Search results for intellectual power

Business May 16, 2018

Samsung and Apple are back in court over iPhone design. Here's why.

Samsung and Apple return to a San Jose, Calif. district courtroom Monday to resume a patent infringement dispute that dates to 2011. The latest chapter in the longstanding saga is about determining the financial damages Samsung ...

Other May 11, 2018

If the script for "Avengers: Infinity War" was peer-reviewed

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War.

Internet Apr 25, 2018

The hypodermic effect—how propaganda manipulates our emotions

The scandal surrounding the improper use of data by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook in the 2016 U.S. election is reminiscent of the old debates about propaganda and its ability to "violate the minds of the masses," according ...

Social Sciences Apr 25, 2018

Study reveals remarkably high proportion of national elections are not free and fair

Researchers from the University of Birmingham and the London School of Economics have found that the number of elections across the world has reached an all-time high, but that this has done little to increase the quality ...

Business Apr 24, 2018

China's 'makers' battle mistrust in hi-tech community

Engineers, computer programmers and children tinker with self-made radio-controlled toy cars and robotic arms in China's southern city of Shenzhen, home to "makers" who belie the country's reputation as a hub for technology ...

Telecom Apr 20, 2018

Airbus, Bill Gates and others back video imaging satellite venture

Airbus, Bill Gates and Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son have joined to back a spinoff from Bellevue, Wash.-based Intellectual Ventures that aims to launch a constellation of imaging satellites "that will deliver real-time, ...

General Physics Apr 19, 2018

Researchers use diamond impurities to see on the microscopic scale

It's not often that you see 50-year-old equipment in a modern physics laboratory, let alone find it at the center of cutting-edge research. But then, most such labs aren't run by Ronald Walsworth.

Security Apr 17, 2018

Microsoft turns to former rival to improve internet security

Microsoft is turning to a former rival to improve the security of computing devices.

General Physics Apr 12, 2018

Researchers find combination for small data storage and tinier computers

It may sound like a futuristic device out of a spy novel, a computer the size of a pinhead, but according to new research from the University of New Hampshire, it might be a reality sooner than once thought. Researchers have ...

Software Apr 9, 2018

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, unless you are an app developer

For every two mobile apps released, one is a clone of an existing app. However, new research published in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research shows the success of the original app is not always adversely affected ...

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