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• HS2 buys an ex-Crossrail tunnelling machine for Old Oak Common tunnel

  12-04-2023 19:06 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A tunnel boring machine that was used to dig part of the Elizabeth line is now being used to build a logistics tunnel for HS2 in west London.
  The construction site at Old Oak Common is spread over several locations and to avoid road trips between them, HS2 is digging a huge logistics tunnel underneath Willesden Junction to link them up. And to dig that tunnel, they’ve got hold of an old Crossrail TBM to do the job.
  Atlas Road logistics tunnel map – from HS2 presentation
  The TBM has b
  
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• Intel and Arm join forces on chip production     

  12-04-2023 18:19
  UK chip designer Arm and Intel’s contract manufacturing business unit Intel Foundry Services (IFS) have partnered to combine Arm core and Intel angstrom-era process technology.
  The deal will enable chip designers to build low-power compute system-on-chips (SoCs) on the Intel 18A process. Arm partners will now be able to utilise Intel’s open system foundry model, which as well as ‘traditional’ wafer fabrication includes packaging, software and chiplets.
  The initial focus w
  
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• Study highlights increasing dependence of operators on hyperscalers

  12-04-2023 18:04
  A new report from analyst firm Omdia suggests operators’ best chance of growth in the consumer market comes from partnering with Big Tech.
  Apart from their core fixed-line and mobile data services, pretty much all of the potential growth for service providers from the consumer sector over the next few years will come from ‘non-traditional categories, asserts Omdia’s Quantifying the Consumer Telco Opportunity – 2023 report. Those include streaming video, digital gaming and
  
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• TfL converts over half of bus shelter lighting to low-energy LEDs

  12-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) says that a project to convert bus shelter lighting to lower energy LED bulbs has passed the halfway mark, with over half the bus shelters converted, and electricity consumption down by 57 percent.
  (c) TfL
  TfL anticipates that converting all the bus shelters to LED lighting will save at least £1.5 million a year off its electricity bill, and that the upfront investment cost will be repaid by the lower bills in just two years.
  (That’s roughly the same for ho
  
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• BT lays out its vision of a quantum computing powered future

  12-04-2023 14:20
  UK telco group BT says quantum computing is going to bring about profound changes both to telecoms and wider society, and has detailed the projects it is working on in the nascent space.
  Quantum computing – widely considered to be a step change in computational power that will have significant effects on whatever it touches – is starting to get talked about more and more by all sorts of organisations, and it seems BT is no exception.
  In a blog post titled ‘Shaping the UK’
  
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• US moves to increase pressure on allies over Huawei and ZTE

  12-04-2023 13:22
  A new US law is set pass that will name and shame any country it considers an ally if they are found to use any Huawei or ZTE.
  It’s called the ‘Countering Untrusted Telecommunications Abroad Act’, which already tells you much of what you need to know about the bill. The bill was first presented to the US House of Representatives in July of last year by Representative Susan Wild.
  “Reporting has shown us how Huawei and ZTE operate as vehicles for the Chinese Communist Party
  
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• Monthly tours of the City of London’s Guildhall

  12-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Once a month, it’s possible to go on a guided tour of the City of London’s ancient and impressive Guildhall building.The Guildhall Great Hall is England’s third largest civic hall, and was constructed in 1411, making it over 600 years old. Having survived both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, it is the only secular stone structure dating from before 1666 still standing in the City.
  It has been the setting for famous state trials, including that of Lady Jane Grey in 1553.
  
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• S&T Iskratel unveils world’s fastest PON OLT

  12-04-2023 11:20
  
  Operators can avoid costly hardware investments when virtualizing and upgrading their fibre networks to meet faster broadband requirements for homes and businesses thanks to the latest release of two new top-of-the-line, multi-terabit Optical Line Terminals (OLTs). The staggering 1.4 Tbps uplink capacity of the new Iskratel Lumia T6 makes it the world's fastest shelf-based PON OLT allowing for a seamless technology upgrade in the same chassis when new PON generations are available. With 800 Gbps
  
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• Find a giant rusty nail in the City of London

  12-04-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a giant rusty nail in the City of London, and yes, it’s art. It’s also something I must have walked past hundreds of times without noticing, as it’s remarkably easy to assume is just part of the building it’s next to – until you look up.
  Oh, it’s a nail. A really big nail.It was put here, rather than hammered into the ground in 2011, and is the first permanent outdoor commission by Gavin Turk.
  The nail, with a slight tilt, was made in Turk’
  
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