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Google's 'moonshot factory' creates new internet with fingernail-sized chip that fires data around the world using light beamsGoogle X has introduced the Taara chip, a fingernail-sized invention that taps the "virtually limitless" potential of light-based internet connectivity.
By Owen Hughes Published
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Key to faster 6G speeds lies in letting new AI architecture take control, scientists sayScientists are developing AI models that analyze wireless traffic as a whole, making high-speed networks such as 6G more rapid and reliable for users of cell phones and other mobile devices.
By Roland Moore-Colyer Published
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Future wearable devices could draw power through your body using background 6G cellphone signalsExcess energy from wireless 6G networks could be harvested by a copper coil and the human body.
By Roland Moore-Colyer Published
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New navigation system uses cellphone signals to fly a plane in case GPS failsA safety net of balloon-mounted sensors listening for satellites and cell towers could save lives if an airplane's GPS signals were to get jammed or disrupted.
By Rory Bathgate Published
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How to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOSHere's a handy guide on how to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS.
By Jeanna Bryner Last updated
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Wireless data speeds hit 938 Gbps — a new record and 10,000 times faster than 5GScientists combined two existing wireless technologies — high-speed electronics and millimeter wave photonics — for the first time to achieve record-breaking wireless data transmission speeds.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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Quantum data beamed alongside 'classical' data in a single fiber-optic connection for the 1st timeScientists have transmitted quantum data and conventional internet data through the same fiber-optic channel for the first time.
By Owen Hughes Published
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'Absurdly fast' algorithm solves 70-year-old logjam — speeding up network traffic in areas from airline scheduling to the internetResearchers have devised an "absurdly fast" algorithm to solve the problem of finding the fastest flow through a network.
By Ben Turner Published
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Scientists achieve record-breaking 402 Tbps data transmission speeds — 1.6 million times faster than home broadbandScientists break data transmission rate world record for a second time this year — boosting fiber-optic speeds by 25% to a staggering 402 Tbps.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
