The Friday File: China challenger causes chaos, AI to sweep MWC

Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as breakthrough Chinese AI player DeepSeek made its mark, the GSMA tipped AI to take centre stage at the upcoming MWC, and Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile claimed a satellite video call first. Chinese AI model DeepSeek jolts industry What happened: Chinese AI startup … Leer más

AST SpaceMobile given FCC nod for D2D tests

AST SpaceMobile cleared a key regulatory hurdle for its direct-to-device (D2D) service after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted it a special temporary authority (STA) to test its satellite broadband network in the US. The FCC’s authorisation approved testing of satellite-to-device voice, data and video services and applications. The STA allows AST SpaceMobile to use … Leer más

WhatsApp hit by spyware attack

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp raised alarm after nearly 100 users were reportedly targeted by spyware owned by Israeli hacking software-maker Paragon Solutions. In a statement seen by various outlets, the company asserted Paragon’s spyware attempted to compromise devices owned by media personnel and members of civil society through WhatsApp, but did not specify details about … Leer más