Amazon Key delivery driver could knock out security camera researchers show
A Seattle-based group of cybersecurity researchers has demonstrated a way to knock Amazon.com's new security camera offline, a capabilit ...
'Augmented reality' brings art alive in Vienna
Vienna's Albertina art gallery unveiled on Tuesday a new mobile phone application that "brings to life" works by the likes of ...
Linguistics team using Ohio Supercomputer Center to translate lesser-known languages
This graph displays an algorithm that explores the space of possible probabilistic grammars and maps out the regions of this space ...
FCC chairman sets out to repeal 'net neutrality' rules
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is following through on his pledge to repeal 2015 regulations designed to ensure that in ...
US regulator unveils plan to end 'net neutrality'
Credit: Wikipedia The top US telecom regulator unveiled a formal plan Tuesday to roll back the "net neutrality" rules adopted in ...
After US pushback AT&T prepares to fight for Time Warner
In this Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, be ...
EU frees up cross-border online shopping
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The European Union have agreed to lift barriers to consumers shopping online for cheaper goods and services in o ...
Virtual reality allows you to look inside your body and could help improve drug delivery
Renderings of 3D cells in the body are traditionally displayed using 2D media, such as on a computer screen or paper; however, the advent of ...
China says ex-top internet regulator under investigation
China's former top internet regulator and censor is being investigated by the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption arm, the agen ...
US charges Iranian over 'Game of Thrones' HBO hack
The Night King from the Game of Thrones visited the 2017 Comic-Con event in San Diego, California The United States on Tuesday charged an I ...
Toyota unveils third-generation humanoid robot T-HR3
Master Maneuvering System and T-HR3. Credit: Toyota Toyota Motor Corporation today revealed T-HR3, the company's third generation human ...
Manufacture of high performance soft magnetic materials by melt spinning
Credit: FIUBA The methodology is to design a master alloy with different starting compositions, to which Fe is added to get the desired ato ...
Battery-switching device promises more road time for Tesla Leaf drivers
Credit: iStock Nissan Leafs, which go about 107 miles on a charge, sometimes end up relegated to commuter cars due to battery-life worries. ...
Do speed cameras really save lives?
Credit: Gary Perkin/Shutterstock.com Speed cameras have been the focus of motorists' anger and frustration for years, although we are t ...
How a Native American tribe came to own one of the world's most valuable patents
Credit: Tashatuvango/Shutterstock Allergan, the drugmaker behind Botox, is using an unprecedented tactic to protect its valuable patents – ...
Using math to study a masterpiece
Credit: Duke University Combining the mathematics of digital image processing with the history, craftsmanship and science of art conservati ...
Russia denies nuclear accident after radioactive pollution
Russia denied its nuclear facilities experienced any incidents after reports of contamination by the ruthenium 106 radioactive isotope in pa ...
China's Tencent becomes more valuable than Facebook
China's Tencent, which owns the WeChat brand, has leapfrogged Facebook to become one of the world's top five most valuable companies ...
We built a robot care assistant for people with dementia – here's how it works
Credit: Trinity College Dublin, Author provided Not all robots will take over human jobs. My colleagues and I have just unveiled a prototyp ...
New way to write magnetic information
Researchers from Imperial College in London have shown how to write any magnetic pattern desired onto nanowires, which could help computers mimic how the brain processes information.
New human mobility prediction model offers scalability requires less data
Real-world examples of individual trajectories and collective movements. (a) Four examples of an individual trajectory from an empirical dat ...
Justice Dept. sues to stop AT&T's $85B Time Warner deal (Update)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, be ...
'Advanced' cyber attack targets Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has come under frequent cyber attacks, which included an aggressive disc-wiping malware used against the country's energy s ...
Free wheelin' in New York: the Big Apple bike boom
Cyclists use the dedicated bike lanes from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York Expanding bike lanes, handing out free helmets and making lesson ...
Chipmaker Marvell Technology to buy Cavium
Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group is to buy Cavium for a reported $6 billion, in a move intended to expand its wireless connectivity business in what is a rapidly consolidating semiconductor industry
Russia confirms 'extremely high' readings of radioactive pollution
The highest concentration of radioactive pollution was registered in the village of Argayash, whose "extremely high pollution" of ...
