Day: July 22, 2020

After banning Chinese comms bogeyman, UK asks: Huawei in this mess? It was a failure of capitalism, MPs told

Commons tech committee does some soul-searching as costs mount Excising Huawei from the UK’s 5G networks promises to be an expensive task that has ramifications for the nationwide rollout of 5G.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Next-gen Mitsubishi Outlander headlines surprise slew of new cars coming – Roadshow

Mitsubishi hasn’t forgotten about the US and four models are in for significant updates, starting in late 2020. …read more Source:: CNet


Twitter Takes Down 7,000 Accounts Linked To QAnon

Twitter has removed thousands of accounts linked to QAnon, a group known for spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation online. From a report: “We’ve been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm,” Twitter’s safety team said late Tuesday in a tweet. “In line with…


Robot, Sudo Fold My Laundry

[Ty Palowski] doesn’t like folding his many shirts. He saw one of those boards on TV that supposedly simplifies folding, but it does require you to manually move the board. That just won’t do, so [Ty] motorized it to create a shirt folding robot. The board idea is nothing new, and probably many people wouldn’t…


AT&T Tells Customers To Upgrade Their Phones To Avoid Losing Voice Calls — Two Years Early

There are countless stories of carriers trying to convince people they need a new phone, but this latest example from AT&T is especially worrying. From a report: Through an email going out to thousands of customers, AT&T is warning that those users need to upgrade their phones to avoid losing the ability to make voice…


Only EU can help us, pleads Slack as it slings competition complaint against Microsoft Teams

Behold the ghost of Browser Wars past Updated From the department of “if you can’t beat ’em…” comes the inevitable sueball slung by Slack over Microsoft’s bundling of Teams into its Office behemoth.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Samsung unveils $1,450 Galaxy Z Flip 5G ahead of Unpacked event – CNET

The company’s foldable, which hit the market in February, is already getting an upgrade to the faster 5G wireless technology. But it’ll cost you. …read more Source:: CNet


Global Coronavirus Cases Exceed 15 Million

Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis. From a report: In the United States, which has the highest number of cases in the world with 3.91 million infections, President Donald Trump warned:…


About ready to POP3: Day 6 of email wobbles at UK2 after services provider Tucows suffers ‘service failure’

15% of customers affected as Canadian partner promises ‘full mailbox services’ today Customers of UK2 hosted email services have been complaining of missing emails from clients, as the platform heads into a sixth day of wobbles. Problems appear to have begun on Friday for users connecting via IMAP and POP3 and were said to be…


The WISE in NEOWISE: How a Hibernating Satellite Awoke to Discover the Comet

Over the last few weeks the media has been full of talk about NEOWISE, one of the brightest and most spectacular comets to ever pass through our solar system that you can still see if you hurry. While the excitement over this interstellar traveler is more than justified, it’s also an excellent opportunity to celebrate…