U.K.-based telecommunications group Vodafone and compatriot utility SES Water have signed a ten-year deal under which the former will provide NB-IoT technology to detect and prevent water leaks. In a release, SES Water said it will use Vodafone’s technology to create an intelligent water distribution network that aims to cut leakage by 15% over…
NASA’s current mission, to boldly go where no PR campaign has on behalf of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is a noble one. Donald Trump wants US boots on Mars. And considering the bipartisan popularity of the idea, whoever ends up president when the smoke clears in November will probably continue the effort. But what if, instead…
Global spending on cybersecurity products and services is predicted to exceed $1 trillion during the period of five years, between 2017 to 2021, with different analysts predicting the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) at anywhere between 8 to 15%. It is not surprising to see this growth in spending, which is primarily driven by the…
How will the IoT support sustainability and a circular economy? Perhaps we might want to first ask ourselves are these all just buzzwords in a long list of words? Or are businesses, governments, and citizens truly stepping up and making significant commitments to use technology to change their wasteful behaviors? Before we can answer these…
The Google Pixel Buds 2020 are the successor to the Google Pixel Buds 2017 Wireless but now feature a truly wireless design without a cable connecting each earbud. Due to their small, lightweight design, they're quite comfortable, even for people who may not like the fit and feel of most in-ears. Their sound profile is…
Electronic Arts and DICE plan to regain their past glory by ditching older settings and looking ahead to Battlefield 6, according to new reports. In a tweet on Tuesday, June 9, Venturebeat games reporter Jeff Grubb said that Battlefield 6 will be set in the present. This comes after industry insider Tom Henderson said the…
As expected Oppo brought ColorOS 7 to its F9/F9 Pro mid-ranger, giving it its second major OS update. The new firmware brings a visual overhaul, system optimizations and plenty of changes to the camera alongside the usual Android 10 goodies. As usual, the update will follow a staged rollout with gradual expansion to more regions.…
New research from Nokia says one third of enterprises in the energy, manufacturing, cities, and transportation sectors are already using 5G to drive industrial performance and digital change. Three in five enterprises will look to mobile operators for direction when planning 5G services, according to the study. Nokia urged, again, operators to grasp the nettle…
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted this morning that he was unaware of a data breach at the virtual doctor app he controversially endorsed in 2018. The breach at Babylon Health this week allowed users of the app to see confidential video recordings of other patients’ consultations with their doctors. Hancock had notoriously praised the company in a newspaper supplement…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two distinct attacks that could be exploited against modern Intel processors to leak sensitive information from the CPU’s trusted execution environments (TEE). Called SGAxe, the first of the flaws is an evolution of the previously uncovered CacheOut attack (CVE-2020-0549) earlier this year that allows an attacker to retrieve the contents from…
