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This week on Light Start, we’ve got drone deliveries, silent drivers, a new animated DC film, and the loss of a very cranky feline.

Google suspended business operations with Huawei effective immediately. Meaning Huawei’s phones won’t get future updates, access to the Google Play Store, Gmail, YouTube and other Google apps.

A survey found that consumers’ were very concerned about the protection of their data. As much as 64% of the participants know someone personally whose personal data has been misused. Unwanted marketing was common, suggesting that contact information which was meant to be kept private, had been shared with others.

HP recently unveiled the Omen X 2S, a dual-screen gaming laptop, and have confirmed that it’ll come to South Africa.

Call of Duty series is all about making as much cash for Activision’s shareholders as possible. Hence, all the microtransactions. And since Fortnight and PUBG have mobile versions, it was only a matter of time before Call of Duty Mobile appeared. 

In its race to be the first to market with a foldable smartphone Samsung forgot the far more attractive proposition of being the best. 

A German startup, Lilium has carried out a series of successful test flights, which puts ts automated, all-electric aircraft ahead in the race to be the first air-taxi provider.

Fujifilm South Africa recently revealed its brand new Innovation Centre based in Roodepoort, Johannesburg.

Research has shown that when computers were fitted with proximity sensors (which facilitate online security by automatically logging users out when they move away from the machine) users began placing cups over the sensors to disable them.

The Facebook CEO “controls three core communications platforms… that billions of people use every day” namely Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and has control of 60% of the voting stock. “I’m worried that Mark has surrounded himself with a team that reinforces his beliefs instead of challenging them.”