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NTN’s unsolved problem: proving seamless connectivity on the device

NTN roaming, spectrum and 6G gaps all land on the handset In sum – what we know: Seamless connectivity is the promise on every NTN marketing deck, and RCR Tech’s…

Intelligence Brief: Universal APAC connectivity presents $230B opportunity

The connectivity gap in Asia Pacific is now more about addressing barriers to usage than expanding coverage, with device costs, skills and government policies all essential in doing so.

Singtel and Ericsson partner to scale 5G innovation and build AI-native networks in Singapore

Extending the collaboration announced in March 2026, the new agreement establishes a longer-term roadmap that will focus on scaling 5G Advanced and AI-powered network capabilities across industries. #pressrelease

Ericsson sees six-fold jump in uplink demand, says not to make 5G mistakes with 6G

Ericsson forecasts surging uplink demand as AI shifts mobile traffic patterns, urging operators to avoid 5G’s costly standalone delays. Its 6G vision hinges on spectrum efficiency, reusable infrastructure, and services…

Qualcomm plans global job cuts after employee reviews

Chipmaker Qualcomm reportedly will cut an undetermined number of jobs following recent annual employee reviews, with impacted staff set to be alerted next month.

PHY Wireless, Ubiik blend location into private LTE, 5G

PHY Wireless and Ubiik teamed up to combine private LTE and 5G connectivity with device-based positioning, offering enterprise and industrial users a 3GPP standards-based alternative to proprietary location systems.

Another data center IPO fizzles as investor appetite wanes

South Korean data center firm Elice's IPO disappointment is the latest sign the AI boom may have peaked.

Google Cloud says a 'power event' caused today's outage

Fells London zone, taking banks, parcel firm and property sites with it – and recovery is 'tentatively' due by 1300 UTC

Google experiences "service disruption" in UK cloud region

Enersense and Betolar Oyj to develop security solutions for substations and data centers across the Baltics

Finnish firms will target grid and industrial customers

Digital Realty breaks ground on 22MW data center in Ankara, Türkiye

Partnering with Turkish investment firm Rönesans

Google expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center

Inks 440MW PPA and backs two BESS projects

Lumen takes network resilience beyond the backup plan with AI and built-in diversity

AI-powered tools help prevent disruptions, speed recovery and keep customers informed, while new Dual Path service delivers two separate physical network routes between locations. #pressrelease

Ex-OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Conference Room Planned to Fly to Saudi Arabia, Prosecutors Say

Abdulrahman Alfozan’s wife and young son also left the country the day after the 35-year-old Saudi national’s arrest.

AI and integrated mobility shape Gulf travel’s next chapter, says Amadeus

Jamel Chandoul explores how AI assistants, integrated mobility platforms and personalised loyalty rewards can shape seamless travel across the Gulf.…

WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling Its AI Chatbot Not to Recommend Privacy Regulators

WhatsApp's help pages carried hidden instructions for its support chatbot that told it not to recommend a data protection authority or regulator to users who could no longer delete their accounts, even though WhatsApp's own privacy policy…

VAST and Hyperfusion target faster deployment of sovereign AI inference

Haider Aziz of VAST Data discusses how modular infrastructure could address power and capacity constraints, support local data control and…

Ex-OpenAI Engineer Detained in Spy Device Case as Saudi Royal Contacts Emerge

A U.S. court on Monday granted the U.S. government's request to detain a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco office to allegedly steal sensitive…

What Security Teams Can Do To Tame Wild Code

A sales manager builds an AI-assisted workflow to route leads. It connects to customer records, summarizes inbound requests, and posts updates to a shared channel.

Go Issues Emergency Update Blocking Eight CA Keys Over Undisclosed Security Concerns

Go 1.27.3 and Go 1.26.10, released on October 20, make Go's certificate verifier reject any certificate chain that passes through one of eight intermediate certificate authority keys.

Hackers Use New ROMULUS ClickFix Platform to Deliver LegionLoader and Other Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a ClickFix delivery platform called ROMULUS that's being used to distribute malware such as Legion Loader.

Nikkei discloses third data breach in a month, 1.8M records exposed

Nikkei Inc. disclosed a new data breach, the third in about a month, that exposed 1.83 million personal information records.

Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offline

Hackers hijack AOMEI update servers to secretly spread malware

Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI's servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backup software, briefly tampering with configuration files before restoring them to their original state to hide the…

A Composable Thermal Solver For Heterogeneous 2.5D/3D-IC Packages (Cadence, Notre Dame)

Researchers at Cadence Design Systems and the University of Notre Dame published “A Composable AI-Accelerated Iterative Solver for 3D-IC Thermal Modeling.” Abstract: “Accurate thermal analysis of heterogeneous 2.5D/3D-IC packages is…

Thermal Side Channels Create New Security Risks For Autonomous Vehicles (Missouri S&T)

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology published “Can Autonomous Vehicles Keep Their Cool?

Intel and Applied Materials to collaborate on chip manufacturing advancements

Work will take place at the companies' respective R&D facilities

Musk plays down TSMC presence at AI fab facility

Elon Musk ruled out Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company taking an operational role in Terafab, the billionaire’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in the US state of Texas.

Monolithic 3D Memristor-TFT Stack For Programmable Neuromorphic Computing (SNU, Yonsei)

Researchers at Seoul National University and Yonsei University published a technical paper titled “Monolithic three-dimensionally integrated memristor-thin-film transistor for electrically programmable multimode reservoir computing.”…

AI Power Spikes Demand Chip-to-Grid Design Changes

AI data centers’ rapid power swings threaten grid stability, requiring coordinated chip-to-grid strategies across chip makers, operators, utilities, and infrastructure providers.

NITDA and Stakeholders Renew Push to Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital Transformation

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating Nigeria’s digital transformation through stronger public-private partnerships, collaboration with academia and sustainable…

Meta’s new enterprise contract says if its AI makes a mistake, it will legally be the customer’s fault

In Meta commercial terms changes slated to kick in on October 30, the company will shift the liability for any mistakes made by its AI models to its enterprise customers.

CIOs admit they are being forced to upgrade enterprise IT

The deep integration within the organisation makes it increasingly difficult for IT departments to select alternative enterprise IT systems, says survey

Broadcom Wi-Fi bug turns sweet 16, still lets strangers hijack your router

Chip giant knew about the flaw in 2018, researcher claims, but millions of devices may still be vulnerable

Node.js creator ditches Deno to work on open source Cloudflare Workers

You're building servers 'wrong,' says Ryan Dahl as Cloudflare gobbles his Deno startup

Cisco Unveils New Agentic Collaboration Experiences

New updates bring people, digital teammates, and enterprise context together across work, workplaces and customer experience More RSS Feeds: https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/rss-feeds.html

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

Omdia lifts lid on edge IoT deployments

A majority of businesses are prioritising edge computing in IoT deployments, with the approach now at a tipping point in terms of delivering tangible benefits, research by Omdia showed.

SEALSQ’s sister company WISeSat.Space completes business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corporation

WISeSat.Space ordinary shares have begun trading on Nasdaq under the ticker SAIQ, establishing a separately listed company focused on post-quantum-secure satellite IoT connectivity.

Telna opens Brazilian IoT door to Aeris

Physical AI and IoT connectivity platform provider Aeris chose Brazil as the beachhead for a core network tie-up with global mobile infrastructure player Telna intended to create a repeatable deployment scenario in a nation where permanent…

Aeris extends IoT eSIM orchestration for the Physical AI era

New SGP.32 orchestration, Single SKU eSIM and eIMaaS bring speed, simplicity and scale to global IoT deployments on the Aeris IoT Accelerator platform.