Bullitt and MediaTek will launch the first satellite-to-mobile messaging smartphone in Q1 next year

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It turns out that the next connectivity frontier after 5G isn’t 6G but messaging over satellite. Apple already launched an SOS and location sharing system, T-Mobile and SpaceX are working on a more general communication system. Now British company Bullitt claims it will beat them to the punch by launching the “first satellite-to-mobile messaging smartphone”.…

UK confirms removal of Online Safety Bill’s ‘legal but harmful’ clause • TechCrunch

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The UK government has completed a major revision to controversial but populist online safety legislation that’s been in the works for years — and was finally introduced to parliament earlier this year — but has been paused since this summer following turmoil in the governing Conservative Party. In September, new secretary of state for digital, Michelle Donelan,…

Wi-Fi HaLow developer Morse Micro grabs extra $20m to take Series B fund to $114m

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Australia-based semiconductor company Morse Micro, developing Wi-Fi HaLow for low-power mid-range IoT solutions, has quickly followed a AUS$140 million ($94m) Series B round in September with a further AUS$30 million ($20m) in Series B funding. The new funds, presented as a “top-up from major superannuation funds and others”, takes its total Series B funding to…