Mobility

Latvia Set To Release Covid-19 App Based On Tech Companies’ FrameworkLatvia Set To Release Covid-19 App Based On Tech Companies’ Framework

Latvia Set To Release Covid-19 App Based On Tech Companies’ Framework

Latvia is aiming to be one of the first countries to release a Covid-19 contact-tracing app based on Apple and…

5 years ago
Arsonists Attack 5G Mast In DerbyshireArsonists Attack 5G Mast In Derbyshire

Arsonists Attack 5G Mast In Derbyshire

5G mobile phone mast set on fire only days after it was erected, as experts condemn theories that link 5G…

5 years ago
UK Looks To Scale Back Huawei Deal In Wake Of PandemicUK Looks To Scale Back Huawei Deal In Wake Of Pandemic

UK Looks To Scale Back Huawei Deal In Wake Of Pandemic

Prime minister Boris Johnson has reportedly ordered plans drawn up that would see Huawei's involvement in UK's 5G networks reduced…

5 years ago
Uber Passenger Says Price-Fixing Arbitrator Acted Out Of ‘Fear’Uber Passenger Says Price-Fixing Arbitrator Acted Out Of ‘Fear’

Uber Passenger Says Price-Fixing Arbitrator Acted Out Of ‘Fear’

Uber passenger asks court to reopen price-fixing lawsuit against the company, saying arbitrator who ruled in Uber's favour feared for…

5 years ago
Popular Maths Site Investigates ‘Potential Data Compromise’Popular Maths Site Investigates ‘Potential Data Compromise’

Popular Maths Site Investigates ‘Potential Data Compromise’

Students and children at risk as more than 25 million account credentials allegedly stolen from Mathway offered for sale online

5 years ago
Intel Acquires Rivet Networks For Killer CardsIntel Acquires Rivet Networks For Killer Cards

Intel Acquires Rivet Networks For Killer Cards

Wi-Fi connectivity. Company behind the Killer gaming networking cards (Rivet Networks) is acquired by chip goliath Intel Corp

5 years ago
Microsoft Dual Screen Smartphone Specs RevealedMicrosoft Dual Screen Smartphone Specs Revealed

Microsoft Dual Screen Smartphone Specs Revealed

But will anyone actually care? Specifications for Duo device revealed, as Microsoft yet again courts the smartphone mass market

5 years ago
Coronavirus: Apple, Google Release Contact Tracing APICoronavirus: Apple, Google Release Contact Tracing API

Coronavirus: Apple, Google Release Contact Tracing API

Both firms say 22 countries and a number of US states have requested to use the contact-tracing API for their…

5 years ago
Coronavirus: NHS Contact Tracing App Has Flaws, Aussie Researchers WarnCoronavirus: NHS Contact Tracing App Has Flaws, Aussie Researchers Warn

Coronavirus: NHS Contact Tracing App Has Flaws, Aussie Researchers Warn

Security flaws in the NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app could pose risk to user privacy, as the NCSC promises to fix…

5 years ago
FBI Criticises Apple For Failing To Help Unlock iPhonesFBI Criticises Apple For Failing To Help Unlock iPhones

FBI Criticises Apple For Failing To Help Unlock iPhones

Agency says it had to develop its own tool to access two locked iPhones used by gunman who attacked Pensacola…

5 years ago
Bluetooth Standard Vulnerable To Unpatched Spoofing AttackBluetooth Standard Vulnerable To Unpatched Spoofing Attack

Bluetooth Standard Vulnerable To Unpatched Spoofing Attack

Researchers warn of weaknesses affecting all Bluetooth-compliant devices – just as governments roll out coronavirus apps reliant on the tech

5 years ago
Huawei Calls Latest US Export Measures ‘Arbitrary And Pernicious’Huawei Calls Latest US Export Measures ‘Arbitrary And Pernicious’

Huawei Calls Latest US Export Measures ‘Arbitrary And Pernicious’

