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Apple Eyes Fuel Purchases From Dashboard as it Revs Up Car Software

Apple Inc wants you to start buying gas directly from your car dashboard as early as this fall, when the newest version of its CarPlay software rolls out, accelerating the company’s push to turn your vehicle into a store for goods and services. A new feature quietly unveiled at Apple’s developer conference this month will […]

Vodafone, Google Look to Extend Wear OS Smartwatch Battery Life

Vodafone is working with Google to extend the battery life of a smartwatch by reducing the “chatter” between the device and the network, a bigger drain of energy than screen brightness and other settings targeted by low power modes. The mobile operator has developed an API (application programming interface) that enables apps and operating systems, […]

Samsung Elec starts 3-Nanometre Chip Production to Lure New Foundry Customers

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it has begun mass producing chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology, the first to do so globally, as it seeks new clients to catch far bigger rival TSMC in contract chip manufacturing. Compared with conventional 5-nanometre chips, the newly developed first-gen 3-nanometre process can reduce power consumption by up […]

Disadvantages of AI in Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) are two very trending topics at the moment. AI has been the pivotal elements modifying business strategies, improving decision-making processes, and triggering automation in every industry in the world. The latest sentience debate is a clear indicator on serious and advanced AI is becoming nowadays. Cybersecurity is the other important […]

Japan's Renesas, India's Tata Motors Partner to Develop Chip Solutions

Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp and India’s Tata Motors have formed a strategic partnership to design, develop and make semiconductor solutions, the firms said on Wednesday. The move comes as a persistent global shortage of semiconductor chips has hobbled the automotive and electronics industries, among others, forcing production cutbacks, while highlighting global dependence on a […]

Where Is Your Data Stored?

Nowadays, it can be quite unfathomable to think of modern technology without somehow associating it to cloud computing. Some of the world’s biggest companies have established a cloud-based business model with a massive capacity to store data, advantaging them to optimize their processes. Data stored in the cloud backed across various sites means they are […]

How To Protect Your Data in 2022?

With the sudden surge in online working and learning, mainly fueled by the latest health events that hit the world population, the number of internet users has increased considerably in the last few years. According to statistics by the international telecommunications union (ITU), the number of internet users increased by 9 percent between 2019 and […]

Russia Fines Foreign Firms for Alleged Data Storage Violations

Video streaming service Twitch, social network Pinterest, holiday rental company Airbnb and United Parcel Service (UPS) were all fined by a Moscow court on Tuesday for allegedly refusing to store Russian citizens’ personal data in Russia. Moscow has clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that has […]

The Dark Side of the Metaverse

If you have ever opened a videogame chat lobby, you know what toxic behavior sounds like across the microphone. You will inevitably hear some flattering remarks targeting your family members or their respective private parts. While these issues have always been there, and most gamers are used to the occasional inappropriate remark or hurtful comment, […]

The Impact of Telecommunications on Our Society

The telecom evolution has been happening at a considerably fast pace. Civilizations flourished around the latest advances in technologies that allowed communications between distant parties. From smoke signals to pigeons and hawks, wireless communications went through several stages of evolution until reaching the current global connectivity we enjoy. The impact of telecommunications on society has […]