Dutch mapping company HERE, in partnership with Vodafone and Porsche, have announced a partnership to trial a real-time warning system. Specifically, HERE Technologies, Porsche and Vodafone are trialing how 5G technology and highly precise location determination can improve traffic safety and reduce the number of road accidents in the future. The three companies…
As companies scrambled to re-orient themselves last year during the pandemic, one thing was clear: the shift to remote working had come sooner than anyone expected. With this came a fundamental shift in how businesses would have to hire new talent. And the question was, were managers going to laboriously sift through CVs in a…
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed critical security vulnerabilities affecting NETGEAR DGN2200v1 series routers, which they say could be reliably abused as a jumping-off point to compromise a network’s security and gain unfettered access. The three HTTPd authentication security weaknesses (CVSS scores: 7.1 – 9.4) impact routers running firmware versions prior to v1.0.0.60, and have since been…
The UK government has announced the launch of two new labs to accelerate the development, testing, and deployment of 5G OpenRAN. One of the new “SONIC Labs” will be based in London while the other will be in Brighton. The sites will enable various manufacturers to supply components for 5G radio equipment and test them…
British operator EE is planning to reintroduce fees for roaming in the EU from next year while others are lowering their existing fair use policies. Back in 2018, I wrote an opinion piece that roaming fees were unlikely to make a return. Anti-Brexit campaigner and Labour MP Hilary Benn tweeted this week that it hasn’t…
British operator EE is planning to reintroduce fees for roaming in the EU from next year while others are lowering their existing fair use policies. Back in 2018, I wrote an opinion piece that roaming fees were unlikely to make a return. Anti-Brexit campaigner and Labour MP Hilary Benn tweeted this week that it hasn’t…
Is the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act too little too late? Is the push by President Joe Biden’s administration to “Buy American” enough to revitalize America’s manufacturing industry? Are these initiatives from Washington enough to essentially change our culture in America and in manufacturing? I sure do hope so, but I am not so sure.…
It wasn’t a matter of if, but when. Disney’s purchase of Fox for $71 billion has already resulted in one lame attempt at synergy with May’s “The Force Awakens from its Nap”, a three-minute short featuring Maggie Simpson in a Star Wars-themed daycare. So an Avengers parody seemed inevitable. Disney Plus just announced that “The…
Twitter for web experienced serious service issues around the world for several hours on Wednesday evening, preventing users from viewing tweets and other content. The problem started at around 10 p.m. ET and took nearly three hours for the company to fix. Twitter’s mobile app appeared to be unaffected. Twitter Support acknowledged the issue at…
It wasn’t a matter of if, but when. Disney’s purchase of Fox for $71 billion has already resulted in one lame attempt at synergy with May’s “The Force Awakens from its Nap”, a three-minute short featuring Maggie Simpson in a Star Wars-themed daycare. So an Avengers parody seemed inevitable. Disney Plus just announced that “The…
