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BBC will stop streaming shows in ultra HD to cut the strain on the UK’s internet

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BBC will stop streaming shows in ultra high definition as part of efforts to reduce strain on the internet, the British public service broadcaster said Thursday. “As a precautionary measure, we will no longer make programmes on BBC iPlayer available in Ultra High-Definition. We will keep the situation under review and are in contact with …

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Elegbeleye hails postponement of 20th National Sports Festival

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Gbenga Elegbeleye, a former Director-General of the defunct National Sports Commission (NSC), on Tuesday, commended organisers of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) for postponing the event following the outbreak of coronavirus. Elegbeleye said prioritising the health of athletes and officials by postponing the event was a step in the right direction. He said Nigeria …

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WhatsApp Hits Over Two Billion Users

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WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2014, has grown into one of the most-used services in the Facebook “family” of apps, offering free messaging along with voice and video calls. “Private conversations that once were only possible face-to-face can now take place across great distances through instant chats and video calling,” a WhatsApp blog post said. …

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Trump Imposes New Travel Ban On Nigeria, Five Other Countries

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President Donald Trump has imposed a new travel ban restricting immigration from Nigeria, and five other countries in an expansion of his administration’s policy blocking travel from certain nations. In line with the new policy, citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan won’t be allowed to apply for visas to immigrate to the U.S. According …

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Huawei wants the UK to follow China’s lead and adopt C-V2X cellular communications, but the EU may endorse DSRC wireless channels

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The development of connected cars is accelerating globally, but conflicts around communication standards could put the brakes on their deployment. Connected cars rely on vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems that transfer data between them and roadside infrastructure. There are two rival communication standards competing for this essential function: C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) and DSRC (digital short-range communications). DSRC …

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Why Wells Fargo plans to pilot its own cryptocurrency

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Wells Fargo & Company this week announced plans to pilot an internal settlement service using a homegrown cryptocurrency backed by fiat money, starting with the U.S. dollar. Wells Fargo Digital Cash, which will run on the bank’s first distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform based on the R3 Corda Enterprise blockchain specification, will enable internal book transfers of …

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Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the Insider Preview builds

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Microsoft never sleeps. Even before the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) started to roll out, the company began working on upcoming feature updates to Windows 10. As it did with version 1903, Microsoft has been releasing a series of public preview builds to members of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program. After years of using “Redstone” in its …

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Surface support shrivels as battery, driver, update problems persist

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Mark Hachman / IDG As Microsoft approaches another round of Surface announcements, it’s more important than ever that you know how older versions of the hybrid tablet are faring. In short, we’re seeing continued, long-standing problems with batteries, keyboards, drivers, performance throttling – and support has grown long in the tooth, to the point of …

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13+ things to try first when you upgrade to iOS 13

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Just in time for the iPhone 11, Apple today released iOS 13 (with a significant update planned later this month, when iOS 13.1 arrives). You should try these improvements first: Check out Apple Arcade This won’t do anything to boost your productivity, but it just might be fun. Apple surprised everyone when it soft-launched the gaming service to …

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