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Study appears to debunk link between internet use and mental health

TechSpot

Andrew Przybylski, a professor of human behavior and technology at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and Matti Vuorre, a research associate at OII, authored a study titled "Global Well-Being and Mental Health in the Internet Age." It investigates the long-held belief that the internet has a detrimental effect on users'.

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Study: Consumer security savvy is way behind IoT threat landscape

Tech Republic Security

A new Comcast study hints at a major risk to businesses, governments and public systems due to poor cybersecurity in the booming Internet of Things industry. The post Study: Consumer security savvy is way behind IoT threat landscape appeared first on TechRepublic.

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As work and school shift online indefinitely, study finds 20% of King County lacks reliable internet

GeekWire

At a time when internet access has never been more critical, 20% of households are undeserved in King County, a region that encompasses Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, and other communities in Washington state, stretching east to Snoqualmie Pass. Aerial view of Seattle, Lake Washington, and Bellevue. Flickr Photo / Joe Wolf).

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Why Internet Performance Monitoring is the new frontier in a distributed world

CIO Business Intelligence

This ecosystem relies heavily on core internet services such as DNS and BGP, while networks have evolved to embrace a variety of complex architectures, including IPv4/6, WAN, SD-WAN, SASE, EDGE, and 5G technologies. Learn more about how to ensure the resilience of your Internet Stack with IPM Networking

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Quantum entanglement will make quantum internet "unhackable" thanks to quantum steering

TechSpot

Professor Mehul Malik has been studying quantum technologies for 15 years. With his team at Heriot-Watt's Institute of Photonic and Quantum Sciences, Malik has conceived a new way to send quantum information on optical fibers – a way that helps avoid data loss and brings the concept of quantum internet.

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Patch ‘Em or Weep: Study Reveals Most Vulnerable IoT, Connected Assets

Tech Republic Security

New Armis study lists the most vulnerable. Phones, tablets and workstations with unpatched CVEs are a clear and present danger.

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Net Threats: Internet Openness in Danger

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Reflecting the increasing attention paid to information security by many Americans, Pew Research recently conducted a large study, “ Net Threats ”, to identify important trends among technology experts’ opinions and predictions regarding the future of digital security. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian also objected to Internet fast lanes.

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