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Telecom
Scammers can slip fake texts into legitimate SMS threads. Will a government crackdown stop them?
Are you tired of receiving SMS scams pretending to be from Australia Post, the tax office, MyGov and banks? You're not alone. Each year, thousands of Australians fall victim to SMS scams. And losses have surged in recent ...
Mar 20, 2023
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Engineering
Scientists develop energy-saving, tunable meta-devices for high-precision, secure 6G communications
The future of wireless communications is set to take a giant leap with the advent of sixth-generation (6G) wireless technology. A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) invented a groundbreaking tunable terahertz ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Internet
Researchers test smart surfaces to improve wireless communication and localization
It's happened to anyone with a cell phone—dropped calls or dead air because suddenly there is no service available. Or worse, the location pin drops on the navigation app.
Mar 3, 2023
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Internet
Cyclone Gabrielle broke vital communication links when people needed them most—what happened and how do we fix it?
Modern communication systems need two main things: power, and what engineers call "backhaul", the connections that link cell towers and exchanges to the national network. When Cyclone Gabrielle struck, both were badly compromised.
Mar 3, 2023
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Internet
Starlink: SpaceX's new internet service could be a gamechanger in Africa
It's hard for many of us to imagine a world without instant, limitless internet access. Some have even argued that it should, alongside access to clean water and electricity, be considered a basic human right.
Mar 1, 2023
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Telecom
Underwater acoustic wireless communication using TCP/IP
Acoustic communication through water is well known in many species of sea creatures—whales, dolphins and other cetaceans, perhaps being the best known examples. But, crustaceans and fish also often communicate through water ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Engineering
Towards a new antenna paradigm with waveform-selective metasurfaces
When you tap on your phone screen to check something on the internet, you make use of wireless communications technology. With the advent of 5G networks, this technology has made our lives easier than we could imagine. As ...
Feb 28, 2023
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Business
Huawei dominates MWC mobile tech fair despite US sanctions
A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world's biggest wireless trade fair into an opportunity to show their muscle in the face of Huawei's blacklisting by Western nations concerned ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Business
Telecom firms aim to shrug off slump at annual get-together
Telecom companies will aim to put a positive spin on their current slump in fortunes when they gather in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Monday for the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), the biggest event in the industry's ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Business
Ericsson to cut 8,500 jobs worldwide
Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said Friday it would slash 8,500 jobs worldwide, part of a cost-cutting program as financial headwinds push operators to rein in spending.
Feb 24, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
New technology turns smartphones into RFID readers, saving costs and reducing waste
Imagine you can open your fridge, open an app on your phone and immediately know which items are expiring within a few days. This is one of the applications that a new technology developed by engineers at the University of ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Hardware
New receiver chip blocks signal interference that slows mobile device performance and drains batteries
Imagine sitting in a packed stadium for a pivotal football game—tens of thousands of people are using mobile phones at the same time, perhaps video chatting with friends or posting photos on social media. The radio frequency ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Engineering
New transmitter design for small satellite constellations improves signal transmission
A novel transmitter design proposed in a recent study could solve some of the challenges related to signal transmission in small satellite constellations used for space applications. Developed by Tokyo Tech researchers, the ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Improving the performance of satellites in low earth orbit
On-chip distributed radiation sensors and current-sharing techniques can be used to reduce the impact of radiation on the radio and power consumption of small satellites, respectively, as shown by scientists from Tokyo Tech. ...
Feb 21, 2023
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