By the end of 2017, the expectation was that 4G was already the main mobile network in Brazil, but what makes telecommunication entrepreneurs rub their hands is fifth generation mobile broadband, 5G. By then, countries and multinationals are rushing to shift the hub of decisions around the network that will …

The fifth generation of mobile internet, 5G, which has recently started operating in some cities in the UK, has raised several questions about possible risks of radiation to health. The new technology – which has been running since April in South Koreaand parts of the United States – is still under testing in …

Thousands of Amazon officials organized a coordinated protest movement on Monday in Europe and the United States, including strikes, to demand better working conditions coinciding with Amazon Prime Day’s overpowering days. In Germany, the strike against “promotions over wages” mobilized “more than two thousand” employees at seven of the company’s …

Facebook vice president David Marcus, who coordinated the launch of the pound, the crypto-social network, testified on Tuesday to the US Senate. He will also be heard on the Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives on Wednesday (17). Marcus answered questions from senators skeptical and concerned about the intentions of the …

Measuring innovation is not a simple matter, but when it comes to large companies, investment in research and development (R & D) seems to be a good criterion. According to a report by the European Union (EU) last year, no one did more than Samsung, with 13.44 billion euros ($ …

The Waymo , company that also belongs to the owner of Google is testing free wi-fi in their autonomous taxis running since last December in Phoenix, USA. In late April, she also launched music streaming without ads for passengers, via Google Play. Waymo also seeks to attract families with non-technological advantages: it has installed a child …

The IBM completed on Tuesday (9) the acquisition of open source software maker Red Hat in the cloud for $ 34 billion, which is the largest operation of the company’s history. In the acquisition operation, IBM paid $ 190 for each Red Hat share. The company said that Red Hat will now be integrated …

Business and finance executives of giants Amazon , Apple , Facebookand Alphabet, the company that owns Google , will testify before a congressional committee of the US House of Representatives next Tuesday (16), in a hearing for discuss the enormous market power exercised by online platforms. In a statement on Tuesday (9), the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust …

Malicious websites have imitated the look and the name of the pages associated with Libra , the cryptomoeda announced by Facebook , and Calibra, the digital currency wallet software. According to security company Digital Shadows, which found these pages, they promote a purported sale of the Pound for other currencies such as Ethereum. But it’s …

Germany fined Facebook 2 million euros for not reporting allegations of illegal content on its platform, violating local law on transparency on the internet. In a statement released on Tuesday (2), Germany’s Federal Justice Department said the social network failed to deal with hate speech complaints on its platform. Facebook says it …