Communications
Peter Cochrane: The moribund management thinking outed by Covid
Modern networking technology has revolutionised everything – not that you’d know it
The vision thing: When Teams and Zoom won't see you through
Why One Voice Wales chose StarLeaf to move meetings and training online
As hybrid working becomes the norm video tools are taking centre stage
Video tools are business-critical just like cloud storage, security and networking
Tim Berners-Lee calls for universal internet access
'Far too many young people' are excluded from the internet, resulting in a global digital divide
Peter Cochrane: We need to forge a radical path to 6G
5G is way too inefficient for the IoT, argues Peter Cochrane
6G one step closer with wireless transmission of UltraHD 8K video using terahertz waves
Terahertz waves can transmit more information in less time
Citizens Advice: Broadband prices lock poorest UK households out of key services
About 2.3 million people had fallen behind on their broadband bill towards the end of 2020
Brave browser brings the decentralised web one step closer through IPFS integration
Brave users can access content on IPFS via ipfs:// URLs
BT faces possible £500m claim for overcharging landline-only customers
In 2018, BT had agreed to reduce its landline prices from £18.99 to £11.99 a month for about 900,000 customers
Slack goes down as millions return to work
Login and messaging problems on the collaboration site began at 3.14 pm
PM urged to address digital divide among pupils
Nearly nine per cent of UK children lack home access to a desktop, laptop, or tablet, and almost 1 million rely on a mobile connection
Scientists demonstrate high-fidelity quantum teleportation over long distances
The breakthrough could pave the way to develop technology to redefine global communication in future
Google reveals the most searched terms of 2020, and the winner is…
Coronavirus, obviously
EU and ASEAN focus on connectivity in move towards free trade agreement
The EU and ASEAN represent more than 1 billion people and 25 per cent of global economic power
UK government lowers gigabit broadband target to 85 per cent by 2025
Rollback from 100 per cent coverage seen as a blow to rural areas
AWS outage hits company's own services
Sites like The Washington Post and Roku, as well as Amazon’s own services, were affected
Why the world needs better and more robust ways of measuring time
Critical infrastructure and systems such as GPS rely on time-keeping mechanisms that are far too easily subverted or prone to error
What users think of web conferencing leaders Teams, Zoom, Hangouts and Webex
Latest Computing Delta research finds the leaders pulling away from the competition
The benefits of adding cloud telephony to Microsoft Teams
Two-thirds of organisations expect remote work to continue in the long-term - how can you prepare?
Apply software updates urgently to avoid SSD burnout, warns Aruba
Older software versions can cause premature eMMC and SSD degradation, the company admits
NASA gets back in contact with Voyager 2 after seven months offline
The 42-year-old spacecraft is currently in deep space but still beaming back data to Earth