Residents of even the tiniest far-flung villages in China may soon be able to pay on their phones to run daily errands as Beijing announced this month that it aims to make mobile payments ubiquitous in rural areas by the end of 2020.
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Tesla Inc has started delivering Model 3 cars in China slightly ahead of schedule, as it looks to revive its sales that have been hit hard by Sino-U.S. trade tensions.
The California-based firm has already adjusted prices and added a ch…
Apple Inc has teamed up with Chinese payments giant Ant Financial Services Group and several local banks to offer interest-free financing, its first such move in the country as it looks to boost waning smartphone sales.
The U.S. tech be…
Toshiba Memory Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today announced the development of a bridge chip that realizes high-speed and large-capacity SSDs. Using developed bridge chips with a small occupied area and low-power cons…
The food giant Nestle and several other big companies have pulled their adverts from YouTube following claims they appeared next to offensive content.
It comes after a vlogger accused YouTube of failing to stop a "soft-core paedophilia …
In the shiny, optimistic vision of the future we will all be living in "smart cities" in which self-driving cars will check the best routes after being charged up on intelligent, connected power grids.
Public services and safety will be…
Combination of 5G, AI, Big Data and IoT Will Positively Impact Multiple Sectors; 5G Connections to Reach 1.4 Billion by 2025
The GSMA today issued a new report, ‘Intelligent Connectivity: How the Combination of 5G, AI, Big Data and IoT …
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It wasn't so long ago that the tech press got in a tizz over the first $1,000 (£766) smartphones. Now we're being expected to stump up roughly double that for the entry-level version of Samsung's Galaxy Fold.
Yes, the p…
AT&T and Hasbro have become the latest firms to pull adverts from YouTube over claims paedophiles are leaving offensive comments next to videos of children on the platform.
The telecoms firm and toymaker follow food giant Nestle, which …
US President Donald Trump has said he wants the US to become a technology leader through competition rather than by blocking others.
Mr Trump said American firms must "step up their efforts, or get left behind".
He did not specifical…
New Technology Offers Hope for Detection and Evaluation of Children with Dyslexia to Determine Specific Needs and Appropriate Treatment
"Eye tracking utilization is under constant development, and there is a great deal of research bei…
In an effort to combat the opioid crisis, Google will begin labeling places where people can safely dispose of their prescription drugs. Now, users can find clearly labeled drug disposal sites directly from searches for things like “drug …
Google’s latest effort to help users monitor and control their screen time, Digital Wellbeing, is making its way to more devices. Initially available exclusively to Pixel and Android One device owners, Digital Wellbeing’s feature set is n…
Customer engagement service Freshworks, which was valued at about $1.5 billion in its last funding round, today launched Omniroute, the latest product in its portfolio of tools for customer service agents.
Omniroute is essentially a loa…
Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry’s annual shindig, is next week but Xiaomi can’t wait reveal its newest top-end phone. The Chinese company instead picked today to unveil the Mi 9.
Once again Xiaomi’s design ethic closely re…
Mobile phone group Vodafone has conducted a successful trial connecting next-generation 5G smartphones to its network for the first time as it prepares to launch 5G in some European cities later this year, it said on Wednesday.
Vodafone…
It was reported that Clark Kerr, the first chancellor of the University of California, once said that the ‘status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed’. The Latin phrase has come to define political and business conversations and…
The no-fly zone for drones around airports is to be extended following the disruption at Gatwick in December, the government says.
From 13 March it will be illegal to fly a drone within three miles of an airport, rather than the current…
German software maker SAP will be launching a hiring initiative in March despite slowing growth in recent months and a new restructuring program, as staff acquisition is a long-term process, its personnel chief said in an interview.
“We…
Their focus on providing game-changing, smart connectivity solutions that is instant, simple, secure, cost-sensitive, and performant for their customers to become cloud-native and digital.
NetFoundry, the leader of Application-Specifi…
Britain has not yet made any decision on its security policy for national 5G networks, the head of Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre said on Wednesday, amid a furor over the alleged risks of using Huawei telecoms equipment.
Speak…
VIAVI to Showcase 5G Network Validation, Verification and Visibility Solutions at Mobile World Congress 2019
VIAVI joins industry working groups advancing open 5G ecosystem
Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) will showcase i…
A study into 4G has indicated that the UK is one of a handful of European countries where download speeds fall below 20 megabits per second (Mbps) at the busiest times of day.
In the table of 77 countries, the UK ranked 35th, with 4G sp…
Google has acknowledged that it made an error in not disclosing that one of its home alarm products contained a microphone.
Product specifications for the Nest Guard, available since 2017, had made no mention of the listening device.
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World’s First Virtualized 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G Unified Open RAN to Deliver Efficiency and Cost Savings
Parallel Wireless, Inc., the leader in providing the world’s first software-based unified end-to-end network solution across All Gs (2G, 3G…
MPEG LA announced today that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Device Co., Ltd and Huawei Device (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (“Huawei”) have become Licensees to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”).
