In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including broadband, cyber security, carbon emissions, security, facial recognition, satellite communication, APIs, solar power and subsea cable.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
ntt launches cyber threat sensor I on aws
NTT has announced the launch of its Cyber Threat Sensor AI (CTS-AI) to ensure scalable security for client applications and workloads hosted on AWS, through an easy-to-use mobile application.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jQodIX
gigabit broadband: half-a-million rural homes to get boost
More than half-a-million homes in rural areas of England are to get access to faster broadband. Some 567,000 properties in parts of Cheshire, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Essex, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire and North Yorkshire are in line for the boost.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3CGJhZW
tuesday:
WhatsApp starts rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups
Whatsapp is introducing optional layer of security to protect backups stored on Google Drive or iCloud with end-to-end encryption, in addition to end-to-end encryption by default for users’ messages, media, voice messages, video calls and chat backups,announced the company recently.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3CCT8Q9
better connections 'will achieve 40% of carbon target,' says gsma
Improved connectivity and mobile technology can enable global savings of around 11 billion tonnes of carbon emissions in the next nine years, according to the mobile industry. The GSMA, which represents 750 operators worldwide, said that smart technology could contribute 40% of the required carbon emissions savings for the world’s net zero goals.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2ZJJnRC
wednesday:
Facebook to end use of facial recognition software
Facebook has announced it will no longer use facial recognition software to identify faces in photographs and videos.There have been growing concerns about the ethics of facial recognition technology, with questions raised over privacy, racial bias, and accuracy.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3BHDdPt
bt inks global partnership with OneWeb amid £1bn cost-cutting milestone
BT and OneWeb have agreed the terms for a new distribution partner agreement, with OneWeb to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication services across BT Group.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3nQjE2A
thursday:
twitter expands api with support for posting and deleting tweets, super follows and more
Twitter has been steadily updating its rebuilt API following its mid-2020 relaunch. Most recently, the company added support for Twitter Spaces to its developer platform, enabling developers to build better Twitter bots by launching new end points that allow you to tweet, delete tweets, post polls, use Reply settings and tag people in images.
Read the full story here: https://tcrn.ch/3bIckQW
Labour Party members' data hit by cyber incident
The Labour Party has been affected by a "cyber incident" involving its members' data. Labour said it was told on 29 October that it had been affected by the event by a third party firm that handled membership data on its behalf. As a result, "a significant quantity" of party data was "rendered inaccessible on their systems".
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/2ZQUB70
friday:
Hawaiki announces new subsea project in the pacific region
The Hawaiki Nui cable will span approximately 22,000km and will connect three major hubs in the Pacific Region: Singapore in South-East Asia, Sydney in Australasia, and Los Angeles in North America. Landings are also planned in Indonesia and New Zealand.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3BIGYE5
solar powered mobile phone charger to help unconnected countries get on the digital highway
A2E, Wideblue and BuffaloGrid, have designed a mobile phone charging hub which has internet connection and can charge multiple phones at one time with power supplied by solar panels.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2ZTeT0d
