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Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World
When Mxolosi saw a Tecno W2 smartphone in a store in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was attracted to its looks and functionality. But what really drew him in was the…
POS Nation Becomes All-in-One Retail Provider With In-House Software
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — POS Nation, formerly a point of sale reseller, acquired CAP Retail and their development team to create an in-house retail point of sale…
Qualcomm Win in Antitrust Suit Restores Lucrative Licensing
Qualcomm Inc.’s lucrative patent licensing business lives on, after a court rejected a requirement that the company renegotiate billions of dollars worth of agreements with smartphone makers. The chipmaker won…
One Million South Koreans Now Have Blockchain Drivers Licenses
One million South Koreans have foregone their physical drivers license in favour of a blockchain-powered digital alternative used in conjunction with the PASS smartphone app. This represents more than 3%…
Huawei: Smartphone chips running out under US sanctions
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei is running out of processor chips to make smartphones due to U.S. sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own…
Indy Autonomous Challenge to Use RTI Software to Build and Race Autonomous Vehicles
Real-Time Innovations (RTI), provider for smart machines and real-world systems, announced it has joined the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), the two-year, $1.5 million university competition to advance autonomous mobility technologies and enable…