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The COVID-19 data surge isn’t a temporary blip – it’s probably permanent
Thanks to COVID-19, data traffic is spiking as more people work from home and stay indoors. But telcos shouldn’t count on volumes returning to normal. Read more…
Articles by John C. Tanner
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COVID-19 spread shows GSMA totally made the right call on MWC
When the GSMA canceled MWC over COVID-19, some argued it was an irrational decision because the flu kills way more people. Here’s why that’s a bad argument. Read more…
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SparkLabs Connex collaborative ecosystem for IoT start-ups
IoT start-up accelerator SparkLabs Connex has a secret sauce: an ecosystem of partners committed to the collaboration IoT needs to thrive. Read more…
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US 5G war on Huawei gets even dumber with bizarre Barr idea
US Attorney General Barr suggests the US should buy control of Nokia and Ericsson to counter Huawei’s 5G market dominance. Holy crap, what a stupid idea. Read more…
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Coronavirus: if we can’t cancel MWC, let’s cancel the boring bits
The GSMA’s decision to not cancel MWC due to the coronavirus is a bad one. But then there are no good choices. Maybe they could cancel the keynotes? Read more…
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Here’s your future: AI disasters and the end of capitalism
You want end-of-year predictions? Here’s two to chew on: in 2020 at least one telco will be embarrassed by AI, and in 2030, capitalism will be kinda dead. Read more…
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Could AI-powered fact-checking be the solution to fake news?
ITEM: Researchers claim they have developed an AI tool that can fact-check online news articles to see if they are fake news stories or legitimate ones. The tool, developed by researchers at the University of Read more…
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Twitter’s social media protocol plan has a major flaw: Twitter
Twitter’s proposal for an open social media protocol is a good idea. But critics are worried Twitter would have too much control over the resulting protocol. Read more…
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Edge computing needs standards to be any good for 5G
Operators are planning to deploy edge computing as part of their 5G strategy. Just one snag: there’s no standard way to do it, and that’s a big problem. Read more…
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Kids don’t trust Alexa – great, but it’s no cure for fake news
Researchers say kids don’t believe everything Alexa and Siri tell them, suggesting they may grow up inoculated against fake news. But it’s not that simple. Read more…