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Cisco-challenge winners use AI, IoT to tackle global problems
An IoT-enabled system for transporting dairy products earned its designers the top prize in a competition run by Cisco. The...
Read moreBalloon-powered internet service goes live in Kenya
ISP Telkom Kenya is launching the first commercially available 4G LTE service using balloons that act as a network of...
Read moreKey Takeaways from Cisco’s Annual Internet Report
By 2023, two-thirds of the world’s population will have Internet access—that’s 5.3 billion total Internet users, compared to 3.9 billion...
Read moreSatellite-based internet possible soon, says SpaceX
With SpaceX’s successful launch of an initial array of broadband-internet-carrying satellites last week, and Amazon’s surprising posting of numerous satellite...
Read moreUnicode update lets you say ‘spider,’ ‘dark glasses’ in pictures
Unicode, the character-encoding standard that underpins a vast amount of the Internet and many computing applications, has been updated to...
Read moreDropbox learns Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Thai in international expansion
Dropbox launched Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Thai versions of its application and clients, as the company seeks to grow the...
Read moreGoogle hit with new antitrust complaint in Europe, officials confirm
Google has been hit with yet another antitrust complaint in Europe, this time for alleged anticompetitive behavior in the app...
Read moreFacebook takes aim at Snapchat with new Slingshot app
Facebook has launched a new photo- and video-sharing app called Slingshot that’s aimed squarely at popular cool-kid Snapchat.Slingshot lets users...
Read moreWill full encryption sideline Google’s targeted ads?
Mining personal data to deliver targeted ads is the lifeblood of Google’s business—and of many other online firms. But what...
Read moreHouse committee approves permanent Internet tax moratorium
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has approved a bill that would permanently extend a moratorium on broadband access and...
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