American telecommunications corporation Verizon reported plans to deploy commercial 5G networks in five US cities as early as 2018. The company believes that new networks can replace the traditional Internet, and up to 30 million households can become its users. According to a statement released on...

An alliance of three European companies was announced yesterday, November 29. The goal of the partners is to create a profitable hybrid regional passenger aircraft by the 2030s. It will be a liner for 50-100 passengers. A prototype will be the regional aircraft BAe146, one of the four turbines of...

A recent study showed the patients are willing to trade some drug effectiveness for a reduced risk of serious adversative events while they choose their preferred treatment. This is applicable for patients suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and the study says that they place the...

It is for the first time that information about what researchers and computer scientists at Apple Inc. are working on with respect to self-driving cars have been revealed by the company itself. In a first publicly disclosed paper on autonomous vehicles being researched by the company revealed...

A massive data breach which reportedly exposed personal information of about 57 million customers of Uber was hushed up by the company by paying off the hackers $100,000 to keep the data breach a secret. This was revealed by the ride hailing company a day ago.   Dara Khosrowshahi, who...

The Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) is the place where how a city can become a living organism is being showcased by Huawei, a China based lobal information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider.   A "Smart City can be like a living organism that works seamlessly to...

Workers would now be able to lift heavier loads than ever – not because of gaining of personal strength but due to new robotic vest that would help them to do so. Such a vest has already been made by a U.S. based hi-tech company working form the state of California. The aim of the company is to...

The British Parliament's Committee on Science and Technology will conduct a study on the impact of electronic cigarettes on human health and the economy, and assess the effectiveness of the existing regulation of the sale and smoking of these devices. The parliamentarians also intend to find out...

Most wind power plants will be located in France, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. However, the Eastern European countries, with the exception of Estonia, will stay far behind, says Clean Technica. Wind energy will ensure 30% of Europe's needs by 2030, judging by the data...