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A new breakthrough in wireless technology could dramatically boost internet speeds while cutting energy use—by switching from radio waves to light. Researchers have developed a tiny chip packed with dozens of miniature lasers that can transmit massive amounts of data simultaneously, reaching speeds over 360 gigabits per second in early tests.
Yeah, we’ve been threatened with this for many years now.
Glad some one has found a way to make it work.
Looking forward to playing with this when kit is available.
Microsoft silently suspended developer accounts for WireGuard, VeraCrypt, and Windscribe with zero warning, leaving these critical open source security tools unable to push updates to Windows users. VeraCrypt users with full system encryption may face boot failures after July 2026. But this is bigger than a Microsoft support failure, it’s what Big Tech ecosystem gatekeeping actually looks like when it goes wrong.
Acksherlly, its just Bill Katz err err Gates getting petulant as recent events have nt been going the way he wanted.
The contract awarded to Avalance aims to build a radioactive battery that can power a laptop-class system for months. However, the battery will weigh only a few kilograms and deliver more than 10 watts per kilogram of energy. This is a major jump in power output for radioactive batteries.
That’s a ~500% jump over past nuclear batteries. It’ll be interesting to learn how they do it.