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Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption More expensive, high-frequency "millimetre wave" (mmWave) services provide faster speeds but are more controversial

A fight over access to radio-wave frequencies for 5G mobile data is coming to a head as officials decide how wavelengths should be allocated.

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Image copyrightPirveliImage caption The TV channel Pirveli's website was one of those affected

A huge cyber-attack has knocked out thousands of websites - as well as the national TV station - in the country of Georgia.

Court websites containing case materials and personal data have also been attacked.

In many

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A device used in a Samsung publicity campaign to send a selfie of the actress Cara Delevingne "into space" has crash-landed in Michigan, US.

A woman shared a photo of it on the grass in her garden on Facebook.

The idea was for people to upload their selfies to a website, where they would then be selected at random and returned

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Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The iPhone 5 was launched in 2012

Apple iPhone 5 users have been warned to update their software before the weekend or face losing access to the internet.

The technology giant said users who did not download iOS 10.3.4 by 3 November would be locked out of features that

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Fifty years on from first ATM, banks face another revolution
It's now 50 years since a curious new machine was installed at a bank in the Rockville Centre, New York. The device, known as an automated teller machine, or ATM for short, was a bold experiment. Celebrating the anniversary of America's first ATM, its inventor Donald Wetzel recalled his uphill battle to convince banks and customers that this was their future. The most common response when he pitched his innovation? 'Are you nuts?'
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Adrian Weckler: 'Hi 5? Not at the prices telcos are charging for next-gen data speeds'
Ireland's new mobile 5G packages are like the early days of multimedia text messages. Operators thought that customers would pay 50 cents per texted photo. But no one would.
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