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Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (27/03/2023 - 31/03/2023)

Written by Ilex Community Manager | 31-Mar-2023 08:47:05

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:

 

Monday _____________________________

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 

 

Tuesday_____________________________

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 

 

Wednesday___________________________

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 

 
Thursday____________________________

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 

friday____________________________

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.

 Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/40QAqAe 

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  _________________________________________________________________________________________