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BT reluctant to launch Starlink D2D amid Ukraine noise

BT Group CEO Allison Kirkby told the Financial Times its planned direct-to-device service with Starlink is ready to launch, but it will not pull the trigger until a recent controversy related to the satellite provider’s presence in Ukraine…

From one network for millions to a million networks of one (Reader Forum)

Accenture argues telecom operators must move beyond standardized connectivity towards autonomous networks that personalize performance for individual users and applications.

Meta broadens reach of age detection technology

Meta Platforms expanded the reach of its AI-based age estimation technology on Instagram worldwide to identify teenagers under 18 and put them under Teen Account protections, as it faces an increasing number of lawsuits accusing its…

Deutsche Telekom CEO to fight Huawei ban amid Nvidia scandal

Timotheus Höttges, Deutsche Telekom's boss, says he'll 'fight' European and German efforts to ban Huawei as concern grows about Nvidia.

Telespazio Brasil partners with Rivada for secure LEO connectivity

Rivada Space Networks said on Monday it has signed a deal with space services firm Telespazio Brasil to leverage Rivada’s planned “Outernet” LEO satellite network for secure, high-performance satellite connectivity across Latin America.

Vodafone Egypt trials Ericsson’s AI-native RAN link solution

Ericsson announced on Monday that Vodafone Egypt has trialled Ericsson’s AI-native scheduler for link adaptation on its 5G network to explore how AI can enhance network performance and customer experience.

PPL advanced stage data center pipeline hits 35GW in Pennsylvania

Agrees terms for 2GW QTS project in Salem Township

Equinix launches SG6 data center in Singapore

Company launches new facility following relaxing of moratorium

Vertiv partners with Infineon to scale power semiconductors for AI data centers

Russian cloud firm Beget rebuilds from scratch after data wiper attack

A data-wiping malware attack has forced Russian cloud services provider Beget to rebuild its cloud infrastructure from scratch, the company said.

Norway halts grid connection applications for new data centers

Seeks to limit rapid buildout while regulation catches up

Former US DOE staffers launch modular data center firm Mavria

Raises $130m to scale factory-built data center platform

DT chucks more Nvidia GPUs at its AI factory

Capacity at Deutsche Telekom's AI factory is completely sold out, so it has launched a €250 million expansion plan.

Cisco Unveils Frontier AI Red Teaming and Agent Observability to Secure the Agentic Enterprise

Cisco innovations offer enterprises an always-on trust loop to secure, govern, and observe increasingly capable AI agents and complex enterprise AI deployments. More RSS Feeds: https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/rss-feeds.html

Google Adds TPU 8tx, 8i Max for Enterprise AI

Google Cloud is expanding its TPU lineup with one chip for secure AI workloads and another for higher-capacity inference with large context windows.

Nvidia Probes Huang Ties as AI Industry Weighs the Fallout

Possible foreign intelligence targeting at Nvidia raises concerns about CEO succession and the chipmaker’s influence over the AI market.

Qatar MCIT bullish on state role in AI development

MWC26 DOHA: Reem Al Mansoori, assistant undersecretary for digital industry affairs at Qatar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, insisted the government will play a central role in developing and shaping the country’s…

DT builds out AI factory but still undecided on EU Gigafactory bid

DT expands its AI compute capacity in Munich’s Tucherpark as the initial site is now 'sold out,' but it has yet to make a decision about EU Gigafactory bid.

Turla hackers use new Cereal malware to spy on govt Exchange servers

The Russian state-backed threat group Turla has been using a new malicious toolset called 'Cereal' to intercept emails on Microsoft Exchange servers at government organizations.

Chrome Update Patches Exploited XML Zero-Day, Eighth This Year

The high-severity use-after-free in Chrome’s XML component was reported anonymously on November 6 and is already exploited in attacks.

Vanderbilt University hit in BYOD ransomware attack, data theft claimed

Vanderbilt University warns it is responding to a cyberattack claimed by the BYOD ransomware gang, which claims to have encrypted the university's databases and stolen sensitive student, employee, and research data.

