Google IO 2020 is canceled: will we still hear about Android 11, Pixel 4a and more?

Google IO 2020 (the company’s annual developer conference) was still months away from its planned May 12-14 run, but Google has cancelled it out of concerns over the coronavirus. 

What that means for all the news we expected to hear about products like the Google Pixel 4a and software like Android 11 is uncertain. However, the show might go on in a

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E3 2020 isn't canceled yet, but coronavirus might change thatE3 2020 isn't canceled yet, but coronavirus might change that

Will there be an E3 2020? For now, it seems so, with event organizer ESA assuring attendees that the year's biggest gaming event in still going ahead.

Concerns have arisen over the coronavirus outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, and has led to various high-profile technology and entertainment events being cancelled or postponed – such as MWC 2020

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We're shunning smart speakers in favor of voice assistants on our phones

Do you have a smart speaker at home? Chances are you're not using it in the way companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google might have hoped. 

A study by Forrester Analytics' Consumer Technographics has found that more of us use smart assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant on our smartphones instead of speakers like the Amazon Echo, Google

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Dixons Carphone appoints new COO and CCO as overhaul continuesDixons Carphone appoints new COO and CCO as overhaul continues

The overhaul at Dixons Carphone continues with the promotion of Mark Allsop to Chief Operating Officer and the appointment of Ed Connolly as Chief Commercial Officer.

Allsop was recruited by the company late last year to head up a new consolidated technology that brought together IT, eCommerce, data management and security teams.

He was previously

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US senators urge UK rethink on Huawei and 5GUS senators urge UK rethink on Huawei and 5G

US senators have urged the UK to reconsider its decision to allow Huawei to play a role in the country’s rollout of 5G networks.

Huawei is a key supplier for all four major UK operators but its future role had been uncertain due to fears the use of its kit constituted a national security risk, a view pushed and shared by the US.

After a prolonged

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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways £500,000 for failing to protect customers' personal data.

The UK watchdog said the airline's computer systems had exposed details of 111,578 UK residents and a further 9.4 million people from other countries.

These included names, passport details, dates

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