Nokia has announced that GFiber Labs has successfully tested 50Gb/s broadband speeds over its existing fiberenetwork. This is the first live network demonstration of 50G PON technology in the US and shows how operators can use Nokia’s Lightspan MF fibre access platform to upgrade their fibre networks. The trial builds on the 25G PON deployment […]

Arcep, the French regulatory body, has presenting the 2024 edition of its report on the state of the internet in France. This is Volume 3 of the annual report that the Authority submits to the country’s Parliament each year. The report provides an account of the actions that Arcep has taken to safeguard the smooth […]

Google’s carbon emissions in 2023 were 48 per cent higher than in 2019, according to its latest environmental report. It says this is down to the hugely increased energy needed by its data centres because of the explosive growth of AI. AI services involve considerably more processing – and therefore power – than standard online […]

The total value of the Kantar BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands has risen by 20 per cent in 2024, in a strong turnaround following last year’s stock market-induced swoon. This year’s brand value growth has been largely powered by the performance of tech brands, which drove $1.2 trillion (€1.1tn) of the Top 100’s […]

Roku, the streaming platform, has announced Roku Exchange, a TV streaming-first advertising technology solution that connects ad inventory with advertiser demand. Roku Exchange aims to ensure a direct path between premium ad inventory and iys programmatic ecosystem to deliver greater effectiveness for clients. Combining Roku’s advertising supply with identity data and AI-driven optimisation capabilities, advertisers […]

‘The law is the law’ is often a less black and white statement than it appears, even when talking about a single country. When talking about international or global issues, the law becomes ever more uncertain, in its interpretation and, even more, in its implementation. And that is why it is close to impossible to […]

Surfshark has published a study titled Smart Home Privacy Checker which looks at smart home devices and the significant privacy issues they raise. Tech giants Amazon and Google developed the most data-hungry smart home device apps. Amazon’s Alexa gathers 28 out of 32 possible data points, which is more than three times the average collected […]

Google will face a £13.6 billion (€15.9bn) lawsuit alleging it has too much power over the online advertising market, a London court has ruled. The case concerns adtech, which decides which online adverts people see, as well as how much they cost to publishers. Brought by the Ad Tech Collective Action LLP, the case alleges […]

Viant Technology, the advertising technology company, has announced a new integration with Google Cloud’s BigQuery data clean rooms. This collaboration enables the seamless onboarding of privacy-safe, first-party data at scale from the Google Cloud ecosystem into the Viant Data Platform (VDP), enhancing targeting and measurement within Viant’s robust Demand-Side Platform (DSP). As an early adopter […]