US Agencies Look at More Facial Recognition
Government’s use of biometrics grows despite privacy concerns In a newly released report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), an increasing number of US federal agencies plan to expand…
Overhead Opportunity
Qualcomm announces its first 5G-ready drone platform Building on the press coverage of NASA’s Mars autonomous drone, Ingenuity, this week Qualcomm unveiled its Flight RB5 5G Platform, claiming it’s the…
Rakuten Gains a Foothold in Europe
Strikes a deal with 1&1 to build fully virtualized Open RAN German mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) 1&1 Drillisch and Rakuten recently announced a long-term partnership to build a fourth…
A Natural Place for IoT
Sensors, mesh networks and AI can be the future of controlling wildfires As has become more and more common, wildfires have recently burned large tracts of land in several parts…
Google Gets Major US Carriers to Sign Up for RCS
Verizon is the latest name to join the rich-messaging party Last week, Verizon announced that it will make Google’s Messages the default messaging app on all Android devices starting in…
Jio Goes for the 2G Jugular
JioPhone Next targets millions of 2G feature phone users A couple of weeks ago, at Reliance Industries’ 44th annual general meeting, Reliance Industries unveiled its much-anticipated JioPhone Next, an Android-based…
From Ma Bell to Market Rebel
AT&T dials up efforts against wireless rivals Eight years after T-Mobile US established itself as a scrappy disruptive brand, the US mobile market now looks very different. AT&T is now…
Net Additions versus Net Ads
As Verizon retreats from content, should carriers stay in their lanes? Several years ago, when Verizon began assembling media assets to compete in the advertising sector, its strategy seemed sound….
Luminar Looks to the Skies
Luminar Technologies Partners with Airbus On Monday, Luminar Technologies announced it would partner with Airbus, the French aerospace giant, to test technologies that could increase aircraft safety and ultimately lead…
Touch and Go
Amazon rolls out palm-based payment system Last year, Amazon introduced its sleek Amazon One palm-based biometric payment service at several of its stores in Seattle. The online retail giant is…