West Midlands 5G “testbed” aims to transform our daily lives
The West Midlands has been selected as the UK’s first 5G area in a “testbed” experiment, which will evaluate this technology ahead of a national rollout.
Google tracking users’ locations, even when they ask not to
Google is facing a brand-new privacy controversy, following the news that it was tracking the whereabouts of its users, even when they’d turned Location History off.
Productivity the next battleground in the tablet war
Samsung is attempting to take a share of the tablet market from industry leaders Apple and Microsoft, with a new product that’s all about productivity.
Apple hailed for ‘changing the world’ by consistently producing disruptive and distinctive devices
In its 42 years, Apple has “revolutionised computing, upended industries and ultimately reshaped society.”
Foldable phones could become a reality as soon as 2019
The race to make the world’s first commercially available foldable phone has heated up, with Huawei announcing it’s mounting a challenge against arch rival Samsung to become the first to make it happen.
Dixons Carphone data breach impacted millions more than first thought
A high-profile data breach which hit Dixons Carphone last year is now thought to have affected some 10 million customers – an eight-fold increase on the initial estimate of just 1.2 million.
US Senator drives another nail into the Flash coffin
Adobe Flash has received another high-profile bashing, after a US Senator called for government agencies to stop using the software as soon as possible.
New Microsoft device to blur the lines between desktop and mobile
Microsoft has been quietly working on a new device that it hopes will create a new, much more versatile computing experience.
WiFi networks set to become a lot more secure
WiFi networks will soon receive a security boost in the form of a brand-new, industry-wide certification – WPA3.
WannaCry is back – or is it?
The WannaCry ransomware – made famous in May 2017 when it infected devices around the world and even got into NHS devices, causing operations to be cancelled – looks to have made a return, though all is not as it may first appear.