Telecoms equipment giant says its survival is at stake with regulatory changes that would cut off its access to semiconductors…

5 years ago
Uber To Cut Quarter Of Workforce In Profitability DriveUber To Cut Quarter Of Workforce In Profitability Drive

Uber To Cut Quarter Of Workforce In Profitability Drive

Company is to focus on core businesses of ride-sharing and food delivery and shutter job hunting, start-up incubator and AI…

5 years ago
Apple And Google Set To Release Coronavirus API Amidst Privacy FuroreApple And Google Set To Release Coronavirus API Amidst Privacy Furore

Apple And Google Set To Release Coronavirus API Amidst Privacy Furore

Native coronavirus contact-tracing tech set to make official debut in the next few days as UK and Germany differ on…

5 years ago
Android Hit By ‘Incredibly Sophisticated’ MalwareAndroid Hit By ‘Incredibly Sophisticated’ Malware

Android Hit By ‘Incredibly Sophisticated’ Malware

Malware found on Google Play looks innocent at first, then downloads additional capabilities that allow it to take over targeted…

5 years ago

Pandemic Drives Foxconn Profits Down Nearly 90 Percent

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn sees profits slump after shuttering China plants for weeks, but expects double-digit revenue jump as restrictions ease

5 years ago

US Tightens Export Controls In Move Aimed At Huawei

US Commerce Department to bar overseas semiconductor manufacturers from selling to Huawei and HiSilicon if they use US-made chip gear

5 years ago

BT Begins Talk To Sell Stake In Openreach – Report

Selling off the crown jewels? BT is reportedly in talks to sell a multi billion pound stake in its hugely…

5 years ago

TSMC To Build $12 Billion Chip Factory In US

After talking with Trump, big name chip maker TSMC confirms plans to build a $12 billion semiconductor factory in Arizona,…

5 years ago

Coronavirus Tracing Apps Must Not Be Used For Surveillance, Says EU

EU officials warn member states that Covid-19 tracing apps must not be used for 'mass surveillance' and need to be…

5 years ago

Alphabet To Deploy Google Project Loon In Mozambique

Loon signs deal with South African operator Vodacom to deliver balloon-powered high speed 4G and internet connectivity to rural provinces…

5 years ago

WhatsApp Challenges Zoom With 50 Person Video Calling

Serious video conferencing move by Facebook. Desktop users of WhatsApp will soon be able to add up 50 people on…

5 years ago

Coronavirus: Apple Begins Reopening US Stores

Apple has begun re-opening some of its retail stores in the United States, but will insist on additional safeguards including…

5 years ago

Leaks For iPhone 12 Touts Improved Screen Refresh Rate – Report

Finally. Apple is to include 5G connectivity in its upcoming iPhone 12 portfolio, that will also reportedly offer improve screen…

5 years ago

Coronavirus: NHS Publishes Source Code Of Contact-Tracing App

Nothing to hide. The NHS has released the source code of its contact-tracing app, as its trial in the Isle…

5 years ago

BT Suspends Dividend To Funnel Investment Into FTTP Broadband, 5G

For the first time in a decade BT suspends its dividend to free up cash for investment in fibre to…

5 years ago

Virgin Media And O2 Join Forces In Joint Venture

Major UK telecom shakeup...O2's ownership odyssey continues, with confirmation it is to merge with Virgin Media to take on the…

5 years ago

US To Allow Huawei And US Firms To Develop 5G Standards – Report

Kiss and make up? Not really, as United States drafts rules that will allow US firms to work with Huawei…

5 years ago

Apple Will Open Up iOS Platform – Spotify CEO

Spotify's strained relationship with Apple did not stop CEO Daniel Ek from speculating on Apple's tight grip on its ecosystem

5 years ago

O2 Legal Challenge Could Delay 5G Spectrum Auction

O2 has voiced concerns about the organisation of the UK's upcoming auction of 5G spectrum, creating the prospect of a…

5 years ago