In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including cryptocurrency, satellites, cloud, data centres, ads, 4G, hacking and cybersecurity.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
whatsapp trials in-app cryptocurrency payments
WhatsApp is trialling in-app cryptocurrency payments using the Novi digital wallet, also owned by Meta. Meta says it wants to solve the challenges faced by 1.7 billion adults globally who are unable to engage with global financial systems.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3yjlhKI
'Fourfold increase' in satellites over the next 10 years to 17,000
There will be 17,000 satellites launched over the next 10 years, a fourfold increase over the previous 10 years, says satellite consultancy Euroconsult. There have already been two years of record satellite launches.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3DJVRY1
where's my car? vodaphone provides technology to track volvos
Drivers of new Volvo cars in the UK will get built-in vehicle tracking across the UK and 44 other European countries thanks to a new deal with Vodafone. The carmaker is installing the Vodafone Automotive VTS S5 tracking device in all Volvo models, it announced.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3s4Yn8L
ibm launches new ibm z and cloud modernisation center
IBM last week unveiled the IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center, a digital front door to a vast array of tools, training, resources and ecosystem partners to help IBM Z clients accelerate the modernization of their applications, data and processes in an open hybrid cloud architecture.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ywLcyD
wednesday:
Cologix and Console Connect expand into Canada with PoP in Montréal
Cologix and Console Connect by PCCW Global confirm that the Console Connect Software Defined Interconnection platform is now available at Cologix’s MTL7 data centre in Montréal through a new point of presence (PoP).
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3EXS1vP
Watchdog bans seven ads in crypto 'red alert'
All seven ads or promotions were "banned for irresponsibly taking advantage of consumers' inexperience and for failing to illustrate the risk of the investment", it said.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3dXSQZm
thursday:
tesla model 3: pAris' largest taxi firm suspends cars after fatal crash
Paris' largest taxi firm, G7, has suspended the use of Tesla Model 3 cars in its fleet, after one was involved in a fatal accident over the weekend. One person was killed and another 20 injured, after a driver lost control of the vehicle. Tesla has denied any technical problem with the car, which has self-driving features such as automatic steering.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3dTYcoC
ee scaling up 4g upgrades for shared rural network
The operator says it will upgrade over 2,000 mobile sites to 4G by June 2024 to help improve rural coverage. The Shared Rural Network project was announced by the government in March 2020, aiming to improve geographic coverage of 4G in the UK to 95% by the end of 2025.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3GKtqeg
friday:
sainsbury's payroll hit by kronos attack
Many companies such as Sainsbury's rely on Kronos to log, store and process the hours employees have worked. The supermarket chain is understood to have lost a week's worth of data for its 150,000 UK employees. But it said they would be paid before Christmas.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3DYiI20
meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users
A new report by Meta says about 50,000 users will receive warnings about the "malicious activities". It accused surveillance firms of actions like creating fake accounts, befriending targets and using hacking methods to harvest information.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/328JNm9
