What’s new
Samsung tested the 5G technology on a train travelling at 100km/h near Tokyo
Samsung has announced completing a 5G demonstration on a moving train in partnership with Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI, achieving peak speeds of 1.7Gbps as well as downlink/uplink handover. Samsung’s pre-commercial 5G system, incorporating a 5G router, 5G radio access unit, virtualised RAN (vRAN), and virtualised core, was used for the test.
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UK cyber security agency warned government against using Kaspersky
The director of the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning that no Russian-made security software should be used on systems that could represent a national security threat if accessed by the Russian government.
More info are available here.
New products
Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)
The phone will have a 5.7-inch display, Exynos 7885 octa core processor and 4GB RAM. It will come with 32GB internal storage and Android 7.1.2 Nougat.
More info here.
Samsung W2018
The W2018 has two 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED touchscreens, a 2,300 mAh battery and 64GB of internal storage. It comes with a Snapdragon 835 processor and 6GB of RAM.
More info here.
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Apple Support launches a YouTube channel with how-to tutorial videos for iPhone and iPad
The channel launched with a selection of ten videos, spanning the basics like printing and updating iOS to more niche features like muting group iMessage chats and linking contact cards. The videos are fully narrated with additional explanation and range between 1-2 minutes in length, with full English captions available for accessibility.
You can read more here.
WACAO is an assistant that can summarize and translate WhatsApp messages
The assistant uses NLP (natural language processing) technologies to understand what’s being said, and looks for specific topics being discussed, including those that have the most replies, in order to determine what to summarize for the user.
More info can be found here.
Fun stuff
Amazon has been granted patent for self-destructing drones
Amazon has been granted a patent that will allow the company to self-destruct its drones in the event of an emergency using an on-board computer to determine the safest course of action. By self-destructing, Amazon intends to have the drone break into separate fragments in the air and try to have them fall in the safest areas.
You can read more here.
