From human speech to quantum encryption, communication relies on protocols that are mutually understood and reliably implemented. Without them, there is only noise. In the world of electronic communications, standards certification makes sure that everybody knows the rules and plays by them. Comarch—the $500-million IT company with headquarters in Krakow, Poland,
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It will be specifically built to handle the lunar terrain and could one day be used to ferry humans around on Mars. Venturi Astrolab plans to assemble a fleet of the rovers over the coming years in an attempt to become 'the UPS, FedEx, and the Uber of the moon'. It wants
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At the opening of her four-day self-improvement seminar, Jennifer Spargifiore was held in isolation for hours until a screaming man broke the silence, yelling that the attendees were “nothing.” The degrading experience “more and more resembled a cult initiation ritual as time went on,” reads a suit filed last year by Spargifiore, a
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The Nigerian Ports Authority has flagged off the first non-oil export processing terminal, situated in Ibeshe-Ikorodu, Lagos State. The Managing Director of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, at the ceremony on Friday, said that the facility would enhance efforts to diversify the economy and reduce dependence on oil exports. A statement by the General
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Scientists would be able to discover much more about what lies underground if our planet could be sliced open and viewed as a cross-section – but as that's not really possible, they have to rely on a variety of other methods instead. One new approach has just been proven in the
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Crypto firms in the United Arab Emirates are being deluged with requests to liquidate billions of dollars of virtual currency as Russians seek a safe haven for their fortunes, company executives and financial sources said. Some clients are using cryptocurrency to invest in real estate in the UAE, while others want to use firms
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Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) (CPN) has condemned the proposed NITDA Bill 2021 in its entirety. CPN delegates, led by the President and Chairman of Council, Kole Jagun, were at the stakeholders’ engagement, recently organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to consider the proposed NITDA Bill 2021
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5G connections will surpass 1 billion in 2022 and 2 billion by 2025, the GSMA has said. The report noted that by the end of 2025, 5G will account for over a fifth of total mobile connections, and more than two in five people globally will live within reach of
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In the eyes of Ethiopia’s government, the future is a 145-meter-tall monument of rolled concrete and Francis turbines that spans the Blue Nile River within a shout of the Sudanese border. That future shifted from vision to reality on 20 February, when Ethiopian president Abiy Ahmed (a Nobel Peace Prize winner
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A NEW computer tool can spot heart disease in 20 seconds, a study found — nearly 40 times faster than experienced medics. It uses artificial intelligence to read complex MRI scans in record time, and does so more accurately than humans. Doctors are alerted to potential heart problems before the patient is
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