Sean Hollister from The Verge discusses how 5G could mean less time to flee a deadly hurricane. It’s become increasingly clear that the wireless industry is trying to push the idea of speedy 5G wireless networks before the technology is actually ready. It’s a race, and the race is b*#!~?%t. But until today, we hadn’t realized that people’s lives might […]
Shopping and retail centres are in decline. Recently, the BBC reported that over 200 shopping centres in the UK were in crisis. In the 1970s, 1980s and even the 90s, shopping malls were the lifeblood of a town. They were the social media of the time where teenagers gathered to “hang out” and to which […]
David Nield of Gizmodo, examines why Good news for fans of getting stuff fast—all of us, then—because a new version of wifi is just around the corner. Wi-Fi 6 is going to be better than current wifi in every regard, and the body behind it just published a paper extolling its virtues, emphasizing that, yes, we […]
Let’s be honest, the prospect of living in a fully-automated home is a dream on par with driving a flying car and colonizing Mars. However, with virtual assistants like Google Home and Amazon Echo, that dream is slowing but surely becoming an affordable reality. Even the most tech-adverse late-adopters have begun controlling everything from thermostats to lights […]
