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https://opensource.com/article/18/8/how-scale-your-website-across-all-devices According to this article the most successful websites are designed with a mobile-first approach. The significant year-over-year growth of online business transactions done via mobile devices has encouraged companies to build websites and e-commerce sites that look, feel, and function identically on computers and smart mobile devices. This article gives ideas how to build →

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45513012 Some science news for this Friday: Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones is the conclusion of research that has won this year’s Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine. The Ig Nobels are spoof prizes that recognise achievements that make people laugh but also then think for a →

This is a teardown of one broken Ethernet to 3G cellular network industrial gateway. There is a miniPCI slots for communications module. It is a commonly used for cellular cards. MiniPCI slot provides both PCI and USB signals. This Option GTM382 cellular module has USB 2.0 host interface (uses AT commands). There there seems to →

https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/12/eu-copyright-directive-article-11-13-law-internet-ruling-censorship/ The EU has voted on copyright reform (again), with members of European Parliament this time voting in favor of the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13 on new Copyright Directive. As webmaster and content creator I don’t like this decision at all. This is bad for Internet and all users. And I don’t think →

https://juliareda.eu/2018/09/copyright-showdown/ Before the summer, the European Parliament decided to rethink its position on EU copyright reform plans, including upload filters and a “link tax”, after massive protests. Consequently, over 200 individual proposals for changes were filed. MEPs will vote on all of them on Wednesday, September 12. Some background what is happening: The future is →

Here are some interesting videos related to PA and sound reinforcement systems. Wikipedia defines that a public address system (PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment. It increases the apparent volume (loudness) of a human voice, musical instrument, or other acoustic sound source or recorded sound or music. The →

https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4420729/1st-actual-computer-bug-found–September-9–1947 This describes the history of term “computer bug”. In September 9, 1947, a team of engineers working on the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator at Harvard University had a problem: the bug was an actual large moth, about four inches in wing span, in one of the relays beaten to death. Debuggers put it →

https://archive.org/details/bstj-archives The scientific discoveries and technological innovations produced by Bell System research and engineering were critical not only to the evolution of global telecommunications but, more widely, they had a considerable impact on the technological base of the global economy. The invention of the transistor at Bell labs in 1947, and subsequent advances in related →

https://www.fastcompany.com/90230417/5-causes-of-burnout-in-the-workplace Have you noticed any recent changes in your coworkers? Burnout can happen to any employee in any company–even in the best work environments. Burnout tends to occur when someone in your team encounters at least one of these five circumstances listed in this article. →

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wpa3 The biggest Wi-Fi security update in 14 years was recently unveiled by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) security certificate protocol provides some much-needed updates to the WPA2 protocol introduced in 2004. The Wi-Fi Alliance also announced two additional, separate from WPA3 certification, protocols: The Enhanced Open and Easy Connect →