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Amazon Just Made A Video Chat Device for Kids
In its never-ending quest to bring entire families into its ecosystem, Amazon has announced a new smart speaker/video chatting device called Glow. It’s meant for kids to video chat with other folks with Alexa-enabled devices in a controlled environment. Amazon says it “reimagines the way kids can connect with remote family and friends.”
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Researchers Just Set a New Distance Record for 6G Transmissions: a Building Next Door
If you’ve wondered why you’ve been hearing about 5G for years but the actual rollout has been glacially slow, looking at the development of 6G (the next-next-generation wireless standard) should provide some answers. Today LG announced a new milestone with a record-setting 6G wireless data transmission. Are we talking across an entire city? Nope, try…
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Stop Pretending Apple and Amazon’s Bluetooth Networks Can’t Be Abused
Hot on the heels of Apple’s AirTags launch, Amazon announced that it’s expanding its Footpath network with Tile, smart lock company Level, and elder care smartwatch maker CareBand. The news is the biggest expansion of Amazon Footpath since it was announced last year, and offers a glimpse into how the company envisions this device-to-device network…
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No Good Evidence That 5G Harms Humans, New Studies Find
Concerns over the potential harms of 5G technology are overblown, according to two large new reviews of research recently published by scientists in Australia. Both found no clear evidence that the type of radiofrequency energy used by 5G mobile networks poses any danger to human health.