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Online election reflections
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ISS heads to court over collective agreement extension
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Microplastics carry pathogens into the sea
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Data privacy now an imperative for consumers
Technology is a force for positive change in our lives. But the more we depend on it, the more we generate data — a lot of data. That's why data privacy has become such a critical issue. Increasingly, customers demand it, governments enforce it, and smart...
Call for faster global action on digital development
The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development met in Kigali, Rwanda, this weekend to pinpoint new actions that can drive faster progress towards universal meaningful access to digital networks and services. The high-level advocacy group came together for its...
6G experimental trials underway planned
NEC will collaborate with NTT Docomo and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) on 6th generation mobile communication system (6G) experimental trials. 6G will require dramatic advances in communications technology to achieve 10 to 100 times higher speeds and capacities...
Data centre switch sales on upward trajectory
According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries, g Global data centre switch sales grew robustly in 1Q 2022, reaching the second-highest...
Beam-steering could take mobile beyond 5G
Birmingham scientists have revealed a new beam-steering antenna that increases the efficiency of data transmission for 'beyond 5G' - and potentially opens up a range of frequencies for mobile communications that are inaccessible to currently used technologies....
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