It would have been hard to miss the news last week about the FCC’s “war” against the cable TV industry. Most articles highlighted the FCC’s…
OPLIN 4cast #475: Cable in the future
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It would have been hard to miss the news last week about the FCC’s “war” against the cable TV industry. Most articles highlighted the FCC’s…
It’s the middle of winter, so let’s talk about snowshoe attacks. These actually have nothing to do with the weather or dangerous winter footwear –…
We occasionally still hear about a Digital Divide here in the United States, but it’s not mentioned nearly as often as it used to be.…
A chatbot — sometimes called a chatterbot — is a software program that interacts with people via Internet messaging to answer questions or hold a…
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We’ve mentioned the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) in a few 4cast posts over the years, because they often tackle significant legal problems that threaten current…
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Your Christmas celebration is over and you’ve hauled in a nifty new gadget, and eaten too much fruit cake, and maybe drunk a few too…
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How old is the World Wide Web? The safest answer to that is probably, “At least 25 years old.” Tim Berners-Lee wrote theoretical descriptions and…
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At the beginning of December, the British telecommunications regulator Ofcom created a lot of attention in the media when it released a warning that holiday…
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It looks like something big may be emerging from the lab into the real world. Its name is Li-Fi, and it is a technology that…