Vodafone is turning on its 5G service on July 3 in the UK, the network announced on Tuesday, with the bonus that it will be available at the same price as 4G for both businesses and consumers. Super speedy 5G networks will be available in seven cities at launch (Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool …

Chinese tech giant Huawei will unveil its first commercial 5G phone at an event in London on May 16. The phone follows swiftly in the footsteps of the Huawei P30 Pro, which the company showed off at a launch event in Paris in March. In an interview with CNET at the event, Huawei CEO Richard Yu said he expected 5G to …

Huawei’s sister brand Honor is set to announce the Honor 20 Series at an event in London later this month. But on Friday it gave us an early first glimpse of the phone in a photo. The picture shows the front of a black phone with rounded edges and corners. Tucked up in the top left of the screen is …

Huawei’s sister brand Honor is set to unveil its latest flagship phone series next month in London, and one version of the Honor 20 will come with a high-fashion twist. As part of Honor’s year-long partnership with luxury Italian fashion house Moschino, first announced in December 2018, the two brands on May 21 will show off the Honor 20 Moschino Edition, …

Facebook banned a handful of prominent British far-right groups on Thursday, as part of the implementation of its “dangerous organizations and individuals” policy. In total 12 people and groups were outlawed by the social network, including the British National Party (BNP) and its president Nick Griffin, Britain First, the English Defence League, Knights Templar International and the National Front. Co-founder …

Porn sites serving UK users will soon be required to confirm the age of visitors before letting them access content, the British government said Wednesday. As of July 15, commercial providers of pornography will have to ensure that only those over the age of 18 are able to access adult content, to protect minors.  It’ll be up to individual sites and services …

European countries approved sweeping reforms to copyright law on Monday after the European Parliament voted to adopt the new legislation last month. The EU Copyright Directive will protect and govern how copyrighted content posted online, bringing outdated rules up to scratch for the internet age. The law has been hotly debated both by politicians and the wider tech community, with …

Huawei’s sister brand Honor lifted the lid on its plans for the launch of its next flagship phone on Monday. The Honor 20 series will be unveiled on May 21 in London, the company said, sending out an invitation to press with a picture of the city’s iconic Tower Bridge and the hashtag #capturewonder. Like Huawei’s own latest phone, the …

Facebook might be considering reintegrating some of its Messenger service back into its primary app. Researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who is well known for reverse-engineering popular social media apps, posted screenshots to Twitter on Friday of Facebook’s app with a Messenger icon in the top right-hand corner, which taps through into the Messenger inbox. “For now, this new ‘Chats’ section …

China-based Oppo unveiled its Reno flagship phone on Wednesday in Shanghai, with three variations. First there’s the standard version, which comes with 6.4-inch OLED screen, a Snapdragon 710 processor and two rear cameras. There’s the 10x Zoom Edition, which not only comes with a third camera (for zooming, if that wasn’t clear from the name) but also has a 6.6-inch screen and …