Edge computing processes data at the point of transmission with less data sent to the cloud. Explore top companies now.

Top Edge Computing Companies of 2021 | IT Business Edge

Biden’s executive order puts net neutrality back in the spotlight

Halo’s Driverless Cars Use The Nation’s Largest & Fastest 5G Network | T-Mobile

Halo and Las Vegas Launch Driverless Car Service Powered by T‑Mobile 5G | T‑Mobile Newsroom

What’s better than a superhero?

Verizon demos THOR, its new vehicle for frontline rapid humanitarian response

Apple Reportedly Storing Over 8 Million Terabytes of iCloud Data on Google Servers

Russian operator MTS revealed plans to boost its enterprise cloud proposition following the RUB5.2 billion acquisition of GDTs Energy Group.

MTS strikes $70M Russia data centre deal

Hiber has raised $15 million in a second round of funding for its user-generated content platform on the web.

Hiber raises $15M for user-generated games created with phones

Osso VR | Collaborative Training (2019)

Osso VR raises $27 million to turn surgery into a video game

Cheat-maker brags of computer-vision auto-aim that works on “any game”

Why not start off this week’s Roundup with a healthy serving of self-promo? We’re excited to have been named amongst IT Business Edge’s “Top Edge Companies of 2021.” 

“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted

Microsoft says its customer support tools were compromised by the SolarWinds hackers

Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips

Retail’s evolution depends on edge computing

Optimum is dramatically reducing cable internet speeds to be better "aligned with the industry"

Elon Musk obtains permission to offer internet in Mexico for 10 years

To succeed, cloud gaming needs to disappear

Cloud gaming has spread out into several monetization models. An inflection point is coming, providing a great oppoturnity for this tech.

Cloud gaming monetization keeps evolving

Digitising Rural Land Records, One Drone At A Time 

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Edge Roundup! Security-focused headlines were heavily featured, so let’s dive right in with the latest updates.

Lina Khan, progressive tech critic, sworn in as FTC chair

50 groups urge Biden to fill FCC opening to reinstate net neutrality rules

Sen. Manchin paves way for a telehealth revolution

U.S. FCC votes to advance proposed ban on Huawei, ZTE gear

Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit

Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service is now open to all Prime members

Riot Games has launched multiple efforts like its Valorant Game Changers Series to make sure women succeed in esports.

How Riot Games will ensure that Valorant&#8217;s esports stars include women

Walmart eyes drone delivery future with investment in DroneUp

I just watched McDonald's new AI drive-thru and I've lost my appetite | ZDNet

Qualcomm reportedly offers to invest in Arm as regulators threaten to block Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition

It’s official: Antitrust and anti monopoly vanguard, progressive tech critic, and associate professor at Columbia Law School Lina Khan is now helming the FTC. 

Senate passes bill to boost US tech industry, counter rivals

US drops Trump order targeting TikTok, plans its own review

UScellular, Nokia, Qualcomm stretch 5G mmWave 10 km in new record

We tried home internet from a popular cell phone carrier. Here's what we learned

NY can’t force ISPs to offer $15 low-income broadband plans, judge rules

2.31 million U.S. households sign up for broadband subsidy -FCC

Record labels sue another ISP, demanding mass disconnections of Internet users

$1 billion piracy ruling could force ISPs to disconnect more Internet users

Google to build new undersea cable to connect Latin America and the U.S.

Microsoft prepares cloud gaming service for Japan launch

Blacknut and POST Luxembourg first to extend 5G Cloud Gaming service to iOS mobile devices | Blacknut Business Solutions

Facebook just bought the Fortnite of VR

What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hopes $8.50 per hour

Police in Malaysia use drones to detect high temperatures amid Covid surge

Scientists at U.K.-based AI lab DeepMind argue true artificial intelligence will emerge from sticking to the principle of reward maximization.

DeepMind says reinforcement learning is &#8216;enough&#8217; to reach general AI

What better way to kick off Monday than with a healthy dose of tech industry news? In this Roundup we’re covering record breakthroughs, lawsuits, expansions, acquisitions, new ideas and inventions—so yeah, pretty much everything we’ve come to expect from a “normal” week. 

Walmart will give 740,000 employees a free Samsung smartphone

Greater Share of iPhone 13 Models Expected to Support Ultra-Fast mmWave 5G

T-Mobile in ‘early innings’ of rural distribution game

Intel reiterates chip supply shortages could last several years

In a recent interview, the CEO of EA said that multiplayer was one of the biggest issues facing Google Stadia, but cloud gaming is the future.

EA CEO says multiplayer is the biggest Stadia problem - 9to5Google

Quest 2 Propels VR Headsets On Steam To All-Time-High

Delivery, drones and DHL

I broke off a tiny piece of the world with a self-flying drone

Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California

Now you can call a Waymo driverless taxi right from Google Maps

Pentagon report clears use of drones made by top Chinese manufacturer

The network from Amazon may not be bad in the ways you imagine. But one privacy expert worries about abuse from stalkers.

The privacy concerns with Amazon Sidewalk, explained | Popular Science

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Edge Roundup! What better way than to kick off with the latest from one of the U.S.’ “most innovative retailers.” 

Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion

Intel Report Outlines How Edge Computing Can Drive Business Innovation

Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors

Netflix apparently wants to break into the video game business. Experts say that's a bad idea.

Nvidia sold $155 million in crypto mining chips last quarter, but PC gaming remains its biggest market

Iran bans cryptocurrency mining for four months to stave off blackouts

Bitcoin Mining Council to report renewable energy usage

Massive bitcoin mine discovered in UK after police raid suspected cannabis farm 

Mondays are for media consolidation, apparently! Not long after it was reported AT&T and Discovery would be joining forces, Amazon announced that it has bought MGM for a whopping $8.45 billion. 

AT&T and Discovery to create new streaming giant

Virgin and O2's $44 billion telecoms merger cleared by UK competition watchdog

DT rumored to want majority control of T-Mobile US

Google is moving IT workloads between its data centers to boost its use of renewable energy, shifting the data processing for YouTube videos to locations where green power is plentiful. This approach creates powerful new opportunities to build climate-aware cloud applications.

Google Moving Workloads Between Data Centers to Use Greener Energy

Netflix in search of executive to oversee gaming expansion - source

Snap is buying its AR display supplier for more than $500 million

Snap’s new Spectacles let you see the world in augmented reality

A new report says that the drone delivery market is growing at a stunning 53% CAGR - as most retail customers favor same day delivery.

drone delivery market grows at 53% CAGR - DRONELIFE

The role for drones in Biden’s infrastructure plan | ZDNet

When COVID hit, these pilots changed course. Now, they're hunting pests in Victoria's High Country

GMC HUMMER EV powered by Android Automotive OS with Google built-in

Forget About Android Auto: Google Says Android Automotive Ready for Prime Time

We’re starting off this week with everyone’s favorite segment, the #StreamingWars. 

Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

Samsung and Ericsson end legal battles and sign patent agreement | ZDNet

Ericsson adds C-band, mmWave, 5G CBRS radios for U.S. indoor coverage

Verizon chases $7-8B private wireless market

China Threatens Retaliation Against Ericsson if Sweden Doesn’t Drop Huawei 5G Ban 

FCC approves $7B broadband connectivity fund

This is a map of America’s broadband problem

I moved from NYC to rural Vermont and had to figure out how to get a strong, high-quality internet connection on my own. I tried it all — here's what works.

Google Cloud teams up with SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink for enterprise connectivity at network&#8217;s edge

Royal Mail to deliver to Scilly Isles by drone in first UK trial of its kind

Organ transplant is a race against time. And delivery drones are a transformative solution that can help us to save more lives.

Drone transports human pancreas for the first time - DroneDJ

Ready for a robot to deliver your packages? New Oklahoma law allows ground-based drones

Street light upgrade, high-tech housing, part of Rome&#8217;s plan to lure Amazon or Walmart for drone delivery

US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems'

It’s Monday, meaning we’ve got more industry highlights coming your way! To kickoff this week, we need to touch on the tech that keeps much of the world spinning—semiconductors.

USPS gets ahead of missing packages with AI edge computing

Perfect Pizza Dough

Ajit Pai promised cheaper Internet—real prices rose 19 percent instead

STUDY: 40.2% of Consumers Would Consider Switching To Municipal Broadband if Made Available

Starlink can serve 500,000 users easily, several million “more of a challenge”

Don't Try to Pirate Movies on SpaceX's Starlink

What entertainment does Gen Z prefer? The answer isn't good for Hollywood

Stadia’s VP and head of product leaves Google

Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures back games publisher Carry1st in $6M Series A

Oculus Headsets Now Make Up 60% Of SteamVR

Olson, Chappy go back to back, thanks to VR 

Staggering approval for Alphabet drone among early customers | ZDNet

Wing's 1-Year-Plus Drone Delivery Trial Looks Like a Fantastic Success  - Core77

‘Gamechanger’: Uganda launches drone delivering HIV drugs to remote islands

It’s been quite the wholesome week of news!

Facebook’s “Oversight Board” upheld Trump’s post-POTUS platform ban (at least for the next six months), Elon Musk made his official comic debut on SNL (and it wasn’t thatcringey!), and President Biden waived COVID vaccine patents to boost its availability around the world. 

Opensignal&nbsp;is out with its latest studies on&nbsp;5G coverage and performance in the US. Through the first part of 2021, T-Mobile is still leading the 5G race when it comes to availability and average speeds. But AT&amp;T and Verizon were able to outperform the Uncarrier with their 5G games and video experiences. And a fascinating finding [&hellip;]

Latest OpenSignal report details just how rare mmWave 5G coverage still is - 9to5Mac

Ethiopia receives two bids for two telecoms operating licences

Gov. Mills announces broadband expansion plan

FCC to begin $50 broadband subsidy program May 12

New York requires $15 broadband for poor people, promptly gets sued by ISPs

FCC approves SpaceX change to its Starlink network, a win despite objections from Amazon and others

SpaceX Cleared to Use Starlink Satellite Internet on Starship Rocket

Amazon’s Bid to Recover JEDI Cloud Computing Contract Stays Alive

AWS on track to be bigger than IBM by Christmas, once Kyndryl is spun out

Cloud gaming service Shadow taken over by OVHcloud founder

Facebook Says Quest 2 Continues To Sell Beyond Expectations

Facebook acquires the developers of VR military simulator Onward

Drone delivery start-up Manna raises $25m ahead of major expansion

Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council launch cookie delivery by drone

Toyota is buying Lyft’s autonomous car division for $550 million

We’ve made it to May! Or as I like to call it, the Friday of the year. Flowers are blooming, Summer’s around the corner (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, at least), Vitamin D stores are steadily recharging, and an increasing number of us are privileged to have access to COVID vaccines.

