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Hurricane Milton is a real-time test for satellite cell service

Recent hurricanes are putting the spotlight on ways to address disaster-related cell phone service outages. Some providers are turning to space, leveraging satellites to keep customers connected. Professor Alexander Wyglinski, in the department of electrical and computer engineering, provided analysis on satellite-to-cell systems, including potential benefits and challenges, for this article in The Boston Globe.

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Browsers, cookies and surfing the web: The quirky history of internet lingo

Erica Brozovsky, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Humanities & Arts, authored a piece for The Mozilla Blog that outlines some of the interesting backstories behind commonly used words and phrases related to the internet.