Apple has released iOS 13.6 for iPhone users with an updated Health app that brings a “Symptoms” category. The new iOS update also includes the ability to log new symptoms such as fever, chills, and sore throat, and share them with third-party apps. iPhone users also received support for digital car keys, which was showcased
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The European Court has overruled an EC decision for the second time in two days, this time concluding that US snooping means EU data isn’t safe if transferred over there. ‘The Court of Justice invalidates Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield’, reads the latest announcement. It
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Francesca Greane, Marketing, Content and Community Lead for The Edge Event, discusses the evolving edge computing ecosystem. It’s been predicted that the edge market is headed for strong growth over the next few years. For example,
Xiaomi on Wednesday finally unveiled the much anticipated Mi TV Stick at this year’s Global Ecosystem Product Launch event. Similar to the Amazon Fire TV Stick, the newly launched Mi TV stick is a portable streaming device that connects to a television via an HDMI port. Users with the Mi TV Stick can stream movies
Four years ago the EC ruled Ireland broke the rules by letting Apple get away with paying hardly any tax. Now a European court has overturned that decision. Tax law is fairly soporific stuff, so we’ll keep this short and sweet. In 2016 the European commission said Apple had paid Ireland €13 billion too little
A closer look at the advice on which the UK based its decision to ban Huawei from its 5G networks reveals a mixture of rigour and improvisation. As we reported earlier today, the only apparent reason for the drastic shift in UK government policy over Huawei was the US decision to starve Huawei of access
After gaining over 9 lakh subscribers in February 2020, Bharti Airtel has lost more than 12 lakh subscribers in March. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its telecom subscription data for the month of March, and Airtel and Vodafone Idea have collectively lost more than 75 lakh subscribers. Vodafone Idea saw a steep
The UK government has unveiled its revised position regarding Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s 5G networks, banning the vendor from the UK market at the end of this year. “5G will be transformative for our country, but only if we have confidence in the security and resilience of the infrastructure it is built upon,” said
Enterprise tech company HPE wants to do a better job of connecting its customers to the network edge and reckons the acquisition of SD-WAN specialist Silver Peak will help. The price of all this edgy goodness is $925 million. Silver Peak will be chucked into the same silo as Aruba, which was acquired for $3
OnePlus has officially confirmed on Instagram that the Nord will have dual selfie cameras, with the second being a wide-angle shooter with a 105-degree field of view. A recent leaked image hinted at there being two front cameras with one of them having a 105-degree field of view, and now it’s been confirmed by OnePlus
With the Jio Platforms business unit now valued at roughly $65 billion, Qualcomm Ventures has become the latest to invest in the burgeoning Indian digital champion. In the 82 days since Reliance Industries agreed to sell 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms, the unit containing Reliance Jio and other digital ventures, to Facebook, the firm has
An investigation by Vice has revealed the market in stolen data counts government agencies as customers, as they seek to bypass data privacy laws. The Vice report starts with the revelation that a company called SpyCloud is unapologetic about dealing in stolen data. “We’re turning the criminals’ data against them, or at least we’re empowering
Boat ProGear B20 smart band, the company’s first attempt in the wearables space, has been launched. It boasts of features like real-time heart rate monitoring, activity tracking, and notification alerts, along with other typical smart band features. The Boat ProGear B20 comes in three colour options and is IP68 water resistant. Boat claims a standby
In evidence presented to the UK Science and Technology Committee, BT and Vodafone execs said completely removing Huawei by 2023 would cause major disruptions, even digital blackouts. The two telecoms operators, both of which are long-standing customers of Huawei, have warned politicians against hasty decisions. It does appear Huawei is living on borrowed time in
The PC segment has been slowly declining quarter-on-quarter for years, but COVID-19 has seemingly offered a surge in interest, albeit a short-lived one. While it appears it is the laptop or notebook products which are single-handedly saving this sub-sector, the glory might be short-lived. All three of the analyst firms suggest the dramatic shift to
Samsung is expected to bring two flagship tablets this year. The Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ are reportedly expected to be launched at the online Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5. Several specifications have surfaced around the Galaxy Tab S7+ that suggest that the device may be powered by the recently unveiled Snapdragon
The new Nokia Service Router Linux Network Operating System and Fabric Service Platform are designed to help with data centre scalability. Nokia seems to be targeting internet giants with all this data centre networking goodness and says it was developed with their collaboration. The signature early customer for this kit is Apple, from whom Nokia
Privacy authorities in the UK and Australia have announced a joint investigation into Clearview AI, a US firm which provides facial recognition technologies. In what might be seen as an ironic sequence of events, as the US acts the international cheerleader to combat the Chinese threat to cybersecurity and privacy, two of its allies launch