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Judge postpones Trump's TikTok ban in suit brought by users

A federal judge has postponed President Donald Trump’s threatened shutdown of the popular short-form video app TikTok, siding with a Pennsylvania comedian and two other TikTok creators who say Trump’s order hampers their free speech. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone on Friday blocked an upcoming Commerce Department action that would have effectively banned TikTok in […]

Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful content

Pakistan blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unlawful content. In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said Friday that it took the step after receiving complaints against “immoral and indecent” content on the video-sharing platform. The PTA […]

Keysight Delivers First 256 GSa/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator with 65 GHz Analog Bandwidth

Keysight Technologies has announced the first 256 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) – Keysight’s M8199A – with 65 GHz analogue bandwidth in a compact 2-slot AXIe module. The growing demand for higher data transmission rates in telecom and data centres is driving transmission speeds to levels that are impossible to reach with the physical limitations of current […]

Federal judge postpones Trump ban on popular app TikTok

A federal judge on Sunday postponed a Trump administration order that would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from U.S. smartphone app stores around midnight. A more comprehensive ban remains scheduled for November, about a week after the presidential election. The judge, Carl Nichols of the U.S District Court for the District of […]

Thailand sues Facebook, Twitter for allowing banned material

Thailand’s government lodged complaints with police Thursday against Facebook and Twitter, alleging they failed to comply with court orders to block content judged illegal under Thai law. Minister of Digital Economy and Society Buddhipongse Punnakanta said at a news conference that it was the first time his ministry has taken such action against the social […]

Banca Popolare di Sondrio drives digital innovations in banking with Infovista’s Ipanema SD-WAN

Sondrio, Italy, and Paris, France – 10 September, 2020 – Infovista, the leader in modern network and application performance, is helping one of Italy’s long established major banks, Banca Popolare di Sondrio, to deliver ground breaking digital innovations by leveraging Infovista’s Ipanema SD-WAN technology. The solution enables Banca Popolare to provide their clients and employees with digital experiences […]

Xilinx Ships Multi-Function Telco Accelerator Card for Growing 5G O-RAN Virtual Baseband Unit Markets

T1 Telco Accelerator Card delivers increased network performance while dramatically reducing CPU core count, cost, and power, enabling a simplified, efficient 5G virtualized infrastructure SAN JOSE, Calif., 15 September, 2020 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the T1 Telco Accelerator Card for O-RAN distributed units (O-DUs) and virtual baseband units (vBBUs) in 5G networks. Built using the […]

UK improvements with deployment of full fibre broadband

The United Kingdom is making significant progress in the rollout of full fibre broadband. Despite the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the three broadband majors – BT, Virgin Media, and City Fibre have continued their full fibre deployment. However, residents’ ability to connect is still highly dependent on where they live, states Telecoms.com. The UK […]

Digital technology aids Bangladesh during COVID-19

As the pandemic pushes on, we find ourselves using different means to innovate, adapt, and utilize various tools. Salma Akhter, a member of the agricultural cooperative in northern Bangladesh has been using digital technology to run a ‘virtual call center’ in her sub-district and is aiding in connecting rural farmers with buyers and suppliers. Farmer […]