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■The Federal Communications Commission has granted Verizon permission to keep newly purchased phones locked to its network for a period of 60 days. The company claims that this is meant to prevent fraud and identity theft. "Verizon plans to implement a short, 60 day fraud safety check period, which will go into effect very soon, " said Verizon CEO Ronan Dunne. "After the 60 day period the phones will unlock automatically. That means, fraudsters who order and steal phones ... |
6/27/2019 4:43:46 AM |
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■According to an Israeli-U.S. cybersecurity firm Cybereason, hackers have broken into the systems of more than a dozen global cellular carriers and taken large amounts of personal and corporate data. The attackers compromised companies in more than 30 countries and aimed to gather information on individuals in government, law-enforcement and politics. Albeit unconfirmed, both the targeted individuals and the hackers are believed to link to China.The alleged attack, code-named Operation Soft Cell took place ... |
6/26/2019 4:08:50 AM |
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■According to a Wall Street Journal report this week, the U.S. government is considering banning all 5G equipment made in China from being sold or even used in the U.S. The move could impact Chinese 5G modem makers, as well as Nokia and Ericsson, two European companies with manufacturing facilities in China.This is the latest in a string of moves that the US has made, as its trade war with China rages on. In May, the Trump administration took aim at China "s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, banning the firm from ... |
6/25/2019 5:18:39 AM |
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■PCMag have released their "Fastest Mobile Networks " report for the 10th year in a row. The tech site conducted its carrier mobile network speed test by visiting 30 cities and 25 states and "running 60,000 speed tests to determine the fastest mobile network nationwide. With a top overall score of 97, AT&T appears to be the clear winner. Verizon came in 2nd with a score of 94, while T-Mobile and Sprint trailed with scores of 91 and 82, respectively.AT&T "s ... |
6/22/2019 4:51:00 AM |
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■The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) this week confirmed that its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has been hacked. According to a new report from NASA "s Office of Inspector General (OIG), the security breach in question saw hackers target a NASA employee "s Raspberry Pi device, which wasn "t authorised to connect to the JPL "s network.While inside JPL "s network, the hackers reportedly stole about 500MB of data related to human spaceflight. If they were just some jokers on the ... |
6/21/2019 4:07:18 AM |
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■Dish is reportedly interested in acquiring T-Mobile & Sprint assets. The company is nearing an agreement to pay T-Mobile and Sprint at least $6 billion for wireless spectrum and wireless service Boost Mobile. A potential deal with Dish Network could pave the way for approval of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger.Sprint is selling Boost Mobile in an effort to unload assets to gain regulatory approval for its upcoming merger with T-Mobile. The two companies have been aiming to sell Boost Mobile to appease ... |
6/20/2019 3:57:03 AM |
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■Facebook is officially entering the crypto game. Today, the company formally unveiled its highly-anticipated cryptocurrency. It "s called Libra. Facebook also announced the creation of the Libra Association, an independent organization that will manage the currency, and Calibra digital wallet.When it launches in 2020, Calibra will let people send and receive Libra cryptocurrency by simply using a smartphone. Eventually, Facebook said, it wants to offer more services for people and businesses, including the ... |
6/19/2019 4:12:14 AM |
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■A new robot developed by MIT "s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is being taught to determine what an object looks like just by touching it, as well as predict what an object will feel like just by looking at it.The system was tested on a robotic arm called KUKA with the help of a special tactile sensor called GelSight, which was designed by another group at MIT. The system uses just one simple web camera but has the ability to record nearly 200 objects around the arm, such ... |
6/18/2019 3:28:08 AM |
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■AT&T has notified customers who preordered the $1,980 Galaxy Fold that their foldable phone order has been cancelled. AT&T said it would also throw in a $100 gift card for the customers " trouble. Customers who preordered the device will be able to place their orders again once Samsung sets a new launch date.Samsung announced the highly anticipated Galaxy Fold in February. But when the company sent phones to reviewers, many of them broke. Some hinges were defective and some reviewers " ... |
6/15/2019 5:31:39 AM |
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■Huawei wants the US carrier Verizon to pay license fees for more than $1 billion. The fees are for the use of over 230 networking-gear patents that cover network equipment for more than 20 of the company "s vendors including major U.S. tech firms.The request, which came in February before President Trump signed an executive order to bar U.S. firms from working with the Chinese telecommunications giant, is the latest escalation of tensions between the two nations.Representatives for Huawei and Verizon met ... |
