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FEATURE-Cambodia’s internet gateway raises fears of China-style surveillance
* Gateway will let authorities control all online activity * Gov’t says mechanism will safeguard ‘peace and security’ * Rights activists warn of threat to digital freedoms By Rina Chandran Feb 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sovann Chhay was 16 when he was arrested in Cambodia’s capital last year
In Fake Accounts, we lie and lie and lie all over the internet
Fake Accounts, the Vox Book Club pick for December, is an odd book. I think it’s very good; I don’t know that I particularly like it. It is difficult to talk about, apparently by design. The debut novel of literary critic Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts tells the story of an
Wikipedia at 20: last gasp of an internet vision, or a beacon to a better future?
Twenty years ago today, a tech startup called Nupedia launched a side project. The company had been hard at work producing a free online encyclopaedia, but it was slow going: its strict editing process, comprehensive peer review and focus on expert authors meant it finished only 21
Cyber-attack hits UK internet phone providers
An “unprecedented” and co-ordinated cyber-attack has struck multiple UK-based providers of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services, according to an industry body. Industry body Comms Council UK said several of its members had been targeted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in recent weeks. “An overall
Why These Software and Internet Stocks Tumbled Today
What happened Shares of Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX), MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB), and Yelp (NYSE:YELP) tumbled on Thursday as the U.S. stock market logged its worst day in decades. Escalating fears surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic and the associated economic impact pushed the S&P 500 down around 9.5%. There was no company-specific news for these four software and internet stocks.
‘Name the film. Wrong answers only’ is the latest meme to break the Internet
Not just desi Tweeple, even cops used the meme to tackle fake news. If you are looking for your daily dose of humour, especially one filled with memes, social media has not failed this week. While it’s impossible to guess what might be the next fad online,
SpaceX launches first batch of 60 internet satellites in landmark mission
SpaceX just vaulted a rocket full of 60 satellites into the sky, marking a huge leap forward on its mission to put up a megaconstellation that could beam cheap broadband all over the planet. This is the first dedicated mission for SpaceX’s internet constellation, called Starlink. It kicked off when the
Seen Game Of Thrones latest episode? Internet could not. Best memes and jokes
Twitter has the best memes from the latest Game of Thrones episode We have now witnessed the longest battle in the history of film and television, thanks to Game of Thrones, Season 8 third episode. HBO’s biggest TV Series has kept up to its hype and the
T-Mobile’s latest pitch for Sprint merger: Taking on cable internet and TV
As T-Mobile’s bid to merge with Sprint continues to face challenges on Capitol Hill, the company is continuing to make its case to regulators. The latest pitch to boost the pending $26-billion deal: When combined, the “New T-Mobile” will take on cable broadband around the country. In a
Netflix Eats Up 15% of All Internet Downstream Traffic Worldwide (Study)
Netflix remains the 800-pound gorilla of the streaming world: Video from the service consumes a significant 15% of all internet bandwidth globally, the most of any single application. That’s according to the latest Global Internet Phenomena Report from Sandvine, a vendor of bandwidth-management systems. Netflix was followed by HTTP media streams,