Telecoms.com
Seven privacy groups are filing a complaint against Google relating to privacy, suggesting that location tracking can show personal details.
TechCrunch
Continuing its move into artificial intelligence, Microsoft is acquiring Xoxco, a software developer with a focus on bot design.
TechCrunch
Starship Technologies’ on-demand package delivery services is in the works, which will use its mobile app to notify a customer when a package is available for delivery by robot.
TechRadar
LG could have some new wearables on the way based on several patents. The company has patented five watch faces, all recently published.
TechCrunch
Ohio businesses can pay their taxes in bitcoin starting next week, as first reported by “The Wall Street Journal.”
Mobile World Live
Verizon has started installing standards-based 5G equipment in advance of the mobile service launch next year, according to Bill Stone, vice president of technology development and planning at Verizon.
Telecoms.com
Besides predicting that 70% of the world’s population will be on mobile internet, the GSMA is also forecasting that 5G networks will each 40% of the world population by 2025.
The Verge
Google has introduced support for Apple Siri Shortcuts, so that the phrase “Hey Google” can trigger the Assistant app.
Forbes
Kroger and Ocado are planning a $55 million automated robot warehouse in Monroe, Ohio, creating more than 400 new jobs, the retailers announced.
Telecoms.com
What looked like an offer too good to be true turned out to be an apparent raffle by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, which attributed the miscue to a translation error in the marketing message.