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zaphod , 4 months ago to Technology in Telcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'

Technically speaking the first LTE specification didn't meet 4G requirements either, so for a short while you could get two different fake 4Gs.

zaphod , 4 months ago to Technology in Telcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'

6G market entry is planned for around 2030 with first specifications being finished around 2027-28, there have always been around 10 years between generations.

zaphod , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Technology in Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says

The ECHR is not an EU court, it's a Council of Europe court, different organisation.

Edit: To make things more confusing, the EU is in negotiations about joining the Council of Europe.

zaphod , 5 months ago to Technology in Did ad blockers survive YouTube's offensive? Letting numbers talk

Never had any problems. Did you used to log into an account, maybe that makes a difference?

zaphod , 5 months ago to Technology in Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”

Streaming services aren't much better, they regularly didn't have what I wanted to watch and I'm not subscribing to more than one. Now I'm subscribing to none and watch what I want instead of what Netflix has available.

zaphod , 10 months ago to linuxmemes in I use Debian BTW

While at the same time not even using the meme format correctly.