In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including cybersecurity, climate change, data centres, 5G and messaging.
Here are our highlights:
Monday:
Taiwan tech giants Foxconn and TSMC to buy 10m Covid jabs
Taiwanese tech firms Foxconn, which makes devices for Apple, and chip giant TSMC brokered the agreements for the BioNTech vaccine, worth $350m (£252m).
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3xEOgaQ
Biden vows US action over Russian cyber-attacks
President Joe Biden has told President Vladimir Putin the US will take "any necessary action" to stop cyber-attacks from Russia, the White House says.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3i48N29
tuesday:
Climate change: Technology boosts efforts to curb tree loss in Amazon
Technology can help indigenous communities to significantly curb deforestation, according to a new study. Indigenous people living in the Peruvian Amazon were equipped by conservation groups with satellite data and smartphones.They were able to reduce tree losses by half in the first year.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/2U3mVR7
TikTok said to be planning $500m echelon Irish data centre move
TikTok is believed to be planning a $500 million move into Echelon's new data centre campus in Clondalkin, Ireland. A Sunday Business Post story in Ireland cites sources claiming the social media platform and its parent company ByteDance will use the campus as a primary European data centre.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3xETu6p
Wednesday:
dvla and home office bring latest tech to roadside checks
The technology to allow police to get instant access to a driver’s photo at the roadside, in the case of motoring offences, has been developed by DVLA, as the agency delivers more services at the forefront of technology in government.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3kot2dk
Africell to deploy brand-new 5g-ready network in Angola with nokia
Nokia has signed a deal to deploy its comprehensive network technologies to Angola’s new mobile telecommunications operator, Africell, to provide 2G, 3G and 4G services in the capital city Luanda.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2U831V6
thursday:
plans submitted for electric battery 'gigafactory' in coventry
"Mission critical" plans have been submitted for an electric car battery plant that could create up to 6,000 new jobs. Proposals for the "gigafactory" at Coventry Airport were first put forward in February.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3eE2zoP
ee aims for 5g coverage everywhere in uk by 2028
EE customers will be able to receive 5G "anywhere" in the UK by 2028, the phone network has announced, with half the population covered in two years' time. It will also add 4,500 square miles of new rural 4G coverage by 2025.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3yZPyxw
friday:
WhatsApp to let users message without their phones
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time. At present, WhatsApp is linked to a user's phone. Its desktop and web apps need that device to be connected and receiving messages.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3BcGEhR
tech companies join programme to drive culture change in traditional energy firms
Fifteen digital technology companies have begun a 12 month programme working with major players from across the energy industry to drive culture change in one of the UK’s largest industrial sectors.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3BbCfvC
