China central bank launches digital yuan wallet mobile apps

China has released pilot versions of its digital yuan wallet application on mobile phone app stores as the country's central bank steps up its push to develop its own digital currency. https://ift.tt/3eQ5Tg0

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes convicted of fraud and conspiracy

In a case that exposed Silicon Valley's culture of hubris and hype, Elizabeth Holmes was convicted Monday of duping investors into believing her startup Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood. https://ift.tt/3pQvlbu

South Korea's 5G users cross 20 million in November

The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks had topped 20 million as of November for the first time since the service was commercialised in 2019, data showed on Monday. https://ift.tt/3znOAML

Microsoft has fixed this 'New Year' email bug

According to Microsoft, the problem related to a date check failure with the change of New Year. https://ift.tt/3ziWQxD

CCI probe: Delhi HC grants Whatsapp, Facebook more time to respond

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted more time to Whatsapp and Facebook to file their response over notices issued to them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). https://ift.tt/34avKND

Jerusalem Post website hacked on Soleimani assassination anniversary

Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper said on Monday its website had been hacked, in what it said was an apparent threat to the country. https://ift.tt/3qF3Wst

Future Retail asks court to declare arbitration with Amazon illegal

Armed with a December antitrust ruling against Amazon, Future Retail has petitioned the Delhi High Court and the arbitration tribunal in Singapore saying that continuing arbitration would be illegal. https://ift.tt/3HuWHKp

OnePlus 9RT, OnePlus Buds Z2 to launch in India this month

OnePlus launched the OnePlus 9RT smartphone in China last year. It appears that the company is now all set to launch the smartphone in India https://ift.tt/3FPEKFY

The chip industry faces a recruitment gap, as plans for new fabs in the US will require an estimated 70K to 90K more workers by 2025 compared to 2020 levels (Stephanie Yang/Wall Street Journal)

Stephanie Yang / Wall Street Journal:
The chip industry faces a recruitment gap, as plans for new fabs in the US will require an estimated 70K to 90K more workers by 2025 compared to 2020 levels  —  Limited supply of qualified workers poses challenge as facilities are built to bolster global supply of semiconductors

Apple is likely to finish switching to its silicon by WWDC, plans the biggest MacBook Air redesign in its history and an iPhone 14 with a hole-punch-sized notch (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple is likely to finish switching to its silicon by WWDC, plans the biggest MacBook Air redesign in its history and an iPhone 14 with a hole-punch-sized notch  —  After a modest set of device launches in 2021, Apple Inc. is set for a stronger 2022—with new iPhones, AirPods and potentially a VR headset.

Microsoft releases an emergency fix for a Y2K22 bug in its FIP-FS anti-malware scanning engine that stops Exchange on-premise servers from delivering email (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Microsoft releases an emergency fix for a Y2K22 bug in its FIP-FS anti-malware scanning engine that stops Exchange on-premise servers from delivering email  —  Microsoft has released an emergency fix for a year 2022 bug that is breaking email delivery on on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers.

AT&T and Verizon reject the US Transportation Secretary's and FAA's request to delay rolling out new 5G services near airports, but may pause some deployments (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
AT&T and Verizon reject the US Transportation Secretary's and FAA's request to delay rolling out new 5G services near airports, but may pause some deployments  —  AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. rejected a U.S. request to delay this week's launch of a new variation of 5G mobile service …

Kuo: second-generation AirPods Pro will have lossless audio support and a charging case that can emit a sound for location tracking purposes (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Kuo: second-generation AirPods Pro will have lossless audio support and a charging case that can emit a sound for location tracking purposes  —  Apple's second-generation AirPods Pro will feature support for Lossless audio and a charging case that can emit a sound for location tracking purposes, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

Twitter permanently suspends one of Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's accounts for repeated violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy (Donie O'Sullivan/CNN)

Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter permanently suspends one of Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's accounts for repeated violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy  —  (CNN)Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN Sunday morning.

China stares at 1 million EV shortfall due to chip shortage in 2022

The global chip shortage is set to send China's EV industry into partial freeze in the first half of 2022, as there will be a shortfall of at least 1 million electric cars amid the soaring demand. https://ift.tt/3ELRXOw