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14 votes
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Where NS records show up in DNS replies depends on who you ask
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Funding shortfall for new tech endangers rural cell service, US FCC says
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The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet going
21 votes -
We need to rewild the internet
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Internet outage hits several African countries as undersea cables fail
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AT&T widespread cell phone outage in US
27 votes -
Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start” but concealed from lawyers and judges
104 votes -
What we discovered on ‘Deep YouTube’ – The video site isn’t just a platform. It’s infrastructure.
33 votes -
The hidden world of undersea cables
15 votes -
All cops are broadcasting. TETRA unlocked after decades in the shadows.
26 votes -
Cost of internet connection (monthly average) in various countries
29 votes -
A new internet standard called L4S could significantly lower the amount of time we spend waiting for things to load
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TikTok pledges €12B European investment over ten years as work on Norwegian data center begins
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4G networks - does SMS and standard voice calls still work if 3G/2G networks are shutting down?
Hey all, Over here in Australia (imagine in USA and a few other countries), the 3G/2G mobile networks are being shutdown. My carrier Vodafone is gradually shutting its down with Dec 15th 2023...
Hey all,
Over here in Australia (imagine in USA and a few other countries), the 3G/2G mobile networks are being shutdown. My carrier Vodafone is gradually shutting its down with Dec 15th 2023 being the final closure date. The 4G network will have VolTE but my device (LG V20) does not appear to support VolTE nor does it look like i can update the firmware easily (if at all) to do so.
Anyone else have this issue with their phone? (i realise it will be older ones)
Question about VolTE though - will sms and standard voice calling still work on 4G on my device or similar devices without VolTE ?.
thanks
Nig24 votes -
The costs of not investing in American public infrastructure, research, and education
29 votes -
The movement for affordable, community-led broadband: Grassroots organizations like NYC Mesh want to close the digital divide, one rooftop at a time
20 votes -
Thames Water is considering measures to cut down the water used by some UK datacenters, including fitting flow restrictors or charging operators more at peak times
16 votes -
The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives
41 votes -
Why the floppy disk just won't die
61 votes -
Where do you see the future of IT going?
So, what's the hottest new thing in IT today, what's that coolest new tech which might prove to be a goldmine some years down the line? The way PCs, websites, databases, programming languages,...
So, what's the hottest new thing in IT today, what's that coolest new tech which might prove to be a goldmine some years down the line? The way PCs, websites, databases, programming languages, etc. used to be in the 90s or mobile computing used to be in 00s? Early 00s gave us many a goodies in terms of open source innovations, be it Web Technologies, Linux advancement and propagation through the masses or FOSS software like Wordpress and Drupal, or even the general attitude and awareness about FOSS. Bitcoin also deserves a notable mention here, whether you love it or hate it.
But today, I think IT no longer has that spark it once had. People keep mulling around AI, ML and Data Science but these are still decades old concepts, and whatever number crunching or coding the engineers are doing somehow doesn't seem to reach the masses? People get so enthusiastic about ChatGPT, but at the end of the day it's just another software like a zillion others. I deem it at par with something like Wordpress, probably even lesser. I'm yet to see any major adoption or industry usage for it.
Is it the case that IT has reached some kind of saturation point? Everything that could have been innovated, at least the low hanging fruits, has already been innovated? What do you think about this?
13 votes