HONG KONG (AP) — TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid U.S. pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk. In a letter to employees, Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the “political environment has sharply changed.” His resignation comes […]
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The Scotland 5G Center has announced a partnership with Connected Places Catapult, global legal businesses DWF, and technical specialist FarrPoint aiming to accelerate the deployment of 4G and 5G networks across Scotland, according to Smart Cities World. The Scotland 5G Center (S5GC) is considered as a national hub for 5G and was set up to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — For small retailers across the country, the coronavirus outbreak has turned an already challenging business environment into never-ending uncertainty. Amy Witt might have 20 customers on a good day in her Dallas women’s clothing store, and then none the next. “It’s a rollercoaster we ride every day,” says Witt, whose store, […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Instagram has deleted an account that claimed to throw “COVID parties” at Arizona State University after the school sued Facebook and the owner of the account on Thursday on allegations that the account improperly used the school’s logos and trademarks. “We have removed the account in question for violating our policies,” a […]
TIERRA DEL MAR, Ore. (AP) — Facebook’s effort to build a landing site in a village on the Oregon coast for a fiber optic cable linking Asia and North America has run into serious trouble. First, a drill pipe snapped under the seabed. Workers left 1,100 feet of pipe, 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid, a […]
For millions of people in the U.S. who use the Chinese app WeChat, it’s a lifeline to friends, family, customers and business contacts in China. That lifeline is now under attack by an executive order from President Donald Trump that could ban the app in the U.S. as early as mid-September, potentially severing vital relationships. […]
One of China’s COVID-19 vaccine candidates now in late-stage development, named Ad5-nCoV, just received a patent by the country’s authorities. The vaccine candidate “is safe and induces an immune response,” China Global Television Network (CGTN) said on their Twitter page. The vaccine is a recombinant adenovirus inactivity vaccine co-developed by CanSino, led by Chinese military […]
On August 12, 2020, The Goa Government approved the state Telecommunications infrastructure policy 2020 which will adopt a single-window permit system- where only the public works department will grant permission to companies for setting up mobile towers, states the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. The companies have to pay Rs 50,000 as a one-time license fee […]
Telecom companies have played an integral role in keeping individuals/societies connected and informed amid COVID-19. What were the technical and operational challenges faced by Ooredoo during the pandemic, and what solutions have provided people with reliable connectivity the most? Our priority from the outset was threefold. First and foremost, the safety of our staff and […]
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei is running out of processor chips to make smartphones due to U.S. sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own most advanced chips, a company executive says, in a sign of growing damage to Huawei’s business from American pressure. Huawei Technologies Ltd., one of the […]