This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover Twitter Logos, Apple, 5G, TikTok, IOT, AI, Console Connect, Cyber Attacks and Data Centres.
Here are our highlights:
Monday _____________________________
Elon Musk: Twitter unveils X logo to replace Larry the bird
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3O6V627
Apple reportedly threatens to remove FaceTime and iMessage in UK over snooping row
Apple has reportedly warned the government that it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/453j4lO
Tuesday_____________________________
5G set to rocket in Asia-Pacific
The number of 5G subscriptions in the Asia-Pacific region will rocket before the end of the decade, but it will cost operators hundreds of billions of dollars to get there, raising once again the age-old question of how they will monetise their investments in the technology. There will be 1.4 billion 5G connections in the region by 2030 or 41% of mobile connections will be over 5G.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3rHZCN3
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media battle escalates
Chinese-owned video streaming app TikTok says it will offer text-only posts as competition between social media giants heats up.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3K2L418
Wednesday___________________________
Airbus and Astrocast extend satellite IoT partnership
Astrocast confirms the extension of its partnership with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus). The expanded partnership enhances the capabilities of satellite Internet of Things (SatIoT) technology, enabling Astrocast to increase its network capacity.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3DxdU5O
Demand for AI helps Microsoft outperform financial expectations
Microsoft is incorporating a ChatGPT-style assistant to all of its Office apps, including Word, Teams, and Outlook, and invested in OpenAI, the generative chatbot maker.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/472sKPj
Infratil to acquire 80% stake in Console Connect for US$160m
Upon completion of the transaction, both Infratil and HKT will jointly invest up to US$295 million over a 2-year to enable Console Connect’s strategic growth.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Qe1AyY
Cyber attack affects two south England ambulance services
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) and South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT), which serve a population of 12 million people, are both affected.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3rC7Aav
DE-CIX expands footprint to Indonesia with Jakarta IX
DE-CIX confirms plans to establish a joint venture company, PT DE-CIX Indonesia, in partnership with PT IDMarco Digital Solusi. The company will establish a distributed internet exchange (IX) across multiple data centres in Jakarta using the DE-CIX Apollon platform.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/451aPqv
Artificial Intelligence police van detects drivers using mobile phones
A police spy camera van using Artificial Intelligence (AI) has detected hundreds of people using mobile phones at the wheel or not wearing seat belts.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/43PK2MO ________________________________________________________________________________________
