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• Revised plans for South Kensington station redevelopment submitted

  18-08-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The architects and developers seeking to build housing and refurbish some of the existing buildings around South Kensington station have submitted the latest round of amendments to the council.
  The previous plans were, grudgingly, going to be approved by the council, but the developer, Native Land asked for a hold on the planning approval to come back and address some of the concerns that had been raised.
  The architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have now submitted the revised amendments t
  
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• Millions of T-Mobile customers’ data leaked in ‘sophisticated cyber attack’

  18-08-2021 15:46
  ‘Unauthorised individuals’ accessed names and other personal information of 50m current and former users
  
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• Comcast and ViacomCBS launch SkyShowtime streaming service in Europe but not UK

  18-08-2021 15:19
  
  Much of Europe will have yet another US subscription video on demand service available after comms giants Comcast and ViacomCBS decided to pool their content.
  SkyShowtime presumably gets is name from the two brands the companies think will mean most to European consumers. It will offer up SVoD from Showtime, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Paramount+ Originals, Sky Studios, Universal Pictures, and Peacock to lucky punters in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep
  
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• Telcos ask for loophole in OECD’s anti-tax-loophole rules

  18-08-2021 15:12
  
  Two of the telecoms industry’s biggest lobby groups have called for their members to be exempt from upcoming rules designed to curb tax avoidance by multinational tech firms.
  The proposed legislation, drawn up by the OECD/G20 is called the Inclusive Framework (IF) on BEPS. BEPS stands for base erosion and profit shifting; it refers to the practice of multinationals – most notably big tech firms – exploiting mismatches in tax rules between different countries by allocating profi
  
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• Afghan debacle once more exposes the incoherence of social media censorship

  18-08-2021 13:57
  
  Social media companies have come under pressure to censor accounts linked to the Taliban, but there seem to be no clear guidelines or public policy.
  Political censorship of social media became endemic last year as the Covid pandemic hit and the US general election approached. It coincides with an era of extreme partisanship, in which almost everything has become politicised and thus subject to censorship. The latest focus of US establishment censors is the Taliban, who effortlessly retook contro
  
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• Uncarrier T-Mobile unable to protect customer data

  18-08-2021 13:04
  
  US operator T-Mobile has confirmed that a hacker has accessed nearly 50 million customer records.
  The self-styled Uncarrier revealed late on Tuesday that 7.8 million current postpaid customers are affected, as are more than 40 million former and prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with T-Mobile.
  The data accessed is a treasure trove for identity thieves. It includes first and last names, date of birth, social security number (SSN) and driver’s licence/ID information
  
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• An exhibition about a “Generous Dentist”

  18-08-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An unusual dentist is the topic of an exhibition at Freemasons Hall, as this was a dentist who was also a philanthropist. Born in Italy, Bartholomew Ruspini settled in London in the 1750s and brought with him knowledge of dental treatments that were unknown in the UK at the time.
  He was rather good at treating toothaches at a time when that was a rare skill and often invented his own treatments. After using a personally developed treatment for bleeding to save the life of the Prince of Wales, he
  
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• TfL fares could rise by nearly 5% next year

  18-08-2021 11:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The cost of transport in London could rise by 4.8 per cent next year as it’s tied to the July Retail Price Index that was announced this morning.
  The annual rise in retail prices has come in at 3.8 per cent, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics, and there is a pre-existing condition that TfL fares will need to rise by 1 per cent above the RPI figure.
  That sets the fare rises for TfL for next year to be 4.8%, if the policy is maintained as it’s currently
  
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• Boku launches M1ST, the world's largest mobile payments network

  18-08-2021 10:00
  
  M1ST is the largest mobile payments network in the world, reaching 5.7 billion payment accounts in 90 countries through 330+ mobile payment methods Through M1ST, merchants can quickly and securely accept mobile wallets, real-time payments and carrier billing through a single API integration London, 18th August, 2021: Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) today announced the launch of the M1ST (aka Mobile First), the world’s largest mobile payments network. The M1ST Payments Network features an unrivalled
  
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• Photos from the roof of the Leadenhall Market

  18-08-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You think you know the famous Victorian market in the City of London, with its ornate decoration, but there’s a hidden side to this decorative gem.In this, the market’s 700th anniversary year, there was a chance to see the market from a very different perspective — from the rooftop.Access to the roof is only possible through a secured window in an office, which we climbed through on a ladder and up here it’s a very different world. Narrow walkways lined with drains from t
  
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• Telefonica and Aerial launch Remote Care pilot

  18-08-2021 02:00
  Telefónica, the Canadian company Aerial, and the municipality of Luciana have launched their first ‘Remote Care’ pilot project. The test, involving senior participants, is taking place in the aforementioned municipality located 39 kilometers from Ciudad Real, Spain.The elderly selected to participate in this pioneering initiative are women who live alone, aged between 75 and 93, who suffer from various pathologies that affect their mobility, cognitive system, or emotional sta
  
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• Scottish govt retenders WAN contracts worth £350m

  18-08-2021 02:00
  Over a decade ago, in 2010, reports suggested that the Scottish public sector was lagging when it came to ICT, recommending that the country adopt an overarching national ICT strategy. By 2012, the government had responded, announcing the creation of SWAN, a major connectivity initiative&nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Scottish govt retenders WAN contract worth £350m

  18-08-2021 02:00
  Over a decade ago, in 2010, reports suggested that the Scottish public sector was lagging when it came to ICT, recommending that the country adopt an overarching national ICT strategy. By 2012, the government had responded, announcing the creation of SWAN, a major connectivity initiative&nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Qualcomm launches 5G drone platform

  18-08-2021 02:00
  Earlier this year, Qualcomm celebrated a major technical milestone when their technology played a key role in the Ingenuity helicopter taking flight on the surface of Mars for the first time. In a company blog post at the time, Qualcomm explained how they had overcome major challenges in helping the drone fly autonomously on the Red Planet, from reducing power consumption to operating a device around 390…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AT&T partner University of Tennessee for 5G and edge research

  18-08-2021 02:00
  A new agreement between AT&T and the University of Tennessee (UT) will see the US telecoms giant install a 5G network and testbed at the university’s Knoxville campus. The private network will be used for research and development, focussing primarily on mmWave and multi-access edge computing (MEC) applications. The university says the deployment should greatly enhance their research capabilities and create opportunities to overcome real…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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