[ad_1] It’s not certain if the shutdown will affect the US or other countries. We’ve asked Microsoft for more details. The company isn’t shy about its reasoning. It’s moving Cortana into Outlook and other Microsoft 365 productivity apps, and shying away from its original attempt to position the AI helper as a direct rival to […]
Category: Uk
Disney+ will hit the UK and four other European countries March 31st
[ad_1] Disney+ will officially debut in the US, Canada and the Netherlands November 12th, and Australia and New Zealand a week later. The rest of the world will need to wait a little longer to stream the likes of Avengers: Endgame and The Mandalorian on the service. But Disney fans in the UK, Germany, France, […]
UK introduces mandatory drone registration and pilot test
[ad_1] The registration system is a way to connect drones to their owners, both to return drones which get lost and to ensure that operators are flying their drones responsibly. The registration is cheap, at just £9 ($12), but operators will need to take an online education course and test as part of the process. […]
Facebook will let politicians run false ads during UK elections
[ad_1] That reluctance to check ads is leading to concerns, including from those investigating Facebook. The head of parliamentary hearings looking into Facebook’s practices, MP Damian Collins, told CNN that people shouldn’t be allowed to spread false claims “just because they are paying” for it. He was also disappointed in former UK politician Nick Clegg, […]
UK set to allow Huawei in ‘non-contentious’ parts of 5G networks
[ad_1] Earlier leaks suggested that all four of the UK’s largest carriers (EE, O2, Three and Vodafone) were using Huawei gear in their 5G networks. While they’re aware of concerns that China might task Huawei with using equipment to spy on UK targets, they may also have strong business incentives to adopt Huawei gear. It […]
The UK likely got more power from renewables than fossil fuels last quarter
[ad_1] According to the analysis, from July through September, renewables generated 29.5 terawatt hours (TWh) while fossil fuels generated 29.1 TWh. As Gizmodo points out, a 0.4 TWh may sound small but it represents the electricity used by hundreds of thousands of customers. For context, in the third quarter of 2009, the UK generated twice […]
Vodafone tests open cellular radio tech that could lower phone rates
[ad_1] Vodafone has so far only deployed OpenRAN in Turkey, where it provides 2G and 4G service. This represents a significant expansion, and the company isn’t moving slowly. It plans to roll out the open radio tech in 120 rural UK areas on October 7th. It’s also expanding to more countries with trials in the […]
UK court rules Google must face lawsuit over Safari privacy
[ad_1] Google told the Financial Times that it intended to appeal the reversal to the country’s Supreme Court. It said the incident “took place nearly a decade ago” and that it had “addressed [it] at the time.” The lawsuit “has no merit,” the company added. The suit could prove costly to Google if successful. The […]
UK police auction TalkTalk hacker’s cryptocurrency
[ad_1] This is believed to be the first auction of this kind by UK police. The money raised will go toward fighting crime. It’s also meant to show that there’s no place to hide criminal assets, one officer said. This isn’t Gunton’s first run-in with the law. He played a key role in the 2015 […]
Treaty would force Facebook to share encrypted chats with UK police
[ad_1] The pact would bar each country from investigating the other’s citizens, and the US couldn’t use data from UK companies in any case where the death penalty is an option. Like other politicians, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has claimed that end-to-end chat encryption helps terrorists, and that intelligence agencies should have backdoors to […]