The Digital Divide – Why Technology Alone Can’t Solve It
Investigation of a refugee population reveals the influence of additional factors. Despite obtaining computers and fast internet access, certain communities still experience the effects of…
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A Cheaper and Greener Internet of Things With No Wires Attached
Wirelessly powered large-area electronics could enable a cheaper and greener internet of things. Emerging forms of thin-film device technologies that rely on alternative semiconductor materials,…
25% of the World’s Internet Users Rely on Infrastructure That Is Susceptible to Attacks
About 25% of the world’s Internet users live in countries that are more vulnerable to targeted attacks on their Internet infrastructure than previously thought. Many…
Digital Divide: Data Portal Highlights Internet Inequities in Chicago
In an effort to reduce disparities, the University of Chicago Data Science Institute launches a data portal to guide research, policy, and community action. The…
Could the Internet Be Driven by Climate-Friendly “Natural Intelligence?”
Global network of solar-powered servers shows how. The energy requirements of the Internet, the devices and systems using it and the servers that support it…
New Chip Can Prevent Hackers From Extracting Hidden Information From Smart Devices
Toward a Stronger Defense of Personal Data Engineers build a lower-energy chip that can prevent hackers from extracting hidden information from a smart device. A…
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,…
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)…
