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Since the pandemic began in 2020, Zoom video teleconferences have become a new normal for many people’s working life. Now a study finds that these virtual meetings exhaust the brain more than face-to-face communication.Lockdowns due to COVID-19 led to skyrocketing adoption of Zoom, Skype and other videoconferencing tools as substitutes for face-to-face meetings. For example, as the new research points out, the number of Zoom.us monthly visits went from 71.6 million in December 2019 to an all-time high of 2.8 billion in October 2020, falling to 943 million in March 2023.This rise in remote work and online learning has revealed a phenomenon often dubbed “Zoom fatigue,” a feeling of exhaustion linked with videoconferencing.Previous research depended on questionnaires. The new study examined the effects of videoconferencing directly on the brain and heart.“The personal implications of Zoom fatigue extend far beyond mere tiredness,” says study co–senior author René Riedl, an […]

Ericsson Media Release | Nov 20, 2023 TORONTO, November 20, 2023 — A new study by Ericsson ConsumerLab reveals over one-in-five Canadian 5G smartphone users are willing to pay a The post Canadian 5G users want the best quality of experience and are willing to pay more to get it appeared first on 5G Americas.

Ericsson Media Release | Nov 14, 2023  5G Transport Networks  #Networks #RANCompute #5GRAN #CarrierAggregation Photo caption L-R. Ricardo Queiros, Head of IP Routers at Ericsson, holding the Router 6678; Ericsson strategic product managers Björn Karlberg The post Next-generation Ericsson RAN Compute breaks ground in network processing power appeared first on 5G Americas.

This is a sponsored article brought to you by LEMO. Science thrives on data. As such, the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) brought about a fantastic revolution. Billions of “intelligent objects” packed with sensors are connected to each other and to servers, capturing and exchanging, in real time, huge amounts of data. Analyzed, accessible, and shareable worldwide, these data enable researchers to observe and understand our planet like never before. Well, not all of our planet: IoT does not connect us to seas and oceans. This blind spot is rather striking. Water covers 72 percent of the Earth’s surface, its volumes host 80 percent of biodiversity and play a pivotal role in global phenomena, such as climate change. It is impossible to claim a global vision without integrating the oceans. Pioneering underwater network technologyThere are a few marine research stations scattered around the globe (like needles in algal stacks). An increasing number of intelligent […]