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April 5, 2021
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Apr

Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard

April 5, 2021
Security and privacy still left to fix, preferably before launch Thomas Claburn in San Francisco Wed 31 Mar 2021 https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/31/wifi_devices_monitoring/ In three years or so, the Wi-Fi specification is scheduled to get an upgrade that will turn wireless devices into sensors capable of gathering data about the people and objects bathed in their signals. “When 802.11bf will be finalized...
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Apr

ICASA: DRAFT MOBILE BROADBAND SERVICES REGULATIONS

April 5, 2021
Following the Market Inquiry into Mobile Broadband Services, the Authority has published the Draft Mobile Broadband Services Regulations. https://t.co/EVEW2SHcS9 pic.twitter.com/WpGqgeSmka— ICASA (@ICASA_org) March 31, 2021 The purpose of these regulations is to amongst others, impose appropriate pro-competitive license conditions on those licensees having significant market power to remedy the market failure; and provide for monitoring...
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Apr

Circadian Misalignment and Metabolic Disorders: A Story of Twisted Clocks

April 5, 2021
Woller, A.; Gonze, D. Circadian Misalignment and Metabolic Disorders: A Story of Twisted Clocks. Biology 2021, 10, 207. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10030207AMA Style Simple Summary In mammals, many physiological processes follow a 24 h rhythmic pattern. These rhythms are governed by a complex network of circadian clocks, which perceives external time cues (notably light and nutrients) and adjusts the timing of...
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Apr

UK 5G faces £7.4bn delay amid landlord disputes

April 5, 2021
Landlords could miss out on £50m per year, according to research Source: The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/04/04/uk-5g-faces-74bn-delay-amid-landlord-disputes/ By Ben Gartside and Matthew Field, 4 April 2021 The economy will take a hit of £7.4bn due to the slow rollout of 5G if a dispute between landlords and telecoms companies continues to hold back the technology. Economists have warned reforms...
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Apr

Health concerns don’t matter, say feds, when it comes to regulating 5G installations

April 5, 2021
Source: https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/medford-transcript/2021/04/05/medford-officials-residents-opposed-5-g-despite-concerns-over-health/7066907002/ Neil Zolot / medford@wickedlocal.com Published April 5th, 2021 City officials are imposing some conditions on Verizon on installations of 5G telecommunications equipment on utility poles around the city, but will be required to approve the vast majority of the 44 applications, most of which are in Medford Square, South Medford and the Hillside...
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Apr

Kenya becomes the second African country to roll out 5G

April 5, 2021
Source: Quartz Africa https://tinyurl.com/wt9wxup9 By Carlos Mureithi East Africa correspondent April 1, 2021 Mobile network operator Safaricom has launched a 5G network in Kenya. This makes it the second country in Africa to roll out the technology to customers, according to GSMA, an organization representing mobile network operators worldwide. The company is trialling the technology in...
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