program that employs alternative realit ...
Flexible impedance sensor can fit inside urinary catheters; monitor and treat biofilm
Credit: A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland A long-term, interdisciplinary research collaboration at the Universit ...
Microsoft plans to rebuild its headquarters
Microsoft says it's overhauling its longtime headquarters with an 18-building construction project that will make room for another 8,000 ...
Researchers develop new technique to model transplantation of the human liver
A team of scientists, physicians, and engineers from the Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM) and the Transplant Center of the Massachus ...
SUVs are main attraction at L.A. Auto Show
The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 convertible is revealed during the AutoMobility LA auto show Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Pho ...
Wait-and-see on e-cars is the wrong strategy
If the electricity is clean, electric cars drive eco-friendly. Credit: yeremyiswild / iStock The last year has been a good one for electric ...
Algorithm leverages Titan supercomputer to create high-performing deep neural networks
Inspired by the brain’s web of neurons, deep neural networks consist of thousands or millions of simple computational units. Leveraging the ...
There’s still a long way to go before the Government’s target of 2.4% of GDP is achieved
Figures released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the R&D expenditure in 2016 was £22.2billion; an increase of 5.6% compared to the previous year. This increase was accompanie
Nanomaterial can act as a security system for chips
Researchers at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering have developed unclonable cybersecurity security primitives made using molybdenum disulphide with the highest possible level of struct
Uber signs partnership with Vietnam's leading e-wallet (Update)
Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday signed a deal with MoMo, Vietnam's leading financial technology firm, enabling Uber riders to pay fo ...
Toyota showcases humanoid robot that mirrors user
Toyota's T-HR3 can be controlled by a wearable system that allows users to operate the entire robot in real-time by simply moving their ...
Hackers could get even nastier in 2018: researchers
Report by the security firm McAfee said hackers will develop new strategies in 2018 and target connected devices which offer less security t ...
SiFive’s RISC-V cores available on 22FDX process
SiFive has joined Globalfoundries’ FDXcelerator Partner Program and will be making its E31 and E51 RISC-V cores available on the foundry’s 22FDX process technology.
Supreme Court takes of case about privacy in digital age
In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo an iPhone is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing a case on Nov. 29, 2017, is taking up a case ...
Spanish taxis strike to protest Uber Cabify services
Spanish taxis are refusing to pick up passengers in a one-day strike against the increase in cars run by private companies offering cheaper, ...
Computer scientists are to explore how children can stay safe and retain their privacy as they engage with IoT
Researchers are looking at how children can stay safe and retain their privacy as they engage with the Internet of Things. Credit: Micro:Bit ...
90 percent of senior drivers don't make vehicle adjustments that can improve safety
Many older drivers experience a condition that impacts their joints. Credit: AAA Nearly 90 percent of older drivers do not make inexpensive ...
'Hacker-for-hire' pleads guilty to Yahoo breach
A Canadian man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a massive breach at Yahoo that authorities say was directed by two Russian in ...
Bubble or brave new world? Bitcoin breaks $10000 barrier
Value of bitcoin in 2017. Bitcoin broke through the $10,000 barrier for the first time on Wednesday as it continues a stratospheric rise th ...
Study finds drones more damaging than bird strikes to planes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Drones that collide with planes cause more damage than birds of the same size because of their solid motors, batt ...
Trial pitting Waymo against Uber further delayed
The case stems from a February lawsuit by Waymo which claimed former manager Anthony Levandowski, pictured here in 2016, took technical data ...
Uber signs partnership with Vietnam's leading e-wallet
U.S Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday signed a deal with MoMo, Vietnam's leading financial technology firm, enabling Uber riders to pa ...
New computer model sheds light on biological events leading to sudden cardiac death
Each rectangular structure represents a heart cell in the computer model. The color bursts depict propagating waves of calcium. Each cell is ...
New 3-D printer is ten times faster than commercial counterparts
MIT engineers have developed a new desktop 3-D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas th ...
US regulator says Silicon Valley is threat to internet
Federal Communication Commission chairman Ajit Pai argues that internet platforms like Twitter represent a threat to online freedom of speec ...
Retail group: Those using both online stores spending more
In this Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, file photo, an online shopper searches a site. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, the National Retail Federation esti ...
Washington state sues Uber over data breach cover-up
Washington state is suing the ride-hailing company Uber, saying it broke state law when it failed to notify more than 10,000 drivers in the ...
