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• Exhibition shows off King Charles III’s 43 years at Highgrove

  14-04-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Ahead of his Coronation, an exhibition has opened looking at how the then Prince of Wales has remodelled his home at Highgrove, with a lot of focus on its work with local crafts and the Prince’s Trust.As a display, it’s mainly a mix of photos, watercolours and sketches, and dotted around many of the crafts made by young people who are supported by the Prince’s Trust.
  One case contains some sketches that have never been seen before of the Prince of Wales’s preparatory draw
  
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• Portraits from Backstage – an exhibition at the National Theatre

  14-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The people who work behind the scenes to make a theatre production shine are rarely seen, but there’s currently an exhibition at the National Theatre that draws them out into the limelight.The theatre’s first artist in residence, Curtis Holder, has been allowed behind the curtain to sketch the many staff who work there, and now his large portraits are on display in the theatre’s foyer in a free exhibition.
  Holder’s subjects range from wigs, hair and make-up assistants, to
  
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• In a 5G world, can your convergent charging system do these six things?

  14-04-2023 13:13
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ari Banerjee, SVP of Strategy at Netcracker, explores one of the key challenges for telcos in the 5G era: monetising quality of service and experiences, rather than just connectivity. Imagine a world in which the traditional limits of connectivity all but cease to exist. Mobile broadband is available everywhere. It extends into remote areas, is super-fast a
  
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• Kepler raises $92 million for its ‘internet for space’ programme

  14-04-2023 13:02
  Kepler Communications, which says it is planning to bring ‘modern Internet capabilities into space’ has raised $92 Million in Series C funding led by IA Ventures.
  The firm has raised over $200 million in equity since 2016 from Costanoa Ventures, Canaan Partners, Tribe Capital, BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, and others. This latest round of funding is earmarked for the launch of optical data relay infrastructure next year, bolstering its existing RF network.
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• Special offer on tickets to Frozen the Musical

  14-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The long-running stage musical version of the Disney film currently has an offer on tickets with prices starting from just £27.50 for selected performances.The magical world of Arendelle comes to life with all of your favourite characters and songs to tell a story of love, hope and discovery. Watch as the sisters who melted the hearts of people around the world cast their spell on the West End.
  The 2013 film had 7 original songs, including fan favourites ‘Do You Want to Build a Snowm
  
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• Europe eventually joins the Chat GPT paranoia party

  14-04-2023 12:58
  Following moves by Italy and Spain, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has sprung into action by thinking about creating a task force to look into generative AI.
  Europe seems to be focusing its concerns about generative AI platforms like Chat GPT on the data protection implications. Italy has led the way in this respect, with its Garante agency insisting the OpenAI, the company behind Chat GPT, introduce a bunch of data protection measures before it will be allowed to operate there.
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• The Art Deco heritage tube train returns to the London Underground

  14-04-2023 12:33 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A tube train built in 1938 and restored to its art-deco original interior will be returning to the London Underground for the May bank holiday.The 1938 Stock was the first kind of tube train to have all of the electrical equipment underneath the floor, combining the latest technology of the era with quintessential late 1930s style.
  The trips will be available on three days from Sat 29th April to Mon 1st May 2023.
  The route for this event is between Acton Town and Uxbridge (return).
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• Rail industry makes fresh offer to stop train strikes

  14-04-2023 11:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents the train companies, says that it has made another revised offer to the RMT union to try and resolve the long running strikes on the railways.Although the RMT had settled its dispute with Network Rail, there’s still an outstanding dispute with the train operating companies. Strikes on the trains that were due to take place at the end of last month were called off following talks with the RDG
  At the time, the RMT said that a proposal was offer
  
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• Inmarsat and MediaTek explore commercial direct-to-satellite solutions

  14-04-2023 10:42
  Satellite operator Inmarsat is ramping up efforts to capitalise on the direct-to-device (D2D) comms hype.
  Together with Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek, Inmarsat has spent the last few years exploring the potential of using its Elera L-band constellation to deliver two-way connectivity to smartphones, IoT devices and cars – among others – that incorporate MediaTek’s 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) tech. Inmarsat said its solutions are already being trialled by both network opera
  
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• Inmarsat and MediaTek edge towards commercial direct-to-satellite solutions

  14-04-2023 10:42
  Satellite operator Inmarsat is ramping up efforts to capitalise on the direct-to-device (D2D) comms hype.
  Together with Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek, Inmarsat has spent the last few years exploring the potential of using its Elera L-band constellation to deliver two-way connectivity to smartphones, IoT devices and cars – among others – that incorporate MediaTek’s 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) tech. Inmarsat said its solutions are already being trialled by both network opera
  
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• WiFi device shipments fall, but bounce back is coming

  14-04-2023 10:32
  The number of WiFi-enabled products shipped worldwide last year fell for the first time ever, according to new research from IDC.
  However, it’s not all doom and gloom. While the market was naturally heavily impacted by weakness in the smartphone space, the analyst firm’s data suggests it will bounce back more quickly, driven by demand from IoT.
  WiFi has been around for a while. And its popularity is only growing. As such, it’s newsworthy that the number of devices shipped with
  
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