This year’s edition of Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report, released earlier today, once again included a section on China prepared by Hillhouse Capital. There are now 3.8 billion Internet users globally, more than half of the world’s population, but growth is slowing (as demonstrated by declining smartphone shipments). Internet leaders in China can continue helping […]
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The Future of the Quantum Internet: A Commercialization Perspective Presentation to the ITU by Lawrence Gasman – GlobeNewswire
CROZET, Va., June 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A couple of weeks ago, Lawrence Gasman, President and Co-Founder of Inside Quantum Technology, presented his views on the future of the Quantum Internet. The venue was the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Workshop on Quantum Information Technology for Networks. The Workshop was held in Shanghai from June […]
Governments and tech companies can build a better internet – Financial Times
Internet access key to protecting threatened Indigenous languages – Toronto Star
At the turn of the century, Gwichyà Gwich’in woman Julienne Teh’dahcha relied on language to survive. As a fur trader, trapper, mother and matriarch on the flats of the Tsiigehtchic area of the Northwest Territories, her success as she travelled through present-day Alaska, Yukon and the Northwest Territories was intrinsically linked to her ability to […]
The internet has feelings about the name of Kim Kardashian-West’s new shapewear line – INSIDER
Kim Kardashian-West launched her new shapewear line Kimono Solutionwear on Tuesday. Kardashian-West wrote on Instagram that she would “always cut up my shapewear to make my own styles, and there have also been so many times I couldn’t find a shapeware [sic] color that blended with my skin tone so we needed a solution for […]
High-speed internet coming to rural Tennessee through CEMC – Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
CLOSE Story Highlights New broadband subsidiary Cumberland Connect will serve 5 counties in Middle Tennessee. The fiber optic network will be complete in about 6 years for residents in rural areas. Cumberland Electric Membership Corp. has provided affordable electricity to members in rural areas of Tennessee for 80 years. Now it’s about to expand that […]
Is Black Mirror Not Cynical Enough for the Internet Anymore? – Vulture
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about “Striking Vipers.” Black Mirror’s best episodes are about relationships, and how technology can facilitate forms previously impossible in a pre-digital era. That’s why “San Junipero” has remained such a classic entry of the show, not only for its uncharacteristically sunny conclusion but for its bold imagining of […]
SpaceX is on a hiring spree for its Starlink global internet project – Digital Trends
After a string of delays, SpaceX’s Starlink project was finally launched last month. The ambitious aim of the project is to create a “global broadband” system by launching a network of satellites which will eventually be able to give fast internet access from anywhere, even remote locations which currently can’t get broadband internet access. The […]
Diabetics turn to internet black market for insulin – Star Tribune
Abigail Hansmeyer had waited weeks for her health insurer to approve the type of insulin that works best to control her diabetes. Finally, with her supply running low, the New Brighton woman turned to a source that many diabetics have come to depend on: the robust black market for insulin and diabetic supplies. “It is […]
Paedophiles using internet to target children for sex crimes dozens of times every day in UK – The Independent
Paedophiles are using the internet to commit dozens of sex crimes against children every day, new figures show. Police are recording a growing number of offences where social media, apps and online gaming are being used to contact and groom young victims. The number of child sex abuse offences linked to the internet has doubled […]