Trump signs order to test vulnerabilities of U.S. infrastructure to GPS outage
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order directing U.S. agencies to test the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure systems in the event of...
WhatsApp user base crosses 2 billion mark, second only to Facebook
Messaging app WhatsApp said on Wednesday it now has over 2 billion users worldwide, making it the largest social media platform after Facebook Inc, its...
A stock and a hard place: SoftBank’s $150 billion Alibaba warchest in spotlight
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son threw cold water on Wednesday on the idea of cutting his firm’s $150 billion stake in e-commerce giant Alibaba , after...
Britain to make social media platforms responsible for harmful content
Britain said it would force social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Snap to do more to block or remove harmful content on their...
Organizers poised to call off Mobile World Congress: sources
Organizers of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) will decide on Wednesday whether to cancel the event, two sources said, after several major European telecom companies...
Battery Ventures closes two funds totaling $2 billion
Battery Ventures, a tech-focused venture capital firm, on Wednesday said it had raised $2 billion in two new funds, a sign of investor interest in...
Deutsche Telekom and Nokia join exodus from Mobile World Congress
Nokia and Deutsche Telekom became the latest big name companies to pull out of this month’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona because of the...
Britain’s BT pulls out of Mobile World Congress
Britain’s biggest telecoms group BT said on Wednesday it was pulling out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona because of the coronavirus outbreak....
Telecoms lobby to discuss Barcelona congress on Wednesday: source
Telecoms industry lobby GSMA will hold a virtual board meeting on Wednesday to discuss a major conference later this month which is looking increasingly threatened...
Deutsche Telekom pulls out of Barcelona congress: source
Deutsche Telekom is pulling out of this month’s Mobile World Congress, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, adding an official announcement by...
