Qualcomm targets Wi-Fi market in push to expand beyond phones
Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday announced a new range of Wi-Fi chips designed to work with Wi-Fi 6, the newest version of the technology and one...
Hearing on Vivendi petition against Mediaset set for Aug 29: source
A court hearing on a petition filed by France’s Vivendi against Mediaset to preserve its right to vote against the Italian broadcaster’s plan to create...
VR gives dementia patients “magical” trip to their past
A British study has found virtual reality headsets stimulate memories in dementia sufferers, raising hopes it can be personalised to help them retain connections with...
Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows
Microsoft is remotely collecting data from users of Windows Home and Windows Pro, in a potential breach of privacy rules, the Dutch Data Protection Agency...
Swiss National Bank in close contact with authorities on Libra
Switzerland’s central bank is in close contact with relevant authorities over Facebook’s Geneva-based Libra cyptocurrency project, Swiss National Bank Vice-Chairman Fritz Zurbruegg said on Tuesday....
Only about half of Swiss population uses online banking: survey
Only about half of population in banking-rich Switzerland uses online banking services, a representative survey conducted by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) among 34 banks...
Can power napping solve electric car charging challenge?
Automakers around the world are pushing hard for new networks that can charge electric cars fast. In Europe, some power companies and grid operators are...
GlobalFoundries seeks to ban U.S. import of TSMC clients’ products
Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries has sued larger rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for patent infringement, seeking to stop the defendant’s customers including Apple from importing...
Huawei in talks to install Russian operating system on tablets for country’s population census: sources
China’s Huawei has begun talks with Russia about installing Russian operating system (OS) Aurora on 360,000 of its tablets to conduct Russia’s population census next...
Nvidia, VMware release cloud software to court business customers
Chip supplier Nvidia Corp on Monday said it was teaming up with VMware Inc and Amazon.com Inc’s cloud division to court large businesses looking to...