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Baidu revenue slips anew amid ad clampdown

Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)

Shares in Chinese internet giant Baidu jumped on Thursday on quarterly earnings that topped expectations despite falling revenue as the company clamped down on ...

Understanding 'glass relaxation' and why it's important for next-generation displays

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

Next-generation displays will feature increased resolution and performance, but getting there will require a shift to smaller individual pixel sizes and a tight...

Smartphones are revolutionizing medicine

Feb 18, 2017 (AFP)

Smartphones are revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, thanks to add-ons and apps that make their ubiquitous small screens into medical devic...

Engineers shrink microscope to dime-sized device

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have created an atomic force microscope on a chip, dramatically shrinking the size - and, hopefully, the price ...

Flat lens opens a broad world of color

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Last summer, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) announced a new, flat lens that could focus light with...

Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Engineering researchers at Michigan State University have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, rais...

Ethical qualms make UK police cameras a mixed success

Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)

With accusations of police misconduct raging on both sides of the Atlantic, Britain has taken the lead in supplying officers with body cameras despite worries a...

Snap prices IPO, seeks more than $2 bn

Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)

Snapchat's corporate parent seeks to raise more than $2 billion for the fast-growing social media group in the tech sector's largest public offering in nearly t...

Zuckerberg envisions Facebook as a 'global community'

Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday offered a vision for the social network as a force in building a "global community," as more people become disillus...

Google adds voice-activated shopping, taking on Amazon

Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)

Google announced Thursday it was launching voice-activated shopping from its artificial intelligence-powered Home speaker, in a direct challenge to Amazon's Ale...

China's Huawei, Philippine telco join forces in 5G deal

Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese electronics giant Huawei is joining forces with the Philippines' largest telco in the hopes of rolling out a 5G wireless network in the Asian archipelag...

Amazon launches videoconferencing for cloud customers

Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)

US online giant Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of a "unified communications service" which offers video and audio conferencing through its cloud computi...

'Corrective glass' for mass spectrometry imaging

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

The chemical analysis of biological tissues with three-dimensional shapes has been a major problem so far. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical ...

Dual-function nanorod LEDs could make multifunctional displays

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

Cellphones and other devices could soon be controlled with touchless gestures and charge themselves using ambient light, thanks to new LED arrays that can both ...

Twitter woes deepen as growth sputters; no Trump lift

Feb 09, 2017 (AFP)

Twitter shares plunged Thursday as the social network reported sluggish revenue and user growth -- its finances sputtering despite increased prominence from Pre...

New method improves accuracy of imaging systems

Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)

New research provides scientists looking at single molecules or into deep space a more accurate way to analyze imaging data captured by microscopes, telescopes ...

Tarantulas inspire new structural color with the greatest viewing angle

Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)

Inspired by the hair of blue tarantulas, researchers from The University of Akron lead a team that made a structural-colored material that shows consistent colo...

Twitter steps up effort to curb harassment

Feb 07, 2017 (AFP)

Twitter on Tuesday unveiled a new initiative to crack down on "abusive accounts," in the latest attempt by the social network to curb online harassment. The eff...

Snapchat parent Snap to raise up to $3 bn in IPO

Feb 03, 2017 (AFP)

The parent of the fast-growing social network Snapchat filed public documents for a share offering Thursday, seeking to raise up to $3 billion in a keenly antic...

Apple keeps lead in slumping tablet market

Feb 02, 2017 (AFP)

Apple remains the leader in a global tablet computer market which has been in an extended slump for the past two years, according to surveys released Thursday. ...