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Despite its cutting-edge image, Japan has a soft spot for the decidedly 20th-century machines.
Old technology, but not obsolete.
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It’s 2019. And yet faxing is still often more secure, easier to use and better suited to existing work habits than computer-based messaging.
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Researchers used a fax machine that wasn’t even connected to the internet to break into a computer network.
No common standard: CHAdeMO, CCS and Tesla Supercharger plugs.
CHAdeMO: C-CarTom; CCS: Hadhuey; Tesla: Paul Sladen
Standards, like electrical plugs, are usually so simple we don’t even really notice them. But they’re extremely important: Good ones can drive innovation; bad ones can stifle growth.