Feb 20, 2019
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Operator of Tonga's internet cable can't rule out sabotage
A director at the operator of Tonga's undersea internet cable said Monday he can't rule out sabotage as the reason the cable broke and plunged the Pacific nation into virtual darkness for almost two weeks.
The end of web neutrality, the end of the Internet?
The web really isn't worldwide: Every country has different access
What the internet looks like to users in the U.S. can be quite different from the online experience of people in other countries. Some of those variations are due to government censorship of online services, which is a significant ...
More rules for the intelligent household
While a mobile phone or PC is traditionally controlled by only one user, many players come together in a networked household, some of whom even want to control devices simultaneously. Researchers from the Horst Görtz Institute ...
Shining light on dark fiber, other broadband networks
The digital divide—small, social programs can help get seniors online
In Australia, use of the internet is almost universal. At last count, 86% of the population was digitally connected.
Cubans getting early taste of mobile internet in system test
One of the world's least-wired countries was a little more connected on Wednesday.
When fake news sparks violence: India grapples with online rumours
India has been shaken by a spate of mob killings sparked by a hoax about child kidnappers spread on WhatsApp.
Airbus, Bill Gates and others back video imaging satellite venture
Airbus, Bill Gates and Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son have joined to back a spinoff from Bellevue, Wash.-based Intellectual Ventures that aims to launch a constellation of imaging satellites "that will deliver real-time, ...
