Technology

On Sunday it was revealed that, after a breakthrough at Oxford University, we could be close to seeing commercial aircraft powered by ammonia instead of kerosene. British technology would result in zero-emission aircraft, and airlines would be able to adapt their existing fleet instead of buying redesigned aircraft. Air emissions …

Apple must pay $ 506 million PanOptis for intentional infringement of a handful of patents related to 4G LTE technology, a Texas federal jury ruled today (via Law360). The jury found that Apple did not prove that PanOptis’ patent claims were invalid, which resulted in the order to pay $ …

Apple has been ordered to pay $ 506 million for patent infringement held by PanOptis and related companies, according to a court ruling today. As Law360 reports, the verdict comes from an Eastern District of Texas federal jury. Notably, this was the first personal jury trial on patents since the …

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the development of large-scale quantum computers. “Noise” remains the biggest problem for the development of quantum computers, and must be solved before they can be widely used and in the revolutionary ways proposed. The new paper suggests a way to handle such noise, …

In the year of the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, there have been many dazzling images descending on our empty inhabitants of Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that Hubble has observed a total lunar eclipse, becoming the first space telescope to focus on the event. It …