N-able takes cloud platform offline after 30+ "zero-days" published

N-able has taken its hosted N-central environments offline and urged on-premises customers to shut down their servers after a security researcher publicly disclosed more than 30 alleged zero-day vulnerabilities, including exploits that…

York University breach exposed personal information dating to 2007

York University has announced it suffered a cybersecurity incident in which a threat actor stole personal information people submitted through online forms.

France blames Iranian hackers for supermarket attacks that sparked fires

France has linked October cyberattacks that disrupted refrigeration systems at more than 700 supermarkets and other retail locations to Iranian state-backed hackers, saying the attacks caused food losses and sparked at least 15 fires.

Cosmic at SEMICON Europa 2026: Advancing High-Complexity Semiconductor Test Solutions

ALTOPASCIO, Italy — Nov. 9, 2026 — Cosmic Group will participate in SEMICON Europa 2026 in Munich, held concurrently with electronica from Nov. 10 to 13, 2026. Cosmic will be located at booth C1255.

PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem

Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient

Ongoing labor dispute sees Micron pause construction at its $4.5bn memory fab in Taoyuan, Taiwan – report

Micron is latest memory chip maker to face pushback from employees over profit sharing bonuses

Two dead and five injured following fire at Panasonic chip packaging facility in Taiwan

Fire broke out at 2:00 am local time on November 4

DRAM demand stays strong, fuelling gains

DRAM revenue surged during Q3 despite minimal growth in shipments, as demand for AI and data centres continued to keep prices high, Counterpoint Research figures showed.

Viettel reveals homegrown security chip co-developed with Vietnam govt

Viettel Group and Vietnam's Government Cipher Committee revealed on Wednesday they have jointly developed a semiconductor security platform featuring VGC v1.0, a homegrown chipset that integrates a domestic cryptographic algorithm directly…

Cisco to link all future products to its SaaS-y Cloud Control management tool

Global rollout of unified portal finally happening in 2027

GSMA MWC26 Doha opens with call to align on global industry standards and close MENA’s connectivity gap

Operators, technology leaders, policymakers and innovators gather in Doha today for three days of exhibition, collaboration and debate on the future of connectivity across the Middle East and North Africa.

CFIX secures VARA in-principle approval to expand into virtual assets

CFI Financial Group advances its digital assets strategy in Dubai as CFIX moves closer to securing a full Virtual Asset…

Mac lookalikes multiply as Linux raids Apple's wardrobe

New and revived desktops promise Cupertino polish, but our quick tests found a few seams showing

Oak Ridge labs gets hybrid quantum-HPC system to test qubit error correction

Co-design platform for quantum error correction melds IBM quantum kit with AMD CPUs and GPUs

Veeam warns of Software Appliance boot failures on AMD EPYC hosts

​Veeam warned customers about boot failures affecting Software Appliance virtual machines (VMs) on hosts with AMD EPYC processors.

Skylo boosts Vodafone IoT coverage options

Vodafone IoT added Skylo Technologies’ satellite access to its connectivity mix, bolstering coverage with a globe-spanning hybrid service model.

eSIM Market Outlook & Opportunities in IoT: 2026

Explore the 2026 eSIM market outlook, including SGP.32 commercialisation, RSP-capable iSIM, in-factory profile provisioning and the opportunities shaping large-scale IoT deployments. OPEN PDF IN BROWSER

The advent of 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Networks

Explore how 3GPP NTN brings satellite connectivity into the cellular ecosystem, enabling hybrid coverage for remote, mobile and geographically dispersed IoT deployments. OPEN PDF IN BROWSER

Beyond static forecasts: Finding hidden IoT revenue opportunities

A market forecast can show where IoT is growing. But how useful is it to a commercial team deciding which opportunities to pursue this quarter? In the first video of … Continued

Infineon’s Steve Tateosian Talks IoT, Consumer, and Industrial MCUs at OktoberTech

Sponsored: EDN's Majeed Ahmad talks to Infineon's Steve Tateosian on edge systems, application examples, and the growth of the market.

IoT Global Awards 2026 winners announced

Recognising innovation in iSIM, industrial AI and fleet technology, the winners of the IoT Global Awards for 2026 have been selected. Following a rigorous evaluation by an independent judging panel … Continued