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Could Hopcast cure net energy guzzling?

Device-to-device transfers may slash net energy grab
The world could save 99% of the energy spent on transferring data over the web if it moved to a system of device-to-device communication, according to a startup firm. Hopcast, a company formed in 2022, claims to be the first mobile-specific content delivery network (CDN). Instead of constantly fetching data from remote servers all over the world, Hopcast’s technology allows for device-to-device transfer of data – similar to systems such as Apple’s AirDrop but without any user intervention. This would both slash the amount of data users require from their mobile network and save a vast amount of energy, according to the company’s co-founder and CEO, Farid Benbadis. “On all Android phones, on all iOS phones, we have the capability to do device-to-device communication, but these resources are not used…
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