Three operators prepare for October 2019 launches in 40 cities According to a senior official at ZTE, Mr Michael Gao Wenhao, deputy general manager of ZTE's 5G industrial products business, ...

San Francisco says no to facial recognition Last week, San Francisco, one of the most tech-enthusiastic cities in the world, voted to ban the use of facial-recognition software by police ...

US regulator proposes blocking spam calls by default On Wednesday, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a proposal that would allow phone service providers to better tackle spam calls. ...

Announcements bolster its cloud and developer platforms Winning developers and the trust of enterprises are two of the biggest arenas of competition between major cloud providers, and for this reason, ...

Huawei's sub-brand prepares to launch new phones The law of diminishing returns has almost certainly kicked in for smartphone design. Over the past decade, smartphones have moved toward a single ...

More than half of US adults play video games Last week, the Entertainment Software Association, a trade body representing the video game industry in the US, released findings — available ...

IPL cricket final attracts nearly 20 million concurrent viewers On Sunday, Indian streaming giant Hotstar, which is owned by Disney, set a new global high for the number of viewers ...

New Urban Computing Foundation will offer a common set of tools Last week, the Linux Foundation announced a new industry-wide effort called the Urban Computing Foundation to create common, open-source ...

Lessons from Samsung's flexible-display troubles It's no secret that I've been excited about the advent of smartphones with flexible displays, which now seem to be commonly referred to as foldables. ...

Officials meet in Prague to discuss 5G security Last week, representatives from more than 30 countries attended the Prague 5G Security Conference, hosted by the Czech government. The event sought ...