Antarctic research data still leaves the continent physically, on hard drives ferried out by ship and plane “in suitcases full of hard drives.”
The Deco 7 Pro BE13000 is attractively priced on the hardware front, but a subscription is needed to enable many features of the mesh system.
To appease concerns about privacy, Wi-Fi Motion is opt-in
Subco CEO Bevan Slattery said that the Australian Federal Police should determine what caused the shunt faults on two undersea cables, which happened in suspicious circumstances. They also noted that a vessel was passing over the area at the same time that the disruption happened.
The Greenlink Connector project, which will connect the grid of Ireland and Wales, had to reroute its path after Harry Potter fans complained that it would ‘desecrate’ the ‘grave’ of beloved character Dobby. The change of plans brought the undersea cable close to a few Bronze Age remains but allowed it to move forward without disturbing the free elf’s “resting place.”
A new video shows Taiwan’s Coast Guard warning a 200-ft long Chinese-flagged research vessel, spotted loitering over a fiber internet cable, to change course.
A developer has created a QR code-driven proof-of-concept data transfer system that shuns any dedicated app requirement and neatly sidesteps mandatory networking, pairing, or giving permissions beyond camera access.
This project uses a clever hashing trick to fit over half a million blocked domains into just 4MB of flash memory.
Starlink just released a new generation of its Starlink terminal, which reduces its weight by more than 50% and is significantly smaller, too. This should make it easier to install, especially for DIY-ers, but comes with a tiny speed penalty.
Global consumer Wi-Fi router shipments have declined 34 percent from their peak in 2021