The request to FCC would bring their total sats to 7,774. SpaceX has already launched 1,700 Starlink sats. The move would see a total of 65,000 stats. 06 November 2021 | Staff | MyBroadband...
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Burning Man 2021 Lives (Online)
BRCvr (Burning Man 2021) runs on Altspace from August 29 â September 7. To RSVP, go here. To create an account with Altspace, go here. Photo: The virtual playa of BRCvr 30 August 2021 | Eric...
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Actress Zhao Wei removed from Chinese ‘internet’
It is bizarrely easy for authorities to ‘remove’ material from the Chinese ‘internet.’ Offending material can disappear within seconds of being posted. Or, as in this case, retroactively. 30 August 2021 | EAMON BARRETT...
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One (or more) of 426 Submarine Cables enabled you to read this post
Photo: Screenshot HMN Technologies Submarine Cables As of early 2021, there are approximately 426 submarine cables in service around the world. These cables provide the internet connections that reach around the world. 16 August...
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So you wanna be an Influencer?
Photo: Shutterstock/GaudiLab It looks so easy, this working hard at hardly working influencer thing. But failure to follow the rules could mean the difference between millions of dollars and no genuine influence at all....
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Watch: Euronews ‘Witness’ (new series)
16 July 2021 | Euronews Euronews is pleased to announce the launch of Euronews WITNESS, a series that takes you inside the most burning crises and conflicts unfolding across Europe and around the world. Our...
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Hope Not Hate Report: Over 2,000 abusive posts directed towards England during games
Photo: Harry Kane (centre) and Raheem Sterling (front) have been two of the main targets for abuse. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters 27 June 2021 | Caelainn Barr, Paul MacInnes, Niamh McIntyre and Pamela Duncan | The Guardian Englandâs footballers have...
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Inside The Shady World Of Influencers Promoting Cryptocurrency
28 June 2021 | MATT BINDER | Mashable India Everyone knows Kim Kardashian, the influencer and reality TV show star, but do you know Kim Kardashian, the cryptocurrency advocate? Earlier this month, the billionaire...
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Winston Marshall: Why I’m leaving Mumford & Sons
24 June 2021 | WINSTON MARSHALL | Newsweek I loved those first tours. Bouncing off a sweaty stage in an Edinburgh catacomb we then had to get to a gig in Camden by lunch...
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No to soda pop, but $1m per Instagram post is okay?
Photo: Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) removed the Coca-Cola bottles from the press conference in front of him, before he claimed: ‘Drink water’. (Images: Twitter) Surely the act of replacing a bottle of Coke with a...
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Could a coffee mug of DNA one-day store all of the world’s data?
Most of the data we produce are stored in exabyte data centers. Could storing this data as DNA be an answer for the future? 10 June 2021 | Staff | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY...
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Chinaâs âsplinternetâ will create a state-controlled alternative cyberspace
Photo: One of the worldâs first exhibitions of blockchain art â Virtual Niche: Have You Ever Seen Memes in the Mirror? â was held in Beijing in March. Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Beijing is using blockchain...
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