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Flexy cratered wires could reduce infections in heart failure patients

If someone is already suffering from heart failure, they certainly shouldn't have to deal with a serious infection on top of that. A new type of electrical wire, designed for powering implanted heart pumps, could help keep that from happening.When a heart failure patient is on the waiting list for a donor heart, it's not uncommon for them to receive an implanted electric pump that keeps their existing heart beating normally until it can be replaced. That pump is powered by a connected battery, which is worn on the outside…

EPA Calls on Telecom Executives to Meet About Lead-Sheathed Phone Cables

 The Environmental Protection Agency sent letters requesting telecom companies to meet with the agency about their lead-sheathed phone cables, in a new phase of an investigation in the EPA’s efforts to protect the public from potential lead hazards.The agency’s move comes on the heels of the EPA finding more than 100 soil and sediment readings with lead above the regulator’s safety guideline for children at some phone lead-cable sites identified by The Wall Street Journal in three states.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones &

Ditching All Your Dongles Means Dealing with a Mess of Wires

The initial pitch for the $380 Logitech Astro A50 X Lightspeed headset sounds like an infomercial. It’s as if a revived, gamer-ified Billy Mays made a 30-second TV pitch sounding off: “Are you tired of shoving all those dongles in your consoles? Do you hate that it’s so hard to use the same headset across all your gaming devices? Then strap these headphones on and quit the hassle. Play on your PlayStation 5. Play on your Xbox Series X/S, then switch to your PC. It’s all there, no fuss, no muss.” Thanks, Billy, but does it…

Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens Spar Over Israel-Hamas War

The Daily Wire has descended into unrestrained chaos as an ongoing spat between its founder, Ben Shapiro, and one of the right-wing outlet’s biggest names, Candace Owens. The pair’s disagreements over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas have now spilled into a public fight on social media.  The clash between Shapiro and Owens has been brewing for weeks now. Shapiro, who is Jewish, has been a prominent supporter of Israel’s siege on Gaza in retaliation for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas militants. Owens,…

AT&T, Verizon Investors Have More Than Lead Cables to Worry About

Telecom stocks have sagged under heavy debt and concerns about slowing growth. Telecom stocks have sagged under heavy debt and concerns about slowing growth. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to…

AT&T, Other Telecom Stocks Sink After WSJ Investigation on Toxic Lead Cables

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Lawmakers Demand Telecom Firms Act on Toxic Lead Cables After WSJ Investigation

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America Is Wrapped in Miles of Toxic Lead Cables

Listen to article(3 minutes)AT&T, Verizon and other telecom giants have left behind a sprawling network of cables covered in toxic lead that stretches across the U.S., under the water, in the soil and on poles overhead, a Wall Street Journal investigation found. As the lead degrades, it is ending up in places where Americans live, work and play.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Listen to article(3 minutes)AT&T, Verizon and other telecom giants

How to strip wires like a pro (and my must-have tools)

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETStripping the insulation off wires is a task that DIYers and makers have to undertake regularly, but it's not an easy skill to learn, and there's scope for making a real mess of things, especially when the wires are thin and easily broken. Also: How to fix broken wires the easy way - with heat-shrink butt connectorsI came across a good example of this the other day when someone asked me for advice. In the process of stripping the insulation off the wires connected to a component, they…

How to fix your Wi-Fi signal using wires

Listen. I don’t have anything against Wi-Fi. High-speed wireless access to the internet is darn near miraculous, and there are a lot of situations where it doesn’t make any sense to use a wired connection. Can you imagine if your phone was connected to the wall?  But since we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of ethernet, I’d like to make a pitch for the humble, hardworking wired connection.A wired connection is more stable than Wi-Fi, it’s almost always faster, and it has much lower latency. It’s just plain better to…