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Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, December 15, 2025. Permalink: Introduction On Friday, December 12, 2025, at the Things Conference in Amsterdam, the first Project Kenner Garage session was held. This document is a report about what happened and what the outcome was. Report Summary Three teams of eight participants produced five visions for a citizen-centered mobile ecosystem built on 6G infrastructure. Team ACDC (Power) developed a full backcasting pathway from community mesh networks back through open protocols to immediate regulatory intervention on data storage choice and compensation. Team Local-AI/IY Token (Values & Services, Civics & Community) proposed location-based AI information pools and a…
Learning how to do laundry is a rite of passage for adulthood, much like learning to drive a car and filing taxes. Though much like the latter, it’s not the most thrilling chore to tack onto a busy workweek. While most of us have a basic understanding of how to use a washer and dryer, it’s likely that we’re shortening the lifespan of our favorite garments by cutting corners and/or adopting damaging habits. “While there are no universal standardized practices across Moroccan hotels, it is considered best practice to uphold strict standards,” says Brahim Agzoul, acting housekeeping manager at Kasbah Tamadot,…
After decades of steady progress, computational astrophysicists have reached a major turning point in black hole research. A new study presents the most detailed and complete model yet of luminous black hole accretion, the process by which black holes pull in surrounding matter and emit intense radiation. Using some of the most powerful supercomputers on Earth, the researchers successfully calculated how matter flows into black holes while fully accounting for both Einstein’s theory of gravity and the dominant role of radiation, without relying on simplifying shortcuts. This achievement marks the first time such calculations have been carried out in full…
The following article originally appeared on Medium and is being republished here with the author’s permission.There’s a fake confidence you can carry around when you’re learning a new technology. You watch a few videos, skim some docs, get a toy example working, and tell yourself, “Yeah, I’ve got this.” I’ve done that. It never lasts. A difficult lesson often accompanies the only experience that matters.You learn through failure—falling flat on your face, looking at the mess, and figuring out why it broke. Anything that feels too easy? It probably was, and you didn’t exit the process with anything worth learning.Ask About Failure:…
We know a huge number of iPhones made in India (about 80%) are eventually sold in the US, and we can surmise a three- to six- month gap between test manufacture and shipping product. That timelines indicates a March or April introduction of the new iPhone 18, which also suggests Apple will introduce us to the other iPhone models it plans to launch then. What iPhones will Apple introduce this spring? Previous speculation claims Apple plans to introduce two Phones this coming spring: the iPhone 18 and the new iPhone ‘e’ models. These will be followed later by iPhone Pro…
Metro Connect is turning 25, and we’re all invited to the birthday party. If you’re planning to attend this year’s conference in February, you might want some quick analysis and major trends from the digital infrastructure landscape to make the most of the fiber-packed agenda. We’ve collected conference logistics and key digital infrastructure insight from our team to assist anyone planning their trip to Florida. When is Metro Connect 2026? And where? Metro Connect USA will again gather leaders from across the U.S. digital infrastructure market. It’s happening February 23-25 at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Resort & Spa. Get…
We introduce Anthology, a method for conditioning LLMs to representative, consistent, and diverse virtual personas by generating and utilizing naturalistic backstories with rich details of individual values and experience. What does it mean for large language models (LLMs) to be trained on massive text corpora, collectively produced by millions and billions of distinctive human authors? In “Language Models as Agent Models”, compelling evidence suggests that recent language models could be considered models of agents: provided with a textual context, LLMs are capable of generating conditional text that represents the characteristics of an agent likely to have produced that context. This…
Wireless connectivity and 5G are transforming the way we live and work, but what does it take to integrate these technologies? I spoke to Bruno Tomas, CTO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), to get his insights on convergence, collaboration, and the road ahead. Q: Bruno, could you start by sharing a bit about your background and your role at the WBA? Bruno: Absolutely. I’m an engineer by training, with degrees in electrical and computer engineering, as well as a master’s in telecom systems. I started my career with Portugal Telecom and later worked in Brazil, focusing on network standards.…
An ASUS Live Update vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-59374 has been making the rounds in infosec feeds, with some headlines implying recent or ongoing exploitation. The CVE documents a historic supply-chain attack in an End-of-Life (EoL) software product, not a newly emerging threat. Not all CISA KEVs signal urgency Recent coverage of CVE-2025-59374 has framed the issue as a newly relevant security risk following its addition to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. A closer look, however, shows the reality is much more nuanced. The CVE documents the 2018-2019 “ShadowHammer” supply-chain attack, in which maliciously modified ASUS Live Update binaries were…
We created a comprehensive inverter size chart to help you select the correct inverter to power your appliances. The need for an inverter size chart first became apparent when researching our DIY solar generator build. Solar generators range in size from small generators for short camping trips to large off-grid power systems for a boat or house. Consequently, inverter sizes vary greatly. During our research, we discovered that most inverters range in size from 300 watts up to over 3000 watts. In this article, we guide you through the different inverter sizes. Additionally, you’ll learn what appliances you can power…