In the last few years a new technology has emerged in the telecommunications universe, it is known as LI-FI: an acronym of the English term light fidelity –LI-FI-, a term used to name high speed wireless data transmission systems that use light as a transmission medium, in the same way that optical fiber or a […]
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Finding something on the Internet is one of the biggest challenges that have resulted from the formation of our current information society and although in the collective imagination the simplest answer is to use Google, there is an open-source technology behind the scenes that is changing the way we search for and retrieve information from
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The levels of concentration of services, providers, consumption and content on the web have reached unprecedented historical figures [1], while thousands of traditional media are in crisis due to the unbalanced competition that Facebook and Google [2] have with the advertising market [3]. The documentary published by Netflix The Great Hack [4] explains the details
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At present, large global projects that aim to massively provide high-speed Internet for both urban and rural areas are in progress. On one hand, Google intends to implement a network of more than a thousand satellites that allow internet access in remote places [1], while the company Oneweb is looking to install around 1900 satellites
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By: Gabriel E. Levy B. After a night of celebration, joy, madness, alcohol and excesses, the subsequent consequence will be an uncomfortable “hangover” accompanied by remorse and guilt for the excesses [1]. In the same way, after three decades of celebrating the great changes caused by the development of the Internet, of being amazed by
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By: Gabriel E. Levy B. An analysis published by MIT Technology Review, the specialized media of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[1], found that as a consequence of the growth of deepfakes and the improvement of the technologies they use, the biggest risk we will face in the next decade will not be the false news
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Open-Source Software is a familiar concept to anyone who uses digital devices. Names like Linux or Android are familiar and, due to their high degree of market penetration, have probably been used at some point by users of digital devices. But while open-source software has evolved significantly throughout the history of the digital world, open-source
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This year, 5G will become a reality thanks to the experimental prototypes that are underway. For the first time in the history of mobile communications, speeds of one gigabyte per user will be reached, with a latency lower than 1ms. However, the dream of a totally mobile and wireless internet is only a utopia. While
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Strategies for Coping with Confinement By: Gabriel E. Levy B. www.galevy.com Although for some it is more difficult than for others, the current confinement that Latin America is experiencing has become a symbol of lack, whether emotional, economic, social, cultural, affective or of entertainment, altering in a very short time the world as we knew
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Series: “Strategies for Dealing with Confinement” By: Gabriel E. Levy B. www.galevy.com Miracle vaccines, masks, respirators, PPE suits, and even Covid-19-infected blood are among the thousands of offerings that have appeared in the Internet’s back rooms since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. Although the dark Internet has always been a den of underground offerings,
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