Chinese Long March 3B rocket to launch Belintersat-1 telecommunications...
China will carry out on Friday, Jan. 15 its first orbital mission this year, sending a Belarusian telecommunications satellite into space. The Belintersat-1 spacecraft will be lofted into orbit by a...
View ArticleAgency: North Korea plans satellite launch this month
Weeks after its fourth nuclear test, North Korea announced plans Tuesday to launch an Earth observation satellite on a rocket later this month, in what critics see as a covert test of banned technology...
View ArticleUK lawmakers say proposed spy law fails to protect privacy (Update)
British government plans to strengthen spies' powers to snoop on the Internet are muddled and don't do enough to protect privacy, lawmakers responsible for scrutinizing the country's intelligence...
View ArticleLawmakers say UK's draft online spying law needs changes
The British government is under pressure to amend a contentious Internet surveillance bill after a parliamentary committee said plans to make service providers retain all users' data have not been...
View ArticleEU to launch action plan to develop superfast 5G mobile network
The European Union said Tuesday it will launch an action plan to develop 5G mobile networks which will massively speed up Internet connections, in an effort to avoid falling behind other regions.
View ArticleEU, Brazil agree to cooperate on ultra-fast 5G
The European Union and Brazil signed an agreement Tuesday to cooperate on developing ultra-fast 5G mobile networks, aimed at massively speeding up Internet connections on either side of the Atlantic.
View ArticleUK surveillance law overhaul sparks privacy row
Britain's security services and police would have their right to trawl in bulk for online data boosted under a proposed new law to recast surveillance powers published Tuesday.
View ArticleUK's contentious online spying law passes test in Parliament (Update)
A proposed British law that gives police and spies unprecedented powers to look at the Internet browsing records of everyone in the country passed its first major vote in Parliament on Tuesday.
View ArticleMessage service Line entering carrier business in Japan (Update)
Line Corp., which offers a popular mobile message and online voice-call service, is entering the mobile carrier business in Japan, promising to underprice competition as it grows its platform for news,...
View ArticleAll of humanity should share in the space mining boom
One solitary asteroid might be worth trillions of dollars in platinum and other metals. Exploiting these resources could lead to a global boom in wealth, which could raise living standards worldwide...
View ArticleSpaceX lands rocket at sea second time after satellite launch
For the second month in a row, the aerospace upstart SpaceX landed a rocket on an ocean platform early Friday, this time following the successful launch of a Japanese communications satellite.
View ArticleRussia adopts controversial counter-terrorism amendments
The Russian parliament on Friday adopted a set of controversial counter-terrorism amendments which have sparked alarm among rights activists.
View ArticleExplainer: US ceding control of core Internet systems
On Saturday, the U.S. government plans to cede control of some of the internet's core systems—namely, the directories that help web browsers and apps know where to find the latest weather, maps and...
View ArticleAT&T halts replacements of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones
US telecommunications company AT&T announced Sunday it would halt exchanges of recalled Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones pending investigations that the new versions could still have fire-prone...
View ArticleGalileo satellites rocket into space aboard Ariane 5
Four Galileo satellites lifted off on board the Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Thursday and will soon be detectable by European smartphones.
View ArticleOver half of world's population does not use internet: UN
More than half the world's population does not use the internet, with prohibitive broadband costs keeping billions off line, a United Nations report said Tuesday.
View ArticleSmallGEO's first flight reaches orbit
ESA's new small telecom platform was launched on its first mission in the early hours of this morning.
View ArticleResearchers publish study on rare-earth garnets
Researchers in the Physics Department and Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering recently published findings that may advance the understanding of rare-earth garnets, a promising material useful as...
View ArticleCan internet-beaming balloons outmaneuver shifting winds?
For its next trick, an internet-beaming balloon factory spun out of Google believes it can outmaneuver the wind.
View ArticleCalculating where America should invest in its transportation and...
The American economy is underpinned by networks. Road networks carry traffic and freight; the internet and telecommunications networks carry our voices and digital information; the electricity grid is...
View ArticleStrike-delayed European rocket launch to go ahead
A satellite launch delayed since March 20 due to a crippling general strike in French Guiana, will go ahead on Thursday, launch firm Arianespace said.
View ArticleStrike-delayed European rocket launches in French Guiana
An Ariane 5 rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites for South Korea and Brazil blasted off Thursday in a launch which had been delayed since March 20 due to a crippling strike in French Guiana.
View ArticleEthiopia mobile internet still off after a week
Ethiopians were still unable to surf the web via mobile networks on Tuesday, despite government claims the nationwide internet shutdown, which began a week ago, had been lifted.
View ArticleRussian rocket returns to service with launch of US satellite
Russia on Thursday sent into space a Proton rocket carrying a US telecom satellite, Echostar-21, the first launch in a year after an engine glitch sparked a probe into manufacturing flaws.
View ArticleUK, France: tougher action on tech firms to fight extremism
Britain and France plan tougher action to tackle online radicalization, as they announced Monday a new joint campaign to stop the internet from being a safe space for terrorists.
View ArticleThe multi-colored photons that might change quantum information science
With leading corporations now investing in highly expensive and complex infrastructures to unleash the power of quantum technologies, INRS researchers have achieved a breakthrough in a light-weight...
View ArticleMicrosoft eyes buffer zone in TV airwaves for rural internet
Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves.
View ArticleRussian booster rocket launches commercial satellite
A Russian Proton-M booster rocket carrying a U.S.-built commercial satellite has had a successful liftoff from Kazakhstan.
View ArticleCisco Systems buying BroadSoft for $1.9 billion cash
Cisco Systems Inc. will pay about $1.9 billion cash to buy BroadSoft Inc. in a move aimed at expanding its communications software offerings.
View ArticleUN warns of surging e-waste, little recycling
The UN warned Wednesday that waste from discarded electronics like mobile phones, laptops and refrigerators is piling up worldwide, and it urged far better recycling of the often hazardous rubbish.
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