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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson words on Huawei ban
Talking about the pressure from the United States, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday that those opposing Huawei’s products and technology must come up with an “alternative” solution.
“The British public deserves to have access to the best possible technology,” said Johnson. “We want to put in gigabit broadband for everybody. Now if people oppose one brand or another then they have to tell us what’s the alternative,” he told the BBC Breakfast program.
“On the other hand, let’s be clear, I don’t want, as the UK prime minister, to put in any infrastructure that is going to prejudice our national security or our ability to cooperate with Five Eyes intelligence partners,” he added in reference to the shared intelligence network between the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
A US delegation led by Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger met with senior British officials in London on Monday and warned the UK government it “would be madness” to adopt Huawei’s technology in UK’s 5G network.
It is being seen as the latest effort by US President Donald Trump’s administration to lobby the British government as it is expected to make a decision on Huawei in its future 5G network within this month, according to a BBC report.
Andrew Parker, head of Britain’s intelligence service MI5, said the UK adopting Huawei would not affect its intelligence relationships with the other Five Eyes members.
Asked whether he felt that the UK would lose out on security ties if the government continued with Huawei, Parker said he has “no reason today to think that”. “Perhaps the thing that needs more focus and more discussion is how do we get to a future where there’s a wider range of competition and a wider range of sovereign choices than defaulting to a yes or no about Chinese technology,” Parker said.
At present, four main mobile network operators in Britain — Vodafone, BT, EE and Three — are using Huawei products to launch their 5G services, while limiting Huawei in “core” parts of their networks including with customer information and communication routes.
Last year, due to trade tensions between the US and China, the US banned companies from selling supporting components and technology to Huawei, citing national security risks.
Washington’s pressure on London over Huawei comes as a long-awaited phase-one part of a trade deal between China and the US has been reached. The deal is expected to be inked later this month in the US.
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Huawei Sound X4 smart speaker is now available on Huawei Mall
Huawei Sound X4 smart speaker was launched on Huawei Mall, and full pre-sale started on the same day, and the first sale of the new product started at 20:00 on October 31.
The smart speaker is available in two colors: Rhythmic Black and Dynamic White, priced at 2199 yuan and 2599 yuan respectively.
The speaker contains eight units, including 1 woofer, 4 mid-range speakers, 1 tweeter and 2 passive radiators . Officials said that the high, medium and low frequency units work within their respective frequency response ranges, giving full play to the advantages of each unit. A HUAWEI Sound X4 can bring “symphony orchestra-like” sound effects.
The speaker has obtained Hi-Res high-definition sound quality certification, which can provide more sound details and also perceive the spatial sense of the sound. Its subwoofer has a power of 50W and is also equipped with 2 passive radiators. The low frequency dives to 36Hz and has a 25mm stroke.
In addition, its high-frequency unit has a power of 3W and the mid-frequency unit has a power of 5W, and they use pure titanium diaphragm and self-developed mica fiber diaphragm respectively.
The speaker is equipped with Huawei SOUND bass enhancement algorithm, which can actively control the vibration of the speaker, reduce distortion, improve the transient response of low frequency, and achieve deep and powerful low frequency performance. It adopts Sym-Pole mirror design to offset vibration noise and bring rich bass.
In addition, it supports control methods such as one-touch, one-cover, and two-tap, which can respectively complete operations such as lighting, muting, and turning off the lights. The speaker also supports intelligent recognition of spatial structure, emitting sound waves to detect the room structure and receiving feedback, and can automatically match the sound effect scheme in the spatial scene.
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Huawei GoPaint app to get HarmonyOS NEXT system support in Q1 2025
Huawei’s GoPaint App was released in May this year and officially launched in August this year. The App is a digital painting software provided by Huawei. Yesterday, the app was newly adapted to 4 tablets including the MatePad Pro 11-inch 2022 model.
A user recently asked in the community for the app compatibility and support replied that “This function is expected to be supported in the first quarter of 2025.”
According to reports, the official version of GoPaint App has over 150 preset brushes, more than 80 brush parameters that can be adjusted, and fluid brushes that can restore the real pen-and-paper rendering effect. At the same time, new realistic canvas styles have been added, including watercolor, ink, oil painting, rock color, etc.
The official version of GoPaint App also has Fangtian Painting Engine 2.0 built in, supports 100+ 6K high-definition layers and 8K ultra-large canvas, and is the first to use a floating splash brush, which can splash ink by double-clicking the pen.
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Huawei Pura 70 lineup September 2024 update rolling out
Huawei has now started rolling out the September 2024 security patch update to the Pura 70 lineup in Europe.
Huawei Pura 70 lineup
LIST OF CHANGES
[SYSTEM]
Improves system stability in certain situations.
[SECURITY]
Integrates security patches released in September 2024 for improved system security.
UPDATE NOTES
Updating will not delete your personal information, but we recommend that you back up important data before updating.
If you encounter any problems during the update, please call the Huawei customer hotline or visit a Huawei customer service center.
The update package will be automatically deleted after the update is complete.