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Telecom Apr 26, 2017

Comcast wants to switch out old boxes for new ones

Comcast wants your old cable box, demanding that you swap it out for a new one.

Telecom Apr 11, 2017

Robocops unite! Those robocalls are out of hand

Are robocalls driving you mad? Last year, U.S. consumers received about 2.3 billion automated, unwanted phone calls every month, according to YouMail National Robocall Index. That's 51,523 calls every minute. Isn't it time ...

Business Mar 28, 2017

China's Tencent takes 5% stake in Tesla: SEC filing

China's giant Tencent Holdings has taken a five percent stake in the Tesla electric car company as it moves to ramp up production, according to an official filing Tuesday.

Hi Tech & Innovation Mar 28, 2017

Musk diving into minds while reaching for Mars (Update)

Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people's minds.

Business Feb 22, 2017

Tesla slips back into red but revenue grows (Update)

Tesla reported on Wednesday that it slipped back into the red in the recently ended quarter while revenue revved, with orders for some of electric car models hitting record highs.

Software Feb 10, 2017

Spanish software optimizes design of new mobile device chargers

An electronic power converter is a system that adapts electric energy from a source to a specific load need. "For example, it's the system that obtains energy from the electricity grid through a socket and adapts it to charge ...

Electronics & Semiconductors Feb 9, 2017

Organic CMOS image sensor with electrically controllable near-infrared light sensitivity

Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed a new technology, electrical control of the near infrared (NIR) light sensitivity of the same pixel in an organic CMOS image sensor. The sensitivity of all the pixels ...

Telecom Feb 6, 2017

Terahertz wireless could make spaceborne satellite links as fast as fiber-optic links

Hiroshima University, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and Panasonic Corporation announced the development of a terahertz (THz) transmitter capable of transmitting digital data at a rate exceeding ...

Engineering Jan 17, 2017

Low transmission loss, flexible, multi-layer circuit board materials

Panasonic Corporation announced today that it has commercialized its low transmission loss flexible multi-layer circuit board materials, suitable for high-speed large-volume data transmission and thinner designs of mobile ...