Amazon, Google, Apple teaming up to develop open standard for smart home devices
Amazon, Google, Apple and ZigBee Alliance are teaming up to make compatibility among smart home products easier.
The companies announced a new working group under...
MIT researchers develop circuit design that relies on magnetic waves, not electricity
Researchers at MIT have designed a new innovative circuit design that instead of requiring electricity, relies on magnetic waves.
The novel design is a...
Google to offer checking accounts, says report
Google is partnering with Citigroup and a small Stanford university credit union to offer checking accounts within its Google Pay app, according to a...
“DC2G” navigation approach may speed up autonomous last-mile delivery
A new navigation method developed by MIT researchers may speed up autonomous last-mile delivery.
Robots could soon be used as last-mile delivery vehicles to drop...
Blockchain technology could transform global supply chain management
Blockchain technology has the potential to transform global supply chain management, according to a new paper published in the International Journal of Production Research.
The...
Dyson drops plans to build electric cars
Dyson has dropped plans to build electric cars as it is not "commercially viable.”
In 2017, Dyson chief executive Sir James Dyson confirmed plans to...
FTC chairman prepared to break up big tech firms if necessary
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joe Simons said in a recent interview that, if necessary, he is prepared to break up big tech...
How do people react to the technological replacement of human labor?
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Erasmus University in Rotterdam assessed the psychological impact of job losses through technology.
Specifically, the researchers...
Chinese tech giant Huawei announces Harmony operating system
Chinese tech giant Huawei announced that it is working on a new operating system called HarmonyOS.
By launching its own operating system Huawei won’t be...
Microsoft announces $1bn investment in OpenAI
Microsoft has announced a $1 billion investment in the artificial intelligence (AI) startup OpenAI.
Microsoft said in a news release that the two companies will...