RCN Chicago rebranding as Astound Broadband, joining co-owned regional cable providers under national banner
There's a new name in Chicago cable.
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Making the internet more energy efficient through systemic optimization
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, recently completed a five-year research project to make fiber optic communications systems more energy efficient. Among their proposals are smart, error-correcting ...
Feb 13, 2020
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Microsoft announces retirement of Internet Explorer
Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari.
May 21, 2021
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Signal processing algorithms improve turbulence in free-space optic tests
New signal-processing algorithms have been shown to mitigate the impact of turbulence in free-space optical experiments, potentially bringing "free space" internet a step closer to reality.
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A novel strategy for quickly identifying twitter trolls
Two algorithms that account for distinctive use of repeated words and word pairs require as few as 50 tweets to accurately distinguish deceptive "troll" messages from those posted by public figures. Sergei Monakhov of Friedrich ...
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WhatsApp flaw let spies take control with calls alone (Update)
Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of targeted phones without any user interaction.
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Researcher uses machine learning to identify mood swings through social media
Researchers showed long ago that artificial intelligence models could identify a person's basic psychological traits from their digital footprints in social media.
Jan 28, 2021
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Google AI research scientist announces Dataset Search
Google, from Day One, got big by getting into the business of finding information. Years later, Google is talking serious business about datasets. Google is launching a new search engine to help scientists find the datasets ...
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New platform acts as a gatekeeper to ensure web services adhere to a user's custom data restrictions
A new platform developed by MIT and Harvard University researchers ensures that web services adhere to users' preferences on how their data are stored and shared in the cloud.
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Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency with 'Libra' coin
Facebook unveiled plans Tuesday for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to deliver a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones and could bring over a billion "unbanked" people into the financial system.
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