UK government reverses course on Huawei’s involvement in 5G networks

Conservative members of the United Kingdom’s government have pushed Prime Minister Boris Johnson to draw up plans to remove telecom equipment made by the Chinese manufacturer Huawei from the nation’s 5G networks by 2023, according to multiple reports. The decision by Johnson, who wanted Huawei’s […]

How Upbeat Vaccine News Fueled a Stock Surge, and an UproarGoogle Miscellanea

When the biotech company Moderna announced early on Monday morning positive results from a small, preliminary trial of its coronavirus vaccine, the company’s chief medical officer described the news as a “triumphant day for us.” Moderna’s stock price jumped as much as 30 percent. Its […]

Is AMD inside Microsoft’s new OpenAI supercomputer? Surprise tweet may imply so

Ed: We reached out to Microsoft to confirm who provided the processors but didn’t get any answers. AMD has, meanwhile, issued a rather candid tweet that some say alludes to the fact that Epyc, AMD’s server processor, powers the new OpenAI supercomputer. As it would […]

JioMart, the e-commerce venture from India’s richest man, launches in additional cities

The rationale behind the deluge of dollars flooding into billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Platforms is beginning to become more clear as his e-commerce venture JioMart starts rolling out to more people across India. An e-commerce venture between the nation’s top telecom operator Jio Platforms […]