Intel has bought German drone manufacturer Ascending Technologies to add to its investments in Chinese drone-maker Yuneec and investments in drone OEMs Airwave and Precision Hawk. Drones have become a significant potential chip market with their own 25,000 square foot of demo space at CES this week. Intel says Ascending Technologies has “best-in-class drone auto-pilot ...
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ST and ClevX secure Bluetooth Smart
STMicroelectronics and IP developer ClevX of Seattle have introduced a secured encrypted portable storage media with Bluetooth Smart wireless user authentication called Data-Lock. Users can interact with secure portable storage (full-disk, XTS-AES 256-bit encryption) from their smartphones or wearable devices where all user data on the drive is encrypted and can be locked/unlocked using single- ...
FTDI Chip launches Arduino Kickstarter project
FTDI Chip has launched a Kickstarter project called NerO to deal with drawbacks it perceives in the widely-used Arduino UNO R3 and, by utilising a crowdfunding platform, get the engineering community involved right from the very beginning. “The whole Arduino phenomenon has been great for the electronics sector, as it is allowing hobbyists as well ...
8K and rollable TVs from LG
LG, which has taken a technology lead in the TV industry, will have an 8k TV on show on Wednesday in Las Vegas which, says LG, is ready for production now. LG, which has taken a technology lead in the TV industry, will have an 8k TV on show on Wednesday in Las Vegas which, ...
Toshiba looking for $2.5bn bail-out loan
Toshiba says it will ask for a $2.5 billion loan to help it get its finances in order after the accounting scandal. It has proved difficult for Toshiba to raise cash since the scandal because it has had its debt rating reduced to junk and its shares put on watch status by the Tokyo Stock ...
Drones, VR, EVs and TVs to star at CES
Drones, VR, 4K TVs, and connected electric cars are expected to grab the attention of 175,000 CES attendees when the show opens on Wednesday. VR will be headed up by the Big Three – Oculus, Sony and Vive. People are saying 2016 will be the Year of VR – but it’s been a 35 year ...
China government ousts China Telecom boss
Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of China Telecom, has resigned following an investigation by the government. China President Xi Jinping is running an on-going investigation into business practices. Earlier this month the boss of China’s largest conglomerate, Guo Guanchang, was detained by police for three days and said to be helping them with their enquiries. ...
China government ousts China Telecom boss
Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of China Telecom, has resigned following an investigation by the government. China President Xi Jinping is running an on-going investigation into business practices. Earlier this month the boss of China’s largest conglomerate, Guo Guanchang, was detained by police for three days and said to be helping them with their enquiries. ...
Toshiba turns to government-run INCJ for help
Toshiba has turned to the state-run public-private bail-out fund, the Innovation Network Corp of Japan to help it out of its troubles. Wracked by an accounting scandal caused by several years of overstated profits, Toshiba is asking the INCJ to help it find partners for some of it businesses. The INCJ put together the consortium ...
Toshiba turns to government-run INCJ for help
Toshiba has turned to the state-run public-private bail-out fund, the Innovation Network Corp of Japan to help it out of its troubles. Wracked by an accounting scandal caused by several years of overstated profits, Toshiba is asking the INCJ to help it find partners for some of it businesses. The INCJ put together the consortium ...