VMware is closing the year with a significant new component in its arsenal. Today it announced it has closed the $2.7 billion Pivotal acquisition it…
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Digital TV platform Freeview says that people around the UK are experiencing reception problems because of high-pressure weather conditions. Freeview’s free-to-air channels include those from…
Chinese start-up Mobike has announced that it lost more than 200,000 bikes in 2019. The company said in a blog that 205,600 “dockless” bikes were…
Scotland is “open for business” to develop driverless vehicles, says cabinet secretary Michael Matheson. The minister wants the country to spearhead the testing and development…
It’s taken a while for the U.S. federal government to fully climb aboard the emerging technology train, but as 2020 approaches it is clear that…
Satellite industry giant Maxar is selling MDA, its subsidiary focused on space robotics, for $1 billion CAD (around $765.23 million USD), Reuter reports. The purchasing…
New study shows exactly how the manner in which mitochondria divide has remained the same since evolution began. Cellular origin is well explained by the…
The holidays might be a time of slowed activity for most companies in the tech sector, but for SpaceX, it was a time to ramp…
Battery innovations started to come thick and fast this quarter as the hunt for alternatives to lithium-ion intensified and the latest slew of solar tenders…
Many of the topics discussed at the Energy and Mines World Congress earlier this month would have been borderline laughable just a few short years…
A rendering of Parker Solar Probe as it circles the sun—closer to a star than any spacecraft has ever ventured. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben…
It is always difficult to encapsulate a 12-month period, let alone the 365 turbocharged 24-hour news cycles that seem to have become the new normal.…
Plastics are essential for making many different components of electronic and electrical products, including phones, computers, TVs, vacuum cleaners, hairdryers, and household appliances. About 20%…
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series about microgrids. The second part, on microgrid companies poised to make their mark, will publish…
2019 brought more global attention to Africa’s tech scene than perhaps any previous year. A high profile IPO, visits by both Jacks (Ma and Dorsey),…
Black-grass at a medium level in winter wheat field. Credit: Helen Hicks Scientists from international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) have for the…
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are — or could be — at the heart of many clean energy technologies, from more efficient mobile phones to better electric…
Evidence of China’s declining PV market has been mounting in 2019. The first shock was delivered at a conference on Oct. 24 in Beijing, when…
The reasons for this significant reduction of installation volumes are manifold: the relatively late release of policies and approved gigawatts, combined with relatively long lead…
Tesla has delivered its first cars made in China, marking a major milestone for the electric vehicle maker. Fifteen Model 3 sedans were handed over…