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    LG and KT to use AI for pandemic prevention

    Image: KT LG Electronics and LG Uplus have signed an agreement with KT to collaborate in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), the companies jointly announced on Wednesday. The three have agreed to share and co-develop core AI technologies, create new products, services, and solutions through using AI, as well as use AI to solve […] More

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    Cisco warns: These Nexus switches have been hit by a serious security flaw

    Cisco has warned customers with Nexus switches running its NX-OS software to install updates to address a serious flaw that allows a remote attacker to bypass network access controls and route malicious internet traffic to internal networks.  This bug, tracked as CVE-2020-10136, can be used to trigger a denial of service on affected Nexus switches […] More

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    NBN admits telling Canberrans they needed to move off TransACT when they didn't

    An NBN FttN node getting a Nokia line card installed Image: Corinne Reichert/ZDNet The company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia has entered into a court enforceable undertaking with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over its conduct during the first half of 2019 in the Australian Capital Territory. NBN […] More

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    Where is the ‘edge’ in edge computing? And who gets to decide?

    Calling a technological domain “the edge” gives it a cool sound, like it’s just pushing the boundaries of some innovative envelope. So naturally, there are multiple subdomains of the world’s wireless network that operators and equipment providers have staked out as “the edge.” There is a “network edge” that you’d think would extend to the […] More

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    Australian bushfires impacted 1% of all NBN services

    Image: NBN The company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network across Australia has revealed the extent to which the black summer bushfires of 2019-2020 impacted its network. Responding to Senate Estimates Question on Notice, NBN said it had four force majeure events from November onwards as a result of bushfire, with 332 outages hitting […] More

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    Singapore researchers tapping quantum cryptography to enhance network encryption

    A team of engineers and researchers are working to tap quantum cryptography technology to enhance network encryption tools, so these can be ready to mitigate security risks when quantum computing becomes mainstream. ST Engineering and National University of Singapore (NUS) will use “measurement-device-independent” quantum key distribution (MDI QKD) technology in their efforts to to build […] More

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    NBN to get 250Mbps on entire HFC network by June 2021, only 7% can get 750Mbps

    Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet The wholesale pricing changes flagged by the company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia at the end of 2019 came into force on Friday, and along with the new 100/20, 250/25, and 1,000/50Mbps speed tiers, a bunch of caveats were also released. NBN said its new 500-1,000Mbps plan, […] More