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• The unforgotten Londoners exposed in this archival exhibition

  09-05-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The lives of Londoners who rarely feature in the history books, despite being a regular sight on the streets is the topic of a new exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archives. It tells the stories of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage who lived and worked in the city between 1560 and 1860.The exhibition is the result of an ongoing research project and aims to reveal London’s complex and long-standing diversity, which goes far further back in time than the fam
  
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• Inmarsat targets eVTOL market with Supernal partnership

  09-05-2023 16:53
  Satellite provider Inmarsat wants to capitalise on the growing demand for commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services.
  The company on Tuesday partnered with Supernal, a company owned by Korean car maker Hyundai that is developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Similarly to a helicopter, its first passenger aircraft is designed to provide short-haul flights of around 30 miles for a small number of passengers. It has a pilot seat, but the company is also including i
  
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• A fresh look at the Rossettis at Tate Britain goes beyond big hair and big lips

  09-05-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Tate Britain’s latest major exhibition charts the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation – Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (neé Siddal) – showcasing their revolutionary approach to life, love and art. Moving through and beyond the Pre-Raphaelite years, the exhibition features over 150 paintings and drawings as well as photography, design, poetry and more.Although the Tate has a collection of Rosetti paintings, this is the first time they’ve held a
  
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• Elizabeth line strike to hit on its first anniversary

  09-05-2023 14:55 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The core section of the Elizabeth line is likely to be closed on the day of its first anniversary, as Elizabeth line staff who are members of the TSSA union are to walk out on strike in a dispute over pay.The union says that the one-day strike is due to an ongoing dispute over the pay of key operational staff, which it says are paid less than their counterparts who work for other divisions within Transport for London (TfL). The TSSA members going on strike work in roles, including Traffic Manage
  
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• Dish still losing customers but 5G build on track

  09-05-2023 13:57
  Dish Network lost both mobile and TV customers in the first quarter of this year, as well as seeing revenue and earnings slide, but the firm is upbeat about its progress in rolling out its own 5G network.
  The US operator saw its mobile customer base fall to 7.91 million by the end of March; that’s 81,000 losses during the quarter and about 290,000 fewer customers than it had at the same date last year. However, quarterly losses were significantly better than the 343,000 the company reporte
  
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• Leveraging AI in telecoms to enhance offerings and maximise operations

  09-05-2023 13:38
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Kelvin Chaffer, Chief Executive Officer of Lifecycle Software, explores the potential for AI to enable more personalised customer experiences.
  Telecom companies across the UK are under mounting pressure to maintain an ever-growing volume of network traffic while satisfying customers with excellent support and superior service offerings. With many facets to excel
  
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• Google strikes generative AI pact with KPMG

  09-05-2023 13:31
  Some people working in financial services, healthcare and retail could soon find themselves automated out of a job.
  These are the three sectors initially in the sights of Google Cloud and accountancy giant KPMG, which late last week expanded their partnership to include the application of generative AI to the latter’s range of enterprise services. Maximising their chances of spreading anxiety among workers, Google and KPMG said they want to integrate the technology into clients’ fron
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Big Tech, policy and Malaysia

  09-05-2023 13:19
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Big Tech, policy and Malaysia
  
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• Telecoms is ‘witnessing a decline in value’

  09-05-2023 13:15
  An IDC report says spend in telecoms is up due to tariff hikes but value is down in real terms due to high inflation, and operators are looking to new pastures for growth.
  Worldwide spending on telecom and pay TV services reached $1,478 billion in 2022, a 2.2% year over year bump, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. It’s not intuitively obvious why pay TV is lumped in there, but regardless IDC also expects worldwide spend to jump 2.0% next year and re
  
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• Vintage computer games returns to the Science Museum

  09-05-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  After several years of being an occasional event, Power Up, the Science Museum’s festival of vintage gaming is returning, as a permanent feature of the museum.A large room will be filled with 160 consoles and computers covering five decades of gaming, from Pong to Pacman and Minecraft to Mario. Throw in a  dose of Chuckie Egg and some Space Invaders, and it’s a nostalgia fest.
  The now permanent installation returns on Thursday 27th July, and it costs just £15 for an annual
  
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• GSMA fined €200,000 for MWC facial recognition GDPR infringement

  09-05-2023 12:36
  Following a complaint over the use of facial recognition tech at MWC 2021, the Spanish data protection agency has upheld a finding against show organiser GSMA.
  We know about this because one of the complainants – Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina of ‘digital wellbeing’ company Consciously Digital – publicised the ruling in a recent LinkedIn post. Dedyukhina was alarmed by the GSMA’s insistence that she upload her passport data in order to attend the 2021 Mobile World Congress
  
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• Rajant Announces Cardinal Module Integrated Into UVify OMEGA Drone Platform

  09-05-2023 10:45
  
  Visit Rajant with UVify at Xponential Booth 1734 Malvern, PA – May 9, 2023: Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless, will announce the integration of its latest credit card-sized dual-radio Cardinal module with UVify’s OMEGA drone platform at Xponential May 8th – 11th in Denver, Colorado. The Cardinal is powerful, lightweight, and notably the smallest dual-radio platform within Rajant’s portfolio of industrial wireless nodes. Designed with UAVs in mi
  
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• What is 6G?

  09-05-2023 10:26
  As the marketing drum for 6G starts banging in the distance, we’ve gathered some industry experts together to describe what it will be, what it will do, and what lessons can be drawn from the 5G rollout.
  Since the telecoms industry has decided upon a progressively numerical gradience for measuring technological progress, 6G was always going to follow 5G at some point. While we don’t have a clear view of exactly what 6G will be at this stage – and indeed we are in some respects
  
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• Peckham Rye station restoration topped out with golden finials

  09-05-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A couple of weeks ago, the front of Peckham Rye station was uncovered for the first time in over a year, as a major restoration of the Victorian station nears its completion.
  The freshly cleaned front of the station
  The work that’s been carried out is the latest in a number of steps to restore the station to its original  Victorian glamour, and to prepare it for a planned major change internally to massively increase capacity at this overcrowded station.
  The project has been driven by
  
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