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• London’s Public Art: Landline, W1

  27-04-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A pillar of marble has appeared next to Hanover Square and is the first permanently installed sculpture in London by Sean Scully RA.Sean Scully RA is an Irish-born American-based artist and has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee, and each of the huge marble slabs is supposed to represent the layers of soil under London.
  The description from the artist says that the “selected marbles translate the layered landscape of Hanover Square, the new gardens and surrounding buildings – th
  
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• UKTIN lays out its vision for boosting UK telecoms

  27-04-2023 17:18
  The UK Telecoms Innovation Network has announced its presence with a government-funded plan to bolster research, development and innovation in the UK telecoms ecosystem.
  Analysts, journos, and other industry types today gathered in a London hotel for the launch of UKTIN, which has set itself the task of giving the UK telecoms innovation space a shot in the arm by helping to coordinate R&D efforts and drum up investment into SMEs doing clever things with connectivity.
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• Della Valle becomes Vodafone CEO ahead of likely M&A spree

  27-04-2023 17:02
  UK-based operator group Vodafone has appointed Margherita Della Valle (pictured) as its new permanent CEO, some five months after she took on the role on an interim basis.
  Her appointment comes amidst a new wave of M&A rumours involving Vodafone. Her remit is – of course – to turn around the fortunes of the troubled telco group, and it seems that will involve leading the company through a reshaping and streamlining process that will likely involve asset sales.
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• Vodafone appoints finance head Margherita Della Valle as permanent CEO

  27-04-2023 17:01 via ft.com
  Appointment comes as British telecoms group faces questions over its long-term strategy
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of Alexandra Palace’s old railway station and basement

  27-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  To mark its 150th anniversary, Alexandra Palace is hosting tours of its building, including the old BBC studios, theatre — and the old railway station and basement.
  (c) Alexandra Palace
  Although there is a modern railway station close to Ally Pally, it also used to have its own dedicated station right next to the back of the building. The station was the terminus of a short branch line from Highgate, which opened in 1873 and closed in 1954.
  Nothing remains of the tracks or island platform
  
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• T-Mobile looks to sport for 5G salvation

  27-04-2023 15:38
  Throw enough use cases at the wall and surely one of them is bound to stick eventually.
  This pretty much sums up T-Mobile US’s announcement that it has chosen nine budding companies to participate in its annual Accelerator Programme, which this year is focused on innovative 5G experiences relating to sports and live events.
  They include companies like App Cats, which has various offerings including a 5G live streaming platform, audience surveying tools and fan engagement rewards. Another o
  
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• Smartphone makers risk ‘drowning’ in excess inventory

  27-04-2023 15:24
  Smartphones shipments are still on the decline globally and, although an uptick is in sight, vendors still need to tread carefully, analysts say.
  Worldwide smartphone shipments fell by 14.6 percent year-on-year to 268.6 million units in the first quarter of this year, according to new preliminary data from IDC. Its figures are pretty close to those shared by rival Canalys earlier this month – or at least they show a very similar trend – and Canalys has since amended its numbers to sh
  
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• Ericsson combats silicon lock-in with AMD deal

  27-04-2023 13:29
  Swedish kit maker Ericsson will develop Open RAN solutions that run on AMD processors as well as Intel ones.
  With the telecoms industry pursuing software-based, vendor-agnostic network architecture, more attention than ever is being paid to the underlying silicon – not only its performance, but who makes it. And in the case of open and cloud RAN, the most common answer to the latter point is Intel, raising the question of whether operators are merely swapping one flavour of vendor lock-in
  
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• Tickets Alert: Out of hours Titanosaur tours at the Natural History Museum

  27-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you want to get up close and personal with the largest dinosaur on display but prefer to avoid the crowds, then the Natural History Museum is offering early morning visits.
  Patagotitan mayorum – Titanosaur  (c) Natural History Museum
  In addition to getting to see the Titanosaur in a much quieter room before the public are let in, there’s a tour guide to tell you about the dinosaur, and take questions from you at the end. You will also get taken around the main dinosaur galler
  
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• Mobile security consolidation as F-Secure buys Lookout’s consumer arm

  27-04-2023 12:53
  Finnish cybersecurity company F-Secure is buying the consumer mobile security business of Lookout to boost its presence in the US market.
  The enterprise value of the acquisition is $223 million and we’re told will triple F-Secure’s presence on the other side of the pond. Another primary aim of the move is boost F-Secure’s place in the tier-1 communications service provider market. The consumer mobile security product portfolios seem fairly similar, so there will be plenty of th
  
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• More national rail strikes announced by ASLEF and RMT unions

  27-04-2023 12:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT and Aslef unions have both announced a round of fresh national railway strikes.
  The main strikes will be by Aslef, which has announced three more dates for national rail strikes, having rejected a pay offer from the train operating companies it described as “risible”.
  The RMT has instead announced a one-day strike.The Aslef strikes will take place on Friday 12th May, Wednesday 31st May, and Saturday 3rd June — which will affect people travelling to the Eurovision final
  
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• Cellnex cheers organic growth as investor reshapes board

  27-04-2023 12:44
  Cellnex’s revenues are on the up, suggesting its new organic growth strategy is paying off, while its major shareholder is getting its feet under the table at board level.
  The Spanish passive infrastructure specialist posted revenues of close to €1 billion for the first quarter of this year and reported an increase in adjusted earnings, although its net loss continued to widen and debt crept up.
  Specifically, the firm’s top line came in at €985 million for the three months
  
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• Tube roundels get crowns for the coronation

  27-04-2023 12:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The famous tube roundel has been crowned, just over a week ahead of the actual King and Queen also being crowned. The tube roundel is now appearing in tube stations with a likeness of St Edward’s Crown, which is the same one that will be used to crown King Charles III.
  The celebratory “Crowndels” can be found at Tube stations around the event area, as well as some Elizabeth line and London Overground stations, and at key interchange stations in central London.
  (c) TfL
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• Generative AI is a gift for cyber criminals

  27-04-2023 10:15
  While there’s lots of talk about how jobs might disappear in the face of a rapidly advancing generative AI sector, it may also provide hackers and scammers tools to scale up their operations.
  Generative AI and it’s widely referenced standard bearer Chat GPT might well end up doing for your job and driving the world collectively insane with a blizzard of unlimited deepfake content, but at least the cyber criminals might have something to raise a glass to.
  One early upshot of Large Lan
  
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