6/14/2019 5:57:34 AM |
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■Uber Technologies said it will use Australia "s second-largest city, Melbourne, as the first international test site for the group "s planned flying taxi service. The test flights will transport passengers from one of seven Westfield shopping centers in Melbourne to the city "s main international airport. The 19km journey from the central business district to the airport is expected to take 10 minutes by air, compared with the 25 minutes it usually takes by car.Uber has partnered with NASA on its flying ... |
6/13/2019 1:44:49 AM |
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■A group of 10 New York and California "s state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit to block the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint while the US Justice Department "s decision looms. The two companies announced the $26 billion merger last April, which would shrink the US "s national wireless carrier pool from four to three providers if approved.Before filing the lawsuit, the states engaged in a year-long investigation into the merger in order to gauge how it could potentially affect consumers in the ... |
6/12/2019 5:38:07 AM |
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■Mozilla plans to release a paid version of its Firefox browser. In an interview with German website t3n, Mozilla CEO Chris Beard said a premium Firefox is on its way sometime in fall this year.Firefox Premium (or whatever it ends up being called) would not affect the functionality of the free Firefox browser, but would instead offer additional functionality that we are, perhaps, currently getting elsewhere. "So, what we want to clarify is that there is no plan to charge money for things that are ... |
6/11/2019 5:34:48 AM |
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■Media and telecom giant AT&T Inc. is considering a $16-to-$17-a-month streaming video package that includes most of its entertainment properties, according to report from The Wall Street Journal. The new tier would combine HBO, Cinemax, and Warner Bros. " television shows and film library into one service. WarnerMedia "s new subscription service will go through a "beta " run later this year, with March 2020 the target date for the service to be fully operational.WarnerMedia is ... |
6/8/2019 5:18:51 AM |
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■Google announced today more details on its game-streaming service Stadia. The company first launched the service in March and is announcing some more details ahead of E3 today.Google "s Stadia will become available in November with an entry price of $129.99 for the Founders Edition package (pre-order on Google "s Stadia site), which includes a game controller, Chromecast Ultra streaming device and a three-month subscription. This will be the only way to access Stadia until the service goes wider sometime ... |
6/7/2019 5:39:56 AM |
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■Tech giant Samsung has reportedly launched a new research center, focusing on 6G research. The company has expanded its telecommunication research team and formed a new group called the Advanced Communications Research Center in the Korean capital of Seoul. Apart from the 6G research, Samsung Research is also in charge of artificial intelligence and robotics. On its Samsung Research website, Samsung doesn "t say much about 6G. "Already in Europe, China, and the United States, there are open ... |
6/6/2019 4:43:19 AM |
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■The U.S. government plans to investigate whether tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power. Lawmakers in the House said on Monday that they were looking into the tech giants " possible anti-competitive behavior. That could lead to the first overhaul of antitrust rules in many decades, an effort to keep up with an industry that didn "t exist when antitrust laws were written.The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, which enforce antitrust laws ... |
6/5/2019 4:45:51 AM |
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■During the weekend, Google reported an outage with its Cloud Platform that caused interruptions in several sites and apps, such as Snapchat, YouTube, Gmail, G Suite, Discord and others. According to Down Detector, which logs outages and service interruptions, the outages appeared to have been primarily clustered along the East Coast of the United States as well as in parts of South America and Europe.Google acknowledged the outage and blamed the issue on network congestion. The problem has already been ... |
6/3/2019 10:49:16 PM |
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■A recent report from Reuters claims the retail giant Amazon is interested in buying prepaid cell-phone wireless service Boost Mobile from Sprint and T-Mobile. Amazon is mulling the idea of buying Boost "mainly for an attached wholesale deal " that would allow it to use T-Mobile "s wireless network for a half-dozen years or more and may be looking to buy any "wireless spectrum that could be divested, " according to people familiar with the plan.As part of their planned ... |
6/1/2019 4:50:49 AM |
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■The popular news aggregation app Flipboard has been hacked twice. Hackers stole usernames, email addresses, passwords and account tokens for third-party services. According to the company, "not all " Flipboard users " account data were involved in the breaches but it declined to say how many users were affected. "We recently identified unauthorized access to some of our databases containing certain Flipboard users " account information, including account credentials. In response ... |
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