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AT&T, AST handle D2D handoff

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile indicated they made a giant leap in provision of direct-to-device services after handing off a call from a terrestrial to satellite network.

Upper 6 GHz – the mobile side of the story (Analyst Angle)

The GSMA is making the case for mobile priority in upper 6 GHz, arguing that Wi-Fi’s capacity bottleneck is device upgrades, not spectrum. But its city-wide data leaves unanswered questions…

Eurobites: VodafoneThree helps fight 'SIM farm' menace in UK

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: T-Systems taps Sparxity for energy-efficient computing; Swedish competition authority approves Telenor's takeover of Bahnof; Ericsson gets GitOps-compliant.

Malaysia's OMS Group raises $1.03B loan to expand subsea cable fleet

Malaysia's OMS Group has secured a $1.03 billion financing deal that will be used in part to acquire four new fiber-optic cable-laying ships.

After stadium wins, MatSing can thrive in massive MIMO 5G blues

A pioneer of Luneberg lenses for passive antennas, MatSing has an opportunity to challenge Ericsson and Nokia in mainstream 5G.

Orange Romania tests 50G PON in its 5G lab

Orange Romania says it has tested 50G PON technology for the first time in its 5G Lab in Bucharest, achieving symmetrical data speeds of around 40 Gbps and latency below 1 millisecond on a single fibre.

Cloud Revenue Hits $168B as AI Capacity Expands

Cloud infrastructure revenue reached $168 billion in the third quarter as providers brought higher-priced AI capacity online, reinforcing demand for new data centers even as power constraints slow delivery.

Beyon to equip third data centre to run entirely on solar power

Bahrain-headquartered global technology group Beyon announced on Monday that Phase 5 of its Beyon Solar Park programme will enable it to add a third solar-powered data centre to its green data centre portfolio.

Envision claims to be running the world's first 800VDC data center in Ulanqab, China

Firm has envisioned a high-powered future and brought it to life

Megaspeed exec with close ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suspected of spying for China

Nvidia and the Chinese Embassy reject claims of targeted spying

SpaceXAI launching two additional data center campuses in Mississippi to further expand Colossus 2

Sites, dubbed Gun Range and Spam, will both be operational by end of the year, Musk claimed

Microsoft buys 616 acres for $95.5m in Dallas County, Iowa

More than double what the previous buyer paid

AI’s Expansion Hits the Limits of Local Power

Power shortages and local opposition are delaying data center projects, making AI expansion harder, costlier, and more dependent on scarce grid access.

AI-Driven digital service development platform enables significant revenue growth

AI takes on precision steelmaking at Chinese factory

A swarm of specialized AI models is saving Chinese steelmaker NISCO more than $15 million a year and cutting the energy it uses per ton by 12%.

Open models can do 90 percent of agentic work at a twentieth of the cost of a frontier LLM: Gartner

Models are commodities, harnesses are the valuable part

Does AI actually save employees time? Data is contradictory

It’s early days for AI-assisted work, and sentiments are mixed about its benefits: Does AI actually bring value and save employees time, or does it bog them down and add unnecessary activities?

AI could break legal systems by finding previously hidden loopholes

Turns out legislation may have bugs, too

Attackers Exploit Critical Siemens IoT2050 Flaw to Plant Remote Command Backdoors

A maximum-severity security flaw impacting Siemens SIMATIC IoT2050 Advanced devices has come under active exploitation, VulnCheck has revealed.

Attackers Target Unpatched CryptoPayment Gateway Flaw That Can Expose Wallet Credentials

Threat actors are attempting to exploit an unpatched maximum-severity security vulnerability in the CryptoPayment Gateway WordPress plugin, according to findings from Defused Cyber.

Macronix Builds Hardware Security into NOR Flash Ahead of EU Cyber Resilience Act

The European Union's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), which becomes mandatory in December 2027, is raising the bar for cybersecurity in connected devices.

UK to face AI-powered cyber attacks within two years, warns NCSC

In a worst-case scenario, self-replicating artificial intelligence could launch cyber attacks at will against UK targets by 2028

Fintech platform Sageworks taken offline after suspected cyberattack

Financial technology company Abrigo has restored its Sageworks risk management application, except for borrower-facing capabilities, following an outage triggered by "irregular activity" in its environment.

⚡ Weekly Recap: Critical CVEs, Linux DDoS Botnet, Device-Code Phishing, Android Spyware and More

Some attacks this week didn't need much of a trick. A fake support call, a trusted extension, a shared link, or a device with no password. Small things that people barely think about. Yet each was enough to cause serious trouble.

AI Image Enhancement Improves Detection Of Flip-Chip Interconnect Defects (MCL, PVA TePla, ASE)

Researchers at Materials Center Leoben, PVA TePla, and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) published “AI-Based Image Enhancement Improves Detection of Interconnect Defects in Microelectronic Packaging.” Abstract Excerpt: “Traditional…

3D Integration Reduces Embodied-Emissions Impact Of GPU Scaling (imec, VUB)

Researchers at imec and Vrije Universiteit Brussels published “Embodied Emissions of 2.5D and 3D Scaling in Chipletized GPUs for Low-Carbon AI.” Abstract “GPU compute resources are scaling to support growing AI workloads, leading to…

Quantum Interconnects Link Two 120-Qubit Processors (IBM Research)

Researchers at IBM Research published “Meter-scale quantum interconnects between large quantum processors.” Abstract Excerpt: “Modular quantum architecture requires long-distance quantum interconnects to stitch together individual…

Hardware Defense Blocks Memory-Dependent Prefetcher Leakage (KU Leuven)

Researchers at KU Leuven and EURECOM published “SecDMP: Provably Secure Data Memory-Dependent Prefetching.” Abstract Excerpt: “In this work, we address this gap by designing a defense that is both secure and efficient.

Canada’s Quantum Sector Sets Sights on Commercialization

Defense procurement, patient capital, and shared infrastructure will help Canadian quantum firms scale at home.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meets with Samsung execs as memory chip shortage deepens

Follows comments made by Altman on a podcast about underutilization of DRAM in desktop computers

European supermarkets that failed to act after French freezer attack are now feeling the heat

Just a couple of weeks after a cyberattack on French supermarket refrigeration systems resulted in spoiled food, and even some fires, retailers in Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia were hit with nearly-identical attacks on…

Marvell wants to be a copper topper, bets $115B on photonics leader to push optical networking

IP house believes optics demand is going to explode as Nvidia and others eye bigger systems

Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI use

A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession

Backbone of a beast – charting Nvidia's rise to networking titan

How a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot

Why CIOs must prepare for hybrid quantum computing

For IT leaders mapping out the next five to ten years of computational strategy, the true business value of quantum will not be unlocked by independent quantum processors operating in a vacuum.

Building digital trust is key to unlock Middle East’s next phase of growth: Mastercard

Across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, digital transformation is well underway. Digital wallets, instant payments, national digital ID…

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.