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Net Neutrality, Government Surveillance, Data Centers – Things You are Afraid to Ask

Data Center Knowledge

Government surveillance programs and the FCC ruling on net neutrality are impacting data centers? Join our panel of data center, telecommunications, and legal experts in a roundtable discussion about the changing nature of the relationship between the U.S. Ever wonder how the U.S. government and.

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Measuring CSPs' advances in sustainability

TM Forum

. “This focus on maximizing the efficiency of our networks will also contribute to reducing our carbon emissions and help us meet our sustainability targets of becoming ‘net zero’ by 2040,” said Michaël Trabbia, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for the Orange Group. billion euro refinancing program.

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My sustainability story: Why Orange Poland is at the coalface of change

TM Forum

Our goal at Orange Poland is the same as the rest of Orange Group – to achieve net zero carbon by 2040 for both our own emissions (scopes 1+2) and those of our value chain (scope 3). This complements our long-running Energy Optimization Program that allowed us to reduce emissions by around 15% between 2015 and 2020. Jacek-Hutyra.

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The FCC Just Authorized a $3.2 Billion Dollar Program Meant To Bring Low-Income Americans Online

Gizmodo

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted late Thursday to adopt the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program—a $3.2 billion dollar initiative meant to lower the cost of internet services for the tens of millions of families struggling with connectivity during the ongoing pandemic. Read more.

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The FCC Wants to Hear How Bad Your Internet Sucks

Gizmodo

This new initiative is part of the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection program, and the agency hopes that by collecting information directly from consumers, it will be better equipped to “enhance… Read more. The FCC announced today that it’s started soliciting first-hand accounts from people who are forced to rely on crappy internet.

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Startup founders at new 5G Open Innovation Lab explain how they’ve adjusted to the COVID-19 crisis

GeekWire

It’s certainly been a unique inaugural cohort for the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) , a new startup program funded by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA. based lab debuted in early May and will wrapped up its first program — held virtually due to the pandemic — this week. The Bellevue, Wash.-based

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Will technology harm or help young people’s brains? A highly nuanced debate

Trends in the Living Networks

First-generation tech usually causes ‘net negative’ social effects; second-generation ‘net neutral’ effects; by the third generation of tech—once the tech is smart enough, and we’ve got the interface right, and it begins to reinforce the best behaviors—we finally get to ‘net positive’ effects.”.

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