Faster Internet displaces social capital in the UK
Andrea Geraci, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso Reggiani, Fabio Sabatini 12 February 2022 Social capital, including networks and relationships, civic engagement, and trust, is central to a well-functioning society. This column examines the relationship between social capital and internet access in the UK. The findings show that following broadband take-up, civic and political engagement systematically declines with […]
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Faster cable internet speeds are coming, even if you don’t really need them
Houstonians are lucky that there is competition for home internet service in most parts of the city. It has long been a battle between traditional providers such as Comcast and AT&T, but now there are newcomers offering wireless residential internet, including Verizon and T-Mobile. Cable companies, which for some time have been the top dog […]
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Intel’s Core i9-12900HK Alder Lake Is A Power Hungry & Beast of A Notebook CPU, Up To 29% Faster Than AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
A performance preview of the Intel Core i9-12900HK Alder Lake Flagship notebook CPU has been published by Lab501, showcasing its strong performance lead over AMD’s Ryzen 5000H CPUs & a really power-hungry design. Intel’s Core i9-12900HK Is The Fastest & Most Power Hungry Notebook CPU Ever Made, Alder Lake To Blow Away Zen 3 & […]
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Even Apple said this MSI laptop smokes the M1 Max MacBook Pro, and it just got faster
Few things are guaranteed, but we can tell you without a doubt that MSI’s updated GE76 Raider is faster than Apple’s touted MacBook Pro 16. How do we know? Because Apple has already admitted the older GE76 Raider—our favorite gaming notebook of 2021—was faster than its M1 Max-based MacBook Pro 16, and MSI just updated […]
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Snapdragon smartphones get Android 12 faster than MediaTek
In the second half of this year, Google officially released the official version of the Android 12. At present, the developer’s version of the Android 12 is available for many smartphones. However, the first set of Android 12 smartphones use Qualcomm chips. The likes of Xiaomi Mi MIX 4, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, and others have […]
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PinePhone Pro is a faster Linux Smartphone for $399
Most modern smartphones ship with Android or iOS, but there’s also a small, but growing number of phones designed to run Linux-based operating systems. And it’s likely that no phone has been more successful in spurring the development of mobile Linux distributions than the PinePhone, an inexpensive phone that’s made mobile Linux accessible. But while […]
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