kevin fitchard

Just a befuddled man working as a tech writer for Nokia Bell Labs. You may remember me from such blogs as Gigaom.

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

@_chrislreed @DMC_Ryan FYI Xbox network is down. Series X games aren't recognizing user names for any game pass or purchased downloaded games even though logged in. Basically every game in my library is unplayable. MSFT has a service notice out.

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

It's a been a while since I flexed my feature-writing chops. My profile on one of @belllabs young optical rock stars Vivian Chen https://t.co/nPuymX80qD

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Do we need more "slow thinking" machines. The future of #AI and #MachineLearning is in system 2 problems, says @wseankennedy https://t.co/roiIQ51sMs #FutureHuman #AugmentedHuman @belllabs

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Liberating the brain from the physical constraints of the body. It's not mad science; it's the basis of @MiguelNicolelis's research on the brain-machine interface and the subject of the latest Future Human Podcast https://t.co/tKYlJjTmQ9 #AugmentedHuman

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Sure fiber may be the holy grail of access, but those old copper wires in your walls and up on poles are remarkably resilient as a broadband technology, In our latest Future Human podcast, @BellLabs researcher Werner Coomans explains why https://t.co/RzsMWTIthB

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Pew! Pew! Pew! That's the sound of lasers targeting the next pandemic. Here's my story on @BellLabs' Michael Eggleston on how Optical Coherence Tomography could be used to identify disease outbreaks before they become pandemics https://t.co/IlcB2BBKjk #AugmentedHuman

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Here's an interesting nugget from Ville-Veikko Mattila's @BellLabs blog post on future video trends: Half of all video won't be viewed by humans but machines. #AutonomousVehicles, robots and smart surveillance cameras will be doing the watching for us https://t.co/ZjsxBaeAWp

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Fiber optics isn't just bridging continents or oceans. It's increasingly linking data centers a few dozen km apart to power the #EdgeCloud. Fred Buchali explains how @Bell-Labs is redesigning optical systems for the world of distributed data centers https://t.co/gEsSfMNkea

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

@mdraznin @BellLabs @tsizer Yeah that's a lot of simultaneous Netflix :)

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

1.52 terabits per second. That's an almost inconceivable amount of capacity, and @BellLabs achieved it over a single wavelength on a single strand of fiber. Why do we need such monstrously high bitrates in our pipes? @tsizer explains why: https://t.co/coaMOM1sK2

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

There's a new tool for devs working in #Serverless Computing. @BellLabs has launched KNIX (an amalgam of #Kubernetes and #unix) that overcomes the problem of function startup latency in serverless cloud computing applications. https://t.co/jqGIMBbTQz

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

@EGubbinsAnalyst @BellLabs Maybe Sandy should have composed a rock ballad on MIMO. I'd buy that for $1.99

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Sure, we know MIMO is a critical component of 4G/5G technologies, but how does it really work? @BellLabs research engineer Stefan Wesemann explains MIMO's mysteries in the latest Future Human Podcast https://t.co/yCkczRksXF

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Break out the dive suits. AI is descending to the ocean depths. @BellLabs researcher Maria Ionescu is exploring how AI reinforcement learning can produce super-intelligent, self-optimizing transoceanic fiber-optic cables. Very Jules Verne https://t.co/eLlHt6qSHN

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Two @UCBerkeley researchers have designed a chip that solves big problems with the speed and efficiency of quantum computers. Their innovation earned them the 2019 Nokia Bell Labs Prize https://t.co/g1Ui9GliHs

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

@derrickharris Yeah it has been a while, hasn't it :)

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

At 50 years of age, Unix is still pretty spry. Its best years are still ahead https://t.co/dAWCSG363E @BellLabs #Unix50

[monica paolini @monicapaolini]

Death of smartphone? The devices of the future will be less clunky, more intuitive, to use, closer to us @MarcusWeldon predicts #gaf19 #nokiaiar how will that change our perception of reality? Perception will be mediated by these devices, a screen between our skin and the grit

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

@ruthchk @BellLabs Thanks Ruth!

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

Today was my last day at Opensignal. In 9 days I start a new job at @BellLabs

[kevin fitchard @kfitchard]

@thierry_klein @BellLabs Me as well. Thierry. I'll see you soon