In a significant development, the British government is likely to set a deadline for removing Huawei’s 5G related telecommunication equipment from Britain’s telecom network by 2025. Britain’s cultural minister Oliver Dowden is scheduled to make a statement in Parliament on Tuesday on this move; British ministers are pushing to remove Huawei’s telecom equipment from the…

According to three sources familiar with the matter at hand, Facebook Inc is weighing options which include imposing a ban on political ads on its social network in the days leading up to the November 3 U.S. Presidential elections in the United States, reads a report from Bloomberg News. Facebook’s spokesman declined to comment on…

On Friday, in a significant development, in a draft report, a panel that has been tasked to draw up regulation on data collection by tech companies has said, New Delhi should set up a data regulator and require companies to disclose how they collect and store data devoid of personal details. The development underscores India’s…

On Friday, Dutch banking giant ING stated, it will close 25% of its brick-and-mortar bank branches in the Netherlands since the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend of digital banking. ING, the Netherlands’ biggest bank, said it would shut 42 of its 170 branches in its home market with all of the affected 150 employees…

On Friday, Japanese automaker Honda stated, it has decided to purchase a 1% stake in China’s electric vehicle (EV) battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) for an undisclosed amount. Both companies will jointly develop EV batteries. The development comes as EV battery makers and automakers pursue an electric vehicle future. In 2019, CATL had said…

On Thursday, Samsung’s vice president Woojune Kim stated, the South Korean giant was in active commercial discussions with European operators to supply network equipment. The company is investing its resources in 4G, 5G and 6G technologies rather than legacy ones. “The one thing that is a challenge for Samsung entering the UK or European market…

On Thursday, in a significant development, Elon Musk, the CEO of U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said, Tesla is “very close” to Level-5 autonomous driving technology. Musk went on to add, he was confident Tesla would attain basic functionality of the technology in 2020. Musk made these remarks via a video message at the…

In a statement SAP said, its business activity gradually improved during the second quarter despite the impact of the coronavirus-induced global lockdown; it saw its revenues and operating profit edge up during the quarter. The German software maker has confirmed its full-year profit outlook. During the second quarter, SAP’s total revenues increased by 2% to…

With China imposing its draconian security law and effectively annexing Hong Kong, U.S. technology companies which have a presence in the erstwhile semi-autonomous Chinese territory, are being forced for rethink and reshape their businesses following their suspension of processing government requests for user data, which is at best a stop-gap measure, as they weigh their…

In a statement Alphabet Inc’s Google said, it has closed down its “Isolated Region” cloud platform project and does not plan on offering its cloud platform services in that country. On Wednesday, Bloomberg News had reported citing two employees, that Google had shelved the project in China as well as in other politically sensitive countries…