| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Vizio P-Series review: an incredible 4K TV and showcase for Google Cast | | | By Chris Welch, The Verge | | | Vizio's 2016 lineup of 4K HDR TVs aren't actually TVs at all. Well, they are, but since they don't have tuners built in, the company can't market them as television sets. Instead, I've spent the last few weeks testing out the new P-Series "Home Theater Display." The name is only the first piece of the refreshing, brand new, and potentially risky strategy that Vizio is taking with its TVs this year. More»
Why This Matters: No tuner, and a completely new take on how TVs should work. -Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | How the Internet works: submarine cables, brains in jars, and coaxial cables | | | By Bob Dorman, Ars Technica | | | Have you ever thought about how that cat picture actually gets from a server in Oregon to your PC in London? We're not simply talking about the wonders of TCP/IP or pervasive Wi-Fi hotspots, though those are vitally important as well. No, we're talking about the big infrastructure: the huge submarine cables, the vast landing sites and data centres with their massively redundant power systems, and the elephantine, labyrinthine last-mile networks that actually hook billions of us to the Internet. More»
Why This Matters: This is probably too big a read for first day back from a holiday. So bookmark it and plan to come back. There's a table of contents so you can work away at it in small pieces, but anyone who knows and loves cable is going to want to read all 7000 words at some point. - Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Veterans bootstrap the transition from battlefield to tech | | | By Terry Collins, CNET | | | There are military men and women who have experience in tech, including working with high-tech intelligence systems, satellites, robotics, drones and cyberdefense, often in stressful environments that their civilian counterparts don't have to deal with. More»
Why This Matters: AV can be a great field for veterans. If you're interested in finding out more about hiring more vets, take a look at Vets in Tech and also what Cisco is doing with vets, and here's the US Department of Labor's information for employers interested in hiring vets. -Cynthia Wisehart |
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