Bipartisan group of lawmakers targets 'revenge porn' online
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is intent on combating online sexual exploitation as allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior continue t ...
NREL develops switchable solar window
Lance Wheeler (front) developed a switchable photovoltaic window along with (from left) Nathan Neale, Robert Tenent, Jeffrey Blackburn, Elis ...
Cyber Monday: Biggest online shopping day in U.S. history pits Amazon vs. Walmart
Safely back in their office cubicles, Americans let their fingers do the shopping Monday, racking up $6.59 billion in online sales by the en ...
Amazon's cloud-computing unit takes a new approach in battle with rivals: advertising
Amazon Web Services has defeated IBM in a competition for lucrative federal contracts, threatened Microsoft's core businesses, and resha ...
Uber facing federal probe on allegations of espionage (Update)
In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, file photo, a self-driving Uber sits ready to take journalists for a ride during a media preview in Pittsbur ...
Office-sharing startup WeWork announces tie-up with Meetup
Office-sharing startup WeWork on Tuesday announced a deal to buy Meetup, an online social network devoted to organizing real-world activitie ...
Study of attitudes on digital disruption yields reform call
Experts say social media platforms need to be more involved in content moderation and to work on better complaints reporting. Credit: Rami A ...
Government regulation of social media would be a 'cure' far worse than the disease
Credit: NextNewMedia In recent weeks, Congress has grilled Twitter, Facebook and Google about their role in allowing foreign interests to p ...
Redefining safety for self-driving cars
When self-driving cars get in crashes, who’s to blame? Credit: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority via AP In early November, a self ...
Should we fear the rise of drone assassins? Two experts debate
Credit: shutterstock A new short film from the Campaign Against Killer Robots warns of a future where weaponised flying drones target and a ...
SoftBank offer for Uber shares to cut valuation: reports
An investment offer from Japanese tech giant SoftBank for a stake in Uber is being made at a 30 percent cut from the ridesharing giant's ...
IU-based startup launches high-tech system for virtual augmented reality developers
The cy.PIPES system could help virtual reality/augmented reality developers synchronize tools that create environmental conditions like heat ...
Airbag prevents tanker trucks from tipping over
Credit: University of Twente Dr Erik Eenkhoorn has designed a system that can secure liquid loads, making the transport of bulk liquids muc ...
The new ticketing technology that may make scalping a thing of the past
Credit: Blair Hughes As new anti-scalping laws are introduced in Victoria, our research suggests that frustrations with current ticketing s ...
Tiny speakers break a barrier for sound
Schematic and photo of the enclosure designed to change the environment around a sound source. Made by 3D printing out of acrylonitrile buta ...
Simple two-component mixtures are good surrogates for studying the ignition properties of next-generation gasolines
Students test fuel ignition chemistry using two shock tubes at the KAUST Clean Combustion Research Center. Credit: KAUST A collaboration be ...
Dogs get the Hollywood treatment to make animal animations more realistic
Motion data from the dogs will help create more realistic animal animations for games and films. Credit: University of Bath Researchers are ...
Agrophotovoltaics increases land use efficiency by over 60 percent
The first grain harvest of the APV system being gathered. Credit: Hofgemeinschaft Heggelbach / Olivia Schmid Until now, acreage was designa ...
Airbus Rolls-Royce Siemens working on hybrid plane
The artist rendering provided by Airbus on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 shows an Airbus e-FanX hybrid test plane. The aircraft will be flying with ...
Greenpeace sounds alarm on nuclear safety with new break-in
Around 20 activists took part in the latest stunt by the environmental campaign group A group of Greenpeace activists broke into a French n ...
New computational method introduced for lighting in computer graphics
Real-time rendering of an architectural scene illuminated by natural light using a new method introduced at SIGGRAPH ASIA. Credit: Ari Silve ...
Near threshold specialist developing low power Cortex-M3 core
Finnish IP developer Minima Processor has announced ultra-low power technology for near-threshold voltage design that uses dynamic margining to minimise energy consumption in SoCs while maintaining yi
Canadian team makes most accurate measurement of Planck’s Constant
Working in an underground laboratory with 1m thick concrete walls, scientists from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have measured Planck’s Constant with a precision of 9.1 parts per billi
Facebook trains artificial intelligence to spot suicidal signs
In this April 18, 2017, file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference in Sa ...
Identifying optimal adaptation of buildings threatened by hurricanes climate change
The need for adaptation strategies to reduce the threat of hurricanes to society is of critical importance, as evidenced by the recent damag ...