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Google Will Let Android Users in Europe Choose a Search Engine

August 03 2019 | TW News Correspondent

From next year, Android users across Europe will be asked to choose which search engine they want to use as part of setting up a new phone or tablet. Once chosen, it will become the default in the Google Chrom...
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TDK Wants Vehicles Locked With a Fingerprint

August 03 2019 | TW News Correspondent

An ultrasonic fingerprint sensor in the door handle and one on the steering wheel would remove the need for a key fob completely.

Fingerprint sensors a...
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ZTE’s 5G Wireless Router reflects the pinnacle of innovation

August 01 2019 | TW News Correspondent

ZTE Corporation ­­- a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise, and consumer technology solutions for the mobile Internet...
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O2 has announced it plans to turn on its 5G mobile network in October

July 27 2019 | TW News Correspondent

It intends to launch the next-generation service in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Slough and Leeds and then expand to a total of 50 towns and cities by s...
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Vodafone switches on 5G network in seven UK cities

July 03 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Vodafone has become the second UK mobile operator to turn on its 5G network, offering faster speeds and the opportunity for new services.

The network is going live in seven UK cities, including Cardiff, London, Manchester and Glasgow.

Making a success of the service could be crucial to the firm which has seen financial losses and customer complaints in...
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US meteorologists worried over 5G roll-out

June 27 2019 | TW News Correspondent

 

US forecasters have expressed concerns about 5G radio interference before, but now a group of scientific bodies has written to the Federal Communi...
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Facebook boss admits 'mistake' in handling of Pelosi clip

June 27 2019 | TW News Correspondent

The firm was criticised for not taking down the altered clip which made Ms Pelosi appear incoherent. Mr Zuckerberg also addressed the firm's wider struggle with "deepfake" videos.

Made by AI software, deepfakes use photos of a person to create a video of them in action. The controversy surrounding the clip of Ms Pelosi erupted in May when...
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Robots 'to replace up to 20 million factory jobs' by 2030

June 26 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Up to 20 million manufacturing jobs around the world could be replaced by robots by 2030, according to analysis firm Oxford Economics.

People displaced from those jobs are likely to find that comparable roles in the services sector have also been squeezed by automation, the firm said.

However, increasing automation will also boost jobs and economic growth, it added.The firm called for action to prevent a damaging incre...
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Changi Airport: Drones disrupt flights in Singapore

June 25 2019 | TW News Correspondent

Unauthorised drone flying has prompted disruptions at Singapore's Changi Airport for the second time in a week.

The country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAAS) said 18 flight...
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