As a result of this agr…
Mexico’s new leftist government is betting on financial technology to help lift people out of poverty.
The administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recently announced measures aimed at making financial services more affor…
Optiva Inc. (TSX: OPT), an innovative software provider of mission-critical, cloud-native monetization solutions to leading communication service providers (CSPs) globally, is cautioning CSPs at Mobile World Congress Barcelona (MWC) that f…
We’ll be celebrating the web’s 30 birthday on Tuesday, March 12 and you’re invited to join us!
When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, he changed the world forever. To mark this milestone, Sir Tim will embark on a …
Twitter on Tuesday rolled out tools in Europe which will make it easier for voters to identify political campaign ads tied to crucial European Parliament elections in May amidst fears of Russian disinformation campaigns and threats of regu…
A report by a Commons committee has detailed Facebook's use of an application to "spy" on users.
The cross-party group said that Facebook used its Onavo virtual private network (VPN) app to gather information on competitors.
The MPs …
YouTube is playing a significant role in convincing some people that the Earth is flat, research suggests.
A study quizzed people at flat earth conferences and found most cited videos viewed on the site as a key influence.
They were …
Operator Plans to Deploy Parallel Wireless' Virtualized HetNet and Core Solutions to Provide Mobile Broadband Services and Pave the Road to 5G
Parallel Wireless, Inc., the leading provider of the world’s first end-to-end software-based …
I first encountered the founders of Litho, a new hardware and software startup developing a new finger-worn controller, at London’s Pitch@Palace last April. The event sees startups pitch in front of the British royal family and other estee…
Research shows that 55 live 5G networks are expected by the end of 2019
Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today revealed new industry data demonstrating just how quickly 5G networks are rolling out worldwide, with 55 commercia…
According to a report from the WSJ, Visa and Mastercard are considering raising interchange fees on card transactions in the U.S. Visa and Mastercard generate most of their revenue from these small processing fees, and it could have impli…
Let me begin by saying that Facebook’s Crisis Response pages do a lot of good. They are a locus for donations and offers of help. But that said, for the love of humanity, when something bad happens, please stop marking yourself safe on Fac…
Razer is one of the dominant brands in gaming when it comes to buying equipment to play, but one of its biggest efforts to own a larger slice of digital spending hasn’t gone according to plan. After less than a year, the company announced …
Uber has agreed to pay value-added tax on its services in Egypt, Egyptian officials said on Monday, a move that may help resolve a long-simmering feud with traditional taxi drivers.
The agreement would also apply to other ride-hailing c…
Facebook needs far stricter regulation, with tough and urgent action necessary to end the spread of disinformation on its platform, MPs have said.
A Commons committee has concluded that the firm's founder Mark Zuckerberg failed to show …
Posiflex Showcases New Interactive Self-Service Kiosks and IoT Retail Product Innovations At Eurocis 2019
The Posiflex Group — a synergy of world-leading POS, kiosk, and industrial computing technologies — will introduce its full prod…
Japan’s government plans to set up a new watchdog to scrutinize big tech companies like Facebook and Google amid growing concerns about monopoly practices and the handling of personal data.
The new regulator will examine competitive pra…
Chinese telecoms firm Huawei has not seen a slowdown in sales of end-user equipment so far in Poland, the company’s senior standards manager in Europe said on Wednesday.
“We don’t see slowdown in sales on Huawei equipment here.. but if …
Elon Musk has been named as Twitter boss Jack Dorsey's favourite tweeter in an interview about how to tackle abuse.
The singling out of the Tesla boss has raised eyebrows because Mr Musk's tweets have often proved controversial.
One …
In a world of digital transformation, pioneering technologies and accessible financial services, the postal sector is striving to embrace this brave new environment.
Two years ago, Australia Post entered into a joint venture with a comp…
The wildly-popular series “Game of Thrones” — the HBO fantasy drama based on Author George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series has been able to parlay its television success into retail riches. You can feast as if you’re sit…
If you consider our place in the history of the Universe, it is easy to see humans as an insignificant temporal speck, flickering in an unspeakably vast cosmos.
One common analogy illustrates this by telling the story of our planet’s 4.…
The boss of Instagram is meeting England's Health Secretary to discuss ways of handling content about self-harm and suicide.
Teenager Molly Russell took her own life in 2017 and links have been made between her death and content she was…
Netflix today is launching a new feature on iOS devices that will help make it easier to watch its shows when you’re offline. The “smart downloads” feature, as it’s called, will automatically delete a downloaded episode after you’ve finis…
Immersive Exhibition Space Demonstrates How the Fusion of 5G, IoT, AI and Smart Platforms Will Create a Better Future; Includes Interactive Experiences from Google, Huawei, KT Corporation, Sierra Wireless and Turkcell/Lifecell Digital
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