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AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era
It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow.This article is brought to you by this site.
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FCC moves to end discounts for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity
The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the moves will make it more difficult […]
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5G is deployed, but it doesn’t always deliver faster connections than 4G
5G has been part of our lives and the market for several years, while the industry is already looking ahead to its successor, 6G. But can we say it is fully implemented?This article is brought […]
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Room-temperature terahertz device opens door to 6G networks
In a world first, researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have successfully developed a resonant tunnel diode (RTD) that operates at room temperature made entirely from Group IV semiconductor materials.This article is brought to you […]
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Advanced broadband optical signal filtering developed with chirped and tilted fiber Bragg grating
Optical signal transmission can be significantly improved by limiting the wavelength of transmitted signals. Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is a technique widely used in optical communication, sensing, and laser technologies for selectively blocking certain wavelengths […]
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Satellite connectivity on the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Google Pixel Watch 4 is ‘a feat of engineering,’ says expert
Apple’s unveiling of the latest batch of iPhones yesterday may have grabbed much of the attention, but the satellite messaging added to the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is an engineering marvel, says a Northeastern University […]
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Smartphones in cars offer new way to monitor city road conditions
Potholes could be a thing of the past, after a team of Monash engineers found a way to use smartphones to monitor roads—a cheaper, quicker alternative to Australia’s current road survey methods.This article is brought […]
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Commercial shipping likely cut Red Sea cables that disrupted internet access, experts say
A ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea that disrupted internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, experts said Tuesday, showing the lines’ vulnerability over a year after another incident severed them.This […]
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Musk’s SpaceX spends $17 billion to acquire spectrum licenses from EchoStar
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network.This article is brought to you by this site.
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Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident.This article is brought to you […]