https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. It's hard to imagine that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the fourth industrial revolution can be part of the same conversation. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-technology-sustainable-hamlet-rural-south.html Environment Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:40:01 EST news593266588 The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in profound ways. A McGill-led study of over 150 countries links Internet penetration with migration intentions and behaviours, suggesting that digital connectivity plays a key role in migration decisions and actively supports the migration process. https://phys.org/news/2020-12-internet-migration.html Social Sciences Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:44:41 EST news527359474 The internet is transforming every aspect of our lives. It has become indispensable. But, so far, according to a new meta-analysis we have published in the Journal of Economic Surveys, the internet has done next to nothing for economic growth. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-internet-lot-economic-growth.html Economics & Business Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:00:04 EDT news459587967 In his first week as Cisco Systems' new CEO, Chuck Robbins made an immediate impression, moving quickly on plans to create a leaner, faster-moving company out of the networking colossus. https://phys.org/news/2015-08-cisco-ceo-chuck-robbins-networking.html Business Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:50:01 EDT news357997672 Italy's government adopted a six-billion-euro plan Tuesday to modernise its Internet network and improve access to broadband in hopes of shedding its reputation as one of Europe's online laggards. https://phys.org/news/2015-03-italy-shift-internet-fast-lane.html Telecom Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:43:42 EST news344659405 Among the washer women, carpenters, busy waiters and squabbling children sweltering under the midday sun on this dusty Dakar street an Internet revolution is taking place in the world's first tablet cafe. https://phys.org/news/2013-06-pcs-senegal-world-tablet-cafe.html Business Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:42:32 EDT news289978772 Google's executive chairman is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. https://phys.org/news/2013-01-apnewsbreak-google-exec-chairman-nkorea.html Business Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:35:29 EST news276359721 Apple Inc. likely will have to pay a Brazilian company for the right to use the iPhone brand in Latin America's biggest country, a Brazilian telecommunications analyst said Thursday. https://phys.org/news/2012-12-analyst-apple-brazil-iphone-brand.html Business Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:35:04 EST news275848496 A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal between Google and the British Library. https://phys.org/news/2011-06-british-library-google-digitize.html Internet Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:02:44 EDT news227790141 The digital revolution is storming the barricades of privacy. In today’s interconnected world, we are tracked, surveyed, watched, and followed at every turn. Our movements both inside and outside cyberspace are constantly monitored, often with — but also without — our consent. https://phys.org/news/2011-06-hyper-public-spaces-clues-internet-principles.html Internet Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:10:47 EDT news227347832 Media baron Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday urged Internet companies to pull out the stops in developing digital education programmes to revolutionise the world's classrooms. https://phys.org/news/2011-05-media-boss-murdoch-rallies-internet.html Internet Tue, 24 May 2011 15:20:02 EDT news225466858 The world's most powerful Internet and media barons gathered in Paris on Tuesday in a show of strength to leaders at the G8 summit, amid rows over online copyright, regulation and human rights. https://phys.org/news/2011-05-key-internet-summit-discuss-online.html Internet Tue, 24 May 2011 09:10:01 EDT news225445336 Most Indians are missing out on the "digital revolution" due to dismal Internet access for the poor with the nation lagging far behind its emerging market peers, a study found Wednesday. https://phys.org/news/2011-03-india-digital-worst-brics.html Telecom Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:10:01 EDT news220675790 (AP) -- Up in rural northern Vermont, it took until the 1960s to run power lines to some towns - decades after the rest of America got turned on. https://phys.org/news/2011-01-stimulus-funds-wire-rural-homes.html Telecom Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:56:37 EST news215578572 Ask web entrepreneur Stefan Magdalinski why he moved from London to Cape Town two years ago, and he points to a map that illustrates the technological revolution reshaping Africa. https://phys.org/news/2010-10-africa-tech-explosion-economic-growth.html Business Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:44:49 EDT news207287077 Welcome to Facebook, children of the 20th century. Since the social network, initially developed for students, relaxed its rules in 2006 to let in pretty much anyone older than 13, millions of users who predate the Internet revolution have joined the ranks of the wall-posting, status-updating, photo-tagging multitudes. https://phys.org/news/2009-05-social-networking-clueless-adults.html Internet Wed, 13 May 2009 15:00:27 EDT news161445590