New study published at UN climate conference reveals companies are not moving fast enough to address water risk.

Samsung Electronics has agreed to acquire US connected car technology firm Harman International Industries for around $8bn. Samsung said that connected vehicle technology was “a strategic priority” for the company and is expected to grow to more than $100bn by 2025. Harman claims to have more than 30 million vehicles equipped with its connected car and audio systems, including embedded infotainment, telematics, …

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This month’s patent features the challenge of transaction checking and countering ‘man-in-the-middle’ and ‘man-in-the-browser’ attacks

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Tesla agrees to acquire Grohmann Engineering, a German company developing technologies for automated manufacturing.

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Socionext, the Matsushita-Fujitsu SoC jv, introduces a server processor with 24 ARM Cortex-A53 cores.

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IBM and Nvidia have collaborated on a deep learning tool to “help train computers to think and learn in more human-like ways at a faster pace”, said IBM. In this case, ‘deep learning’ is being used to mean crunching through vast tracts of data to detect and rank its most important aspects. IBM sees it …

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Zach Shelby, CEO of the micro:bit Foundation has replied on the issue of over-heating chips (and proposed mechanism here) on the BBC’s tiny computer – he says there will be changes in the next revision.   As with any other electronic PCB used outside a lab, micro:bits are susceptible to damage, including ESD. If a …

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NXP claims to have the world’s smallest leadless logic package for 8 lead logic functions, measuring 0.8mm x 1.35m x 0.35 mm in height. The 8-pin GX 8 (SOT1233) package succeeds the earlier 5- and 6-pin functions in the GX package, making AXP, AUP and LVC functions are now available in a GX package. Functions …

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The world’s largest moving coil meter – about 17 feet square – will overlook the Tenth Electrical Engineers Exhibition to be held from March 21 to 25 at Earls Court. So, 55 years ago, opened a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of January 25th 1961 The meter scale will be more than 20 feet long …

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As Talleyrand said of the Bourbons “they learned nothing and forgot nothing” so it is with our Euro-elite. Jean-Claude Juncker’s insolent public reaction to the US election shows that he thinks the world is wrong, not him. “We will need to teach the president-elect what Europe is and how it works,” said Junker, “two years …

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