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At the launch conference of the Xiaomi Mi 10 series, the Xiaomi also presented the first router supporting Wi-Fi  6 network technology --the Xiaomi AIoT AX3600. Features The Xiaomi AIoT Router AX3600 is the first flagship router with Wi-Fi 6, based on the platform of Qualcomm in this price range.At the heart of the router is the…

According to BBC, the Russian Ministry of Communications today announced successful testing of an alternative to the internet, called Runet. This alternative will supposedly work as an intranet works within a company.From now on, the Russian government can simply filter out all content made available to its citizens. Countries like China,…

Quite discreetly, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, has launched a social network that wants to rival Facebook and Twitter. Wales underlines that this new bet will be focused on combating clickbait.Jimmy Wales launched the social network WT: Social, a site that allows users to share links to articles , enabling the exchange of ideas on…

China has officially started researching sixth-generation telecoms technology, state media reported on Thursday (Nov 7), a move it described as aiming to promote the latest wireless innovation.Chinese government ministries and research institutes met this week in a "kick-off" meeting to establish a national 6G technology research and…

On November 4, the annual Microsoft Ignite conference for developers opened in Orlando, where the software giant made many important announcements. Perhaps the most intriguing among them is Project Silica. This is a very promising conceptual technology for the use of quartz glass for long-term storage. First of all, the idea of using quartz…

Recently TikTok's popularity has exploded worldwide, and so has scrutiny over the app's parent company ByteDance and its relationship to the Chinese government.Now Reuters reports that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has opened a national security review of the company, because it had not sought approval to…

After several rumors suggesting this purchase, it seems that Google has come forward and acquired the popular wearables company Fitbit for an amount of $2.1 billion.By acquiring Fitbit, Google poses as a possible threat to Apple's smart watch market monopoly, as the industry's weight investment may signal that the internet giant intends to…

Private aerospace company SpaceX plans to begin providing its customers with the service of broadband Internet access using its satellite constellation Starlink in mid-2020, writes the resource SpaceNews.SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, Gwynne Shotwell, said during a media roundtable in Washington, DC, that to launch the…