Huawei's own OS system may be ready this year: report
The international version of the system could be ready in the first or second quarter of 2020, said Richard Yu, the head of Huawei?s consumer business, told US channel CNBC. "Today, Huawei, we are still committed to Microsoft Windows and Google Android," Richard Yu, head of Huawei?s consumer business, told CNBC.
9,000 Unemployed Graduates Earned 100 Million Rupees Through E-Rozgaar Freelancing Program
Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2019) The Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Youth Affairs, Sports, Archeology & Tourism (YASAT)?s joint project, ?e-Rozgaar Program? has so far trained more than 9,000 candidates who have earned rupees 100 million so far by working on internet from home.
U.S. Restrictions On Huawei To Obstruct Global 5G Network Rollout, Industry Earnings: Report
NEW YORK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2019 ):The U.S. restrictions on sale and transfer of American technologies to Chinese telecom giant Huawei would hold back the launch of 5G networks and earnings of the tech sectors across the world, Swiss leading investment bank UBS said in a latest research report. "U.S. companies are now required ...
Up, up and away: Passenger-carrying drone to fly in Dubai
The arrival of the Chinese-made EHang 184 ? which already has had its flying debut over Dubai's iconic, sail-shaped Burj al-Arab skyscraper hotel ? comes as the Emirati city also has partnered with other cutting-edge technology companies, including Hyperloop One. The question is whether the egg-shaped, four-legged craft will really take off as a transportation alternative in this car-clogged ...
Huawei's own OS system may be ready this year: report
The international version of the system could be ready in the first or second quarter of 2020, said Richard Yu, the head of Huawei's consumer business, told US channel CNBC. "Today, Huawei, we are still committed to Microsoft Windows and Google Android," Richard Yu, head of Huawei?s consumer business, told CNBC.
Int'l Media Community Should Study New Digital Reality Threats - Acting Kazakh President
ALMATY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd May, 2019) Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, 's acting president, has urged the international community to examine threats posed by the new digital reality so that people develop to them. The Eurasian Forum started its activity in 2002 and has become an international discussion platform, which annually brings together more than 600 ...
Two Japanese Mobile Operators Postpone Release Of Huawei's New Smartphones - Reports
TOKYO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd May, 2019) Two Japanese mobile operators have postponed the upcoming launch of Huawei smartphone sales in light of Google banning software updates for devices made by the Chinese telecom giant, local media reported on Wednesday. According to the Kyodo news agency, Japan's SoftBank and KDDI (au) announced earlier in the day that ...
Fears rise China could weaponise rare earths in tech war with US
BEIJING: The US has hit China where it hurts by going after its telecom champion Huawei, but Beijing?s control of the global supply of rare earths used in smartphones and electric cars gives it a powerful weapon in their escalating tech war. Xi?s inspection tour ?is no accident, this didn?t happen by chance,? said Li Mingjiang, China programme coordinator ...
GSMA concerned at high fees for renewal of telecom licences
KARACHI: The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents more than 750 operators and almost 400 companies including handset and device makers and software companies worldwide, raised serious concerns over the ?unreasonable fees? set by the government and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on operators renewing mobile spectrum licences in Pakistan, which it believes pose a significant risk to the mobile connectivity ...
TikTok's owner launches Flipchat messaging app
?We hope Feiliao [Flipchat] will connect people of the same interests, making people?s life more diverse and interesting.? WeChat is still the dominant messaging platform in China, boasting 1.1 billion active users.
Musk's SpaceX sues U.S. Air Force over rocket-building contracts
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk?s SpaceX accused the U.S. Air Force of breaking contracting rules when it awarded money to three rocket makers but passed on Musk?s rival bid, and said the tender should be reopened, according to a court filing unsealed on Wednesday. In the complaint, Space Exploration Technologies Corp said contracts were awarded for three ...
Panasonic suspends some component shipments to Huawei amid U.S. blacklist
The Osaka-based company does not have a major production site for components in the United States, but it said the ban applies to goods having 25% or more of U.S.-originated technologies or materials.
Dubai airport begins using biometric tech at security
That's because the airport debuted a new ?smart tunnel? that uses biometric technology, instead of human checks, to allow some air travellers to complete passport control in just 15 seconds.
Facebook's vision of future? Looks like Chinese app WeChat
Zuckerberg outlined his vision to give people ways to communicate privately, by stitching together Facebook's various services so users can contact each other across all of the apps. WeChat, or Weixin as it's known in Chinese, combines functions and services that in the West are done separately by a number of separate companies think of Facebook and its Messenger, ...
Roscosmos To Test Modernized Fregat Upper Stage At Vostochny Cosmodrome - Official Data
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd May, 2019) space agency Roscosmos is planning to carry out test flights of a modernized Fregat upper stage equipped with the new control system during the upcoming launch of the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket launch the Vostochny Cosmodrome, materials published on the procurement website showed on Thursday. A source in ...
Deutsche Bank Software Glitch Hindered Checks Of Transactions For Years - Reports
According to the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, the Deutsche Bank has several applications for monitoring risks related to various transactions, and one of the apps had two incorrectly defined parameters. The problem, which had remained unnoticed for about 10 years, was found a day before the shareholders' meeting, during which investors are going to call for the resignation of the ...
Illegal ozone-depleting gases traced to China: study
PARIS (AFP) - Industries in northeastern China have spewed large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists said Wednesday. "CFCs are the main culprit in depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, which protects us from the Sun?s ultra-violet radiation," said lead author Matt Rigby, an atmospheric chemist at the University of ...
Facebook shuts dozens of fake-news pages ahead of EU vote: NGO
PARIS (AFP) - Facebook has taken down nearly 80 pages spreading fake news or using tactics that appeared aimed at unfairly influencing the European Parliament vote this weekend, an NGO reported Wednesday. The pages alone had a total of six million followers, which Avaaz said was nearly three times the number of followers for all the main far-right and ...
Japanese, UK carriers delay release of Huawei phones
KDDI and SoftBank Corp, Japan?s number two and number three carriers respectively, said the decision was taken to give them time to assess the impact of a US ban on American companies selling technology to Huawei. The country?s biggest carrier, NTT Docomo, also announced it was suspending pre-orders for a new Huawei handset, but stopped short of halting the ...
After Huawei, U.S. could blacklist Chinese surveillance tech firm: media
The restrictions would limit Hikvision's ability to buy U.S. technology and American companies may have to obtain government approval to supply components to the Chinese firm, the New York Times reported nyti.ms/2MfgBS3 on Tuesday. The United States stuck Huawei Technologies on a trade blacklist last week, effectively banning U.S. firms from doing business with the world?s largest telecom network ...
