Over the next five years, the UAE will witness a digital transformation to its economy as the country launched The National Program for Coders on Saturday. The initiative offers golden visas to 100,000 coders, as well as code training with tech giants. The UAE is going the extra mile to attract the best coders from around the globe, while offering them with the basis needed to develop innovative tech ideas. IT specialists and […]
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E-commerce titan Amazon payed Facebook an undisclosed fee as part of its latest acquisition, terminating Facebook’s efforts to deliver internet connectivity. Amazon acquiring Facebook’s employees initiates the beginning of its plan to provide internet connectivity from low Earth orbit satellites, The Information reports. Back in April, Facebook’s team was added to Amazon’s 500-person group which […]
North Macedonia’s Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) announced earlier this week that it has obtained four bids from telcos that aim to participate in a planned auction for the allocation of 5G frequencies. Makedonski Telekom, A1 Makedonija, and Bitstream Mobile have expressed interest in licenses for national coverage in the 700 MHz and the 3 GHz spectrums. Neotel’s expression of interest concerns licenses for regional coverage in the 3 GHz […]
The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of anyone engaged in foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity, including ransomware attacks, against critical U.S. infrastructure. A task force set up by the White House will coordinate efforts to stem the ransomware scourge. The Biden administration is also out […]
Microsoft along with technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday that an Israeli private firm named Candiru sold hacking tools that controls Microsoft Windows. The hackers created and sold a software than can penetrate Windows. This new growing business aim to find flows in common software platforms for their clients, according to a report by Citizen Lab. The clients […]
UAE-based telco Etisalat partnered up on Wednesday with Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson through a global 5G program that is designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) accelerate 5G commercialization and monetization. Ericsson’s program seeks to foster innovation around 5G technologies between startups and Etisalat to mutually create new business opportunities in the market. Through this collaboration, Etisalat will receive a list of companies that develop services, devices, and applications […]
Instagram head Adam Mosseri acknowledged on Thursday that his platform had indeed mistakenly overlooked racists comments made on the site toward England’s black football players such as Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford, and Jadon Sancho. Instagram head Adam Mosseri quickly issued a statement to clarify the matter. “We have technology to try and prioritize reports and we were […]
Open Radio Access Network, Or Open RAN for simplicity, isn’t a new thing, but it is seeing a sharp rise in adoption coinciding with. It refers to open access to radio network architecture, and telcos are clamoring to jump aboard the band wagon. A bandwagon that would otherwise be very, very expensive to implement for any one entity. The biggest players in worldwide telecoms, those same ones […]
“Cryptocurrency is a scam and always has been,” are the words used by Dogecoin creator Jackson Palmer to describe the burgeoning digital currency ecosystem, as he resurfaced on Twitter after two years of absence. But Palmer didn’t stop there. He described cryptocurrency industry to be “a right-wing, hyper-capitalistic system, serving the protection of powerful cartel […]
Netflix has marked its first official attempt in stepping into the gaming industry, as it plans to move beyond the realm of film and television. The American streaming service and production company has enlisted the help of former Vice President of Facebook and Electronic Arts, Mike Verdu, to serve as the new head of game development. The development initially surfaced by Bloomberg News on Wednesday, citing an anonymous inside source […]