Friday, May 3, 2024

The FCC warns that rural areas may lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3B funding shortfall for US carriers to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment (Eva Dou/Washington Post)

Eva Dou / Washington Post:
The FCC warns that rural areas may lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3B funding shortfall for US carriers to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment  —  The FCC chairwoman warns that rural areas are set to lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3 billion shortfall in funding to replace Chinese technology.



What to expect from Apple's May 7 event: OLED iPad Pros, possibly with M4 chips, a 10.9" and 12.9" iPad Air, updates to Pencil and Magic Keyboard (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's May 7 event: OLED iPad Pros, possibly with M4 chips, a 10.9" and 12.9" iPad Air, updates to Pencil and Magic Keyboard  —  Company gears up to update its tablets for the first time since 2022  —  It's been more than 18 months since Apple Inc. last updated its iPad line …



Sources: Bill Gates remains intimately involved in Microsoft's operations, advising on strategy, nurturing Microsoft's relationship with Sam Altman, and more (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)

Ashley Stewart / Business Insider:
Sources: Bill Gates remains intimately involved in Microsoft's operations, advising on strategy, nurturing Microsoft's relationship with Sam Altman, and more  —  Insiders say he's still pulling the strings at Microsoft  —  In 2017, just before Microsoft forged a partnership …



Germany says it found evidence that Russian state-backed hacker Fancy Bear was behind a cyberattack in 2023 that took down several German government websites (Lisa O'Carroll/The Guardian)

Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
Germany says it found evidence that Russian state-backed hacker Fancy Bear was behind a cyberattack in 2023 that took down several German government websites  —  Foreign minister says investigation found Fancy Bear group was behind attack that took down several websites



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...