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• A huge Titanosaur goes on display this weekend

  29-03-2023 20:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A dinosaur that’s four times heavier than Dippy the Diplodocus is going on display at the Natural History Museum this weekend, filling one of the museum’s larger galleries.
  Patagotitan mayorum (c) Natural History Museum
  Thought to be over 100 million years old, the 2.67 tonne cast of Patagotitan mayorum, the most complete gigantic dinosaur ever discovered, has arrived in London as the first stop in a European tour.
  Unlike say when Dippy is on display when it’s kept within a fen
  
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• AI reaches an inflection point with call to pause development

  29-03-2023 18:51
  An open letter signed by many tech leaders is calling for a pause in training all artificial intelligence systems more powerful than GPT-4, but it’s probably futile.
  “AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research and acknowledged by top AI labs,” opens the letter. Among the most prominent signatories are tech industry legends Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, as well as a bunch of AI researchers and com
  
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• BT Wholesale starts selling EE mobile SIM deals for resale

  29-03-2023 18:42
  Resellers can start selling 4G and 5G connectivity via EE sim cards to their own customers if they join BT Wholesale’s Partner Plus scheme.
  This is a new string to bow of BT Wholesale’s channel portfolio, called Complete Mobile. Enterprise resellers will be able to sell EE connectivity via a direct channel model with BT Wholesale, brand it themselves and define the contract and support wrap.
  Complete Mobile is described as a collaboration between BT Wholesale and a number of its Part
  
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• Fibre infrastructure is not a ‘natural monopoly’

  29-03-2023 18:00
  Altnets have boosted UK broadband coverage but incumbent BT will still fight for growth
  
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• Cycle hire cargo bikes expand into Westminster

  29-03-2023 17:39 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A fleet of electric cargo bikes are being rolled out in Westminster, as a pilot project to see if they encourage local people to switch from motor vehicles for moving modest amounts of parcels. The bikes are being supplied by the bike hire firm, Beryl, who already provide the same bikes in Hackney, and the scheme is being managed by Westminster Council as a pilot trial.
  (c) Westminster City Council
  Fitted with an electric-assist motor for extra power, the bikes are designed for transporting smal
  
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• Open RAN is a pivotal moment for industry collaboration

  29-03-2023 16:31
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Andrew Thomas, Innovation Manager at Cellnex UK, explains why he thinksd collaboration is key to unlocking Open RAN’s potential.The telecoms industry is currently faced with many new opportunities and challenges, from keeping up with customer expectation and demand, to an increased pressure to meet Government objectives. The UK Government’s Wireless
  
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• Boris Johnson in cartoons – at the Cartoon Museum

  29-03-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is one of those larger than life personalities that is a gift to cartoonists, and there’s a display of the cartoonist’s work at the moment.The exhibition, aptly at the Cartoon Museum looks back at the political career from MP through his years to the premiership and how he handled, or didn’t, the various calamities that struck.
  The UK has a proud tradition of mocking its leaders in cartoons – and the Cartoon Museum has a large coll
  
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• Ofcom finds signs of responsible social media use among children

  29-03-2023 14:22
  When it comes to social media, the kids might be alright, according to the latest research from UK comms regulator Ofcom.
  It sounds counter-intuitive. Here in the UK, many teenage tragedies have been linked to self-harm material online. It is a serious enough issue that one of the main stated aims of the government’s Online Safety Bill is to make social media platforms responsible for removing illegal content. And that’s before you get to all the trolling, bullying, humiliation, and
  
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• Rakuten opens European Open RAN hub in the UK

  29-03-2023 13:03
  Japanese tech and media giant Rakuten is hoping its new customer experience centre will persuade European operators to move to Open RAN technology.
  Having announced its intentions last November, Rakuten just about got it done on schedule, thanks largely to a significant injection of cash (~$2.3 million) from the Japanese state. The launch event, which we attended yesterday, featured Yuki Naruse, Director for International Policy Coordination at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  
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• Monumental display of British maritime art at Queen’s House

  29-03-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Paintings of large British warships at sea are a classic in any art gallery, but the seemingly British tradition owes its origins to a Dutch father and son who emigrated to the UK.Willem van de Velde the Elder was a draughtsman and expert at drawing ships, while his son, unsurprisingly called the Younger, was a painter who often turned his father’s drawings into the sort of paintings we think of as timeless classics today.
  The two moved to England following an invitation from King Charles
  
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• UK big broadband disappoints customers

  29-03-2023 12:30
  The UK’s biggest broadband providers are providing “mediocre” services, at least in the eyes of their customers, despite the fact that they are asking for much more money for the privilege.
  With significant – and much discussed – price rises looming in the UK, you could be forgiven for assuming that service providers would be going out of their way to ensure customer satisfaction. But according to the results of the latest Which? broadband provider study, that is cl
  
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• Digital Catapult and Ofcom open doors to UK Open RAN lab

  29-03-2023 12:20
  Technology incubation initiative Digital Catapult has teamed up with UK comms regulator Ofcom on a new ‘commercially-neutral, collaborative environment’ for testing Open RAN solutions.
  The new lab is part of Digital Catapult’s Sonic Labs (SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre) programme, which is funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The pitch is that the facility in Kings Cross, London, will provide Open RAN vendors with the opportunit
  
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• Titania Report Reveals Less Than 40% of Senior Cybersecurity Decision Makers Effectively Prioritize Risks to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 4.0 Compliance

  29-03-2023 12:00
  
  New Research Suggests Current Approach to Misconfiguration Detection in Commercial Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) Networks Results in Unquantifiable Levels of Compliance Risk WORCESTER, UK and ARLINGTON, VA, March 29, 2023 – Titania, specialists in continuous network security and compliance, today launched a new independent research report that explores Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 4.0 risk within U.S. commercial critical national infrastructure (CNI) orga
  
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• New Report from the WatchGuard Threat Lab Shows Surge in Endpoint Ransomware, Decline in Network-Detected Malware

  29-03-2023 10:35
  
  Research indicates that encrypted connections have become the preferred method for malware delivery, putting organisations that don’t decrypt traffic at higher risk March 29, 2023 – WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today released findings from its most recent Internet Security Report, detailing the top malware trends and network and endpoint security threats analysed by WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers in Q4 2022. While key findings from the da
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Festival Garden, EC4

  29-03-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large swathe of lawn and seating next to St Paul’s Cathedral looks like it’s part of the Cathedral grounds, but is actually owned by the City of London.The pocket park is the result, in part of the attention of German bombs which cleared so much of the land of its former buildings, and the arrival of the Festival of Britain. There were a number of Festival Gardens built in London and across the UK to celebrate the event, and this one was provided by the City of London as its contri
  
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