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Passengers on flights within the European Union (EU) will soon be allowed to use mobile phones without enabling aeroplane mode.The European Commission has ruled that airlines can provide 5G technology onboard in addition to allowing mobile data.This should mean passengers are exempt from using flight mode on phones, although details on how this will work have not been released.The changes will mean travellers can make phone calls, text and stream videos.Why do passengers have to enable aeroplane mode on flights?Air passengers in the EU are currently requested to turn off mobile phones or enable flight mode for the whole journey.This…

This article is an on-site version of our Trade Secrets newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every MondayWelcome to Trade Secrets. As far as I can tell, the big Macron-Biden love-in last week boiled down to Biden saying “Congress had no idea what they were doing with those electric vehicle subsidies, sorry about that, we’ll punch some holes in the law” and Macron saying “Très gentil, but we’d better start splurging on our own green handouts just in case”. Then a lot of smiles, something about baguettes, and the EV subsidies race is…

Facepalm: Like any other modern operating system, Android’s design employs a “privilege” based model. Such model is enforced by digital certificates, and it can become quite troublesome when the certificates are compromised somehow. An undefined number of Platform digital certificates for Android were compromised by cyber-criminals and have been used to sign malware. First disclosed in November, the issue seems to be resolved now thanks to the aforementioned certificates’ revocation, but the risk still persists as attackers will continue to go after this type of access. As originally explained on Chromium’s bug tracking platform, a Platform certificate is the application…

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The fifth symposium on Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and green industrialisation, and the seventh Africa Economic Zones Organisation (AEZO) annual meeting were organised by the AU Commission and AEZO. The symposium was themed ‘African Special Economic Zones: Engine for Resilience and Accelerator for Sustainable Industrial Value Chain Development’. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who chaired the gathering, urged participants to critically examine the factors inhibiting the growth of free zones in Africa and come up with appropriate measures to address these challenges. WorldNewsIntel

France’s former leader Nicolas Sarkozy today begins his appeal against a corruption conviction.Last year, a court found Sarkozy — who served as France’s president from 2007 to 2012 — guilty of trying to bribe a judge and influence peddling during his time in office.  “Influence peddling”, also called “traffic of influence” or “trading in influence”, is the practice of using one’s influence in government or any position of authority to obtain preferential treatment for another, usually in return for a payment. The trial referred back to Sarkozy’s and his lawyer’s alleged attempts to bribe a judge with a job offer…

Music Box Films has acquired the North American rights to Morrisa Maltz’s  “The Unknown Country,” a press release announced. “Certain Women” actress Lily Gladstone stars as Tana, a bereaved young woman embarking on a solitary odyssey through the American Midwest towards the Texas-Mexico border. Upon receiving a last-minute invitation to her cousin’s wedding, Tana sets off on an impromptu road trip from Minneapolis to Spearfish, South Dakota. Set against the backdrop of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, she must negotiate the complex political zeitgeist in the fallout of Trump’s victory while moving through an “increasingly surreal” natural landscape, per the film’s…

Fresh fruit importer, IG International, has collaborated with Fyllo (an AI, ML, IoT-driven SaaS-based precision agriculture company) to produce quality fruits with precision farming. Under the alliance Fyllo would facilitate the integration of IG International’s corporate farms across the country with the latest technology called ‘Nero’, which is a soil analysis and irrigation management device. This would lead IG International towards a data-driven and real-time approach, in its efforts to cultivate supreme batches of fruits , a statement said.Fyllo’s data-driven agri-science platform fabricates real-time farm data and insights, which eventually helps farmers/ growers take precise decisions and increase productivity, it…

New Zealand-listed primary care provider Green Cross Health is moving towards virtual care with the launch of its new consumer health app. WHAT IT DOES According to a media release, The Doctors app allows users to seamlessly connect with their GPs. It also provides access to their health summary and allows booking appointments, requesting repeat prescriptions, messaging their primary care team, and attending virtual consultations. Webtools CEO Harry Hawke added that the app comes with native iOS and Android integrations, including biometrics for authentication, accessibility features, and calendar integration.  The app is powered by Centrik, the connected care platform of…

With summer over, many employers are trying to get their staff to return to the office to pre-pandemic levels or at least part-time.Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two and a half years ago, companies have embraced the working from home or hybrid work model.But some employers, such as Tesla boss Elon Musk, are demanding that their workers return to the office at least 40 hours per week.Other companies, such as Apple, are trying to persuade their employees to return to their desks three days a week.The problem is the majority of staff do not want to…