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Cable TV isn’t working. So says Charter Communications, a large U.S. cable TV provider. It mentioned this in a presentation to investors, pointing to cord-cutting and continually increasing monthly subscription … Continued
Earlier this year media streaming giant Netflix served notice that it was planning to crack down on password sharing by account holders. For some this came as a bit of … Continued
Limitless energy. Limitless clean energy. A game-changing development. There was no shortage of hyperbole when it came to processing the news last year that, supposedly, physicists had run a fusion … Continued
Regular readers of this column will be familiar with my extended “battle” with the telephone company to keep a so–called copper landline to my house. After almost a decade, it … Continued
“Let’s do this” tweeted, er, threaded, Mark Zuckerberg, marking the inauguration of Meta’s new social media platform Threads. Zuckerberg’s company Meta, still better known to some as Facebook, rolled out … Continued
Free ad-supported television. Sounds revolutionary, doesn’t it? Of course, that is exactly how the first generation or three of television operated. Advertisements paid the way. In the 1960s and extending … Continued
It’s no secret that standard-fare television no longer commands the audiences it once did. The days when, for example, most television sets in North America were simultaneously tuned to the … Continued
Recently I demonstrated the scam you see here to a large group of friends. Cybersecurity requires ongoing education. I actually followed the scam through nearly to completion, using a Chromebook … Continued
Until a few weeks ago British-born Canadian university professor Geoffrey Hinton was little known outside academic circles. His profile became somewhat more prominent in 2019 when he was a co-winner … Continued
We’ve written previously in this space about the chaotic events at Twitter that have dogged the company since its takeover by entrepreneur Elon Musk. That $44 billion takeover, along with … Continued