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AT&T cancels Samsung Galaxy Fold orders
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON:AT&T has cancelled early orders for the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Tom’s Guide first reported the cancellation, noting that AT&T said the Galaxy Fold would be available again to order as soon as Samsung announces a new launch date. AT&T is offering $100 in credit to those whose orders it has cancelled. The Samsung…
Read MoreIndia to launch second moon mission next month
NEW DELHI (AA): India will be launching its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, on July 15, head of the country’s space agency said on Wednesday. In a news conference reported by news agency Press Trust of India (PTI), K Sivan, the chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Chandrayaan-2, weighing 3.8 tons, will carry 13…
Read MoreSamsung Galaxy Note 10 to be launched in August
Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD: Though Samsung is still struggling for the launch of its most innovative Galaxy Fold smartphone yet it didn’t stop tech geeks for guessing launch date of the next Galaxy Note. We knew that Galaxy Note 10 is launching in August but we had no idea what exactly would be the launch date…
Read MoreThree to launch 5G service in August
LONDON (BBC News): Three will launch its first 5G network this August in London, before extending it to 25 other UK towns and cities before the end of the year. The telecoms company will kick off with a home broadband service in the capital but is also launching mobile services. It follows BT’s EE and…
Read MoreChina calls in foreign tech firms after Huawei sales ban
BEIJING (Reuters): China summoned global technology companies for talks last week following last month’s U.S. ban on selling technology to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. The blacklisting of Huawei, the world’s largest maker of telecoms network equipment, bars U.S. companies from supplying it with…
Read MoreEurope’s 5G to cost $62b more if Chinese vendors banned
PARIS (Reuters): A ban on buying telecoms equipment from Chinese firms would add about 55 billion euros ($62 billion) to the cost of 5G networks in Europe and delay the technology by about 18 months, according to an industry analysis seen by Reuters. The United States added Huawei Technologies, the world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker,…
Read MoreFacebook suspends app pre-installs on Huawei phones
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters): Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep its business afloat in the face of a US ban on its purchase of American parts and software. Customers who already have Huawei phones will still…
Read MoreDutch scientists introduce world’s smallest racing drone
Monitoring Desk STOCKHOLM: World’s smallest autonomous racing drone has been created by researchers at TU Delft. Drone measures in a 10cm diameter or slightly less than 4-inches with a weight of just 72 grams to fly and track autonomously using a single camera. According to New Atlas, the small drone can achieve speeds that rival…
Read MoreApple faces heightened scrutiny at software summit
SAN JOSE, California (Gulf News): On Monday, Apple is expected to announce the next-generation iOS software at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California. The tech industry will be watching not just with the usual anticipation — due in no small part to the media build-up — but to see how Apple…
Read MoreSutherland telescope plays key role in discovering ‘forbidden’ planet
Monitoring Desk SUTHERLAND: A South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) telescope in Sutherland, Northern Cape has confirmed the existence of what sounds like the worst place you could possibly visit in the universe. Dubbed the “Forbidden Planet” but officially called NGTS-4b, the exoplanet needs just 1.3 days to complete a full orbit of its host star.…
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