China Sentences Man for Selling VPNs to Bypass the Great Firewall

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China’s strict internet censorship shows no sign of easing after a man was jailed for selling VPN services. A recently released court decision states that 26-year-old Deng Jiewei from Dongguan received a nine-month prison sentence for offering two VPN services on his website. Authorities say he earned nearly 14,000 yuan before being detained by police … Read more

FreedomPop and Intel to Launch Wi‑Fi‑First Smartphone

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(Image Credit: alexsl) Budget MVNO FreedomPop is set to challenge traditional mobile billing with a “WiFi first” smartphone developed in collaboration with Intel. FreedomPop already offers a free SIM that includes 200 minutes, 200 texts, and 200MB of 4G data each month, applying reasonable charges only when customers exceed those allowances. Many users today rely … Read more

Indra Navia Chooses Iver as New IT Operations Provider

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Indra Navia AS, a leading technology company supplying safety-critical solutions to 1,600 airports in more than 120 countries, has selected Iver as its new IT operations provider. The Norwegian technology firm Indra Navia provides critical systems used by air traffic controllers to monitor and manage traffic at complex airports such as Heathrow and Dubai. Indra … Read more

FCC Approves Over-the-Air 4K TV Broadcasts

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken a major step toward bringing over-the-air television into closer parity with cable and streaming services by permitting broadcasters to transmit in 4K using the ATSC 3.0 standard. This change opens the door for higher-resolution live programming on free, antenna-based TV, although rollout and adoption will vary across markets. … Read more

Advania Cuts Emissions Dramatically and Scales Up with Trusted AI

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Advania Sweden continues to strengthen its sustainability efforts and reports positive progress toward its Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) goals for 2030. In this year’s sustainability report, Advania highlights an increase in circulated devices, expanded investments in sustainability expertise, and greater focus on Trusted AI. Advania Sweden is taking clear steps forward in sustainability. In … Read more

One-Third of IT and Telecom Firms Unready for Next Global Crisis

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New findings from Board International, a global provider of intelligent planning solutions, reveal that despite almost every organization launching some form of planning transformation since 2020 (Global: 97%; IT & Telco: 98%), nine in ten say those efforts have at least partially failed (Global: 90%; IT & Telco: 91%). Board’s Intelligent Planning technology helps organizations … Read more

Martin Billenius Appointed CEO of Litium

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The Board of Directors of Litium AB has today appointed Martin Billenius as the company’s new CEO. Martin, who has served as a board member of Litium since 2023, brings extensive experience from his role as Chief Revenue Officer at the global SaaS company Medius. In that position he was responsible for building and scaling … Read more

Samsung Courts Developers as TV App Marketplace Gains Momentum

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Samsung appears to be accelerating the growth of its TV apps ecosystem by launching a $100,000 developer challenge as it approaches 10 million app downloads since the platform went live in 2010. Called the Free the TV Challenge, the initiative aims to attract developers to create “converging apps” — applications that enable interaction between Samsung … Read more

New Report: How Spyware Secretly Monitors Your iPhone

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Predator spyware for iPhone is now in the spotlight after a new technical analysis from Jamf Threat Labs shows how advanced commercial spyware can bypass Apple’s security indicators and silently activate the camera and microphone. New research from Jamf Threat Labs publicly demonstrates, for the first time, how commercial spyware can circumvent iPhone camera and … Read more