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Call Centers Introduce ‘Emotion Canceling’ AI as a ‘Mental Shield’ for Workers

SoftBank and First Horizon Bank planned to inject emotional support AI systems into their call centers.

WeWork Founder Adam Neumann Abandons Bid to Regain Control of the Company

He said the company's post-bankruptcy plan "appears unrealistic and unlikely to succeed"

Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch

Jeff Bezos’s space venture, Project Kuiper, is set for a Friday launch, aiming to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink in the satellite internet arena.

Annoyingly Oversized Satellite Facilitates First 5G Call to a Regular Cellphone

With its enormous 693-square-foot array, AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 prototype satellite is now among the brightest objects in the night sky.

Build a Slack App to Help your Team Thrive, Says a Slack Exec

Creating a custom app doesn’t need to be intimidating, according to an expert.

Slack Has The Key To A Great Developer Experience

Let’s face it: not every product is cut out to be a platform.

Vodafone Wants to Salvage a Phone for Every New One Sold. Is It Worth it?

A partnership with Vodafone promises recycle at least 1 million phones every year, but how effective can e-recycling be?

6 Tech Giants That Have Been Breached by a Nefarious New Hacker Gang

LAPSUS$, a new cybercriminal gang with serious chutzpah, has been pillaging the tech sector's biggest names for their digital secrets.

Apple Revises iCloud Private Relay Notice With the Actual Reason for Why It Might Not Work

It could be something with your cellular plan or...it might just be turned off.

Carriers Are Pissed About Apple’s Best New Privacy Feature [Updated]

Apple's VPN-like iCloud Private Relay setting makes it difficult for ISPs to track you—and they hate it.

Top EU Court Tells Cell Providers Breaking Net Neutrality Rules to Go Screw Themselves

Vodafone and Telekom plans exempting partners from data caps are "contrary to the regulation on open internet access," the court ruled.

Qualcomm’s Feeling the Heat Over Its Android Smartwatch Chips

Many of Wear OS's problems can be traced back to Qualcomm, but the company is finally trying to fix that.

Texas Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Penalize Businesses That ‘Boycott’ Fossil Fuels

Don’t worry, helpless fossil fuel companies: Texas is coming to your rescue. Four Republican state senators introduced a bill last week that would prevent the state from doing business with any companies that “boycott” the oil and gas industry. The bill, SB 13, builds off an idea previewed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a…

Disney’s Neo Smartwatch for Kids Has Nothing on My ’90s Yoda Giga Pet

Playing with Baby Yoda on your watch is cool, but the old-school Giga Pet is ice cold.

Indian Authorities Order Internet Shutdowns Amid Mass Protests, Outrage Over Citizenship Law

Indian authorities have shut down internet access across much of the nation amid widespread protests against prime minister and far-right supremacist Narendra Modi and his government’s new law designed to bar Muslims from gaining citizenship. The Citizenship Amendment Act passed this week created an expedited path to citizenship for migrants who have moved to India…

Facebook Announces Libra, Digital Currency on the Blockchain That Doesn’t Actually Need to Be on the Blockchain

Facebook and 27 other partner companies formally announced this morning they plan to launch a digital currency called Libra in the first half of 2020. And if they pull it off, Libra could become the standard digital currency around the world. Facebook describes Libra as being “powered by blockchain,” though it’s not clear why the…

Backdoors in Huawei Equipment Discovered by Vodafone Italy in 2009

Vodafone Italy discovered backdoors in its Huawei home internet routers and software between 2009 and 2011 according to a new report from Bloomberg News. The backdoors have reportedly been fixed, but the revelations are still bad news for Huawei as the Chinese tech giant tries to secure contracts to build 5G infrastructure around the world.…

Vodafone Admits It’s Been Wiretapped Across the Whole of Europe

Will we ever discover the full extent of state snooping into our private lives? A year on from the NSA / Snowden revelations, Vodafone has today admitted that government agencies use wire taps to monitor its customer calls across Europe. Though not revealing exactly which of the 29 European territories it operates in have been…

Verizon just shook off the part owners of Verizon Wireless, the UK-based Vodafone, by stumping up a cool $130 billion. That is one serious move—though it’s unclear what the newfound freedom means for the network.

First Jelly Bean Rollout Stymied By Emergency Call Issues

The new version of Android, Jelly Bean, was to be officially rolled by a carrier for the first time this week in Australia. Sadly, Vodafone couldn’t see it through, because the new OS failed to meet regulations related to emergency calls. Vodafone announced the problem in a blog post yesterday, though it’s a little scant…