Those chaotic screeches of dial-up weren’t random — they were data, tones encoding handshakes, carrier signals, and sync pulses that connected millions before broadband existed. Social Security, ...

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Apple just introduced its first proprietary cellular modem, the C1, as part of the recently-launched iPhone 16e. Ookla, the company behind Speedtest, just ran the C1 modem through a series of ...

Heavy rains lashed New York on Thursday, killing two people in the city, Mayor Eric Adams said, while accompanying storms disrupted flights and weather authorities warned of floods in some areas.

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