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September 16, 2020
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French govt on defensive after Macron’s 5G ‘Amish’ jibe

September 16, 2020
French officials insisted Wednesday that there was no reason to halt the country’s rollout of next-generation 5G mobile telecom networks, following a barrage of criticism from environmental and left-wing lawmakers citing potential health risks. The debate flared after some 70 lawmakers signed an open letter last weekend urging a moratorium on new 5G antennas, ahead...
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Pandemic Hits Smartphone Market Hard

September 16, 2020
Athira Nortajuddin 15 September 2020 Extract, to read the full article please see: https://theaseanpost.com/article/pandemic-hits-smartphone-market-hard Plunged Demand According to a recent report by GfK, in January to July 2020, the smartphone market value in the Asia-Pacific region declined by 20 percent to just over US$119 billion – almost US$30 billion less than the same period last...
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Study Reveals Interest and Concern in U.S. 5G Federal Environment

September 16, 2020
September 15, 2020By BBC Wires HICKORY, NC — Fifth-generation wireless (5G) is the next major phase of mobile communications. 5G is set to deliver higher data transfer rates for mission-critical communications and will allow massive broadband capacities, enabling high-speed communication across various applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. According...
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The fourth agricultural revolution is coming – but who will really benefit?

September 16, 2020
 David Rose, University of Reading and Charlotte-Anne Chivers, University of Gloucestershire Depending on who you listen to, artificial intelligence may either free us from monotonous labour and unleash huge productivity gains, or create a dystopia of mass unemployment and automated oppression. In the case of farming, some researchers, business people and politicians think the effects...
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Does Cockpit RF Disorient Pilots? DARPA Wants To Know

September 16, 2020
Spatial disorientation among US air force pilots has been linked to 72 severe accidents, 1993-2013, with 101 deaths and 65 lost aircraft. Now DARPA wants to know whether RF in combat cockpits may be at least partly to blame. New project is called ICEMAN. Source: https://microwavenews.com/short-takes-archive/iceman September 15, 2020 Spatial disorientation among U.S. Air Force...
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