US and Canadian firms Semtech and Sierra Wireless have confirmed they are engaged in “advanced discussions” about a potential transaction, with Semtech looking to purchase Sierra Wireless at a price of $31 per share. The pair released nearly identical statements, simultaneously, following a report last night (August 1) in Bloomberg that a deal is close,…
Bluecopa, an Indian startup building a finance operations automation platform for high-volume companies, has raised $2.3 million to expand its offering in the global market. The seed funding round was led by Mumbai-headquartered Blume Ventures, with participation from Titan Capital, T-Fund, Speciale Invest, Bharat Founders Fund, T2D3, Amplify and Force Ventures. It was also joined…
Researchers have disclosed a new offensive framework called Manjusaka that they call a “Chinese sibling of Sliver and Cobalt Strike.” “A fully functional version of the command-and-control (C2), written in GoLang with a User Interface in Simplified Chinese, is freely available and can generate new implants with custom configurations with ease, increasing the likelihood of…
The UK Government has announced plans to “unleash” 5G and 6G innovation, including through a partnership with South Korea. Up to £25 million has been set aside for the ‘Future Open Networks Research Challenge’. Academics and industry players can apply for funding to support their early-stage research into open and interoperable telecom solutions, such as…
The UK Government has announced plans to “unleash” 5G and 6G innovation, including through a partnership with South Korea. Up to £25 million has been set aside for the ‘Future Open Networks Research Challenge’. Academics and industry players can apply for funding to support their early-stage research into open and interoperable telecom solutions, such as…
Mobile network performance measurement firm RootMetrics has named EE the UK’s leader for the ninth year running. Overall, EE came out on top for all UK-wide RootScore categories (‘Reliability’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Speed’, ‘Data’, ‘Call’, and ‘Text’). Marc Allera, CEO of the consumer division at EE-owner BT, said: “We are proud to be named the UK’s best…
In previous blogs (here, here, and here) we have discussed the advantages of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technologies like LTE-M and NB-IOT over other networking technologies — advantages that include lower power usage, lower costs, better coverage in rural and indoor locations, and higher capacity (the ability to connect to a larger number of…
The Belkin iPhone mount for MacBook is a great peripheral that turns your iPhone into a webcam. First revealed during WWDC 2022, this product complements the updated version of Continuity Camera coming to macOS Ventura. It’s a small peripheral that could bring a huge change for some folks — especially those using MacBooks with a…
Trying to solve Wordle #410 for August 3, 2022, and need some help? Today’s Wordle might get you a bit stuck. We’ve got a few hints that will help you get the answer though. Before you take a look at the hints below, check out our easy guide on playing Wordle for some tips and…
AirPods are some of Apple’s most successful products of all time. Though Apple doesn’t report sales figures, it has been estimated that sales of AirPods brought in revenue of $12 billion in 2020. That’s a Fortune 500 company on its own, and more revenue than Nvidia, AMD, Spotify, or Twitter. The middle child of the…
