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The South Korean tech giant will supply its vRAN solutions and open RAN compliant radios, such as its massive MIMO, for both low-band and mid-band spectrum to the telco. This is the first time that Samsung is supplying its network kits to Vodafone, as well as its first deal with a large European mobile operator for 5G equipment. The company will also be the sole supplier of vRAN solutions. Other vendors for Vodafone’s rollout include Dell, NEC and Wind River....

The complicated scheme involves the San José government, blockchain-powered decentralized wireless network Helium and the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). The Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation is planning to install 20 Helium-compatible hotspots – purchased by CETF – in the homes and offices of volunteer residents and small businesses across San José. Bitcoin as your national currency? Bad idea, says the IMF The hotspots will be able to mine HNT – the Helium cryptocurrency – using the same amount of energy required for an LED light bulb and will transmit about two megabytes of data per month....

In an interim report [PDF], the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media said it made this recommendation as there is currently not a single body dedicated to performing this accountability function. The committee said the need for such an entity would continue to grow in importance as the use of cyber-enabled techniques to interfere in foreign elections and referendums has increased significantly in recent years. In making this finding, the committee considered submissions that said current trends indicated espionage and foreign interference would supplant terrorism as Australia’s principal security concern over the next five years....

But there’s a headphone technology that you might not have heard of that allows you to keep your ear canals totally free to listen to the normal sounds around you, yet still, allow you to listen to music and audio on the go. That technology is called bone conduction. And one of the top companies manufacturing bone conduction headphones is Shokz (previously called Aftershokz). I’m a big fan of Shokz bone conduction headphones, having owned several different models, so I was excited to try out the new OpenRun Pro....

Shopify released its one-tap checkout system under the name Shopify Pay in 2017 with an aim to help speed up the online payment process within Shopify merchant stores. When a customer uses Shop Pay for the first time, they have the option to save their payment details so that future purchases can be made with fewer clicks and forms. Shop Pay also has an installments component that allows Shopify merchants to offer a “Buy Now, Pay Later” option to their customers at checkout....

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday released new guidelines highlighting that Digital Payment Token (DPT), or commonly known as cryptocurrency, service providers should not promote their offerings to the local population. This effectively means these providers cannot market or advertise their services in public areas, such as through advertisements on public transport, websites, social media, broadcast and print media, and the provision of physical ATMs (automated teller machines)....

Ransomware risks had increased significantly in scale and impact, becoming an “urgent” problem that countries including Singapore must address, said Cyber Security Agency (CSA) in a statement Wednesday. “It is inherently an international problem, as attackers conduct their operations across borders and jurisdictional lines to evade justice” the government agency said. “Fuelled by illicit monetary gains, ransomware has raised a criminal ecosystem, offering criminal services from unauthorised access to targeted networks to money laundering services....

While some BI platforms define embedded analytics as the ability to inject full-fledged visualizations, reports and dashboards into an external application, others provide a more granular interface, pushing in raw data sets, allowing them to be interrogated in code or presented and rendered using the application’s native interface. The former approach may provide a “quick win,” but may also limit functionality. For example, exporting a native visualization into a PowerPoint slide will look good, but the image may be static, thus ruling out interactivity and requiring the process to be repeated when the underlying data changes....

According to the press release, the APY of 1% is 33 times above the national average. To qualify for the high rate, members will need to utilize direct deposit. The APY applies to balances up to $50,000, following that, the APY falls to .05%. Clients who don’t use direct deposit will receive an APY of .25%, which is still fairly high in comparison to other accounts. The checking and savings account, along with SoFi’s suite of money management tools, is intended to be “an improved replacement for people’s current bank....

Mention SolarWinds and most would recall a colossal security breach that triggered when a malware-laced update for the vendor’s Orion network monitoring platform was sent to customers. Thousands of companies received the Orion update containing the malicious code Sunburst, including US government agencies, Microsoft, Malwarebytes, and FireEye, which first raised the alarm in December 2020. Acknowledging that 2021 was a tough year, SolarWinds’ president and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna told ZDNet that the company spent the time and investment assessing what it needed to do to beef up its infrastructure and processes....

