Students Use the Internet of Things to Connect, Inspire | Cornell Chronicle

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Six weeks into Professor Max Zhang’s Internet of Things (IoT) course, he holds a graduation ceremony, complete with music, certificates and photos because, after an intensive course on how to build, code and extract data from sensors, students are ready for the next goal of the courses: helping the community. The course asks students to … Read more

Why Pakistan shut down the internet – BBC News

Why Pakistan shut down the internet - BBC News

May 12, 2023 Image caption, A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan throws tear gas during clashes with security forces in Karachi The battle between Imran Khan’s supporters and Pakistan’s mighty military has raged this week on two fronts: in the streets and on social media. And on a battlefield, the former prime minister … Read more

How to Access the Hidden Internet Browser on Your Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch is full of surprises and can be used for many different things. Like watching YouTube, using a calculator and, of course, playing video games. But did you know that Nintendo Switch has a hidden internet browser? You won’t find Internet Browser as an app on the eShop or even in the system … Read more

PR provocateur Ed Zitron: Big Tech and advertising broke the Internet beyond repair

Ed Zitron, founder and CEO, EZPR

An interview withEd ZitronFounder and CEO Ed Zitron will speak at the AdExchangers programmatic IO conference on May 16-17 in Las Vegas.Click here to sign up. As a PR consultant for tech companies, Ed Zitron has seen a few things. He knows where the bodies are buried and is happy to point them out. Zitron … Read more

30 years ago, one decision changed the course of our connected world

30 years ago, one decision changed the course of our connected world

This was the first web page in the world. Thirty years ago, the World Wide Web fell into the public domain. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption on/off Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images This was the first web page in the world. Thirty years ago, the World Wide Web fell into the … Read more

Taiwan suspects that Chinese ships have cut the islands’ internet cables

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng during a meeting in Beijing, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. China is willing to work with Washington to reduce global warming as long as its political demands are met, the country's vice president told US climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday.  (Zhang Lin/Xinhua via AP)

NANGAN, Taiwan (AP) For the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin has had to tell his guests that he couldn’t provide them with the Internet. Others living in Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closest to neighboring China, have struggled to pay electricity bills, make a doctor’s appointment, or receive a package. To … Read more