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Safer AirTags and other trackers could be on the way

Google and Apple are closer to collaborating on an industry-standard solution to stalkers using Bluetooth trackers like AirTags.

Google's Find My Device network for Android is nearing integration with Apple devices, but concerns about unwanted tracking linger.

Slow load times? Choppy videos? The real problem is latency, writes the Verge — but the good news is "theres a plan to almost eliminate latency, and big companies like Apple, Google, Comcast, Charter, Nvidia, Valve, Nokia, Ericsson, T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom, and more have sho...

L4S kills buffer bloat Big companies are becoming more interested in the L4S stands for Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput which should speed...

L4S, a technology you probably have never heard of, could make the internet drastically better. And companies like Apple, Google, Comcast, and more are trying to make it happen.

Element, the company and core developer behind the decentralized communication protocol known as Matrix, has announced a notable license change that will make the open source project just that little bit less appealing for companies looking to build on top of it. The London-based company revealed that the core Matrix server, Synapse, its alternative server implementation Dendrite and various related server-side projects such as the Sydent identity server are all transitioning from the permissiv...

Cryptographers are preparing for new quantum computers that will break their ciphers. Cryptographers are preparing for new quantum computers that will break their ciphers.

Vint Cerf provides a glimpse into the future as we ask him about AI, the metaverse, and lessons from the origins of email.

It's been an interesting couple of weeks for me, in mid-October 2023. I presented in a couple of panels at the 18th Internet Governance Forum meeting, held in Kyoto, Japan, and I also listened in to a couple of sessions in their packed agenda. The following week, I followed the presentations at NANOG 89, the meeting of the North American Network Operator's Group, and listened to a presentation by John Curran, the President and CEO of ARIN, where he gave his impressions of the current s...