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How One Photon Becomes Four Charge Carriers

Illustration of exciton splitting in the organic semiconductor pentacene, which consists of five benzene rings each. Instead of the usual two free charge carriers, absorption of a photon in pentacene generates four free charge carriers, represented by orange tracks. Credit: TU BerlinSome materials convert photons into more free charges than would be expected. Using an ultrafast film, researchers have now been able to get a picture of this process.Researchers at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, the…

Indian Air Carriers to Operate 22,907 Weekly Domestic Flights in Summer: DGCA

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: March 18, 2023, 13:20 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: IANS)The summer schedule is from March 26 till October 28, 11 airlines will be operating domestic services with maximum weekly flights by IndiGo at 11,465Indian carriers will operate a total of 22,907 weekly domestic flights during the summer schedule starting from March 26.The number of flights to be operated is 4.4 percent higher compared to 21,941 weekly flights operated in the winter schedule, according to aviation

Why Apple and the carriers want your old iPhone

You: Really? Pretty sure there’s a booger in my iPhone 11’s charging port. Cellular carrier: We don’t care if the phone has been used as a toilet brush. Just give it up—oh, and sign away the next three years of your life to us. Phone makers and cellular carriers have become obsessed with getting your dirty old phone. But why? Sure, there’s the environment. Trade-in programs theoretically save phones from ending up in a…

Mobile carriers team up with AWS, Microsoft to launch Open Gateway, a set of Twilio-like APIs to tap network services

APIs are the building blocks of how the world of technology works: used to integrate applications with each other, API calls make up the majority of global internet traffic these days. Now, telecoms carriers, often cut out of the march of tech but now looking for more ways to monetize next-generation networks like 5G, want to get in on he act. Today the GSMA — the association representing the world’s major mobile operators — announced a new initiative with 21 carriers called Open Gateway, a framework to provide…

Samsung Galaxy S23: price, carriers, and how to buy

Another year, another round of flagship Samsung phones. This time around, Samsung used its Unpacked event to announce a new line of Galaxy Books, in addition to the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra. The latter probably feels familiar to last year’s S22 generation, as there are once again three models to choose from: a big-ish one, a bigger one, and the biggest one. That last one, the S23 Ultra, features souped-up specs, a stylus, and some big megapixel gains. However, each member of the S23 family is promising faster…

Galaxy A51 Android 13 update still missing on major US carriers

It’s been over a month since the Android 13 One UI 5.0 update was released for the Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A51 5G worldwide. The update was also released for these devices in the United States around the same time last month. However, despite considerable passage of time, most major US carriers have yet to roll out the update. As you can probably imagine, this is causing inconvenience for users who have been waiting for one of Samsung’s highly anticipated updates to arrive. US Galaxy A51 Android 13 release may take its…

The FCC Wants to Make Telecom Carriers Disclose Hacks Sooner

The days of finding out about a data breach impacting your personal data months after the fact may soon become a thing of the past—at least when it comes to hacks affecting telecomcarriers. The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a new rule, requiring phone and internet providers to notify customers of breaches much more quickly. “This new proceeding will take a much-needed, fresh look at our data breach reporting rules to better protect consumers, increase security, and reduce the impact of future breaches,”

The FCC wants carriers to notify you sooner when there’s a data breach

The Federal Communications Commission isn't done dragging data breach policy into the modern era. The agency has proposed rules that would improve reporting for breaches at carriers. Most notably, the move would scrap a mandatory wait of seven business days before a telecom can warn customers about a security incident. Hackers would have a shorter window of opportunity to abuse your data without your knowledge, to put it another way. The proposal would also clarify that carriers must notify the FCC, FBI and Secret Service…

Unlike its predecessor, the Pixel 7 seems to be a success for US carriers

A new report has surfaced, claiming that the Pixel 7 is actually a success for US carriers. It turns out that consumers are quite interested in Google’s new handset, and the sales are actually really good.The Pixel 7 seems to be a success for US carriers, unlike its predecessorThat is contrasting the info we got for the Pixel 6 last year. The information comes from a research firm, Wave7. That report does include responses from salespeople at all three major US carriers, by the way.30 out of 39 reps said that the sales…

Google Pixel Series to Get 5G Support in Q1 2023, Company Working With Indian Carriers: Report

5G is here in India as major network carriers roll out the high-speed internet service across the country. Most 5G capable smartphones in the country have also received updates from their manufacturers to enable 5G network support. However, Google Pixel users have been made to wait on that front. Google's 5G capable handsets have not yet received an update that would enable the service on the phones. That is said to change soon as Google has reportedly confirmed that 5G support will be rolled out soon.Google has…