Hacker News with Generative AI: Connectivity

Lilygo T-Deck Pro is a mobile dev kit with ePaper display, QWERTY keyboard, 4G (liliputing.com)
Last summer LILYGO launched a pocket-sized mobile communications device called the T-Deck Plus that looks like a phone, but is really more of a mobile dev kit with a 2.8 inch IPS LCD display, a BlackBerry keyboard, and support for WiFi, Bluetooth, and LoRa wireless connectivity… but no support for cellular networks.
The Miserable State of Modems and Mobile Network Operators (golioth.io)
Golioth recently received a number of customer reports regarding connectivity issues on a specific vendor’s cellular chipset series. We immediately contacted the vendor and began working towards reproducing and isolating the behavior. What ensued was a lengthy investigation that ultimately revealed some unexpected and highly undesirable behavior. This is a story of the complexities of cellular connectivity, the perils of closed ecosystems, and how to debug what you cannot see.
Android Cross-device services rolling out: Call casting, Internet sharing (9to5google.com)
Nearly all of Bangladesh is offline (ant.isi.edu)
Apple could allow audio chat with no cell or WiFi needed (appleinsider.com)
Intel's Thunderbolt Share lets two PCs control each other over a USB cable (theverge.com)