This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover SD-WAN, 5G, AI, Twitter, CrossChannel Fibre, Shooting Stars and Data Breaches.
Here are our highlights:
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Aryaka expands SD-WAN and SASE offerings for SMEs
Aryaka has enhanced its SD-WAN and SASE offerings designed to meet the needs of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With entry pricing of around £150 per site, Aryaka says it delivers a more comprehensive set of managed service capabilities compared to alternatives.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3lK0qhX
Airtel overtakes Jio in Indian 5G race
Bharti Airtel has pipped its rival Reliance Jio in the 5G roll-out race by being the first to reach 500 cities. Airtel said it recently added 235 cities to the 5G Plus service, while Reliance Jio is currently available in 406 locations.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/40HQIeZ
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Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police
Facial recognition firm Clearview has run nearly a million searches for US police, its founder has told the BBC. CEO Hoan Ton-That also revealed Clearview now has 30bn images scraped from platforms such as Facebook, taken without users' permissions.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3LSa38Z
Elon Musk: Twitter boss announces blue tick shake-up
Twitter boss Elon Musk has announced a shake-up of the social media platform's paid Twitter Blue feature. From 15 April only verified subscribers will have posts recommended to other users and be allowed to vote in polls.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3lOKE5s
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euNetworks to use CrossChannel Fibre for London-Madrid route
euNetworks has formed what it calls an exclusive partnership on the CrossChannel Fibre to deliver ultra-low latency services between London and Madrid.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3TUbAgw
AI could replace equivalent of 300 million jobs - report
AI could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs, a report by investment bank Goldman Sachs says. It could replace a quarter of work tasks in the US and Europe but may also mean new jobs and productivity boom.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/40p6Ou6
Xiaomi India, Vodafone Partner to Offer 5G Experiences to Users
Xiaomi India, the country's leading smartphone brand announced a partnership with Vodafone Idea (Vi) to provide its consumers with a seamless 5G experience.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3nz3YEo
Elon Musk and experts say AI development should be paused immediately
The letter, signed by more than 1,000 people, warned of potential risks to society and civilisation by human-competitive AI systems in the form of economic and political disruptions.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/40zdXbu
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World's first artificial shooting star display to be launched by Japanese space start up
Chief executive and founder of space company ALE, Dr Lena Okajima, says she wants to "inspire wonder and spark scientific curiosity" with an awe-inducing multi-coloured meteor shower, but also hopes to collect crucial atmospheric data that helps humankind tackle climate change.
NHS Highland reprimand for HIV patient email data breach
NHS Highland has been reprimanded for a data breach which revealed the personal email addresses of people invited to use HIV services. The health board used CC (carbon copy) instead of BCC (blind carbon copy) to send an email to 37 people.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3G3MfuU _________________________________________________________________________________________
