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A viral video has captured a cruise ship speeding into a harbour during a whale watching trip. Filmed in San Diego, the busy ship called the “Adventure Hornblower” is seen trying to dock. It appears to be full of people who are on the roof and the decking of the boat. What happens next takes […]
If you’re an Xfinity internet customer in the northeast, it might be worth running a speed test. Comcast just announced that it’s bumping download speeds for internet users in a total of 14 northeastern states, from Maine down through Virginia. Each of the four internet tiers Xfinity offers will increase, though by how much will […]
There are so many factors that can affect home broadband speeds, the “up to” figures providers like to throw around are tantamount to guesswork. UK telecoms regulator Ofcom isn’t a great fan of inaccurate claims, so it’s forcing ISPs to change how they communicate speeds to potential customers. Companies have a whole year — until […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Anders Clark | EyeEm) Charter Communications is appealing a court ruling that said the ISP must face a lawsuit alleging the company falsely promised fast Internet speeds that Charter knew it could not deliver. Charter claims that federal regulations, including the recent repeal of net neutrality rules, preempts the lawsuit […]
Ever hop on a WiFi hotspot to save mobile data or boost speed, only to find out that it’s so slow that you might as well have stayed on cellular access? If you’re using Android 8.1 Oreo, that shouldn’t be a problem going forward. After several weeks of teasing, Google is rolling out a feature […]
Google started rolling out Android 8.1 Oreo in December 2017. One feature, however, was only turned on today: Wi-Fi connection speeds under the names of public networks. Mobile devices already show Wi-Fi signal strength via an icon with four or five bars. The more bars, or the fuller the icon, the stronger the signal. Google […]
BT customers are about to get a major boost to their broadband. The telecoms giant has just announced its new Ultrafast Fibre packages which will bring speeds of over 300Mbps to cutsomers across the UK. At this full speed you’ll able to download a full HD movie in under three minutes – the same would take […]
Have you noticed that many self-driving car tests avoid the highway? There’s a good reason for it: the LiDAR (laser pulse-based radar) cars use to navigate frequently can’t handle high-detail images at the speeds and distances needed for timely reactions. Velodyne might fix that with its newly unveiled VLS-128 LiDAR system. It has 10 times […]
(credit: Aurich Lawson) The impending repeal of net neutrality rules is being used by Charter Communications to fight a lawsuit that alleges the company made false promises of fast Internet service. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in February filed the lawsuit against Charter and its Time Warner Cable (TWC) subsidiary. Meanwhile, Federal Communications Commission […]
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