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India bans dozens of Chinese apps, citing security reasons

NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, saying their activities endanger the country’s sovereignty, defense and security. India’s decision comes as its troops are involved in a tense standoff with Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh in the Himalayas that started last month. India lost 20 soldiers in a June […]

Early Coronavirus detection system: funding granted by BARDA

Early Coronavirus detection, if applied on mass, would significantly decrease transmission rates of the virus. The virus is most contagious before symptoms even show, and in the first week of contraction according to a German study, and the CDC, as 40% of all transmissions occur before clear symptoms are shown if any. Thus, a preemptive […]

Verizon joins ad boycott of Facebook over hateful content

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Verizon is joining an escalating movement to siphon advertising away from Facebook in an effort to pressure the company into doing more to prevent racist and violent information from being shared on its social networking service. The decision announced Thursday by one of the world’s biggest telecommunications companies is part of […]

Online Initiatives against COVID-19

For those of us who aren’t scientists or healthcare workers, the pandemic might bring about feelings of helplessness. Of course, we can play our part by staying inside, maintaining good hygiene and taking our pre-cautions. But is there something more we can do? Thanks to social media, the internet, and big data-driven analytics, there are […]

Telecom companies leverage IoT

In an attempt to simplify the IoT world, Deutsche Telekom is branching out its Internet of Things unit and launching what it has called the “world’s first open platform” for IoT. The German operator giant is going to create a totally separate business, Deutsche Telekom IoT GmbH, on 1 July: It will then launch an open, […]

Apple previews new iPhone software, changes to Mac chips

Apple on Monday provided a glimpse at upcoming software changes designed to make the iPhone even easier to use and also announced a long-anticipated shift to a new type of chip to power its line of Mac computers. The preview of the next version of the iPhone’s operating system, known as iOS 14, highlighted Apple’s […]

Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump's comeback rally?

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Did teens, TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music troll the president of the United States? For more than a week before Donald Trump’s first campaign rally in three months on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, these tech-savvy groups opposing the president mobilized to reserve […]

Apple re-closes some stores, raising economic concerns

By TALI ARBEL and MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writers Apple’s Friday decision to close stores in four states with surging coronavirus cases highlights a question that other businesses may soon face: Stay open or prepare for more shutdowns? Apple, like many other major U.S. retailers, shut down all of its U.S. locations in March. On […]

JD.com racks up $38B in sales in annual online shopping fest

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — JD.com’s annual “618” online shopping extravaganza racked up a total of 269.2 billion yuan ($38 billion) worth of transactions, as consumers splurged during China’s first major e-commerce sale since the pandemic began. This year’s tally was 33% higher than last year’s 201.5 billion yuan in sales. […]

Priorities shift: IT strategies re-evaluated

As you may already know, the cloud is becoming increasingly popular. However, based on the current crisis, thousands of corporate companies, large and small, across the world, are staring into a business void with around 20 per cent revenue shortfalls. It is becoming the intention of more and more companies to completely change their business models […]