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Comparing digital city development in Malaysia and UK
In the wake of the UK’s virtual smart cities mission to Malaysia we look at their various projects to highlight certain commonalities. Read more…
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Facebook ordered to sell Giphy by UK competition regulator
UK competition regulator tells Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy, ruling the acquisition harms social media users and UK advertisers. Read more…
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US continues anti-Huawei tirade in Europe after UK rebuff
US is seeking to rally European support for competitors to Huawei following disappointment over UK’s decision to use their 5G equipment. Read more…
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US threatens to cut intelligence-sharing if UK uses Huawei
US threatens to cut intelligence-sharing ties if UK decides to upgrade its telecoms network with Huawei equipment. Read more…
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Huawei bans raise questions about competitiveness
Can UK rely on commercial businesses to invest as rapidly and fully as economy needs in order to retain competitiveness against other connected nations? Read more…
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Britain proposes 2% digital platform tax in 2020
(Reuters) – Britain said it would tax the revenue that online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon make in the country to update a system that had not kept pace with changing digital business Read more…
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Britain accuses Russia’s GRU of cyber attacks on the West
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Britain accused Russian military intelligence on Thursday of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from the 2016 US presidential election to Read more…
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Vodafone makes hologram call to promote 5G roadmap
NEWBURY, England (Reuters) – Vodafone said it would have 1,000 5G-enabled network sites in Britain by 2020, delivering blisteringly fast speeds and near-instant response times that it demonstrated by making Britain’s first holographic mobile call Read more…
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UK’s Huawei concerns related to third-party software support
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies is facing increased scrutiny in Britain because it is using an ageing software component sold by a firm based in the United States, one of the countries where lawmakers Read more…
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Bank of England payments system now supports blockchain users
LONDON (Reuters) – A revamped Bank of England payments system should be able to hook up with FinTech firms using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the central bank said on Monday in a boost to the Read more…
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British agency declares Huawei telecoms gear a security risk
LONDON (Reuters) – Technical and supply-chain issues with equipment made by Chinese firm Huawei Technologies have exposed Britain’s telecom networks to new security risks, a government report said on Thursday. The assessment, made in a Read more…
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Spurned by US, Huawei pledges $4.2b in procurements in UK
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – China’s Huawei said on Tuesday it will spend a further 3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) on procurement in Britain as the world’s largest telecom equipment maker seeks alternatives to the United States, Read more…