Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. It can be generally defined as the set of interconnected structural elements that provide framework supporting an entire structure of development. It is an important term for judging a country or region's development.
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An old TV caused internet outages for an entire British village... for 18 months
Like clockwork, each morning at 7AM the entire town of Aberhosan in Wales would lose its broadband connection — and nobody ...
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Another UK escooter trial is on hold because people are breaking the rules
Just five days after launching, another escooter trial in the UK has been put on hold. Why? Because humans are making poor ...
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Scotland to offer citizens a $26K interest-free loan to buy a secondhand EV
Scotland is offering secondhand car buyers in the country a £20,000 loan to help them buy a used electric vehicle. It'll ...
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Are EVs too expensive? Here are 5 common myths, debunked
Every day, more people are ditching gasoline-powered automobiles for plug-in vehicles, with purchases set to rise exponentially in the near future: recent forecasts show the global EV market is expected to reach 320M vehicles by 2040. Several factors are responsible for the upsurge ...
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Europe overtakes China as biggest consumer of plug-in electric vehicles
European consumers bought more plug-in electric vehicles (hybrids and battery electric) than anywhere else in the world so ...
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How COVID-19 is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels
Creative destruction “is the essential fact about capitalism,” wrote the great Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter in ...
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Vodafone makes big play for EU 5G dominance with mobile tower IPO
Vantage Towers immediately represents either the first or second largest market share, and it generated $1.1 billion in revenue ...
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Drones and aerial vehicles are set to change our cities, but how?
Drones, personal flying vehicles, and air taxis may be part of our everyday life in the very near future. Drones and air ...
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Australia hit by cyber attacks from 'state actor' — experts suspect it's China
Australia has been targeted by ongoing "sophisticated" cyber attacks from a "state-based actor," Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...
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Dutch political party lobbies to electrify more than half of Amsterdam’s gas stations
The D66, a Dutch political party, has submitted a motion to convert many of Amsterdam's petrol filling stations into charging ...
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3 possible scenarios for restoring public transport after COVID-19
The Dutch bike-transit system should be our guide to not only encourage public transport use, but to also make it more efficient ...
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Why DevOps is key to keeping your fully remote business afloat
DevOps can be the hero of your organization. In a time when we’re all desperately looking for a win, IT and DevOps can ...
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Ohio’s government is helping its residents switch to EVs — cutting 1,850 tons of CO2
This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, ...
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Germany orders all fuel stations to provide electric charging points
Germany is not just boosting subsidies to improve public interest in electric vehicles, it's also pushing infrastructure ...
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These 'self-driving' shared scooters will automatically return to base after each use
This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, ...
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UK getting 200 mile route to test self-driving vehicles on public roads
A mobility consortium in the UK has begun work on a real-world test route for self-driving vehicles as part of trials exploring ...
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Scaling API-driven development can be difficult — here's how to nail it
Issues caused by inadequate scalability or availability can quickly affect applications and they are not simple problems ...
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Study: Teslas cover more miles in their first 3 years than other auto brands
According to figures from a British motoring research organization, Tesla owners drive more miles per year in their EVs than ...
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UK spies must ramp up use of AI to fight new threats, says report
UK spies must use AI to counter cyber attacks and augment intelligence analysis, according to a new study commissioned by eavesdropping agency GCHQ ...
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Alibaba to pump $28 billion into cloud computing to handle coronavirus traffic
Alibaba said it hopes the cash will "speed up the recovery process" for its businesses that've been negatively affected by ...
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Banks are turning homes into trading floors to prep for coronavirus outbreaks
Banks like JPMorgan and Citigroup are sending staff to special disaster recovery sites to ensure their fund managers keep ...
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UK electric vehicle charging point expansion plans paused — because coronavirus
Electric vehicle charging point installations in the UK are being put on hold in response to the coronavirus outbreak, but ...
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UK gets its first fully electric avenue to charge EVs on the street
This month saw the UK get its first "fully electric street," which l ets electric vehicle drivers charge their cars directly ...
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Almost all Amsterdam's commercial boats are now electric
Electric vehicles will replace the internal combustion engines, but what about when other forms of transport make up large ...
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E-scooters are just as safe as cycling, but that’s not saying much
A study just released by the International Transport Forum has found that using an e-scooter is no more dangerous than cycling. ...
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Everything I wish I'd known before we rebuilt our product
Two years ago we had to embark on a treacherous journey — a complete re-platforming of our infrastructure. Here’s what ...
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Climate change: Why trains are not as green as you thought
Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring how tech can help achieve the global Sustainable Development ...
