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• Church of England’s slave trading profits examined in new exhibition

  16-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  An exhibition that looks at how the Church of England profited from the slave trade has opened at Lambeth Palace Library to accompany the Church Commissioners’ report into the same issue.The report looked into historic links between Queen Anne’s Bounty (one of the Church Commissioners’ predecessors) and transatlantic chattel slavery. Queen Anne’s Bounty was set up in 1704 to provide funding for poor clergy with its income coming from the richer parishes, and it invested t
  
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• Achieving the optimal mobile network synchronization

  16-01-2023 14:18
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Anil Reddy, Senior Director Business Development APAC, Oscilloquartz and Hiroko Ashida, Global Alliance Manager, Service Provider Solutions Department, NEC, assess the 5G synchronization challenge.
  5G brings a new era for mobile network services. From new consumer applications to innovative IoT and industrial use cases, 5G delivers unprecedented connectivity. On
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: net neutrality and fair contribution

  16-01-2023 14:02
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Net neutrality and fair contribution
  
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• Telia puts sustainability at management board level

  16-01-2023 13:25
  Telia Company has announced changes to its top management that include putting the sustainability agenda front and centre.
  The Swedish telecoms operator revealed that former Ericsson executive Ola Rembe will join the company in March with a series of responsibilities, including sustainability.
  Rembe will serve as Senior Vice President, Head of Communications, Brand and Sustainability, a new role that brings together those various functions for the first time. Per Carleö, currently on the te
  
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• Singtel and SK Telecom host metaverse meet-up, but the jury’s still out

  16-01-2023 13:06
  2023 looks set to be another year of ups and downs for the metaverse.
  Device makers and software developers are continuously prepping new products and experiences, but consumers – faced with a tough economy – will take some convincing to shell out for a shiny new headset.
  That’s not going to stop the industry from trying though. Last week, Singtel had a crack, hosting its first metaverse event on SK Telecom (SKT)’s ifland metaverse platform. Called ‘Destination: ifl
  
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• New footbridge links up either side of Barnes railway bridge

  16-01-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A new footbridge has opened that has bypassed a long detour to walk along the riverside on the northern side of Barnes railway bridge.The Thames Path runs along the banks of the Thames from source to mouth, but at Barnes bridge, the north side of the path takes a substantial detour away from the riverside.
  That was because there was no space under the railway for a footpath — so a new bridge has been constructed that sits on piles drilled into the Thames itself. Known officially as the Duk
  
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• Vodafone and Currys sign deal to go ‘beyond mobile’

  16-01-2023 12:52
  UK operator Vodafone will continue as the exclusive mobile network partner for retailer Currys as they look to expand into technology areas ‘beyond mobile’
  This is an extension of an ‘exclusive multi-year partnership’ which the firms have been in for years, and they will now apparently be focussing on growing ‘beyond mobile’ and into home broadband and smart home products, a plethora of which could be seen being waved around at CES earlier in the month.
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• ChatGPT and other AI apps are going to create new winners and losers in the job market

  16-01-2023 10:35
  Advanced AI services may be coming for content creators’ jobs, but they will also be free to busy themselves with art or other ‘more human pursuits’, says CEO of conversational AI firm Gupshup Beerud Sheth.
  AI chat bots have been around for a while in varying states of usefulness, as anyone who has used/tolerated them in lieu of a human customer service rep. But when Open AI’s ChatGPT burst onto the scene recently, it created a buzz in much wider circles than the tech pre
  
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• London’s Alleys: Queen’s Gate Place Mews, SW7

  16-01-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a grand-looking mews that sits close to the Natural History Museum and is unusual in that it’s one of the widest mews in South Kensington.As with mews everywhere, once home to horses and servants for the grand houses on the other side, now it’s a row of luxury homes. However, it’s also home to a luxury of another sort, the successor to the horse-drawn carriage — luxury cars.
  The mews was built as a consequence of the Great Exhibition, as the successors, the Royal
  
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