In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: cars, data centres, subsea cables, cyberattacks, robotics, artificial intelligence, ethernet, environment and innovation.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
tesla delivers record number of cars despite challenges
Tesla says it delivered a record number of its cars in the first quarter, despite supply chain challenges. The electric carmaker says it delivered more than 310,000 vehicles in the first three months of this year. That was almost 70% higher than for the same time last year.
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ntt to launch largest data centre in indonesia
NTT announced the opening of its newest and largest data center in Indonesia. The new Jakarta 3 Data Center offers expandable capacity that is designed to meet the requirements of hyperscalers and high-end enterprises to support the growing digital economy in Indonesia.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3qZy42y
tuesday:
zain group connect launches j2m subsea cable
The J2M system connect Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Marseille, France and marks ZGC’s first subsea cable ownership, which forms a portion of the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable system. The new cable will give Zain full operational independence in order to facilitate digital transformation initiatives across the region, particularly for cloud and IoT services.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3JaJ4jR
the works forced to shut some shops after cyber-attack
The Works has been forced to shut shops temporarily and suspend new stock deliveries after a cyber-attack. The retailer said five of its 526 shops have been closed since last week after hackers gained access to its computer systems and caused issues with its tills.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3j7DCUw
wednesday:
STC details 16-facility data centre strategy
STC is building "the largest data centre project in the Middle East" – and also tying up with Huawei to manufacture data centre equipment in Saudi Arabia.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3KrzQRC
Scientists create 3D-printed fingertip with human-like sense of touch
Scientists have created a 3D-printed fingertip that uses artificial nerve signals for a sense of touch similar to human skin. It could revolutionise the fields of soft robotics and prosthetics by mimicking the way nerve endings detect fine details.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jcEY02
thursday:
asia pacific to spend $32bn in 2025 on artificial intelligence
According to IDC's latest Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide, businesses invest in AI to gain a competitive advantage through improved customer insight, increased employee efficiency, and accelerated decision making.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3uZcjB5
talktalk expands wholesale role with virtual1 takeover
UK telco TalkTalk is continuing its transformation into a wholesale company by buying Ethernet specialist Virtual1. TalkTalk’s move comes a year after it opted out of its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) business by selling its FibreNation unit to rival UK operator CityFibre. The Virtual1 acquisition, which has not been priced, gives TalkTalk a 25% share of the Ethernet access direct (EAD) market in the UK.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3DPcQtl
FRIday:
brilliant planet is running algae farms to pull carbon out of the air
By using seawater and replicating the perfect growth conditions for algae blooms, the company has created what it believes is the perfect conditions for low-cost carbon capture.
Read the full story here: https://tcrn.ch/3joxnLT
vodacom's new linea watch for emergency alerting
When required, the owner of the Linea watch can simply push the panic button on the device, and their pre-determined trusted contacts will immediately receive an alert via SMS, with a date, a time and a live GPS location link to a map to click on.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3uiEDPV
