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• China and US ramp up AI oversight

  11-04-2023 19:18
  Pushback against the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence continues, with both Chinese and American regulators intervening further.
  The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has launched an ‘AI Accountability Request for Comment’, to try to get a better idea of how best to impose guard-rails on the development of AI. Specifically it’s trying to work out how to allow AI to develop while mitigating the potential harms of sentient computers, be
  
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• 200 year old fish found under the House of Lords

  11-04-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  During surveys to prepare for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster, a 200-year old carved bone in the shape of a fish was discovered.
  The fish, a gaming counter possibly used in 18th Century card games, was found by Roland Tillyer, Senior Geoarchaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology whilst monitoring the digging of a borehole deep in the earth under the House of Lords’ Royal Court.
  Michael Marshall, MOLA Finds Team Leader said: “This carved bone fish is a gaming counter.
  
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• UK altnet Trooli acquired by newly-formed company

  11-04-2023 18:23
  A recently registered company called Agnar UK Infrastructure Ltd has taken control of UK altnet Trooli and new directors have been appointed, according to Companies House filings.
  There has been no actual announcement, but a notification on Trooli’s Companies House page dated 6 April shows a filing that a recently registered entity called Agnar UK Infrastructure Ltd has taken 75% control of UK altnet.
  Rifling through the Companies House filings, first flagged up by ISP Review, Agnar UK has
  
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• Axiata’s Open Digital Transformation accelerating journey to Techco

  11-04-2023 17:59
  In the past several years, Axiata Group, a leading telecommunications and digital conglomerate in Asia Pacific, has undertaken a comprehensive IT transformation programme covering telcos across six countries. The transformation has delivered significant benefits, including the acceleration of go-to-market strategies from months to days and a 40% reduction in IT costs, according to Group CIO Anthony Rodrigo.
  During an interview at Barcelona Mobile World Conference 2023, Rodrigo discussed bes
  
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• Huawei Views APAC Region as Key to the Advancement of 5G

  11-04-2023 16:08
  Teaser:  In 2022 the company invested nearly 25.1% of its total revenue in research and development.
  The average age in the Asia-Pacific region is only 30.2 years old, and unicorns are growing explosively. Driven by the continued demand for ICT infrastructure and the rich digital content of consumers, the Asia-Pacific region has entered a golden age of digital economy and ICT infrastructure development.
  With the opening of the epidemic and the gradual recovery of the economy, the revenue fo
  
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• Ai Weiwei fills the Design Museum with bricks and stones

  11-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Design Museum has opened its much anticipated exhibition of works by the Chinese dissident artist, Ai Weiwei and filled not just their exhibition space, but also outside the museum itself with his art.If you’re a regular visitor to the Design Museum, the main thing you will notice on walking into the exhibition is the space. A space that’s usually broken up into smaller rooms has been stripped bare and emptied out to create space for four floor based works of art.
  When you go in,
  
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• ReadyLinks joins HomeGrid Forum, bringing cloud-managed networking knowledge for accelerating G.hn Access deployments

  11-04-2023 15:30
  
  Beaverton, April 11, 2023: Industry-leading cloud networking specialists, ReadyLinks, have joined the HomeGrid Forum. They will bring their knowledge and expertise of networking delivery derived from specializing in products that deliver IP and Ethernet-based services into the fast-growing G.hn alliance of system vendors, silicon vendors, enterprise customers, and service providers accelerating broadband deployments. Companies of all sizes - from best-in-world hotels, casinos, and resorts to tie
  
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• No, TfL is not planning to scrap peak hour fares on Fridays

  11-04-2023 14:42 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has denied reports that it is considering scrapping peak hours fares on Fridays to boost post-pandemic recovery in travel on the London Underground.There was a report in the i paper at the weekend, and picked up elsewhere, that TfL was looking at eliminating the morning peak hours fares on Fridays, as is already the case at weekends. The impetus suggested is that with many more office based people commuting Tues-Thur, there’s a desire to boost travel on Friday (a
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: public cloud, Vodafone and M&A

  11-04-2023 14:00
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Public cloud, Vodafone and M&A
  
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• Rogers acquires BAI Canada and plans Toronto subway 5G rollout

  11-04-2023 13:50
  Canadian telco Rogers Communications has acquired BAI Canada, which holds the exclusive rights to build the Toronto Transit Commission’s wireless network.
  Following the purchase, Rogers says it will now be able to build out a 5G network to the Toronto subway system and places a particular emphasis on enabling access to 911 services across the entire subway system, which currently is only available on station platforms, concourses, and approximately 25% of the tunnels.
  5G coverage for wirel
  
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• UK government gives telecoms sector buying signal over mega-mergers

  11-04-2023 13:12
  As part of a new package designed to boost its telecoms sector, the UK government indicated it would be just fine with a spot of MNO consolidation.
  The headline news, as far as the government is concerned, is that it’s providing up to £148 million of public money to ‘boost UK’s digital connectivity’. This is comprised of ‘up to’ £100 million for 6G research, £40 million to ‘promote investment and adoption of 5G by businesses and public
  
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• The Sky Garden tops 10 million visitors

  11-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Sky Garden, which opened at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street (the Walkie Talkie) has now had over 10 million people visit it since it opened in January 2015. On average around 3,000 people a day are now visiting the venue – which is free to visit.
  (c) Sky Garden
  Meanwhile, the nearby Garden at 120, at the top of Fen Court building just down the road at 120 Fenchurch Street, is closing in on three-quarters of a million visitors since it opened in February 2019.
  The number of visitors to t
  
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• Global PC shipments tumble 33% in Q1

  11-04-2023 12:21
  Canalys figures clock a 33% drop in global shipments of desktops and notebooks during Q1 2022, the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit decline.
  The report claims in total 54 million units were shipped during the quarter, and blames the decline on a weak holiday season toward the end of 2022 which extended into the new year as the channel prioritised inventory clearance.
  Notebook shipments dropped 34% year-on-year to 41.8 million units, while desktop shipments performed only slightly bette
  
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• The National Army Museum’s revamped Conflict in Europe exhibition

  11-04-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Unfortunately topical, as war has returned to Europe, the National Army Museum has revamped its conflicts in Europe gallery to put more objects on display and bring it up to date.The refreshed exhibition opens with a huge painting of soldiers waking up on the morning of the Battle of Waterloo, which was recently acquired and restored by the museum, and swiftly leads to an even larger scale model of the battle itself.
  The display, which fills half the floor, ranges across 350 years of history, ri
  
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