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Palestinians need to speed up digitalisation: World Bank

Feb 08, 2022 (AFP)

The past decade has seen progress on internet access and the development of digital businesses and platforms in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Ban...

Peloton shares jump on reports of possible Amazon deal

Feb 05, 2022 (AFP)

Shortly before 8:00 pm (0100 GMT), Peloton shares surged 26.42 percent, to $31.10. Several American media reported on Amazon's interest in Peloton, which has st...

Satellites Offer New Capabilities and Complexities for 5G Networks

Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)

Said Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas, "New use cases become possible when 5G's unique capabilities expand to more inaccessible regions with the help of ...

Huawei takes Sweden to court following 5G ban

Jan 30, 2022 (AFP)

"The Swedish authorities' decision to discriminate against Huawei and exclude it from the 5G rollout has significantly harmed Huawei's investment in Sweden, in ...

Top SoftBank exec quits after reported clash over compensation

Jan 28, 2022 (AFP)

The group's founder Masayoshi Son said in a statement that US-Bolivian businessman Claure, 51, "made many contributions to SoftBank" during his nine years at th...

Samsung reports 53% jump in profit despite supply chain woes

Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)

The world's biggest smartphone maker said its operating profit rose to 13.87 trillion won ($11.55 billion) for the October-December period in 2021, up from nine...

Samsung Electronics' operating profit up by 53.3% in Q4

Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)

The world's biggest smartphone maker said its operating profit rose to 13.87 trillion won ($11.55 billion) for the October-December period in 2021, up from nine...

Apple's iPhone retakes top spot in China smartphone market: research

Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)

A surge in sales saw the iPhone maker account for 23 percent of the highly competitive market in October-December, industry analysis firm Counterpoint said in a...

EU clears Facebook buyout of Kustomer

Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)

Facebook, now known as Meta, in 2020 announced its purchase of Kustomer, a then five-year-old US company that provides special software that allows businesses t...

Yemen's internet returns after air strike causes four-day blackout

Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)

Web monitor NetBlocks said internet was "being restored" in the country and AFP correspondents in the capital Sanaa and port city Hodeida reported they were bac...

Making smartphone data anonymous no longer enough: study

Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)

Vast quantities of data are scooped up from smartphone apps by firms looking to develop products, conduct research or target consumers with adverts. In Europe a...

Ericsson profits soar despite China trouble

Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)

The world's number two telecoms equipment maker is competing with China's Huawei in the global rollout of ultra-fast 5G mobile phone networks. But Ericsson's sa...

Google pushes new plan to overhaul web-tracking cookies

Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)

US tech giants are under huge pressure to overhaul the way they collect data -- Google was fined 150 million euros ($169 million) by France earlier this month o...

EU auditors worry about divergent policies on 5G suppliers

Jan 24, 2022 (AFP)

"Six of the eight largest vendors including Huawei and Samsung are not based in the EU. This means that the legislation in non EU countries can differ significa...

EU lawmakers vote to end 'Wild West' online; Google fined billions

Jan 20, 2022 (AFP)

Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of their version of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which is aimed at ensuring tougher consequences for platforms and w...

Tonga undersea cable needs 'at least' four weeks to repair

Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)

"US cable company SubCom advises it will take at least four weeks for Tonga's cable connection to be repaired," the ministry said in an update on the disaster, ...

The International Space Station connected via the SpaceDataHighway

Jan 18, 2022 (SPX)

Thanks to the SpaceDataHighway and the ColKa terminal, ESA will benefit from a direct and sovereign access to the ISS, thus increasing the operational flexibili...

HGC offers ultra-low latency Eyeball-as-a-Service across Asia

Jan 18, 2022 (SPX)

Working together, the two providers will offer faster, safer, and more reliable critical infrastructure benefiting the Philippines' enterprise users as well as ...

Spain to tighten rules for cryptocurrency ads

Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)

Advertising of unregulated cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, has surged, particularly by social media influencers, drawing attention from regulators worldwide....

Google buys London office complex for $1bn

Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)

The tech titan will purchase the Central St Giles office site, where it is a tenant, for the equivalent of 872 million euros. Google said it would give the site...