Increased internet traffic requires more security awareness
Unlike the suddenly quiet city streets, there is a lot more traffic on the information superhighway these days—and not all of it has your best interests at heart.
Apr 8, 2020
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Business
Switzerland's COVID-19 lockdown: 'Some networks are more crisis-resilient than others'
Matthias Finger, an EPFL professor of network industry management, does not foresee water and power supply problems in Switzerland, even with the country in lockdown. But internet access could prove more challenging.
Apr 7, 2020
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How to boost your internet speed when everyone is working from home
With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment. This has placed greater demand on our network infrastructure, ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Disney launches reduced-bandwidth streaming in 7 European countries
The Walt Disney Company said Tuesday that it had rolled out its Disney+ streaming service in seven European countries, but had reduced bandwidth—and hence output quality—because of the heavy demand on network infrastructure ...
Mar 24, 2020
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Business
Trump signs bill to help telecoms replace Huawei equipment
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill that provides $1 billion to help small telecom providers replace equipment made by China's Huawei and ZTE.
Mar 13, 2020
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Security
Ransomware attack on sheep farmers shows there's no room for woolly thinking in cyber security
While many Australians were preoccupied with panic-buying toilet paper, sales of another commodity encountered a very different sort of crisis.
Mar 6, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Simplified modelling of application and infrastructure
In recent years, the global market has seen a tremendous rise in utility computing, which serves as the back-end for practically any new technology, methodology or advancement in ICT, from healthcare to aerospace. The industry ...
Mar 3, 2020
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Fear of Big Brother guides EU rules on AI
Amid fears of a Big Brother-style society ruled by machines, the EU will urge authorities and companies to think hard before rolling out facial recognition technology.
Feb 17, 2020
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Create a WTO-equivalent to oversee the internet, recommends new report
The internet needs an international World Trade Organization (WTO)-style body to protect and grow it as one of the world's unique shared resources: a communications infrastructure that is open, free, safe and reliable, concludes ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Go local: How to keep the power on when disaster hits
Bushfires, storms and floods regularly leave thousands of Australian homes and businesses without power.
Feb 11, 2020
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. The term typically refers to the technical structures that support a society, such as roads, water supply, sewers, power grids, telecommunications, and so forth. Viewed functionally, infrastructure facilitates the production of goods and services; for example, roads enable the transport of raw materials to a factory, and also for the distribution of finished products to markets. In some contexts, the term may also include basic social services such as schools and hospitals . In military parlance, the term refers to the buildings and permanent installations necessary for the support, redeployment, and operation of military forces .
In this article, infrastructure will be used in the sense of technical structures or physical networks that support society, unless specified otherwise.
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