“Fragmentation” is much talked about in mobile. Numerous operating systems, increasingly diverse device types, ARM and x86 system architectures. All this diversity creates a very real challenge for ...

Healthcare generates more data than almost any other industry. Prescriptions, diagnostics, insurance claims, lab results, wearable device metrics, telemedicine consultations — the volume is staggering ...

Figure 1: Fragmentation via a cold-drawing-induced, propagating, mechanical–geometric instability. Figure 2: Characterization of fragmentation induced by cold-drawing of a PES fibre. Figure 3: ...

The global trend of digital fragmentation seems unstoppable. Barring intervention by the Supreme Court, a law banning TikTok in the U.S. will go into effect later this month, despite investing ...

Milton Mueller is the author of Will the Internet Fragment? Sovereignty, Globalization and Cyberspace (Polity Press, 2017). You can follow him @miltonmueller. The internet, we are told, is in danger ...

On March 11, 2022, many observers held their breath: the Russian government had instructed Russian website operators to make themselves independent of the worldwide web by that date. While it soon ...

Opinion by: Richard Meissner, co-founder and technical lead at Safe. The recent a16z “State of Crypto” report gave us something to cheer about. We’re seeing all-time highs in crypto activity, ...

Discover how institutions navigate complexities caused by fragmentation in the crypto markets. Market fragmentation in crypto is a paradox. In contrast to consolidated markets, where traders compete ...

Fragmentation is often cited as a major challenge for the Linux platform and mobile software ecosystem. The word gets thrown around a lot and tends to be used as a catch-all phrase to describe a wide ...