NYC will accept Google Pay on some subway and bus routes It’s part of a Google pilot test starting on May 31st. Google If you have Google Pay, you might be able to tap your phone for subway or bus payments in NYC in the near future. The tech giant has teamed up with The Metropolitan Transportation Authority…
Understanding the Basics of Mobile Fronthaul Technology Understanding the Basics of Mobile Fronthaul Technology Mobile network operators (MNOs) have been driven to upgrade their cell towers through fi erce competition to provide higher bandwidth and quality of service. Typical Internet traffi c has been constantly increasing. Mobile video traffi c by the usual suspects—YouTube, Vine,…
Vodafone UK Unveils 5G Plans NEWBURY, UK — The first 5G ready handsets have landed in Vodafone stores and online. Customers can now pick up the Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 5G, which features a 24 megapixel and 2 megapixel dual camera system, 6.39-inch full screen display, plus an incredible 960 frames per second recording. Pricing…
SEBASTIAN SHEPHERD: RFID TRACKING: WHERE IT FITS IN AN ENTOMOLOGIST’S TOOLBOX Radio frequency identification tracking, commonly known as RFID, is revolutionizing what is possible in entomology, but what is it about this technology used in retail inventory, package tracking, and contactless credit cards that is useful for studying insects? For thousands of years, humans have…
Cisco clueless about security, apparently: Meet Thrangrycat Hundreds of Cisco products are vulnerable to a secure-enclave takeover. Dubbed Thrangrycat, it permits an attacker to hide a persistent threat inside the Trust Anchor module (TAm) of any number of Cisco networking boxes. The kicker: The software image loaded by the TAm—the “bitstream”—is not encrypted, nor verified. I mean, seriously,…
Facebook Releases Another Deep Learning Tool George Leopold Facebook has released to open-source developers a deep learning framework that does double duty for computer vision and language tasks. Built on its PyTorch framework, Facebook is positioning Pythia as supporting “multitasking” for vision and language “multimodal AI models.” Among its capabilities are identifying visual data and automatically generating…
Huawei executive accused of helping steal trade secrets By Adi Robertson A Huawei executive was involved in a plot to steal trade secrets, claims California-based electronics startup CNEX Labs. Chinese telecommunications company Huawei and CNEX — which was co-founded by a former Huawei employee — have filed dueling lawsuits over trade secret theft. Now, The Wall…
Fujifilm’s GFX 100 is a medium format camera that performs like a mirrorless 102 megapixels in a fast camera By Dan Seifert Fujifilm has just officially announced its next medium format camera, the GFX 100. The latest GFX, the new model joins the GFX 50S and GFX 50R, released in 2016 and 2018, respectively. The GFX…
Oracle Merchandising Solution Tops Shopping List for Bosnian Grocers Retail brands Konzum and Mercator gain operational agility with modern retail technology When customers enter a Mercator or Konzum supermarket, they discover a plethora of organic products, fresh chopped salads, and meat ripening chambers intermingled with everyday grocery needs. The dominant grocery brands in Bosnia…
6 Ways Blockchain Revolutionizes Digital Marketing Blockchain technology is often associated with bitcoin and cryptocurrencies that are not only disrupting the financial sector but transforming the way various industries do business. Blockchain is a decentralized technology, which is considered to be the next huge wave in technology. It has everything documented and verified, allowing decentralized communication between different…
