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20 Years Later, Pulse Is Still the Creepiest Horror Movie About Internet Ghosts

Gizmodo

Pulse begins with an ancient sound: the screech of a dial-up internet connection. At the time of its release in 2001, however, that sound signified a new form of communication that had already begun to change the world. The movie takes a look at where that technology will take us , and forecasts nothing but doom. Read more.

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What Will Smartphones Be Like in 10 years?

Gizmodo

Recall that in 2001 the biggest thing in cell phone technology was the Nokia 8250, the chief selling point of which was its colorful display. If you’d asked a panel of experts 10 years ago what smartphones would look like in a decade, you’d have gotten all kinds of wild responses. Instead of black-and-white, this… Read more.

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Perceptual evaluation of speech quality – PESQ

Spearline Testing

862, PESQ arrived in 2001. For many, the internet has become their shop-front. It may be due to the utility nature of a person-to-person phone call, but with the advent of multi-party conferencing and collaboration, audio quality has become much more critical. Otherwise known as ITU-T P.862, There’s no ambiguity.

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Bill Gates: AI will be ‘as good a tutor as any human,’ but payoffs in education will take time

GeekWire

However, he also cautioned education technology investors to be pragmatic, saying they should think of the field like the internet of 1999-2001, with far more financial failures than successes, at least in the short run.

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Facebook’s name change plan is a reflection of its real priorities

Vox

Zuckerberg sees the metaverse as the next phase of major technological innovation akin to the invention of the internet or mobile phones. For Facebook, this isn’t a new idea. The CEO told journalist Casey Newton in March that Facebook will be a metaverse company — not a social media company — in the next five years.

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What Can You Get from an IP Address and Why is it Important?

Galido

Did you know that 90% of Americans have access to the Internet 24/7? Also known as an Internet Protocol address , an IP address is something that most computers use to hook up to the Internet. First of all, your Internet network is composed of four distinct parts, including something called a data link layer.

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Utah's Mystery Monolith Appeared Around 2016 Near Site of Old Movie and TV Locations

Gizmodo

Yesterday, the internet was enthralled by the discovery of an unexplained metallic monolith in the middle of nowhere by officers for Utah’s Department of Public Safety. Was it aliens or artists? Roughly 24 hours later, we have a lot more answers, all thanks to amateur sleuths online. And given the area’s long history… Read more.

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