Justice Dept. to sue to stop AT&T's $85B Time Warner deal
The Justice Department intends to sue AT&T to stop its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, according to a person familiar with the matt ...
Volvo to supply Uber with self-driving cars (Update)
Volvo said in a statement that it would supply Uber with "autonomous driving compatible base vehicles between 2019 and 2021" Swe ...
Google signs lease for office space near downtown Detroit
Technology giant Google is opening an office in a planned office, retail and residential development just north of downtown Detroit. ...
Amazon goes into the holidays with magnified store presence
This Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, photo shows Pikmi Pops from Moose Toys on display at the 2017 TTPM Holiday Showcase in New York. Some of the h ...
Swiss nuclear plant finds defective tubes from France's Areva
"The nuclear power plant in Leibstadt informed the Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (IFSN) a few days ago that some of its fuel prod ...
Can social media users prevent use of online information to characterize and target them?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers A new study examines how organizations use information people disclose on social network sites ( ...
Photocrosslinkable thermoreversible type-I collagen bioink for photolithographic printing
Bioprinting of collagen methacrylamide (CMA) scaffolds. Credit: Dr. David Shreiber A group of biomedical engineers from Rutgers, The State ...
Spin current from heat: new material increases efficiency
Physicists at Bielefeld University have found a way to use the heat from electronic devices to create energy, applying the heat to generate magnetic signals known as ‘spin currents’.
Marvell Technology buying chip maker Cavium in $6B deal
Marvell Technology has bid about $6 billion for Cavium in a cash-and-stock deal that would create a chip maker to compete with Intel and oth ...
Metal constraints for a low-carbon economy
Credit: Leiden University It is often thought that a transition to a low-carbon economy requires an enormous increase of the use of metals ...
Coming soon to a highway near you—truck platooning
Truck platooning involves a lead truck with a driver guiding other trucks through vehicle to vehicle communication. Credit: cheskyw / 123rf. ...
Breakthrough in organic electronics
Work by researchers from Princeton University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Humboldt University in Berlin is pointing the way to possibly more widespread use of organic electronics.
Budget 2017: Chancellor set to invest in technology
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, is expected to announce additional financial support for a range of technology projects in the upcoming Budget.
Most young Australians can't identify fake news online
Media education opportunities should be more frequently available in schools to ensure young Australians meaningfully engage with news media ...
Poultry excrement could partially replace coal as a renewable energy source study says
Credit: CC0 Public Domain While turkeys at Thanksgiving are an age-old custom, a new study shows that turkey excrement may have a future as ...
Singapore rolls out tough measures to keep cars off the roads
In the battle against the car, space-starved Singapore has deployed road tolls, massive spending on public transport, and a licence fee that ...
'Robo-taxis' hold promise and perils for automakers
An self-driving vehicle being tested in a pedestrian zone of London It's November 22, 2028 and Sarah, a young mother, gives her two chi ...
UK budget aims for driverless cars by 2021 (Update)
The government estimates Britain's driverless car industry will be worth £28 billion by 2035 British finance minister Philip Hamm ...
Swimming with dolphins in virtual reality to aid disabled
A Dutch non-profit has developed virtual reality glasses to enable the disabled to feel close to dolphins for therapeutic purposes Swimming ...
UK to have driverless cars by 2021: govt
The government estimates Britain's driverless car industry will be worth £28 billion by 2035 British finance minister Philip Hammo ...
Germany bans children's smart watches with listening app
German regulators have banned certain types of smartwatches marketed to children, saying the devices have been used to listen in on school c ...
Apple pushes back release of HomePod speaker to 2018
Apple's HomePod connected speaker, unveiled in June, won't be available until early 2018, according to the company Apple said Frida ...
Game review: 'Need For Speed: Payback' wrong way
Racing simulators are thriving within the genre these days, but arcade racers offer a brief respite from the tighter sim experiences and wil ...
Inventor Brian Krohn combats snoring creates wizard tools
Brian Krohn has developed brain surgery tools, pioneered biodiesel innovations and briefed members of Congress on how to turn waste oils int ...
