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Canada must turn to the next generation of Canadian technology – the CANDU MONARK – to power its future

Canada must turn to the next generation of Canadian technology – the CANDU MONARK – to power its future

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Ontario has a homegrown solution to the problem of decarbonizing its energy supply in CANDU nuclear technology.
To meet increased demand and zero-carbon energy by 2050, new nuclear reactors will be needed in the province.IMAGE COURTESY OF ATKINSRÉALIS

Ontario will soon be making some big decisions about nuclear power. Already the largest beneficiary in Canada of this clean, reliable, stable power source, Ontario gets between 50-60 per cent of its power from nuclear. Recently, the provincial government announced its intention to build 4,800 MW of new nuclear power production at Bruce Power’s site in Kincardine, Ont., the largest operating nuclear site in the world. It has also announced that it will extend the life of four CANDU® reactors at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station for another 30 years of safe operation and that it intends to build four small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), including

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Future quantum computers will be no match for ‘space encryption’ that uses light to beam data around — with the 1st satellite launching in 2025

Future quantum computers will be no match for ‘space encryption’ that uses light to beam data around — with the 1st satellite launching in 2025

By converting data into light particles and beaming them around the world using satellites, we could prevent encrypted messages from being intercepted by a superpowerful quantum computer, scientists claim.

Currently, messaging technology relies on mathematical, or cryptographic, methods of protection, including end-to-end encryption. This technology is used in WhatsApp — as well as by corporations, the government and the military — to protect sensitive data from being intercepted. 

Encryption works by scrambling data or text into what appears to be nonsense, using an algorithm and a key that only the sender and recipient can use to unlock the data. These algorithms can, in theory, be cracked. But they are designed to be so complex that even the fastest supercomputers would take millions of years to translate the data into something readable. 

Quantum computers change the equation. Although the field is young, scientists predict that such machines will be powerful

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Future Internet An Open Access Journal from MDPI

Future Internet An Open Access Journal from MDPI

Internet

In the United States, Telenet and Tymnet were two such packet networks. Neither supported host-to-host communications; in the 1970s this was still the province of the research networks, and it would remain so for many years. Landline phone connections are dying out, especially with BT switching off its PSTN network in the next couple of years, so think hard about whether you really need a landline. When it comes to TV, it’s often cheaper to buy broadband and TV packages separately, especially as most are delivered over the internet these days anyway.

  • From W3C, this document dates from 1995 and has not been updated.
  • While Verizon’s 5G home internet service is now available to 40 million homes, T-Mobile leapfrogged that by expanding its fixed wireless service to over 50 million households.
  • The divide largely reflects patriarchal traditions and the inequalities they instil.
  • Our take – Wireless internet doesn’t have the
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The Future of Computer Vision NVIDIA Technical Blog

The Future of Computer Vision NVIDIA Technical Blog

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The tech future forecast by the world’s premier organization of computer professionals consistently ranks as one of its most anticipated announcements. Instead, they create a neural network that learns those rules for itself. The shift, if it lives up to its potential, would be a great way to push forward with the popular trend towards in-memory processing. After all, your storage would be your memory – with UltraRAM; it is the same silicon.

The firm was a co-founder in Ciena Corp., the venture that popularized the optical amplifier with the introduction of the first dense wave division multiplexing system. This massive scale communication technology has emerged as the common basis of all telecommunication networks and, thus, a foundation of the Information Age. The first developments for storing data were initially based on photographs, starting with microphotography in 1851 and then microform in the 1920s, with the ability to store documents … Read more

20 Computer Technologies That are the Wave of the Future

20 Computer Technologies That are the Wave of the Future

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After testing in the virtual world, engineers can tweak and edit components, then create them in the real world using 3D printing technology. Companies are already using metaverse technology like AR and VR to conduct training and onboarding, and this trend will accelerate in 2023. Consulting giant Accenture has already created a metaverse environment called the Nth Floor.

  • Under the leadership of MIT’s Gordon Brown and Jay Forrester, the team first built a small analog simulator, but found it inaccurate and inflexible.
  • “This is achieved through the use of the IEEE 802.11u standard, which enables devices to automatically discover and authenticate with Hotspot 2.0 networks,” says David Witkowski, an IEEE senior member and broadband strategist.
  • Understanding molecules in exact detail will allow chemists to design more effective drugs and better materials for generating and distributing energy.
  • Cloud offers scalability & flexibility, while DevOps streamlines development & operations.
  • Apple makes a
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