AT&T and Cisco are partnering up to boost the performance of IoT applications with dedicated 5G network capabilities. The sub-6GHz 5G network from AT&T already covers more than 251 million people and provides industries such as manufacturing, automotive, and entertainment with low latency and high bandwidth for cutting-edge applications. AT&T’s Control Center is powered by…
August 27, 2021 This article outlines why the promising concept of the digital twin has often fallen short of its goal of end-to-end automation and connectivity. It argues that to achieve a full digital transformation, companies need to equip their digital twins with precise location-based data of all moving assets on the shop floor and…
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, August 27, 2021. What a week! In the last 24 hours we’ve had big news from around the world, including China’s latest regulatory push,…
AT&T and Cisco are partnering up to boost the performance of IoT applications with dedicated 5G network capabilities. The sub-6GHz 5G network from AT&T already covers more than 251 million people and provides industries such as manufacturing, automotive, and entertainment with low latency and high bandwidth for cutting-edge applications. AT&T’s Control Center is powered by…
August 27, 2021 This article outlines why the promising concept of the digital twin has often fallen short of its goal of end-to-end automation and connectivity. It argues that to achieve a full digital transformation, companies need to equip their digital twins with precise location-based data of all moving assets on the shop floor and…
Apple announced today it has reached a proposed settlement (embedded below) in a lawsuit filed against it by developers in the United States. The agreement, which is still pending court approval, includes a few changes, the biggest one being that developers will be able to share information on how to pay for purchases outside of…
Didi has decided to halt its plans to deploy robotaxis across the UK and Western Europe. The Chinese tech giant intended to offer its services in major cities around the region as part of significant expansion plans. While it hasn’t disclosed the reason for its decision, it likely has something to do with the increased…
July 28, 2021 The shifting of where compute functionality occurs has varied over the past few decades from centralized (remember platforms like mainframes and thin clients?) to distributed. Of late, there has been a lot about the rise of Edge Computing. Rather than an end state, this is just another milestone in the ongoing evolution…
The UK government has named the person it wants to take over as its chief data protection watchdog, with sitting commissioner Elizabeth Denham overdue to vacate the post: The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today said its preferred replacement is New Zealand’s privacy commissioner, John Edwards. Edwards, who has a legal background,…
Didi has decided to halt its plans to deploy robotaxis across the UK and Western Europe. The Chinese tech giant intended to offer its services in major cities around the region as part of significant expansion plans. While it hasn’t disclosed the reason for its decision, it likely has something to do with the increased…
