Trump urges U.S. telecommunications companies to step up 5G systems. Intel says its 5G modem chips will not appear in phones until 2020 Reuters•February 21, 2019 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called on U.S. telecommunications companies to boost their work to build faster 5G […]
China has unveiled its ‘first female AI news anchor’. A fake human image that speaks. Joins two ‘male’ A.I. news anchors. Named Xin Xiaomeng, the perfectly coiffed broadcaster is the newest addition to Xinhua’s two male AI presenters. https://twitter.com/i/status/1098173090448629760 https://twitter.com/i/status/1098221286491271168 In news that journalists around the world are […]
Future Now: Samsung unveiled a 5G phone but the network has a long way to go By Ahiza Garcia and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Updated 8:25 PM ET, Wed February 20, 2019 San Francisco (CNN Business) Samsung announced on Wednesday its first ever 5G smartphone: the Galaxy S10 5G. It’s the first […]
How the UAE, Saudi Arabia are planning a 5G revolution The race to 5G is well and truly underway, and the UAE and Saudi Arabia are well positioned to bring the benefits of this new and exciting technology to the Middle East Fri 02 Nov 2018 01:02 AM. […]
Etisalat to have the 5G ready this year Largest telco will build 300 5G towers and 600 sites in 2019 Etisalat plans to cover all of the UAE with 5G infrastructure to roll out the next generation network to customers as soon as handsets become available, the company […]
MBS (Male Beast System) Saudi Arabia defends app that allows men to monitor wives, daughters, princesses. Absher App. (Good Tidings in Arabic) being vigorously defended. Riyadh says outcry is an attempt to politicize Absher service, after US senator joins calls for Apple and Google to remove it from […]
Surveillance state: NSW Australia intensifies citizen tracking and is rolling out a national, biometric facial recognition system called ‘The Capability.’ Almost identical to China’s facial biometric recognition system. And for the same reasons. You never know when your Kangaroo might escape and you need to find it! By Nigel […]
Millions are on the move in China, and Big Data is watching. China to unveil total system nationally in 2020 (there is that date again!!!) More than 5 million people in China have now been banned from buying a high-speed rail ticket and 17 million stopped from buying […]
China surveillance firm tracking millions in Xinjiang: researcher By Cate Cadell and Philip Wen. Reuters•February 17, 2019 BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese surveillance firm is tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in the far-western Xinjiang region, according to a data leak flagged by a Dutch […]
Apple to investigate Saudi ‘Absher” app 13 February 2019. BBC News. A Saudi Arabian app that can be used to track women and prevent them from travelling will be investigated by Apple, its chief executive has said. In an interview with NPR, Tim Cook said he wasn’t aware of […]
