Increased Cell Phone Data Use Is Negatively Affecting Wi-Fi Performance
University of Chicago researchers find competition between networks decreases performance. If service becomes slow when you’re trying to send a quick email on your smartphone,…
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MIT Compares the Largest Satellite Internet Meganetworks: SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat, and Amazon
With thousands of satellites, each network could beam down tens of terabits per second, filling gaps left by land-based services. In recent months, people have…
Science Made Simple: What Are Quantum Networks?
Today’s internet connects us globally. It sends packets of information that carry our communications in classical signals – sent by bursts of light through optical…
“Battlefield Map” Reveals Malicious COVID-19 Content Exploits Pathways Between Platforms To Thrive Online
New research demonstrates how stopping the spread of harmful content will require inter-platform action. Malicious COVID-19 online content — including racist content, disinformation, and misinformation…
Batteries Not Required: The Future of the IoT (Internet of Things)
Benton Calhoun SM ’02 PhD ’06 and David Wentzloff SM ’02 PhD ’07 are co-founders of Everactive, which uses wireless sensing to provide continuous remote…
Spreading Like a Virus: False Rumor That 5G Causes COVID-19
People’s fear of 5G technology is rational. Such technology does emit radiation, even if it’s at low levels. But 5G isn’t all that different from…
MIT System Brings Deep Learning AI to “Internet of Things” Devices
Advance could enable artificial intelligence on household appliances while enhancing data security and energy efficiency. Deep learning is everywhere. This branch of artificial intelligence curates…
The Hype Machine: Why Social Media Has Changed the World — And How to Fix It
MIT Professor Sinan Aral’s new book, “The Hype Machine,” explores the perils and promise of social media in a time of discord. Are you on…
Popular Messenger Services – Such As WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram – Are Extremely Insecure
WhatsApp, Signal & Co: Billions of users vulnerable to privacy attacks. Researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Würzburg show that…
Subnanosecond Optical Switching May Enable High-Performance All-Optical Data-Center Networks
A new technique that synchronizes the clocks of computers in under a billionth of a second can eliminate one of the hurdles for the deployment…
New Internet Speed World Record: 178 Terabits a Second
The world’s fastest data transmission rate has been achieved by a team of University College London engineers who reached an internet speed a fifth faster…
Breaking Free From Batteries: Industrial “Internet of Things” Platform Built on Battery-Free Sensors
Everactive presents the factory of the future, batteries not included. Many analysts have predicted an explosion in the number of industrial “internet of things” (IoT)…
Princeton Has Developed a Technique for Tracking Online Foreign Misinformation Campaigns in Real Time
A research team led by Princeton University has developed a technique for tracking online foreign misinformation campaigns in real-time, which could help mitigate outside interference…
Aqua-Fi: Underwater WiFi With Aquatic Internet That Sends Data Through Beams of Light
Aquatic internet that sends data through light beams could enable divers to instantly transmit footage from under the sea to the surface. The internet is…
New World’s Record for Fastest Internet Speed From a Single Optical Chip: 44.2 Tbps
Researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities have successfully tested and recorded Australia’s fastest internet data speed, and that of the world, from a single…
Laser Mini-Magnets Could Enable 100x Boost to Cloud Data Speeds
Tiny, laser-activated magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster than current technologies, a study suggests. Chemists have studied…
Silent Surveillance Attack: How Hackers Can Use Wi-Fi to Track You Inside Your Home
University of Chicago scientists examine vulnerability of smart devices and possible defenses. As connected devices such as voice assistants, security cameras, and smart appliances grow…
New Artificial Intelligence Genetic Algorithm Automatically Evolves to Evade Internet Censorship
Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan….