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From AFP via TechXplore:

End of the line for Finland's analog phone network

June 30, 2026

Finland on June 30 pulled the plug on analog landline phone calls
after almost 150 years, the latest country to push forward in a
global transition toward digital infrastructure.

Estonia, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain have already made the
jump as countries around the world roll out fiber-optic cable
that can handle both internet services and voice calls.

Finland's fixed-line network began operating in the 1880s, but
like everywhere else, the digital revolution has swallowed up the
old technology based on copper wires.

And the Nordic country, home of mobile phone pioneer Nokia, has
seen the use of landline phones swallowed up by mobile
technology.

Elisa, the country's last major telecom operator with a
fixed-line copper-wire network, marked the end of its service
with a call between the firm's CEO, Topi Manner, and Jarkko
Saarimaki, head of the country's communication and transport
agency.

The two chatted about their memories of landline phones, with
Manner recalling his time as a teenager in London in the 1980s,
when he would call home once a week at an agreed time to make
sure the family was all there.

They also discussed the future of mobile technologies before
ending the call with a casual "kuulemiin," meaning "speak later"
in Finnish.

When announcing its decision to retire the network in January—a
move its competitors had already made earlier—Elisa said its
customers had just a "few thousand" landline-only plans, with no
new ones being sold in years.

After June 30, the only providers of landline plans in Finland
will be local operators, currently covering a few thousand plans
for local calls, public broadcaster Yle said.

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-line-finland-analog-network.html

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From New Atlas:

It became too easy to shout ‘aliens', so SETI changed its rules

By Chris Young
July 07, 2026

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International
Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (SETI) committee has significantly revised the
protocols governing how scientists "evaluate, verify, and
announce evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence."

In a new paper, the committee explained the updates were drawn up
in response to our ever-changing media landscape; one that is
rife with AI-generated misinformation and dubious discovery
claims of alien technology.

The new post-detection protocols stress transparency, scientific
rigor, and clearly indicate what an astronomer must do in the
event of first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence.
They also tackle modern challenges, including the erosion of
credibility in our post-truth era.

Steven Desch, a professor of astrophysics at Arizona State
University who was not involved in the process, called the
updates a "welcome development" in an interview with Refractor,
noting that we are "awash in misinformation."

A first draft for cosmic bureaucracy

With vast astronomical surveys such as the Vera C. Rubin
Observatory's LSST and the SETI Institute's Breakthrough Listen
scanning the skies, many scientists see the discovery of alien
intelligence as an inevitability.

There are, after all, far more planets in the Universe than
grains of sand on Earth. In the Milky Way alone, roughly four
billion Earth-sized planets are sitting in the habitable zones of
Sun-like stars.

SETI set out to prepare scientists worldwide for the daunting
task of detecting aliens firsthand. The committee ratified its
post-detection protocols under the leadership of Michael Garrett,
an astronomer at the University of Manchester. Key to the updated
protocols is an underlying principle rooted in the famous Carl
Sagan adage, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary
evidence".

Referred to as the "Declaration of Principles Concerning the
Conduct of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)",
the protocols serve as a guideline addressing everything from
first contact and the verification of evidence to the problems of
scientist harassment and doxxing.

"The information environment we operate in today is vastly more
complex than it was in 2010," said Garrett, who serves as chair
of the IAA SETI committee. "In an era of deepfakes, automated
misinformation, and instant global connectivity, a single
unverified claim could trigger confusion or panic."

"These new protocols ensure that scientists maintain the highest
standards of evidence before making announcements to the world,"
he added.

The revised protocols clearly state what an astronomer must do if
they find an anomaly in their data that may indicate
extraterrestrial intelligence.

As SETI points out in its statement, "no public announcement
should be made until a signal or artifact has been rigorously
authenticated by independent organisations using different
instrumentation." Effectively, they must have a separate
observatory confirm their detection and then submit all data for
peer review.

Beyond verifying and sharing a discovery to the wider public, the
protocols also touch on the subject of alien contact. Crucially,
they state that no SETI researcher must take it upon themselves
to reply to any alien intelligence that has contacted them
directly.

The protocols clearly state a "no reply" consensus. As SETI's
statement reads, "transmitting a response to an extraterrestrial
intelligence is a decision that belongs to all of humanity".
Instead, the scientist or organisation responsible for discovery
would be advised to contact the United Nations Secretary-General,
who would hold international consultations ahead of contact.

Avi Loeb and the "post-truth economy"

In addition to guiding astronomers, the new protocols serve as a
powerful reminder that scientists have a profound responsibility
to prioritise truth over sensationalism.

Though the IAA SETI protocols don't mention Harvard professor Avi
Loeb, some of Garrett's wording seems to almost explicitly
reference Loeb's recent claims. In 2019, Loeb famously stated the
‘Oumuamua interstellar object was comprised of alien technology.

Since then, Loeb has made a series of similar claims. He has
faced backlash from the scientific community – most recently for
his comments regarding the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

As Garrett explained in the SETI statement, "We do not shout
"alien" the moment we see a strange blip. The scientific method
demands we check, check again, and then ask others to check. Only
when we have reached a consensus that a signal is credible do we
bring it to the world."

One of Loeb's most vocal critics, Arizona State University's
Steven Desch, told Refractor that Loeb has "learned to thrive in
our new post-truth attention economy".

"Whether the new IAA-SETI protocols were a response to him
specifically, or the general culture, I don't know," he
continued. "I would say the congressional hearings and release of
purportedly UFO-related documents by the government are also on
the top of people's minds. But I could also see them being a
direct response."

Desch also points to other scientists who have "leaned into
sensationalism". One example is Cambridge University's Dr. Nikku
Madhusudhan, whose team observed tentative chemical signatures of
Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b.

According to Desch, press releases regarding the discovery "were
much more credulous than they should have been, and the feeling
in the community is that Madhusudhan stoked the fires."

"No one is saying he made false claims," Desch continued, though
it is "far too easy" to lean into the sensationalism due to an
"ever-present media attention".

What can be done? The new IAA SETI protocols are a welcome step,
according to Desch. "The best thing is to apply more rigor going
forward, before papers are accepted," he said. "That is very much
in the spirit of the new IAA-SETI protocols: Be Careful What You
Say."

Source: SETI

https://newatlas.com/space/too-easy-to-shout-aliens-seti-changed-rules/

See also:
https://iaaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/iaa/Scientific%20Activity/iaasetideclaration.pdf

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