Richard Spencer other white supremacists lose Twitter verification
A week after the ruckus over blue checks on Twitter, the company has updated its policy on verifications and revoked the verifications of so ...
Walmart gives Amazon run for its money in third quarter
Unseating Amazon as the biggest player in e-commerce is a tall, maybe even impossible task. But Walmart is giving the online titan a run for ...
New computational method provides optimized design of wind up toys
A team of leading computer scientists has developed a novel computational system to aid the design and fabrication of wind-up toys, focusing ...
Research shows drones could help crop management take off
Shawn Butler, a graduate student at the University of Tennessee College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, analyzes cotton rese ...
Tesla's all-electric semi truck aims to disrupt transport
Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk unveils the new electric "Semi" Truck on November 16, 2017 in Hawthorne, California After shakin ...
Apple's smart speaker HomePod may get Face ID: report
Apple's new Face ID technology may be coming to a living room near you. ...
New theory rewrites opening moments of Chernobyl disaster
A picture of the HDR technology of the Sarcophagus in the Chernobyl Zone. Credit: Piotr Andryszczak A brand-new theory of the opening momen ...
VW to spend $40B on electric cars technology through 2022
Volkswagen says it plans to spend more than 34 billion euros ($40 billion) over the next five years on developing electric cars, autonomous ...
Want safe travels? Find freeways with these features
I-15 in Utah. Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU New BYU research commissioned by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows a number of highway ...
New iPhone X teardown study estimates cost to build Apple's deluxe phone
As the iPhone X has made the biggest technological leap for Apple smartphones in several years, a new study has done the math to figure out ...
Facebook launches video app for content creators in challenge to YouTube
Facebook has launched a video app called Creators aimed at building a community of closely followed producers like YouTube's, the compan ...
Calls mount for action on 'killer robots' after UN talks
Activist group the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots insists human beings must be responsible for the final decision to kill The United Nation ...
Objectively measuring how clean our cities are
Credit: EPFL EPFL researchers have come up with a fact-based system to measure urban cleanliness. Municipal authorities will now be able to ...
Expert discusses drones warfare and the media
Professor Lisa Parks is the co-editor of “Life in the Age of Drone Warefare,” published by Duke University Press. Professor Lisa Parks is th ...
Renaissance of the iron-air battery
Gravimetric and volumetric energy densities of various metal-air battery systems in comparison with Li-ion batteries and conventional gasoli ...
Research suggests vertical axis turbines could increase public support for new wind energy installations
Stanford researchers surveyed Californians on how they felt about traditional versus vertical axis wind turbines in a rural setting. Credit: ...
Tesla wants to electrify big trucks adding to its ambitions (Update)
This photo provided by Tesla shows the front of the new electric semitractor-trailer unveiled on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. The move fits with ...
New method analyzes corn kernel characteristics
Kernel maps of all maize ears. If no multi-counts occurred, the kernels are shown in black. In case of multi-counts, the kernels are shown i ...
FCC relaxes limits on owning newspapers TV stations
This June 19, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington. On Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, the FCC vote ...
Tesla to enter trucking business with new electric semi
After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs—and, more recently, solar panels—Tesla Inc. wants to electrify a new type of vehicle: big t ...
Verizon online unit cutting 'less than 4%' of workforce
Verizon's online unit Oath—which includes the AOL and recently acquired Yahoo brands—is cutting several hundred jobs as part of a reorga ...
Kaspersky blames NSA hack on infected Microsoft software
The Moscow headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, which the US has alleged has links to Russian intelligence Embattled computer security firm Kaspe ...
Twitter to remove 'verification badge' from some accounts
Twitter removed the verification badge from white nationalist Richard Spencer, who popularized the term "alt-right," as part of a ...
Google Facebook join news organizations in 'Trust Project'
Major online platforms have joined news organizations in a project aimed at identifying trustworthy news sources Google, Facebook and other ...
FCC weakens limits on owning newspapers TV stations
Federal regulators are loosening rules meant to support independent local media. ...
Defining the danger zone: New mapping software makes live-fire training safer
Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jeff Wright uses the Office of Naval Research TechSolutions-sponsored KILSWITCH Surface Danger Zone too ...
