Nike launches self-lacing basketball shoes, the Adapt BB
Nike has introduced its first self-lacing basketball shoes that can be controlled via a smartphone, the Adapt BB.
“Shoelaces: you had a good run. But...
Greater market liquidity means more market risk, researchers found
Greater market liquidity means more risk market risk, say researchers from Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Beersheba, Israel. Their findings challenge most common theories regarding...
Curbing use of mobile phones while driving reduces motorcycle fatality rates
Curbing or banning the use of mobile phones and other handheld devices reduces motorcycle fatality rates. In other words, laws banning or restricting drivers’...
“Shoddy” engineering led to Huawei cybersecurity issues, says UK’s GCHQ technical director
"Shoddy" engineering led to Huawei cybersecurity issues, said the UK's GCHQ technical director.
Dr Ian Levy, technical director of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, said...
Over 40 US states file lawsuit against pharmaceutical firms over drug price-fixing
As many as 20 pharmaceutical companies, including Mylan NV and a unit of Pfizer Inc., have been accused of conspiring to inflate the cost...
Human drivers more likely to be blamed than autonomous vehicles when both make mistakes
People are more likely to blame an accident involving a semi-autonomous car on the human driver even if the autonomous system also made a...
AI patent applications surge, says new WIPO report
There has been a dramatic surge in artificial intelligence patent applications globally, says a new report. According to WIPO, which prepared the report, the...
Automated system generates actuators that no human can do by hand
Researchers designed an automated system using 3-D prints that generates robotic parts for novel tasks. The parts, called actuators, are optimized according to a...
AI chatbots can boost sales, but only when customers don’t know about them
According to new research published in Marketing Science, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can increase sales by four times more than inexperienced workers.
However, if customers...
Nvidia acquring Mellanox Technologies for around $6.9 billion
Nvidia confirmed it will acquire Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies for around $6.9 billion - $125 per share in cash - reportedly outbidding Intel...