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US to inject $300M into research for cleaner transport tech
The Trump administration has just announced that it's set up a $300 million grant to research clean vehicle technologies. ...
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Exposure to air pollution could depend on your class, ethnicity, and gender
Poor air quality is responsible for over half a million deaths in Europe every year, but not everyone is equally at risk. ...
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China wants to make swappable electric vehicle batteries mainstream
China is making a push to support swappable battery technology that could cut electric vehicle refuelling times down to minutes ...
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How developers will work in 2020
Software development is perpetually in a state of flux. Coders are constantly fighting a battle to keep their skills relevant. ...
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UK power grid won’t handle popularity of electric cars, say service operators
While electric vehicle registrations in the UK are on the up, many are concerned that the country's power grid isn't ready ...
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This Egyptian NGO makes workplaces more accessible for people with disabilities
Twenty-seven-year-old Nabila Saleh, who has been blind since birth, has become accustomed to angry responses and hateful ...
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Europe needs to embrace 5G — before it’s too late
Europe risks becoming mere consumers of other regions' tech solutions, if it doesn't make room for its own tech innovations. ...
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Mexican state oil firm Pemex hit by ransomware attack (Updated)
Mexican state-owned oil firm Pemex has been hit by "Ryuk" ransomware, prompting the company to disconnect its network and ...
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Russian cyber spooks piggyback Iranian hackers to spy on 35 countries
Russia-backed Turla threat actor has been found to piggyback on hacking tools developed by Iranian threat groups to mount ...
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State-sponsored Chinese hackers have been targeting Southeast Asia since 2013
PKPLUG, a previously undocumented threat actor of Chinese origin, is behind at least six different cyber espionage campaigns ...
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US sanctions 3 North Korean hacking groups behind Sony and WannaCry attacks
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on three state-sponsored North Korean hacking groups that have been found to engage in ...
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Texas says no to ransom demand as it recovers from a 'coordinated ransomware attack'
Texas officials have said that none of the municipalities impacted by the crippling ransomware attack last month have yielded ...
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Binance continues crusade for crypto world domination with new dev platform
Binance has announced the launch of another new platform, this time targeted at blockchain developers, called "Binance X." ...
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Want to make $10,000 from Libra? Break its blockchain
The supposedly independent group of companies tasked with overseeing the delivery of Facebook's "cryptocurrency" Libra has ...
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UK’s handling of lampposts shows how not to implement 5G and self-driving cars
The UK's plans for 5G and autonomous vehicles are ambitious, but lack coordination - especially when it comes to lampposts. ...
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Malware attacks on infrastructure and state-run facilities shot up 200% in 2019
A new IBM research warns destructive attacks devised with an intent to wipe data and shut down critical systems have increased ...
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Smart cities need to take people with disabilities into account from the get-go
As technology and urban design march into the future, more and more urban centers will begin looking like the “smart cities” ...
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Here's what we need to build our first moon base
Half a century after humans first walked on the moon, a number of private companies and nations are planning to build permanent ...
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Before developers build cathedrals, teach them to build sheds
It's a truth universally acknowledged that managing fewer things is easier than managing lots of things. Yet, why do so many ...
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Bosch’s new blockchain smart fridge is a pretty dumb idea
Brace yourself for the most disruptive piece of technology you've ever seen: a blockchain connected smart fridge.
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Here's how personalized ransomware attacks work, and how to protect yourself
Once a piece of ransomware has got hold of your valuable information, there is very little you can do to get it back other ...
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Smart grids are essential to prevent old power infrastructure from holding back the US economy
In March 2018, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report detailing how Russian operatives had launched ...
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Ethereum insiders deny there’s only one computer keeping a copy of its blockchain
After Ethereum's most recent fork, the cryptocurrency community learned of its special "big, scary nodes," and immediately ...
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MasterCard wants to make electronic payments anonymous… with blockchain
According to a recent patent application, the payment infrastructure provider, MasterCard, wants to anonymize "electronic ...
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Post-WannaCry: Only 3% of companies are prepared for new types of cyberattacks
One year ago, my phone lit up with the first text alert about the WannaCry ransomware attack. From the onset, it was clear ...
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8 expert predictions on what will define tech in 2019
On the imminent death of native apps, and seven other trend predictions.
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London is making life way too hard for mobility tech companies
The urban mobility market has come a long way since London’s first horse drawn bus service in 1829. Even in the last five ...
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Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now
In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, ...
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Big banks want to issue new blockchain bond on Ethereum, but there’s a catch
Even the World Bank isn’t immune to the hype: it wants a bank in Australia to issue the first bond managed completely via ...