Verizon expands 5G to more cities 

Telstra and TPG spend hundreds of millions on mmWave spectrum | ZDNet

What happened at Rogers? Day-long outage is over, but questions remain | CBC News

Elon Musk's SpaceX is close to winning FCC approval to fly more than 4,000 Starlink satellites in a lower orbit. But rivals say it could increase collision risks.

China is to oversee the construction and operation of a national satellite internet megaconstellation by coordinating the country’s major space actors. 

China is developing plans for a 13,000-satellite megaconstellation - SpaceNews

Why Games Developers Are ‘Fighting’ Internet Lag

Blacknut hands on - "Could be the solution for mobile & desktop cloud streaming"

Oculus Quest Updates May Aim VR For Chromebook Market

New rules allowing small drones to fly over people in U.S. take effect

What's next for U.S. drone regulations? Drone industry figure Lisa Ellman and Arjun Garg, former chief counsel for the FAA, comment.

What's Next for U.S. Drone Regulations? - DRONELIFE

Orca AI, which puts computer vision onto cargo ships, raises $13M Series A funding

It’s been a mellow week in the telecommunications space, but we’re here to break it down nevertheless! 

Edge Roundup: April 19 — April 25, 2021

Rogers Expands 5G Network in the West and Ontario and Powers Canada’s First 5G Drone Flight

Verizon signs deals with Crown Castle and SBA Communications 

Microsoft doubles down on cloud healthcare business with $16 billion Nuance buy

How Bad Is Your Internet? FCC Asks the Public to Use Its Speed Test App

Victory for municipal broadband as Wash. state lawmakers end restrictions

Televisa Surges After Forging $4.8 Billion Univision Deal

Here are the 7 big space companies in the race to build a global satellite-internet network

Fortnite-maker Epic completes $1B funding round

Facebook brings software subscriptions to the Oculus Quest

Domino's Pizza pilots driverless delivery with Nuro autonomous car in Houston

Intel’s Mobileye will launch a fully driverless delivery service in 2023

Cruise to Operate Autonomous Vehicle in Dubai

Chinese autonomous vehicle startup WeRide scores permit to test driverless cars in San Jose

Welcome back to another edition of the #EdgeRoundup! Let’s dive straight in to last week’s headlines:

Edge Roundup: April 12 — April 18, 2021

Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle’s API copyright case

Supreme Court rules in Google's favor in copyright dispute with Oracle over Android software

Verizon adds more repeaters to its 5G repertoire

AT&T launches 5G Innovation Studio with Ericsson, Nokia

T‑Mobile’s Next Un‑carrier Move: #5GforAll | T‑Mobile Newsroom

Verizon CTO compares fiber to fixed wireless access

Lumen brags that its Quantum Fiber is better than wireless or cable

Elon Musk's Starlink internet exceeds 200 Mbps in new tests

SpaceX is spending $1,500 to make each Starlink terminal but customers will only be charged $499, its president says

SpaceX's Starlink: Overhyped and underpowered to meet broadband needs of Rural America, say analysts

Canada's Telesat takes on Musk and Bezos in space race to provide fast broadband

Monkey MindPong

Nvidia’s latency-reducing tech is live for all Overwatch players with the company’s GPUs

I made $22 Virtual Reality Gloves.

Tony Stark-wannabe creates haptic VR gloves for only $22 in parts

Microsoft is now submerging servers into liquid baths

In a 6-2 ruling, the US Supreme Court overturned a previous federal circuit decision deeming that Google’s use of elements of Oracle API constituted copyright infringement. 

Kenya becomes the second African country to launch 5G

Leveraging the 5G Network to Wirelessly Power IoT Devices

this energy-harvesting card can turn 5G networks into wireless power grids

Zededa, a startup developing an orchestration platform for edge and IoT devices, nabbed an extension to its previous funding round.

Edge computing orchestration startup Zededa raises $12.5M

Samsung to double midband 5G radio bandwidth to 400 MHz

Verizon Communications has tapped Dreamscape Immersive to make virtual reality experiences in rich environments for 5G networks

Verizon taps Dreamscape Immersive for VR content for 5G

Microsoft earns contract worth up to $21.9 billion to make AR devices for the US Army

Quest 2 May Be Selling Thrice as Fast as the Best Selling VR Headset, PSVR

Edge Roundup: July 12 — July 25, 2021

2021-07-26

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