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Softbank plans to charge electronic gadgets using 5G antennas
2021-11-08 19:59

Japanese tech giant SoftBank plans to trial wireless charging of smartwatches and earbuds using power transmitted through 5G antennas. The small electronics will be charged automatically as soon as the wearer comes close to a mobile 5G station, and the charging will continue for as long as they're in range.

Juniper Networks joins Softbank 5G Consortium to accelerate the adoption of 5G solutions
2021-08-04 23:15

Juniper Networks announced that it has joined the Softbank 5G Consortium established by Softbank Corp. as a founding member, having been named as a 5G-related partner. As long-time partners, Juniper Networks and Softbank have journeyed and grown together over the years into the 5G era.

SoftBank invested 'almost nothing' in Pepper robot security, creating huge business risk
2018-05-29 13:15

Researchers claim that Pepper was commercialized before it was ready, and that 'the manufacturer extensively neglected any sort of security assessments.'

Softbank's 'Pepper' robot is a security joke
2018-05-29 00:29

Big-in-Japan 'bot offers root access through hard-coded password and worse bugs too Softbank's popular anthropomorphic robot, Pepper, has myriad security holes according to research published by...