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Huawei signs 4G patent license agreement with Volkswagen

Chinese telecom Huawei agreed earlier this week to sign a 4G patent license agreement with the German car manufacturer Volkswagen. The decision – which joins two U.S. sanctioned companies — is considered one of the biggest patent licensing agreement Huawei provides within the auto making industry. As per the deal, the telecom titan’s 4G mobile […]

Personal 3D printers market to reach $5.44 billion by 2030

Personal 3D printers have been on the rise for quite some time now, as their uses have been leveraged in a plethora of ways to produce anything from dental supplies to 3D figurines; this goes to show the versatility of the technology. According to a new report by MarketsandMarkets, the global personal 3D printers industry […]

Twitter adheres to India’s IT Act

Twitter has shown a willingness to fully comply with India’s recent social media regulations following the state’s IT Act, as the social networking platform will establish an Indian liaison in the upcoming weeks. In the never-ending feud between the microblogging platform and the Indian government, in the wake of the recent stand-off between Twitter and […]

Square Inc Reveals Plan for Crypto-Wallet hardware

U.S.-based hardware company Square Inc announced on Tuesday plans to create a hardware wallet for Bitcoin, following a U.S. senator’s warning about imposed cryptocurrency threats on consumers and financial markets. The U.S. based financial service and digital payments company Square Inc — announced via one of its lead’s Twitter account– its plan to create a […]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak backs Right to Repair Movement

Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak voiced his support towards the right to repair movement amid battle over whether users should be able to fix their own devices.   Existing right-to-repair rules in Europe and the U.S. are limited to appliances and vehicles, respectively.   Woznaik’s statement came through a Cameo video, a platform where people can purchase personalized videos from celebrities, in response to a question posed […]

Chinese social media giant WeChat shuts LGBT accounts

China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting concern the ruling Communist Party is tightening control over gay and lesbian content. WeChat sent account holders a notice they violated rules but gave no details, according to the founder of an LGBT group, who […]

Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Former President Donald Trump has filed a suit against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored. But legal experts say the suits are likely doomed to fail, given existing precedent and legal protections. Trump announced the action against Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube, along with the […]

CW TEC 2021 explores future of 5G private network

Cambridge Wireless (CW) kicked off on Wednesday its yearly conference “CW TECH 2021,” with a means to explore the up-and-coming trends of 5G private network from the engineering front. The British nonprofit aspired, through its two days virtual conference, to move past the marketing messages and learn more about the tactics in the rising technology […]