There are plenty of unanswered questions about how self-driving cars would function in the real world, like understanding local driving customs and handing controls back to a human in an emergency. Now a start-up called Drive.ai, based in Mountain View, California, is trying to address how an autonomous car would ... Read More »
Hundreds of tonnes of gold could be recovered from old electronic devices such as smartphones, TV sets and computers each year, thanks to a simple chemical method developed by researchers. Current methods for extracting gold from old gadgets are inefficient and can be hazardous to health, as they often use ... Read More »
People who use Android smartphones may have greater levels of honesty and humility than iPhone users, new research suggests. Researchers also found that women were twice more likely to own an iPhone than an Android Phone. “This study provides new insights into personality differences between different types of smartphone users,” ... Read More »
In a setback for Samsung and a somewhat happy news for Apple as it prepared to launch iPhone 7, the global recall by the south Korean giant of its flagship premium device Galaxy Note 7 over battery explosion fears is certainly going to affect its future prospects, experts said on ... Read More »
Teacher raps to welcome kids Dwayne Reed, a fourth-grade teacher in a Chicago school, created a rap to welcome his new batch of students and it has become an instant hit. The Lego marriage proposal Ben Anderson wanted to propose to his girl friend Kirsten Dally in the most unique ... Read More »
Samsung says it is suspending sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after finding batteries of some of the gadgets exploded while they were charging. Koh Dong-jin, president of Samsung’s mobile business said Friday that customers who already bought Note 7s will be able to swap them for new smartphones, ... Read More »
American tech giants Microsoft, Google and Salesforce have officially adopted the EU—US Privacy Shield framework, enabling them to receive personal data from the European Union (EU) in compliance with the new standards. They are now among the 103 companies — out of the 5,526 signatories – that have so far ... Read More »
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with batteries it has found to be fire-prone and halted their sales in 10 markets, denting a revival of the firm’s mobile business. Koh Dong-jin, head of the South Korean company’s smartphone business, expressed regret over the recall, which ... Read More »
During an interview with the FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, legendary country singer Dolly Parton discussed how she has remained successful for decades. “The music business is completely different than it was when I started. But I also feel like I’m as old as yesterday but as new as tomorrow, so ... Read More »
Today, the Chicago Fire Department recognized Siemens and the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Fire Prevention Engineers (SFPE) for donating a new, state of the art, fire alarm panel to the Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy. The new system will be used to train the city’s fire fighters on ... Read More »
Science teaches us a lot about the world, but sometimes it gives us more questions than answers. Our understanding of the natural world is filled with estimates, guesses, and predictions based on a shifting landscape of technology used to measure what’s around us. And as technology has changed, the definition ... Read More »
THE Bangladesh Bank heist in February this year really brought home the role of technology in committing fraud. Although the use of technology including malware to commit crime or fraud is not new, the case of Bangladesh Bank made people sit up because of the amount that was lost. US$101mil ... Read More »
