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Are You Switched On for the Big Switch Off?

The PSTN switch off: everything you need to know The countdown clock keeps ticking. We’re just three years away from turning off the public switched telephone network (PSTN), but many businesses remain unprepared. While love for the traditional landline continues to dwindle, businesses remain unsure about their options for the future. Here, Ginelle Bell, UK […]

Marketplace Suspends Most NFT Sales, Citing 'Rampant' Fakes and Plagiarism

The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet for $2.9 million has halted most transactions because people were selling tokens of content that did not belong to them, its founder said, calling this a “fundamental problem” in the fast-growing digital assets market. Sales of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, soared to around $25 […]

Opportunity: Mobile Gamers Who Use TikTok Play For Longer, Play More Genres, and Spend More

Mobile is the world’s biggest and fastest-growing game platform, by player numbers and revenues alike. According to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report, mobile generated revenues of $93.2 billion in 2021 (+7.3 percent year on year YoY). And 2.8 billion people played mobile games. Community has long been an integral part of the games market. As […]

U.S. Inflation Data Hits Global Stocks, Lifts Benchmark Yields

Major global stock indexes fell on Thursday under pressure from crucial U.S. inflation data, falling technology shares and rising benchmark bond yields. U.S. consumer prices rose solidly in January, leading to the biggest annual increase in inflation in 40 years, which could fuel financial market speculation for a 50 basis points interest rate hike from […]

NASA Raises Concerns about SpaceX Satellite Deployment Plan

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) raised concerns about SpaceX’s plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starlink, as have some major companies. Elon Musk’s SpaceX previously received authorization for about 12,000 satellites to offer broadband internet and has requested authorization for a second-generation constellation of 30,000 satellites. “NASA has concerns with the […]

Etisalat Digital Partners with NICE to Bring the CXone Cloud Platform to the UAE

Alliance enables Etisalat Digital customers to drive digital transformation with a secure path to the cloud, rapidly innovate via the CXone platform and deliver frictionless, end-to-end digital and agent-assisted experiences Dubai 09 February 2022: Etisalat Digital today announced a partnership with NICE to drive the availability of the CXone platform in the UAE. The collaboration […]

China Revises Draft Rules on Data Security for Business Sectors

China’s industry ministry published revisions to draft rules on Thursday dictating how companies and localities should manage data, bringing more specificity to the country’s evolving data governance regime. The updated rules, which China’s Ministry of Industry (MIIT) and Information Technology first published in September, removes a previous statement that “core data,” defined as data that […]

U.S. Charges Chinese Company Hytera for Conspiring with ex-Motorola Staff to Steal Technology

The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it has criminally charged China-based telecommunications company Hytera for conspiring with former Motorola Solutions Inc employees to steal the American company’s digital mobile radio technology. In a partially redacted indictment unsealed in the North District of Illinois, the government alleges that Hytera Communications Corp recruited Motorola employees to […]

Toshiba now Plans to Split Into Two, Hikes Shareholder Return Targets

Toshiba Corp said it now aims to break up into two companies instead of three and also unveiled a big boost to planned shareholder returns in an effort to appease angry investors. Its revised plan is still expected, however, to face much pushback from foreign hedge funds, many of whom have been opposed to any […]