GoKawiil - Tech News

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It’s time to let my iPhone Mini go (theverge.com)

2026-05-06 | by Allison Johnson | get iPhone 13 Mini → | tags: iphone 13 mini, apple, samsung galaxy s26

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Tired of robocalls? The FCC is too, and it’s taking more steps to end them (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-05 | get Call Blocker Phone App → | tags: fcc, robocalls, kyc

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Bad Connection: Global telecom exploitation by covert surveillance actors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Signal Jammer Device → | tags: telecom surveillance, mobile operator, signalling protocols

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ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-29 | get Disney Streaming Stick → | tags: abc, disney, fcc

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Investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cell Phone Signal Jammer → | tags: ss7, diameter, citizen lab

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The shadowy SIM farms behind those incessant scam texts - and how to stay safe (zdnet.com)

2026-04-22 | by Charlie Osborne | get SIM Card Security Kit → | tags: sim farms, cybercriminals, phishing

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A Look into NaviDial, Japan's Legacy Phone Service (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Alex Chen | get NaviDial Phone Service Kit → | tags: navidial, nippon telegraph and telephone, toll-free calls

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South Korea to give 7 million mobile users free unlimited data after hitting monthly caps (techspot.com)

2026-04-13 | get Unlimited Data SIM Card → | tags: south korea, sk telecom, lg uplus

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Internet outage in Iran reaches 1,008 hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | get Internet Outage Monitoring Tool → | tags: iran, internet outage, hours

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South Korea’s telecom giants surprise 7 million users with unlimited, universal internet — net access declared a 'basic telecommunications right,' 400 Kbps data after monthly plans run out (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Luke James | get Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot → | tags: sk telecom, lg uplus, south korea

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Phone Trips (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-11 | get Wireless Charging Pad → | tags: sbcglobal, northern telecom, dms100

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South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-11 | by Simon Sharwood | get Unlimited Mobile Data Plan → | tags: south korea, sk telecom, lg uplus

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Landlines in 2026: The Underrated Lifeline You Didn't Expect (cnet.com)

2026-04-09 | by See Full Bio | get Cordless Landline Phone Set → | tags: landline, iphone, cellphone

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Korean government to take action over soaring DRAM costs, including monitoring markets and pricing — internet data plans to be restructured and recycled PCs to be distributed to vulnerable groups (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Stephen Warwick | get Samsung 32GB DDR4 RAM → | tags: dram, south korea, pc recycling

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Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 of its own chips as China ramps up AI push (cnbc.com)

2026-04-08 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPU → | tags: alibaba, zhenwu, china telecom

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The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | by Stefan Schüller | get Swiss Gbit Internet Router → | tags: switzerland, 25 gbit internet, fiber optic

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Japanese firm develops optical fiber with 4x traffic capacity, could be used for undersea cables — MCF retains the same diameter and works with existing infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-29 | by Jowi Morales | get High-Capacity Optical Fiber Kit → | tags: ntt, multicore optical fiber, undersea cables

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IEEE Professional Development Suite Teaches In-Demand Skills (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-03-27 | by Angelique Parashis | get IEEE Professional Development Course → | tags: ieee, telecommunications, microelectronics

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The ANSI art "telecomics" of the 1992 election (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-26 | by Josh Renaud | tags: ansi art, telecomics, genie

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FCC Advances Effort to Bring Telecom Call Centers Back to the U.S. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-03-26 | get Call Center Training Kit → | tags: fcc, telecom, call centers

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Brute-Forcing My Algorithmic Ignorance with an LLM in 7 Days (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-22 | get AI Coding Bootcamp Course → | tags: google, llm, algorithm

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Another major Japanese electronics firm exits the Blu-ray market — Elecom publishes notice of termination of all external drives (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-21 | by Mark Tyson | get External Blu-ray Drive → | tags: elecom, blu-ray drives, logitec

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SideWinder Espionage Campaign Expands Across Southeast Asia (darkreading.com)

2026-03-18 | get Cybersecurity USB Security Kit → | tags: sidewinder, espionage, india

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I Let AI Take Over My Research Workflow. Here’s What Happened. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-16 | by Priyanka Kuvalekar | get AI Research Assistant Tool → | tags: research workflow, entrepreneur, telecommunications

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: show off (theverge.com)

2026-03-14 | by Allison Johnson | get Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Case → | tags: samsung galaxy s26 ultra, privacy display, dpreview

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Infosys, Anthropic Partner on AI for Telecom, Finance, Manufacturing (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-17 | get Cloud → | tags: infosys, anthropic, telecom

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The Top 7 Telecommunications Stories of 2025 (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-22 | by Margo Anderson | get Smartphones → | tags: fiber, networks, point

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Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-03 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: demand, growth, improvements

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Verizon begins laying off more than 13,000 employees in a bid to ‘reorient’ the entire company (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-20 | get Network → | tags: account, account company, arrive

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Elecom releases Huge Plus trackball mouse with massive 52mm ball and 10 programmable buttons — now comes with wireless connectivity (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-16 | by Jowi Morales | get Trackball mouse → | tags: elecom, huge, huge plus