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Huawei and ZTE may be shut out of Indian 5G rolloutHuawei has been active in India, participating in last year’s 5G trials. The Shenzhen-based tech giant also received public support from the CEO of Indian mobile carrier Bharti Airtel, who opined that India should work with Huawei to avoid becoming too dependent on western technology […]

Killer robots, Facebook collapse, gaming literacy and more: best of the week’s newsJonathan Wilson, online managing editor Treaty banning killer robots ‘deserves urgent multilateral action’ Ah, the futility of war. A depressingly defining trait of humankind, long supported, bolstered and protected over the centuries by a highly lucrative defence industry populated by those among us […]

AI won’t replace humans, just like computers didn’tWith everything else that’s been going on in our busy lives, it’s been easy for humans to forget about the oncoming technological storm. As automation creeps into factories, workplaces and homes, artificial intelligence is making itself part of day-to-day life in numerous industries. Already deployed in devices used […]

Elon Musk says ’embarrassingly late’ two-factor is coming to Tesla appTesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged Friday that the company was ‘embarrassingly late’ rolling out a security layer known as two-factor authentication for its mobile app. “Sorry, this is embarrassingly late. Two factor authentication via sms or authenticator app is going through final validation right now,” […]

Clearview AI landed a new facial recognition contract with ICEThe controversial facial recognition software maker Clearview AI has a new contract with ICE, the most controversial U.S. government agency. Clearview was already known to work with the branch of Homeland Security fiercely criticized for implementing the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies. The new contract makes […]

Birmingham-based Help Lightning raises $8 million for its remote training and support toolsIn the four years since Help Lightning first began pitching its services out of its Birmingham, Ala. headquarters, the company has managed to sign up 100 customers including some large Fortune 500 companies like Cox Communications, Siemens, and Boston Scientific. Now, with an […]

Extra Crunch Live: Join Anu Duggal for a live Q&A on August 20 at 11am PT/2pm ETRent the Runway and Glossier became unicorns within the same week in June 2019. That same year, only 2.7% of venture capital dollars went toward female-founded companies. Silicon Valley’s disconnect between the monetary success of female-founded companies and funding […]