5G Will Be 100x Faster Than LTE? More Like 2.7x Faster www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g… 5G speeds are failing to live up to hype. Is anyone surprised by this?
" … much of the dysfunction of tech regulation — from botched anti-sex-trafficking laws to the EU’s plan to impose mass surveillance and censorship to root out copyright infringement — are the result of trying to jury-rig tools to fix the problems of monopolies, without using anti-monopoly laws, because they have been systematically gutted for 40 years." craphound.com/news/2019…
Built on Sand: “Wherever we go, we’re surrounded by sand. It’s in the floors beneath us, walls around us and ceilings above us, plus the sidewalks and roads we use to get from place to place. Sand is a key ingredient in concrete, asphalt, and glass, not to mention the silicon chips inside our phones and computers. It is an essential component of modern life as we know it, yet, strangely enough, we are starting to run out.” 99percentinvisible.org/episode/b…
RIP Rip Torn: Actor’s actor, political activist, badass boingboing.net/2019/07/0…
IBM Builds Telco Muscle With $34B Red Hat Acquisition: IBM sees its combination with Red Hat as enabling a full virtualization stack for service providers, from infrastructure to OSS and everything in between. My latest on Light Reading. www.lightreading.com/cloud/ibm…
USA’s formidable women’s team is no accident. It’s a product of public policy [Moira Donegan/The Guardian]
… title IX effectively turned the American education system into the world’s most successful women’s sporting development organization. The success story of women’s sports under title IX shows how marginalized groups can be given opportunities through policy interventions; how the talents and passions of individuals can be fostered when they have institutional support.
Greg McVerry: “Find a passion, start a blog.” Or you can just do what I do and post whatever pops into your head wherever you can find a text box on the web.
Pratik talks about taking photos on vacation, blogging in a post-Facebook world, and inability to do the Vulcan “Live Long and Prosper” salute.
“Muhammad Ali is a singular figure in American life. But there are elements of a modern-day Ali in Rapinoe’s stance toward sports and social activism, to say nothing of her ability to turn the glare of publicity—much of it controversial—to her advantage.”
USA 2019 Womens World Cup champions were unflappable, unequaled [SI.com]
Why measles returned
Why Is Measles Back? [The Atlantic]
Peter Beinart, the author of this article, blames the anti-vax movement on rising idiocracy, but downplays betrayal by government, business and the medical establishment. Anti-vaxxers are wrong about vaccines, but they’re right to mistrust institutions.
Artificial coffee. I'm appalled.
A Bitter End For Regular Joe? Scientists Engineer A Smooth, Beanless Coffee [NPR]
A startup has developed coffee that’s made without the bitter flavor – and without coffee beans, too. Should they really be allowed to call it “coffee?”
Researchers are working on plant-based fake fish
Fish replacement may be the next big wave in alternative protein development
I’m intrigued by the idea of plant-based fish. I’m allergic to fish and would love to be able to eat it. Or to even know what fish tastes like.
I can eat shrimp, lobster and other shellfish, but not tuna, salmon, or other fish that swims. I’ve never had a tuna salad sandwich or sushi.
Bill Gates envies Steve Jobs's ability to mesmerize people with nonsense
Microsoft’s Bill Gates: Steve Jobs cast spells on everyone but he didn’t fool me
Sounds ridiculous in a headline but Gates makes good points. Yeah, Jobs was often full of shit but the products were and are great anyway.
Shedding Light On Domestic Violence [Fresh Air podcast]. An average of four women are killed by their partners every day in America. Crisis center CEO Suzanne Dubus and journalist Rachel Louise Snyder talk about identifying risk factors in abusive relationships, prevention, and how to set victims up with resources to rebuild their lives. Snyder’s book is ‘No Visible Bruises.’