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Trump signs law barring rural carriers from using Huawei gear

US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday that stops telecom carriers from using government funds to buy network equipment from Huawei and ZTE. Initially, the Chinese technology company’s equipment was deemed a threat to national security under a draft of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) then decided in …

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Montblanc Summit 2 Plus: Another Wear OS watch gets an eSIM

Montblanc’s high-end smartwatch, the Summit 2 Plus, is beautiful. It has a lovely curved sapphire dome crystal and the materials are top-notch. The Summit 2 Plus has eSIM tech, which is something still pretty new to Google’s Wear OS watches, even if odds are you’re not going to pay $1,170 for one of them. (Huawei had the first Wear OS …

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Senators want to ban TikTok from US government devices over espionage fears

Two US senators proposed a bill on Thursday that would see social video app TikTok banned from all government devices over espionage concerns. Republican senators Josh Hawley, of Missouri, and Rick Scott, of Florida, say that links between TikTok and the Chinese Communist Party mean the app could pose a national security risk if used for spying. “TikTok is owned …

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UK presses ahead with digital tech tax in spite of pressure from Trump

The UK said Wednesday that it’ll begin taxing digital services April 1, a move that’ll impact a broad spectrum of US tech giants, including Amazon, Google and Facebook. The tax will amount to 2% of the revenues of search engines, social media services and online marketplaces that derive value from UK users. Known as the Digital Services Tax, or DST, …

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CES Asia is now postponed over coronavirus fears

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. After the cancelation of major tech conferences around the world, including Mobile World Congress and SXSW, CES Asia organizers said Monday the trade show scheduled for mid-June in Shanghai would be postponed. It comes on the very same day that the cancelation of …

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Huawei P40 Pro Paris launch scrapped, replaced with online event

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Update, March 26: The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus​ have now officially been launched. Read our first take here​. The upcoming Paris launch of Huawei’s flagship P40 Pro, which was due to take place in Paris later this month, has been …

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Forget foldable phones. Large rollable displays are the way to go

The Galaxy Fold blew people away when Samsung showed off the device a year ago. A few days after that, Huawei added fuel to the fire with the crowd-stopping Mate X. The age of foldable phones was upon us. This year, with the Galaxy Z Flip and Motorola Razr out, there’s a modest level of interest in foldables, but not the …

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Nokia’s first 5G phone to be revealed this month

Nokia’s first 5G phone will be unveiled on March 19 in London. HMD Global, which makes Nokia phones, said Thursday it’s the official phone partner for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die. As part of the Bond tie-in, a new ad launching Sunday will feature Lashana Lynch’s character Agent Nomi using the Nokia 5G phone as “the …

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A triple folding phone? Hands

When we last saw TCL’s prototype for a crazy triple folding phone last October, it was in the preliminary stages. The concept was there, with the “DragonHinge” allowing it to bend in multiple directions, but a working screen was not. This week, however, we had a chance to get our hands on the wacky phone-tablet hybrid, and while it is …

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Nokia and Ericsson pitch themselves as Huawei 5G alternative

European telecom equipment makers were on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to reassure lawmakers that their 5G gear is a safe and secure alternative to equipment from Chinese giant Huawei. Their testimony comes as new legislation, allocating $1 billion in subsidies to rip and replace Huawei gear in rural wireless networks, awaits the signature of President Donald Trump. The Senate Commerce …

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