By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The virus outbreak in China is hurting Microsoft more than expected, as the company said it won’t meet targets that had already factored in the uncertainty. In particular, Microsoft said revenue from Windows licenses and its Surface devices “are more negatively impacted than previously anticipated.” The company said demand […]
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Japan has started to work on devising a 6G strategy with the intent of rolling it out from 2030, as they look to make up for lost ground in their slow start in 5G. Firstly, let us be clear, that no one knows exactly what 6G is – but it is going to be faster, […]
1. Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey may be among the 10 million MGM hotel guests whose personal information was posted to a hacking forum. MGM said it discovered the data breach last summer and notified customers who were impacted based on state laws. 2. Google’s users in the UK will no longer be protected by […]
Economic giants Germany and China started commercial-scale rollouts of 5G – the wireless technology infrastructure that is shifting the way the whole world operates – in late October 2019. Even though machines and people will still communicate over the internet, 5G networking infrastructure is emerging. Although this is somewhat dependent on the internet, it is […]
The latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that worldwide spending on information and communications technology (ICT) will reach around $4.3 trillion in 2020. This is an increase of 3.6% from 2019. Commercial and public sector spending on information technology (hardware, software and IT services), telecommunications services, and business services will account for […]
MATT O’BRIEN and CHRISTINA LARSON Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors inwarning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, they more than made up in finesse. Early warnings of disease outbreaks can help people […]
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from supplying next-generation mobile networks, with more officials visiting this week to press the case. The diplomatic push seems to be failing, however, after Britain decided to allow Huawei as […]
It has been the subject of much controversy lately and yesterday the corona virus impacted the world of Telecoms. After a succession of pull-outs and rising concern that the Barcelona Mobile World Congress would be a global mixing pot for the virus, the GSMA cancelled the event. One of the main pull-outs happened last week […]
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Trump administration officials, increasingly intent on preventing Chinese global technological domination, keep floating the idea that the U.S. government should take a more direct hand in running next-generation 5G wireless networks. But the notion isn’t terribly popular — not even within the administration. On Thursday, […]
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for what the company has positioned as its future as more people drop cable subscriptions. But as expected, starting up a new service comes […]