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Today's riddle: Why can't dogs make MRI's? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Ericsson's 6G Field Call: Standardization's Hardware Reality Check (650group.com) — Concord just hosted Verizon and Ericsson's first outdoor pre-standard 6G field call, using a 400 MHz channel at a commercial network site in town. Engineers tested coverage, speed, and reliability using a mobile test house, signaling that Concord is part of early groundwork for next-generation wireless networks that could roll out over the next decade.
• Recent report finds public money subsidizing concert business including at Concord's Toyota Pavilion, Shoreline Amphitheatre (newsbreak.com) — Concord's city-owned Toyota Pavilion is spotlighted in a new Vanderbilt report claiming public subsidies have helped Live Nation dominate big concert venues, including in Concord and Mountain View. Researchers say taxpayer-backed deals and low rents benefit the company, while Live Nation defends its economic impact and investments, and Concord officials say they are still reviewing the findings and have not commented substantively yet.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why can't dogs make MRI's?" — Because catscan! (Thank you Bob F. for sending it in!)
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