communications
5G Survives a Critical Test: The Backcountry
Engineers take millimeter-wave wireless into the wilds of southern Virginia.
How an Underground Mail Art Project Wove Through London in the 90s
Matthew Higgs’ ‘Imprint 93’ incubated a wide variety of experimental artworks.
Where Emoji Came From, and Why They're Everywhere Now
Now basically ubiquitous, emoji started off in 1999. But the roots of the pictographic communications system go back much further...
Farmers Use Slack and Share Memes At Work, Too
Some things are the same whether you work in an office in Brooklyn or a dairy farm in Pennsylvania.
This Is What the World's Spies Used Instead of MSN Messenger
InfoWorkSpace was pretty advanced for 2003, but damn is it painful to look at today.
Comcast’s Defense of ‘Pay-For-Privacy’ Alarms Consumer Advocates
The cable giant is exploring how to gain greater access to user data.
Everything You Need to Know About Congress' New Email Privacy Bill
The House just voted 419-0 to eliminate a legal loophole allowing warrantless email searches.
We Talked About Refrigerators with Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet
On encryption, digital divide, the internet of shit and more.
How High Speed Communications Networks Are Making Remote Surgery Realistic
Telesurgery is getting over its latency problem.
This Next-Gen Stingray Uses Facebook and WhatsApp Messages to Track Users
Researchers will demo a Stingray capable of attacking over LTE networks in Helsinki.
Radio Ghosts Have Haunted the Airwaves for Nearly a Century
No one knows who or what is responsible for long-delayed echoes in radio transmissions.