Reports of Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency have been circulating for weeks, and an announcement from the social network is expected within days. The coin, supposedly called Libra, has a list of financial backers including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. Each company will reportedly invest around $10 …
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Digital bank Monzo has taken the UK by storm, thanks to its app-based, customer-centric tools and brand. And now it’s coming to the US. Monzo announced Thursday that it would be setting up shop in Los Angeles this summer, and invited potential customers to sign up on its wait list in order to get their hands on one of its …
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Three became on Monday the third UK network to announce its 5G launch plans. Three will flick the switch on its 5G in August, promising mobile coverage in 25 cities by the end of the year. Its initial offering, though, will consist of a broadband-only product. The network’s home broadband will be available only to Londoners at first and will consist of a …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple might be responsible for popularizing the smartphone, but its CEO doesn’t want you using your device all the time. In an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about the weekly reports he receives using his iPhone’s Screen Time …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Lost your phone and your friend? Some might say that’s a tad careless of you, but we’re not here to judge. The good news is there’s now one single Apple app to help you find them. Apple announced on Monday at its WWDC …
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Pop the champagne and polish the medals, for the competition to be first to 5G has declared its victors. UK carrier EE turned on the first 5G network in its home country on Thursday, beating its rivals to the punch. EE joins Verizon and Swisscom as “winners” of the race to being the first in a given country to offer …
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Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, which celebrates its first birthday Saturday, has managed to do a lot as a tyke. The GDPR changed the rules for companies that collect, store or process information on residents of the EU, requiring more openness about what data they have and who they share it with. The law is hailed as the global standard …
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UK mobile carrier EE announced its plans to launch 5G in the UK on Wednesday. The network will be switched on on May 30, with the first 5G phones available to preorder from today. EE’s initial 5G rollout will focus on six cities (London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester), with promises to expand to 19 cities by the end …
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Should Facebook be broken up? In recent weeks, some politicians in the US and even one of Facebook’s co-founders have expressed strong opinions that the world’s largest social network has grown too powerful, and that it should be split off into its component parts. But the EU, typically more heavy-handed than the US when it comes to regulating Silicon Valley …
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Tech giants and political leaders from around the globe came together in Paris on Wednesday to pledge their commitment to tackling the spread of terrorist content online, following the attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March. In a summit hosted jointly by French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google agreed …
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