Technology

AT&T’s fiber-optic internet service just got a serious speed boost. The company is adding 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps speed tiers to its home and business broadband service. These ultra-fast plans will be available to some 5.2 million customers across 70 metro areas to start before the company expands its fiber footprint to cover 30 million customers by 2025. Watch CC Off English Reuniting With Tyra Banks 01:12 Now playing Favorite Vampires in Media | Jacob Anderson & Sam Reid Monday 6:46PM 01:28 Now playing What Inspirations Did Adria Draw For Her Andor Character? 9/19/22 2:33PM The symmetrical 2 gig and 5 gig plans provide some of the fastest home internet available from any ISP (symmetrical means identical download and upload speeds). To put these data rates into perspective, the average broadband download speed in America … [Read more...] about AT&T’s New Fiber Plans Promise Ultra-Fast Home Internet Speeds

Google’s big October hardware event took place today, where the company fully revealed the Pixel 7 series and Pixel Watch . Google also highlighted how it takes sustainability and the environment seriously… but does it really? It’s seemingly mandatory for each major tech event these days to include a section with an explainer about how a company’s products are made of recycled materials, or is built in factories using renewable energy, or some other indication that the company is thinking about its impact on the Earth. Today’s event was no different, with a few lines about “being thoughtful about environmental impact at every step.” Google says it’s still on track for a net zero carbon footprint for its entire company by 2030 ( as announced in 2020 ), all its hardware products use some amount of recycled materials, and the Pixel 7 series will receive five years of security updates. Play Video To be clear, all of that is a good thing . Even though the obligatory … [Read more...] about Hey Google, Longer Device Support Would Help the Earth Too

It’s Super Mario Bros. Week here on Gameological ! In honor of the series’ 30th anniversary, we’re paying tribute the best way we know how: a week of essays and articles devoted to all things Super Mario Bros . Watch CC Off English Adidas is rethinking this whole "working with Kanye West" thing 02:02 Now playing Why Christian Bale would love to be friends with Burt Berendsen Today 1:28PM 00:58 Now playing Alec Baldwin and Rust producers reach a settlement Yesterday 9:07PM For our Mario Week Q&A, contributor Anthony John Agnello suggested we look back at some of the series’ more bizarre moments. He asks: What’s your favorite “WTF” moment in Mario history? Anthony John Agnello Mario games always grew in the rich soil of surrealism. This is, after all, the story of an Italian stereotype … [Read more...] about What’s your favorite “WTF” moment in Mario history?

Elon Musk’s burgeoning satellite internet service Starlink may have found its newest customer base: disconnected Ukrainians forced offline amidst the fog of war. Watch CC Off English Reuniting With Tyra Banks 01:12 Now playing Favorite Vampires in Media | Jacob Anderson & Sam Reid Monday 6:46PM 01:28 Now playing What Inspirations Did Adria Draw For Her Andor Character? 9/19/22 2:33PM Over the weekend, Ukrainian President turned social media phenom Volodymyr Zelensky took to Twitter confirming a new batch of SpaceX’s Starlink terminals were set to arrive in the war-battered country sometime this week. In the Tweet, Zelensky personally thanked Musk and said the new terminals would work towards providing internet access in “destroyed cities.” Advertisement SpaceX started ratcheting up its … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Pledges Starlink Support for Ukrainian Internet, Won’t Block Russian News Sources

Internet from low Earth orbit just got a lot faster—and even more expensive. SpaceX revealed today a new pricey, high-performance tier to its nascent Starlink satellite internet service. Watch CC Off English Reuniting With Tyra Banks 01:12 Now playing Favorite Vampires in Media | Jacob Anderson & Sam Reid Monday 6:46PM 01:28 Now playing What Inspirations Did Adria Draw For Her Andor Character? 9/19/22 2:33PM Called Starlink Premium , the option promises to deliver speeds of between 150 and 500Mbps, an upgrade from the 50 to 250 Mbps advertised by the standard tier. Upload speeds are doubled and now reach 20 to 40Mbps. Latency, one of the major challenges for satellite internet, remains at an industry-leading 20 to 40 milliseconds “Starlink Premium has more than double the antenna capability of Starlink, delivering … [Read more...] about Starlink’s Premium Tier Goes Up to 500 Mbps, but It Costs a Fortune

Being drivers in the 21st century, modern technology has allowed us to have tons of information at our disposal. From travel times with ETAs that are accurate down to the minute to real-time traffic information, many of us take these conveniences for granted. It wasn’t always this way, as those of us who used to print out Mapquest directions recall. But consider that, just over half a century ago, paper maps and travel guides existed to keep certain portions of the population safe while they were out driving. The Negro Traveler’s Green Book, sometimes known as The Negro Motorist Green Book, was that guide. For 30 years, it provided information to help Black drivers navigate America’s roads safely. Jalopnik has written about the Green Book in the past , and the 2018 movie Green Book informed a new generation of the existence of these guides. California alone had more than 80 businesses listed in the Green Book over the years — restaurants, hotels, gas stations and more, all … [Read more...] about Tracing the History of the Green Book in Southern California