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At Criterion Channel, programming a movable movie feast

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Arthouses are closed. Film festivals are canceled. But double features, matinees and film series continue to run unabated in one vital, virtual corner of moviedom. The Criterion Channel, the year-old streaming service, is a hotbed of cinephilia in the best of times. Right now, it’s […]

How are broadband companies coping with the pressure?

The broadband industry has been under the spotlight in recent weeks amid pressure to provide increased and unfaltering internet services to the masses of people now working from home and finding new forms of entertainment via streaming services. So far, the industry appears to be coping better than expected with the current pandemic. There has […]

Virus outbreak delivers tech darlings a harsh reality check

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, DEE-ANN DURBIN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE The Associated Press Just as the coronavirus outbreak has boxed in society, it’s also squeezed high-flying tech companies reliant on people’s freedom to move around and get together. Since the beginning of March, for instance, Uber shares have lost a quarter of their value. Rival Lyft is […]

Surveillance applications – the new normal

It has been widely circulated lately, that governments in countries around the world have been using anonymized and aggregated phone tracking to help combat COVID-19. The next wave of technology is digital contact tracing. At the moment, these are optional applications that combine Bluetooth’s Relative Signal Strength Indicator, a duration timer and a masked identifier […]

Online grocery services struggle to meet spike in demand

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery services. In practice, they’ve been struggling to keep up with a surge in orders, highlighting their limited ability to respond to an unprecedented onslaught of demand. After panic buying left store […]

Here's why 5G and Coronavirus are not connected

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have given us much to think and worry about. Despite there being no validated in-depth conclusion about the health effects of 5G, there have been multiple rumors in the media lately, about conspiracy theories related to the virus. One such theory we would like to discredit is the link […]

STC Health Centers Initiative valued at 100m SAR

STC Health Centers have launched as part of the company’s strategic alliance with the ministry of health, which is working on increasing prevention from the Corona virus pandemic and limiting its spread. STC have doubled their operational efficiency and awareness outreach of 22 of their healthcare centers across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The company […]

Partnership between the Telecom and Aviation Industries

The telecom and aviation industries are to collaborate, in further efforts to increase innovation. The mobile ecosystem is seeking to build a key partnership with the aviation industry, with an emphasis on connected drones. The growing relationship between both telecom and aviation industries presents a major opportunity to activate a vast range of drone-based applications […]

Internet firm restricts virus-themed website registrations

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — An internet firm is ending the automated registration of website names that include words or phrases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, an attempt to combat coronavirus-related fraud. Los Angeles-based Namecheap Inc. made the pledge after a federal judge in Texas ordered the takedown of a website […]