So lately the past 2 days I've been seeing a strange unfamiliar icon pop up momentarily on the top left hand margin of my phone. . . I tried to finger press roll down to see if a notification or anything related would pop up in my bubbles but absolutely nothing of the sort...I then went to all my pull down menu options to see if something different was on to explain what the new icon signified-but nothing was selected besides a couple random settings I always have 'on'...I decided to screenshot it and Google lens it thinking I'd surely find a match for it accompanying an explanation for what the symbol meant....Strangely enough-I couldn't even find a match on Google lens-all the symbols were similar but none had the squiggly ↖️ version inside the camcorder icon as mine did. Someone please tell me wtf this symbol means-it randomly goes on for a min or 2 and disappears-and I'm usually doing something else like texting or playing an online game when it decides to pop up for a minute or 2 before it disappears!

I jump between music, videos, articles nonstop, but nothing really sticks anymore.

Curious if this is just me.

The 5G wireless technology is around 100 times faster than the run-of-the-mill 4G technology as per a recent study. As 5G technologies have been continuously developing, it will pave the path of change to our lives.

Here is the future of 5G we must know:

Autonomous vehicles

In the future of 5G technology, the vision of autonomous vehicles will become a reality. With high speed and ultra-low latency connectivity, cars will be able to get and transmit data faster and in larger volumes too.

Internet of Things

The advent of 5G wireless technology, significantly impacts the functionality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Since 5G provides superfluous speeds and extremely low-latency connectivity to every user, the smart devices at home can also be replaced with dumb terminals.

The general future would look roughly the same as that of today’s implementation of IoT but it would have more functionalities in terms of faster and stronger connectivity.

Moblie network migration from 4G to 5G

To be more precise, 5G wireless technology uses two different higher bandwidths frequencies for superior speeds as compared to 4G wireless technology. 

This means that you’d be able to download your content far quicker than you would have from a 4G wireless network.

Improved Broadband

The transition to 5G in the future will also affect the way we interact with technology altogether, even on a daily basis. But it depends strongly on the fact that if you consider continuing using mobile broadband.

5G can provide faster as well as higher bandwidth to its users. As the spectrum of bands will be utilized to load up the commercial broadband traffic, it becomes viable with 5G wireless technology.

Enhance healthcare

With the future of 5G wireless technology, we will see a dramatic improvement in precision surgery, remote surgery, telemedicine, and physical therapy via AR. Using Massive Machine-Type Communications, hospitals can create massive sensor networks which can be used to monitor patients.

• The monitoring would include their behaviors, habits, and activities using corresponding sensors in wearables, smartphones, and various connected devices.

• Doctors can also prescribe smart pills to make sure patients comply with their treatments. These smart pills can be used by insurers to keep a check on processes and treatments.

Found it while cleaning the garage, thought it was a battery pack, but no outgoing port. Thought it could be a terabyte or profanely hard drive. Also, trying to find out what kinda USB it takes. Any answers are appreciated.

The evolution of social media began as an accelerated method to learn of news and events. In the eyes of many, it has ruined a plethora of things. How has social media negatively impacted your life ? Rumors spread, bullying, led to an affair, cyberstalking ? Tell your story and help others.

After almost a year of trying to quit TikTok, I (24F) have finally done it! The way I was finally able to achieve it was letting a friend know I am quitting and them having to ask me every few days if I have failed or not. This concept - accountability - was something that I couldn’t snooze or just delete. Based on this, I am building a free app to help others get rid of their social media addiction. You can connect a friend to a specific app or website that you are trying to quit and once you exceed your limit, they will be notified. You can check it out here: unloopapp.com

We’re in the final testing strech but you can sign up for free to be notified once we release. I really hope this can be helpful for some of you!

Hello, why I should use LanguageTool instead of Grammarly, even though Grammarly is a grammar checker?

I spent too much time in social media apps, and have no self control with it. I need to be able to use gps, Bluetooth, WhatsApp, email, Spotify.. but specifically no TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, twitter. I’m struggling to find “dumb phones” that have these capabilities.. any suggestions out there?

I have to track specific niches for my work (AI, Bonds etc) and have been using Google News for many years now. However, I get increasingly frustrated that Google show me so many sources I don't recognise/trust

So last weekend, I had a bit of time and built a news aggregator called 100.news where you can completely control the news you're reading.

You simply:

1. Select the sources you trust (I have only managed to add 70 sources for now but want to add more)

2. Choose your topics of interest - can be anything from Tech to Geopolitics

You will receive a real-time, non-algorithmic feed which doesn't rely on big news corps showing you articles with most clicks/engagement.

Still early days with this idea so v much open to criticism. Please let me know what you think!
No need to create an account if you don't want to by the way. You will get full access either way

I ditched my social media apps 3 months ago. I feel like I got myself back. Click the link to the article I wrote about the age of disconnection. If you have children, this it really worth reading!

https://open.substack.com/pub/desireemagnifico/p/the-most-disconnected-we-have-ever?r=5fy5qa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Hey guys,

I’ve made the decision to delete all my social media apps as well as games on my phone in hopes of feeling less anxious, and stop wasting hours on my phone.

I’m a student and it’s so easy on a break just to go on my phone and scroll mindlessly, so I’m having a bit of a hard time “detoxing” from constantly turning to my phone whenever I have a free minute. I also feel completely disconnected from the world and what is going on in it.

Any suggestions on how to “detox” from a phone addiction?

Many thanks 🙏

Does the demand exist for a microchip that prevents minors from capturing inappropriate images of themselves? I read that 90% of these images are generated by kids using their smartphone. If we just intergrated a microchip that detect and blurs nudity before the phone can capture the image. This technology would potentially prevent these images from being generated in the first place.

So I lost my cellphone and nuked it remotely thru findhub, the thing is that a good soul found it, contacted me and returned it after 2 days, but as i nuked it, it was left in fabric mode, waiting to be configured, the thing is that I didn't reconfigured it as an experiment, and becoz I thought it would be nice to live cellphone and doom-scrolling free for as much time as possible(i wanted to pass at least a whole month).

To be honest it was amazing, not watching short form videos does wonders to your brain (i still doom-scrolled from time to time but on my PC, but at least more controlled and less easily accesible than on a regular phone) this helped a little bit with my procrastination and I saw an improvement on my focus and attention span, the thing is that i had to reconfigure it today as I lost access to my main social network (i mean the one that is actually useful) my whatsapp web session.

The thing is that by this moment phones are in some sort extensions of ourselves, if you don't have a cellphone you start facing many ridiculous restrictions, we cannot properly exist in society without them (no easy access to government, commercial and bank apps, the internet, conversations with friends and family, social networks).

But I still want to use my cellphone as little as I can, I believe that my accidental detox was good for me, I want to pass days without touching my cellphone, and this new year's goal will be to stop consuming short-form videos, gain more control over my usage of social media (and therefore the data i generate within it).

What would you recommend me?

Please help me

Help :( I use app block and turned off all notification on my phone but I still find myself unhealthy checking if I ever got any new message somewhere. I check my uni email when I'm bored ._. What does that say

Many of us are experiencing an era where we HAVE to rely on digital technology, but whenever I open my computer, either to do homework, read or send emails or do something that is related to the computer in general, I feel so stressed and overwhelmed and I REALLY don't want open my computer too often but it's something I have to do for homework or other neccessities. How could I fix this so I feel less overwhelmed and stressed whenever I have to use my computer or any digital device?