OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace coronavirus contagions after a public spat between health authorities and the information watchdog. Geir Bukholm, an official at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), said the decision Monday to delete data and halt any further information gathering […]
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1. Former Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox will return after a year-long absence to his previous role at the company, which includes overseeing the main Facebook App, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Cox, one of Mark Zuckerberg’s top lieutenants, left in March 2019 over “artistic differences” with the CEO over his plans to make Facebook […]
Finland’s telecommunications market has been open for competition since the late 1980s. Thus, the country became an international leader in telecommunications. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries have been postponing 5G rollout. However, last week was crucial for Finland as three mobile operators secured new 5G licenses. In 2018, Finland was trying to compete […]
NEW YORK (AP) — State officials in California and Washington are reviewing Amazon’s business practices to determine whether the company is violating any laws with respect to the independent merchants that sell goods on its site, according to published reports. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that California is examining the retail giant’s business practices, […]
A promising solution was recently revealed through a partnership between the UAE and the UK. UAE’s Group 42 (G42) is bringing its artificial intelligence and cloud computing expertise to the table, alongside UK’s Oxford Nanopore’s advanced sequencing products. Together, they claim to have developed a “population-scale technology” that can quickly and accurately detect the virus […]
Fintech allows you to perform all kinds of operations wherever and whenever you want. Financial technology is a tool that has been changing the way we work with money. The Fintech market will pin its worth at approximately $ 305.7 billion by 2023 according to the Global Fintech Market (2018-2023). Due to social distancing, Fintech […]
LONDON (AP) — British regulators have opened an investigation into Facebook’s recent purchase of Giphy over concerns that it will stifle competition. The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday it’s examining the deal over concern it will result in “substantial lessening of competition in any market or markets in the United Kingdom.” The social network […]
Amdocs is an international company founded in 1982 that specializes in software and services for communications, media and financial services providers and digital enterprises. The company helps service providers, communications agencies and financial service providers with modernizing solutions that involve digitization and automating systems and services in many industries. Mrs. Alla Goldner, Director, Technology, Strategy […]
You’ve gone Incognito? Well, you can’t browse privately. On June 2, 2020, a $5 billion lawsuit has been filed to the US District Court for the Northern District of California by a partner at the Boies Schiller Flexner law firm accusing Google of illegally gathering information during users’ private Incognito mode browsing sessions. As this […]
According to a report from Columbia News, a new technology that zaps airborne viruses with a narrow wavelength band of UV light shows future potential for reducing COVID-19 transmission indoors. The technology is currently being developed by Columbia University’s Center for Radiological Research and it utilizes lamps that projects a particular, continuous low-dose wavelength of […]