Monthly Archives: August 2022

Oppo and OnePlus phones taken off sale in Germany in Nokia patent dispute

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo and its OnePlus sub-brand have withdrawn their devices from sale in Germany after losing a legal battle with Nokia over alleged patent infringements. Nokia accused the two vendors of using its 4G and 5G innovations in their mobile phones without a licence, and successfully argued for a sales injunction in Mannheim…

Windows 11 users with the latest CPUs at risk of losing their data

Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 users whose devices run on some of the newest processors are at risk of losing their data, Microsoft has warned. “Windows devices that support the newest Vector Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (VAES) instruction set might be susceptible to data damage,” the company said in its warning. It was explained…

Russian state-owned airline Aeroflot is stripping parts from working planes because of a spares shortage, report says

Aeroflot is reportedly stripping parts from some of its Western-made aircraft. Media_works/Shutterstock Russian airlines have begun stripping aircraft for spares amid a parts shortage, Reuters reported. State-owned Aeroflot is stripping parts from some Boeing and Airbus jets, a source told Reuters. Sanctions mean Russian airlines are struggling to buy parts to service Western-built planes. Russian…

Trump mused about his ‘strange day’ while calling into a tele-rally for Sarah Palin hours after the FBI raid: ‘Another day in paradise’

Former President Donald Trump campaigns for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at a rally in Anchorage, Alaska on July 9, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home was raided by FBI agents on Monday afternoon. Just hours later, he called into a tele-rally for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s House campaign. “Another day in paradise….

3 things too many people don’t know about PSLF, according to an expert who will be forgiven $132,000 of student loans

Debt expert Nika Booth. Ashleigh Bing PSLF has rejected 98% of eligible applicants. Missing paperwork is one of the most common reasons people are rejected. Debt expert Nika Booth says borrowers need to know the terms ‘waiver’ and ‘recertification’ to maximize forgiveness. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program was implemented in 2017 to help government…

Kyrsten Sinema stuck her neck out twice to hand rich investors big wins in Democrats’ climate and tax bill

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) arrives for a vote at the U.S. Capitol August 4, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Rich investors can thank Sinema for some wins in the Democratic climate and tax bill. She intervened twice over the span of a week in ways that benefited private equity. Sinema secured changes to…

The Banking Digital Trust Report 2021 Preview

Our second annual Banking Digital Trust survey polled digital banking users of the 10 largest US banks on which factors across six key dimensions—Security, Privacy, Reputation, Reliability, Ease of Use, and Feature Breadth—most influence their level of trust in their banks’ digital channels. We then asked respondents to rate their banks across each dimension to…