Communications
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
Workshop - How to own the Zoom: the art of brilliant speaking online
Learn how to connect to others and speak authoritatively - even when you're addressing a screen
BT picks Ericsson for 5G mobile networks in major UK cities
BT will use Ericsson's 5G equipment to upgrade EE mobile networks
Mobility must-haves: the case for Unified Endpoint Management
What does a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform need to be capable of today, and is a broader end-to-end service now a must-have for mobile workforces?
Revving up the 5G rollout at Three UK
Three's 5G rollout means expanding capacity on many fronts at the same time, explains network strategy and architecture manager Firoz Vohra
Service outages reported at Three
Outages started at 9.12 Wednesday
Government target to achieve full fibre broadband coverage by 2025 could be missed by eight years, BT warns
But key policy changes could enable the industry to provide full-fibre broadband up to 96 per cent of all UK homes and businesses by 2025
Touchless technology aids the pandemic-ravaged retail industry
Bernard Brode, nanotech product researcher, discusses the latest technology which could help lift the retail industry out of its Covid-related slump
UK to launch supercomputing 'nanosatellites' into orbit
The nanosatellites are true supercomputers and part of a joint project between the UKSA and ESA
Researchers create 'unhackable' quantum network
The quantum breakthrough paves way for secure online communication