DFA, Ciena fibre test reveals capacity record
Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has announced the results of a “groundbreaking” trial with Ciena that sets a performance benchmark for fibre capacity. Part of the Maziv group – which also...
Community Fibre inks strategic wholesale agreement with VodafoneThree
UK independent broadband provider Community Fibre is to offer gigabit broadband products to customers of VodafoneThree across its full-fibre footprint in London. By using Community Fibre’s network to provide...
Enterprises believe networking will make or break AI adoption
As businesses integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into more applications, from manufacturing and healthcare to financial services, demand for high-speed, low-latency, secure networks has surged, but a study from IDC...
High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.
The maker of Passwordstate, an enterprise-grade password manager for storing companies’ most privileged credentials, is urging them to promptly install an update fixing a high-severity vulnerability that hackers can exploit...
NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, August 29 (game #544)
Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while...
Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades
Don’t believe everything you read—especially when it’s part of a marketing pitch designed to sell security services. The latest example of the runaway hype that can come from such pitches...
Nokia signals commercial 5G offering for next-gen digital railways
Nokia has launched a 5G radio service designed to deliver high-capacity, high-performance and resilient real-time communications to rail operators worldwide. In the coming decade, the Future Railway Mobile Communication...
Quordle hints and answers for Friday, August 29 (game #1313)
Looking for a different day?A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others...
The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality
Knowledge emerges from understanding how ideas relate to each other. LLMs operate on these contextual relationships, linking concepts in potentially novel ways—what you might call a type of non-human "reasoning"...
Community Fibre, Hey!Broadband claim major growth milestones
The narrative around the UK’s independent broadband providers has been one of companies facing harsh financial headwinds and ambitions trimmed, but two of the cohort, Community Fibre and Hey!Broadband,...