CLIMATE CHANGE | Dangerously unpredictable weather will worsen unless action taken: research
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND -- Extreme and unpredictable weather seen around the world will get worse as ice sheets in Greenland...
Month: February 2019
TELECOM | 5G self-driving bus tested
CHONGQING, CHINA -- A self-driving bus assisted by the 5G mobile network is on a test run in Chongqing, a...
TECH NEWS | US partners with PH to improve broadband access
The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines awarded a P23.8 million grant to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
BUSINESS TECH | Amazon Web Services launches AWS Hackdays 2019: ‘Hack for Good’
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has launched its annual education and hackathon event, AWS Hackdays 2019: Hack...
CLIMATE CHANGE | 2018 the 4th warmest year amid continued warming trend
WASHINGTON -- The global surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth warmest in the modern record, showed annual analyses released...
SOCIAL SCIENCE | Hello Alexa, 95% of consumers don’t want to buy from robots
The news that 95 percent of consumers don’t want to talk to a robot when shopping comes as a surprise...
SPACE | New accurate 3D map of Milky Way shows warp in galaxy
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- An Australian and Chinese collaboration has created the most accurate 3D model so far of the Milky...
BUSINESS UPDATE | Alphabet delivers better-than-expected Q4 revenue
Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. Monday reported a strong revenue growth of 22 percent year over year to hit $39.27...
SCI-TECH | Scientists develop new catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells
HEFEI, CHINA -- Chinese scientists announced that they have successfully addressed a key problem impeding the promotion of hydrogen vehicles...
SCI-TECH | Carbon fiber may be engineered into a battery: study
WASHINGTON -- American researchers developed a kind of porous carbon fiber that may power cars using energy stored in their...