The hub will be developed by the South Australian government, which will invest AU$20 million into the park, in partnership with a consortium of space manufacturing companies – Fleet Space Technologies, Q-CTRL, ATSpace, and Alauda Aeronautics. All four companies will collocate in the facility to collaborate and produce small satellites, rockets, electrical vertical take-off and land vehicles, and support componentry and technical systems. “The creation of the Australian Space Park signals our commitment to the South Australian and Australian space sector by bridging the gap between research and development and prototyping to production at scale,” South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said....

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said that South Korea, along with Canada and Luxembourg, have been admitted into the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), a think-tank based in Tallinn, Estonia, that supports member nations and NATO with interdisciplinary cyber defense research, training, and exercises. The think-tank was established in 2008 by NATO members, on the initiative of Estonia, in response to the country suffering crippling cyberattacks allegedly committed by Russia....

The Ministry of Science and ICT said the export of tech goods reached $19.65 billion during the month, its highest figure for January, while import of similar goods was $12.32 billion. The ministry noted that the trade surplus was achieved despite the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and the increase in prices of raw materials. Of that total, semiconductor export accounted for $10.9 billion, an increase of 24% from the same month in 2021....

Spigen offers six case options for the Z Fold 4, along with a cover display protector, camera lens protector, and two car mounts for the Galaxy Z Fold 4. I wish I had purchased the GLAS.tR protector since something scratched my cover display in the first three weeks of ownership and now I lament that Samsung no longer installs the cheap protectors on the Fold devices. Also: Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 is a high-priced ticket to productivity heaven Also: Three things I love about Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 (and two things I wish were better) The two pieces of the case attach with double-sided stickers and secure fit that snaps easily into place....

Starlink is tweaking its Fair Use Policy for residential customers in the US and Canada, allowing them to use up to 1TB of data a month on its Priority Access service. If users exceed that amount in a month, they may be moved on to Basic Access for the network. Review: Starlink RV: Changes the game for digital nomads Starlink says it’s not a “hard data cap” and that it still offers unlimited data, but it’s now reserving the right to deliver slower speeds on Basic Access if users exceed 1TB of data in a month....

Called the “D-Vine” (pronounced divine), the machine decants individual glasses of wine, serving them at the perfect temperature by reading a microchip on the vial. Like Nespresso machines that have seduced the French, who make up 25% of the business’s profits, the D-Vine could be a way to revitalize the French market, allowing for more upscale experimentation with less risk, and without having to go to a wine specialist. It will debut at the end of this year in France, retailing for around $250 or so, and the business is eyeing the United States not long after....

“Businesses have been asking us for an easy and fast way to verify identities online. Stripe Identity offers them just that,” said Rob Daly, head of engineering for Stripe Identity. “Now, any internet business — from a five-person startup to a multinational enterprise — can begin securely verifying the identities of their users in a matter of minutes, not weeks or months.” Also: Best credit card payment processors in 2021 Stripe Identity can be integrated via either a low-code or a no-code option....

Most careers in cloud computing, cybersecurity, and software development come with high salaries and stability. But they’ve got one more thing in common: a requirement for certification from a trusted trade association. Getting one from AWS or CompTIA requires you to pass any number of exams, and now there’s help for budding IT professionals. The 2022 CompTIA & AWS Practice Exam E-Book Bundle is an all-in-one study guide that’s now 85% off the MSRP....

TechRepublic Premium surveyed 414 respondents across a range of disciplines, company sizes, industry verticals, and job functions to find out how their organizations are using LCNC platforms, or why they are not using them, and what they think this all means for the future availability of developer jobs. SEE: Research: Increased use of low-code/no-code platforms poses no threat to developers (available free for TechRepublic Premium subscribers) Nearly half (47%) of those surveyed currently use LCNC in their organizations....

Two among them are the fact that the DND and Alarm on your watch aren’t in sync with your device. As a result of which, you cannot turn off your phone’s alarm from your watch or enable DND on your phone and expect the same on your watch. When it comes to Samsung watches, they are somewhat better in this aspect, as they at least provide all these features to Samsung device owners....