The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was “a bit too early” to declare a new coronavirus a global health emergency as China put millions of people on lockdown amid an outbreak that has killed 18 people and infected more than 630. Health officials fear the transmission rate […]
Day: May 3, 2023
Samsung’s T7 Touch puts a speedier SSD in a smaller, more secure case
A good portable SSD should be small, fast, and able to connect to devices through the almighty USB-C port. Samsung’s new T7 Touch checks all of those boxes, plus another big one: it’s more secure than your average SSD. There’s a capacitive fingerprint reader built into the top of the […]
France will be holding a controversial tech tax
France and the United States have reached a truce on a debate over a controversial French “digital tax” that was set to hit some of America’s biggest tech companies. This year, France passed a law requiring large digital service companies to pay a 3 percent tax on total annual revenue generated by […]
British officials propose limited 5G role for China’s Huawei
British officials have proposed granting Huawei a limited role in the UK’s future 5G network, resisting U.S. calls for a complete ban over fears of Chinese spying, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The recommendation, made at a meeting of officials from senior government departments on Wednesday, […]