Do you have an old cellphone? Read this, you may lose service
Larry Miller admits he's not too techy.
Jan 12, 2022
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News tagged with mobile phone network
Telecom
Security gap allows eavesdropping on mobile phone calls
Calls via the LTE mobile network, also known as 4G, are encrypted and should therefore be tap-proof. However, researchers from the Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security (HGI) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have shown that this ...
Aug 12, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Remember 3G? It's going away as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shift to 5G. What to know about 3G shutdown
In 2002, Verizon was the first to launch a 3G network in the U.S., during a time when the BlackBerry was the top smartphone to own and we were five years away from the arrival of the iPhone.
Oct 25, 2021
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Computer Sciences
A novel framework for smooth avatar-user synchronization in the metaverse
Mobile phones, smartwatches and earbuds are some gadgets that we carry around without much thought. The increasingly digitized world sees a shrinking gap between human and technology, and many researchers and companies are ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Tackling 5G-based mobile computing and cloud computing security concerns head-on
In a June 2019 report, telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson predicted that there will be 8.3 billion mobile broadband subscriptions by the end of 2024, which translates to 95 percent of all subscriptions by then. ...
Mar 2, 2020
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Telecom
Vodafone, Nokia are tech partners for 4G network on the moon
This is not a prank post, and, yes, April Fools is still many weeks away. With that out of the way, it can be reported that the moon will get a mobile phone network.
Telecom
AI can accelerate the development of the 5G network
Developers of the 5G mobile network can now get help from artificial intelligence (AI). A thesis from Umeå University shows new machine learning methods that provide faster troubleshooting and better understanding of the ...
May 23, 2023
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Telecom
Flaws in 4G, 5G networks could let hackers intercept calls, track location
Newly discovered vulnerabilities in 4G and 5G networks could be used to intercept phone calls and track users' locations, according to researchers at Purdue University and the University of Iowa.
Feb 27, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Why you don't need a 5G phone just yet
No 5G iPhone? No problem. You probably don't want one anyway.
Sep 20, 2019
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Telecom
Here's the real reason to turn on airplane mode when you fly
We all know the routine by heart: "Please ensure your seats are in the upright position, tray tables stowed, window shades are up, laptops are stored in the overhead bins and electronic devices are set to flight mode."
Sep 20, 2022
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