Yahoo announced Thursday the public release of what it called “the largest-ever machine learning dataset to the research community.” The dataset stands at a massive ~110B events (13.5TB uncompressed) of anonymized user-news item interaction data, collected by recording the...
California environmental officials on Tuesday rejected Volkswagen AG’s proposals for recalling nearly 500,000 two-liter diesel-powered cars, dealing another setback to the German automaker as it tries to clean up the aftermath of the emissions cheating scandal. The Environmental Protection Agency...
  Parsons, a technology-driven engineering services firm with expertise in infrastructure, defense, intelligence, and cybersecurity, and FireEye, a cybersecurity services provider, announced Monday a strategic partnership to provide customers with enhanced protection for their critical infrastructure and IT environments through...
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper announced Thursday the leadership of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC).  Director Tonya Ugoretz will lead the center, with Deputy Maurice (Mo) Bland and Research Director Thomas (Tom) Donahue rounding out...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that targets class action lawsuits and the asbestos injury compensation system. H.R. 1927 combines the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act and the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act, or FACT...
Lenovo and Google announced a partnership Thursday to create a new smartphone that makes use of a 3D augmented reality technology known as Project Tango. The next-generation sensors developed by the two companies were fully displayed for the first time...
Scientists from ETH Zurich have developed a 3D printing process that makes it possible to create transparent electrodes to make touchscreens far more responsive than they are currently. In order to make any glass touchscreen responsive, such as those used...
A new interdisciplinary Research Hub to drive forward UK research in the Internet of Things (IoT) called PETRAS has been launched. The Hub is a consortium of nine leading universities led by UCL with Imperial College London, University of...
Deloitte and AT&T have formed a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the adoption of smart city technology across U.S. cities, Deloitte said Thursday.  The telco and global management consultancy, along with several other hand-picked alliance members, strive to enhance...
Chinese drone manufacturer Ehang unveiled what they call the world’s first self-piloting, passenger drone at the CES technology conference on Wednesday. The drone will transport a single person to any destination on Google maps, according to the company. The Ehang...