5G set for massive global take-up

5G set for massive global take-up

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona – The flood of 5G network and device launches this year will see 5G connections accounting for as much as 15% of the global total by 2025. According to the 2019 edition of the GSMA’s flagship...
Huawei unveils slimmest foldable 5G smartphone

Huawei unveils slimmest foldable 5G smartphone

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – Huawei has launched a foldable smartphone, the Mate X, making it just the second vendor to offer a commercially-available foldable device. The 5G phone, with its flexible OLED FullView display, is either a...
Flexibility key for multi-cloud approach

Flexibility key for multi-cloud approach

Driven by the need for faster digital transformation, hybrid IT estates have become the norm, with the most successful customers opting for a “right workload for the right cloud platform” approach. But this is also creating new types of complexity, with...
Digitalisation exposes business to new and unexpected risks

Digitalisation exposes business to new and unexpected risks

As organisations transition to a digital-first approach across all transactions, the attack surface of global business expands rapidly – and sometimes in unexpected ways. In other words, thanks to the rapid enhancements and constant changes in technology, the...
White dwarf mystery uncovered by citizen scientist

White dwarf mystery uncovered by citizen scientist

A volunteer working with the NASA-led Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf — an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has died — ringed by dust and debris. Astronomers suspect this could be the first...
Closing in on the universe’s missing matter

Closing in on the universe’s missing matter

Astronomers have spent decades looking for something that sounds like it would be hard to miss: about a third of the “normal” matter in the universe. New results from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may have helped them locate this elusive expanse...