Sidewalk Labs, a part of Google’s Alphabet company, has suddenly cancelled an ambitious (or, as many critics had it, “overweening”) plan to transform a largely derelict section of Toronto’s waterfront some 1.5 kilometres east of the Downtown district into a “super-smart city”. They have now used the ‘unpredictability of COVID-19’ excuse, they have now abandoned […]
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By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Privacy watchdogs say that the popular TikTok video app is violating a children’s privacy law and putting kids at risk. A coalition of 20 groups, including Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy, filed a complaint Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission saying that TikTok […]
Bharti Airtel has chosen IBM and Red Hat to develop their new telco network cloud that is specifically designed to enhance supporting core operations and enabling new digital services. Bharti Airtel is India’s third largest telecom operator according to the number of subscribers. Bharti Airtel is set to build its core network, alongside analytical tools […]
Rakuten Mobile, characterizes itself as a global communications company and adopter of advanced telco technologies, has announced that it is going to acquire one of its suppliers: Innoeye (Innoeye, LLC and Innoeye Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), an engineering technology solutions company with headquarters based in Virginia, which has already supplied Rakuten Mobile with its converged OSS. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted commerce and, in some cases, stopped the world in its tracks—as a result, nearly every industry is re-evaluating the way it operates. For some businesses, changes to tech systems and operations will be more dramatic than others, and it’s important to be prepared if your company is facing a major post-pandemic […]
Imagine that the next time the world faces another pandemic like COVID-19, drones are ready to take to the skies to provide help. Some are able to quickly release necessary supplies, notify medical professionals to attend to those at risk, and safely disinfect hard-hit areas, while others employ cutting-edge technology such as thermal sensors, which […]
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter announced Monday it will start alerting users when a tweet makes disputed or misleading claims about the coronavirus. The new rule is the latest in a wave of stricter policies that tech companies are rolling out to confront an outbreak of virus-related misinformation on their sites. […]
Consumer behavior is likely to be permanently affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with lasting structural changes to both the consumer goods and retail industries. This had been identified by a survey conducted by Accenture, of over 3,000 consumers in 15 countries across give continents. The survey was first conducted between April 2nd and April […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Intel and a Taiwanese company are talking to the Trump administration about building new semiconductor plants in the United States amid concern about relying on suppliers in Asia for chips used in a wide variety of electronics. A spokesman for Intel, the biggest American chip maker, said Sunday that the company […]
Since the spread of Covid-19, rumors have been spreading rampantly about 5G and its link to coronavirus. Such allegations claim that 5G technology has adverse effects on the immune system. The source of these claims, that are not based on conclusive scientific evidence, is related to the frequency power of 5G. To back up these […]