By Jared Newman November 22, 2023 Cedric Demers has never believed in a single best TV for most people. As the founder and president of Montreal-based RTings, Demers has spent the last decade devising a more granular type of product review, in which practically every attribute from viewing angles to gaming responsiveness gets graded … Continue reading The best smart TV reviews on the internet come from Montreal
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Astranis to Bring High-Speed Internet to the Remotest Corners of the Earth
Astranis to Bring High-Speed Internet to the Remotest Corners of the Earth John Boitnott / Jul 11, 2023 In an ever-evolving world driven by technology, internet connectivity has become an essential part of our lives. However, there are regions where traditional connectivity technologies like fiber or microwave towers face numerous challenges. The Philippines, with … Continue reading Astranis to Bring High-Speed Internet to the Remotest Corners of the Earth
Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed
By Christopher Zara June 14, 2023 Apple might want to think about developing some super cool time-travel apps if it expects people over 35 to adopt its futuristic headsets en masse. According to a new Harris Poll shared exclusively with Fast Company, most Americans would prefer to live in a simpler era before everyone … Continue reading Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed
Generative AI Most Transformative Technology On Par With The Internet
Generative AI Most Transformative Technology On Par With The Internet by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, April 21, 2023 Moves by Google and Microsoft to integrate generative artificial intelligence (AI) into their respective advertising businesses will change the way marketers create ad campaigns — and will also transform the entire technology ecosystem. “We view generative AI as … Continue reading Generative AI Most Transformative Technology On Par With The Internet
Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules
Book publishers sue Internet Archive for allegedly enabling piracy Christine Fisher @cfisherwrites When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million books from its free e-book repository Open Library. Publishers immediately took issue … Continue reading Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules
Two Supreme Court cases could upend the rules of the internet
What happens if the internet’s most important law disappears? Daniel Cooper @danielwcooper Buried deep in the 1996 Telecommunications Act is a tiny clause that underpins everything we do online. It’s often described as the 26 words that created the internet — and with very good reason. Every email you send, social media post you make … Continue reading Two Supreme Court cases could upend the rules of the internet
Elon Musk’s plans to limit API access might be good for Twitter’s business, but it’s bad for the open internet
By Chris Stokel-Walker February 09, 2023 Elon Musk’s travails over whether or not to allow free, unfettered access to Twitter’s APIs has, as would be expected, taken plenty of twists and turns. On February 2, Musk gave notice that free access to APIs would be removed within a week. Then he decided accounts could … Continue reading Elon Musk’s plans to limit API access might be good for Twitter’s business, but it’s bad for the open internet
The chumbox is still the dirty design secret of the internet
By Zachary Petit February 02, 2023 My breaking point came when I saw the headline for the 50th or so time: “Diabetes Is Not From Sweets! Meet the Main Enemy of Diabetes.” Only this time, instead of the usual imagery that ran below it—alien-looking insects, what appears to be a trio of eels, a … Continue reading The chumbox is still the dirty design secret of the internet
Frontier rolls out 5Gbps fiber internet across the US
Jon Fingas @jonfingas Eero is relatively late to WiFi 6E, but it’s showing up in style — and making WiFi 6 more practical in the process. The Amazon brand has launched two new mesh routers led by the Eero Pro 6E (pictured below). The hardware takes advantage of the 6GHz band to offer up to … Continue reading Frontier rolls out 5Gbps fiber internet across the US
How data clean rooms might help keep the internet open
The IAB sees encouraging signs that DCRs might sustain addressable advertising outside the walled gardens and without the help of cookies. Kim Davis on February 2, 2023 Are data clean rooms the solution to what IAB CEO David Cohen has called the “slow-motion train wreck” of addressability? Voices at the IAB will tell you that … Continue reading How data clean rooms might help keep the internet open