Mercedes-Benz has released a video of the concept version of its Tesla Model 3 competitor — the EQA. The EQA is an electric version of Mercedes’ A-class subcompact sedan. This year, the German automaker is expected to launch the gasoline version of the A class in the United States. The video, which mostly shows sweeping […]
Jun 13 2018 | Posted in
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Verizon Wireless today said it successfully completed 5G data sessions in an outdoor environment and pushed speeds as high as 1.8 Gbps. The company, together with partner Nokia, transmitted multiple live virtual reality sessions and 4K video streams over 28 GHz spectrum using the 3GPP New Radio 5G standard. Verizon claims it saw latency as […]
ZTE’s roller-coaster ride with the U.S. government has taken another turn. The Senate may vote on legislation this week that would negate the Trump administration’s deal to get ZTE back to work. Last week the Commerce Department said it had reached an agreement with ZTE. Under the terms of the arrangement, the Chinese phone maker must pay […]
AT&T has been was given permission to buy Time Warmer with no conditions and no divestitures. The ruling was handed down by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon. The ruling settles the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, which has opposed the deal from the start. The Justice Department believes AT&T will use Time […]
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Tesla will lay off about 3,500 workers in an effort to boost profitability, CEO Elon Musk wrote in a company email. “What drives us is our mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable, clean energy, but we will never achieve that mission unless we eventually demonstrate that we can be sustainably profitable,” Musk wrote. Musk […]
Showcased at Google I/O, Google Assistant can now handle up to 3 commands at once, should you be very specific with each command. As an extreme example, you can ask, “Ok Google, who was president when Kevin Durant was drafted into the NBA and what team drafted him?” That’s the example Google gave us at […]
Jun 12 2018 | Posted in
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Porsche’s first full-electric sports car won’t hit the streets until next year but the Mission E concept now has a street-legal name: Taycan. Porsche on Friday introduced the official name of its battery electric vehicle as part a ceremony in Europe marking 70 years of Porsche sports cars. Taycan, roughly translated as “lively young horse” […]
Several members of Congress are posing questions about the relationship between Google, Huawei, and other Chinese companies. Senator Mark Warner, a democrat who serves on the Senate Select Committie on Intelligence, has sent Google a letter with a request for information about its relationship with Huawei. Google confirmed that it received the query and said […]
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Senate Democrats have appealed to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan in an attempt to prevent the FCC’s net neutrality regulations from expiring. The Senate pushed through a vote to save the rules last month. In order for the measure to succeed, however, it needs to pass the House of Representatives and then be signed by […]
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The FCC (PDF) this week laid out plans to ensure that the country has enough spectrum prepared for 5G service. The agency published new rules for millimeter wave spectrum in the 24 GHz and 37 GHz bands. For example, in the 24 GHz band the FCC adapted a rule requiring interoperability between forthcoming terrestrial 5G service and […]