Art project lights up iconic 85-year-old Dutch dyke
Dutch artists unveiled a design and light show Thursday to highlight one of the country's landmark engineering projects, built more than ...
Researchers develop smart ultra-thin microfibre sensor for real-time healthcare monitoring and diagnosis
A research team led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck (standing) from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NUS Faculty of Engineering has d ...
Phone companies get new tools to block spam calls
Phone companies will have greater authority to block questionable calls from reaching customers as regulators adopted new rules to combat au ...
High-performance OLED microdisplays for next-generation smart glasses
Credit: Uwe Vogel A consistent trend across the tech sector is the one-upmanship of increasingly high screen resolution and larger display ...
Techworks Awards 2017 shortlist announced
TechWorks has announced its shortlist for its annual awards. The awards highlight best practice in the industry, and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony, on Thursday 23rd November in L
Cars and speakers: Baidu speeds up AI progress
Chinese web giant Baidu unveiled Thursday a smart speaker model and plans for a self-driving mini-bus, its latest foray into the hyper-compe ...
'Fake news' becomes a business model: researchers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Cyber criminals have latched onto the notion of "fake news" and turned it into a profitable business m ...
Walmart lifts profit outlook on strong third-quarter results
In this Thursday, June 1, 2017, file photo, customers walk out of a Walmart store in Hialeah Gardens, Fla. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reports earn ...
The blockchain does not eliminate the need for trust
Central authorities are still important to create legitimacy in a cryptocurrency. Credit: Shutterstock A common idea about the blockchain, ...
Technique uses solar thermal energy to split H2O and CO2 for jet fuel
The scientists performed 295 consecutive cycles in a 4 kW solar reactor during the SOLAR-JET project, yielding 700 standard liters of syngas ...
Game theory harnessed for cybersecurity of large-scale nets
A Purdue University team displays hardware related to research to improve cybersecurity for large-scale systems like the power grid and auto ...
Optically tunable microwave antennas for 5G applications
Simulated surface currents on a slotted microstrip patch with illumination of a silicon superstrate. Credit: University of Bristol Multiban ...
Algorithm better at diagnosing pneumonia than radiologists
Radiologist Matthew Lungren, left, meets with graduate students Jeremy Irvin and Pranav Rajpurkar to discuss the results of detections made ...
Bitcoin does not dominate the cryptocurrency market: study
Credit: City University London The first complete study of the entire cryptocurrency market between 2013 and 2017 has concluded that no cry ...
Researchers develop smart ultra-thin microfibre sensor
A research team at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a soft, flexible and stretchable microfibre sensor for real-time healthcare monitoring and diagnosis.
Kaspersky Lab releases report into upload of NSA documents
Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kasperksy Lab is releasing new details about how its software uploaded classified U.S. documents several yea ...
Amid global electric-car buzz Toyota bullish on hydrogen
In this Oct. 30, 2017, photo, workers of Toyota Motor Corp. set hydrogen-stored tanks, in yellow, to be placed into a Mirai fuel cell vehicl ...
Google's Missouri problem mirrors woes in EU
The US state of Missouri is following the lead of European antitrust watchdogs in examinging Google's business practices As an aggressi ...
US restarts nuclear testing facility in Idaho after 23 years
U.S. officials have restarted an Idaho nuclear fuel testing facility amid efforts to boost the nation's nuclear power generating capacit ...
Feds charge man they say worked for 'darknet' marketplace
An Illinois man who federal prosecutors say worked as a spokesman for a "darknet" marketplace for illicit internet commerce has be ...
GM says next-gen electric cars will cost less go farther
General Motors is telling investors its next generation of electric vehicles will cost the company 30 percent less than current ones, making ...
One big wire change from 1997 still helping chips achieve tiny scale
Credit: IBM The IT state-of-the-art 20 years ago was rapidly ending, and we – and I mean everyone in the industry that made a device with a ...
Making road traffic greener by boosting car-sharing and improving road quality
Credit: Shutterstock Uneven road surfaces cause breaking and variable speeds both of which increase emissions, while low car occupancy rate ...
3-D microprinting—security for products passports and money
Counterfeits and product piracy can be prevented by security features, such as printed 3D microstructures, on products or packagings. Credit ...