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• China Mobile and Huawei Complete IT Transformation Through DevOps

  27-10-2023 16:55
  With the continuous application of cloud computing technology in various industries, private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid cloud gradually become the core infrastructure of enterprises. The development of cloud computing reaches a new inflection point.
  In cloud-native mode, the system architecture is fast, flexible, elastic, and scalable. However, it also brings challenges such as the increasing complexity of system development and delivery; as well as results in high requirements for developm
  
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• London’s outdoor ice skating rinks for winter 2023-2024

  27-10-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Winter is coming, and so are the pop-up ice rinks that populate the city each winter offering people opportunities to repeatedly fall over and go home with sore bums and dented pride.
  Queen’s House ice skating (c) Royal Museums Greenwich
  List of venues by date they are opening…21st October
   Canary Wharf
  4th November
   Mayfair – Skate West End
  10th November
   Battersea Power Station
  10th November
   Shepherds Bush – Westfield West London
  11th November
  Wapp
  
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• US operators disagree over spectrum ownership limits

  27-10-2023 13:26
  AT&T, T-Mobile and Dish have all expressed views that there should be changes to the rules on how much spectrum one operator can own – but differ in their estimations of what’s fair.
  As reported by Light Reading, US regulator the FCC is now looking into the matter of how much midband spectrum – which is more widely accessible for general 5G usage than the faster but shorter ranged mmWave – operators can accumulate. This was seemingly prompted by complaints AT&T ha
  
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• Huawei announces a major rebound in profitability

  27-10-2023 13:14
  Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei has trickled out a couple of quarterly numbers that suggest it’s rebounding from the effect of US sanctions.
  Huawei tends to offer the bare minimum of data in its quarterly updates, which is fair enough since it’s a private company but still makes meaningful analysis a bit tricky. We’re told that for the first three years of 2023 Huawei generated CNY456.6 billion in revenue, which represented a 2.4% annual increase.
  The only other data point offer
  
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• Replica Aldgate East tube station spotted in Grimsby for Netflix filming

  27-10-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Part of the London Underground has been spotted in Grimsby, as the port was transformed into 1940s London for filming the Netflix sci-fi series Bodies.
  Aldgate East tube station in Grimsby (c) Associated British Ports
  The port was taken over for filming for a month last year as the location saw the transformation of one building into Aldgate East tube station, while other buildings were also transformed into period shops and houses.
  The eight-part series follows four detectives across different
  
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• London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks tickets go on sale next week

  27-10-2023 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The annual New Year’s Eve fireworks at the London Eye will take place this year, and tickets will go on sale on Friday 3rd November at noon.
  Photo by Kevin Hackert on UnsplashHowever, ticket costs are rising this year, to £20 per person.
  When the charge was introduced in 2014, it was set at just £10 and was unchanged until 2019. After the pandemic, the price rose to £15 in 2021 and 2022. Now it’s £20 per person.
  When tickets go on sale next Friday (3rd Nov), y
  
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• Historic England creating an online map of the ‘Ghost Signs’ found on buildings

  27-10-2023 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you’ve ever looked at the side of a building and seen a faded advert for a company long since closed down, then Historic England wants to hear from you as it is creating a map of Ghost Signs.
  Stoke Newington Church Street (c) Coralie Datta, Source Historic England Archive
  Ghost signs can come in many forms but typically they are historic hand-painted advertising signs, or old shop signs preserved on buildings which have since changed use.
  Historic England says that they hope an online m
  
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• Huawei set to drive Chinese smartphone market recovery

  27-10-2023 10:50
  China’s smartphone market is still in decline, but recovery is on the cards and will likely be driven by equipment heavyweight Huawei, according to new analyst data.
  Huawei again boosted its share of the domestic smartphone market in the third quarter of this year, continuing its steady climb towards the market’s top five, estimates from Canalys show. The vendor has had a boost from the launch of devices in its Mate series and the analyst firm expects it not only to continue this mom
  
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• UK insists on inviting China to AI get-together

  27-10-2023 10:38
  The UK government is pushing for a global response to the risks posed by AI at its upcoming AI Safety Summit.
  Controversially, that response includes China, which has been cast by the West as its adversary when it comes to matters of cyber defence and security, espionage, and technology development – including AI.
  “We’ve invited China,” said UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, in a speech at The Royal Society on Thursday.
  “I know there are some who will say they [China]
  
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• Ofcom takes charge of online safety in the UK

  27-10-2023 10:28
  The UK’s much-debated bill on online safety received Royal Assent on Thursday, putting it into law and granting new powers to telecoms regulator Ofcom.
  The Online Safety Act, as it is now known, puts the onus on social media platforms and the like to police potentially harmful content, including terrorism, pornography, content promoting self-harm.
  It has naturally proved divisive and has been discussed ad infinitum over the past couple of years. While proponents of the bill have talked up
  
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