SK Telecom uses blockchain to help people store national documents

SK Telecom is launching a blockchain-powered wallet for storing national documents in a government-led digitalisation push. The largest wireless carrier in South Korea has been granted approval by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security to issue its first digital wallet for documentation. Documents which can be stored in SK Telecom’s blockchain-powered wallet include resident…

STMicro scores takeover ‘hat-trick’ with deal for IoT specialist SOMOS

STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has followed up the summer purchases of France-based ultra-wideband (UWB) specialist BeSpoon and Canada-based cellular IoT connectivity firm Riot Micro with a deal for cellular IoT and 5G chipmaker SOMOS Semiconductor. The Franco-Italian firm said the acquisition strengthens its product portfolio, intellectual property, and in-house know-how around front-end modules (FEMs) for the IoT…

Streaming service shuts down after less than a year

Quibi is shutting down after 7 months of operation. The $2 billion streaming service that presumed someone, somewhere, wanted to watch short shows in portrait mode is flaming out. It’s official: Jeffrey Katzenberg is calling investors to tell them he’s shutting the company down, sources tell @JBFlint and I:https://t.co/SIBb6h1OkQ https://t.co/aauafdxo3a — Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) October…