Qualcomm 5G mmWave call breaks distance record
Qualcomm Technologies announced Monday that it conducted the first successful extended range 5G data call over mmWave.
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A backdoor in mobile phone encryption from the '90s still exists
The encryption algorithm GEA-1 was implemented in mobile phones in the 1990s to encrypt data connections. Since then, it has been kept secret. Now, a research team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), together with colleagues ...
Jun 16, 2021
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Misconfiguration of third party mobile apps exposes the data of 100 million users
Despite the obvious benefits of contemporary cloud-based, mobile application development solutions—such as cloud storage, notification management, real-time databases, and analytics—many developers of these solutions ...
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Japan's 'flying car' gets off ground, with a person aboard (Video)
The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory.
Aug 28, 2020
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National roaming can increase resilience of Dutch mobile networks
Within the Netherlands, your mobile phone only uses the masts of your own provider. Other providers' masts can only be used to reach emergency services. As soon as you cross the border, you can switch on roaming to use other ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Telecoms outage cuts off millions of Australians
More than 10 million Australians were cut off from internet and phone services on Wednesday after unexplained outages struck one of the country's largest communications companies.
Nov 8, 2023
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Satellite data: The other type of smartphone data you might not know about
When you think about location data on your mobile phone, tablet or laptop, what comes to mind? Mailing addresses? Postal codes? These data indicate where you live, where you work, and the places you visit.
Feb 21, 2023
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Amazon, Oracle shrug off lawmaker fears of abortion data sales
Amazon.com Inc., Oracle Corp. and other data providers pressed by a group of U.S. lawmakers about how they sell mobile phone location data offered assurances that the information couldn't be used to track individuals seeking ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Outages disrupt services at Japan's No. 2 telecoms carrier
Many users of Japan's No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. were still having trouble making calls Monday after a massive outage throughout the weekend that affected nearly 40 million people, disrupting deliveries, weather reports ...
Jul 4, 2022
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Best Buy's urgent response service expands to Amazon's Alexa devices
Best Buy Co. said Friday it's expanding its Lively Urgent Response service to Amazon's Alexa-enabled home devices, such as Echo speakers and Fire tablets.
May 30, 2022
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