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Keysight Closes Another Successful YearKeysight Technologies concluded its best year as an independent company, reporting $3.9 billion in GAAP revenue for fiscal 2018, 22 percent above fiscal 2017’s revenue. In Q4, all segments except Ixia achieved strong revenue growth.Keysight Technologies concluded its best year as an independent company, reporting $3.9 billion in GAAP revenue for […]

All-electric public transport system coming to Orleans, France, by 2024Transport operator Keolis will work with Orléans Metropole, the local transport authority, to deliver the city’s “ambitious” objectives, which include the renewal of the entire bus fleet with electric vehicles by 2024. The network, called Tao, will then have the lowest level of carbon emissions in […]

US Army scientists develop cyber-security tactic via quantum researchThe research team had been looking into ways of filtering noise from bits of quantum information – quantum bits or qubits – sent across fibre-optic telecom links. As a result, they discovered that the filtering does not necessarily need to be done by the receiving party. Brian […]

Researchers develop algorithm to back use of pulse oximeters for blood pressure assessmentIn a collaborative project with American and Chinese scientists, the UBC researchers ran oximeter information through a mathematical program they had developed, despite the oximeter not being generally used for such purposes. “We found that the oximeter, which clips on to a finger or […]

Google search results to show local shop stock levels in boost to high-street retailGoogle has partnered with UK start-up NearSt, which has access to the inventory of a growing list of local retailers, meaning users can search for a particular product on Google and see the distance, price and approximate availability for the item in […]

Engineering industry confidence remains low; gender pay gap hurting staff levelsUK employers remain pessimistic about prospects for the economy, in light of the stumbling Brexit transition, and are still having problems recruiting suitably qualified staff, a new study from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has revealed. Shortages of suitable candidates in the engineering, health […]

Hands-on review: NutriNinja BL580UKV personal blender with FreshVacThe BL580UKV may call itself a personal blender, but it’s by no means small. It’s more imposing and at 600ml and 1100W has a higher fill capacity and much higher power than our benchmark MagicBullet. It comes with one set of blending blades, two identical cups and lids […]