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Since pontiff was hospitalised conspiracy theories have swirled online claiming he has diedWhile Pope Francis was being treated for double pneumonia, Italian TikToker Ottavo made his way unchallenged into a ward at Gemelli hospital in Rome, followed by…
Internet shutdowns in Africa hit a record high in 2024, with 21 shutdowns across 15 countries. The previous record was 19 shutdowns in 2020 and 21. The Guardian reports: Authorities in Comoros, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritius joined repeat offenders such a…
More governments seeking to keep millions of people offline amid conflicts, protests and political instabilityDigital blackouts reached a record high in 2024 in Africa as more governments sought to keep millions of citizens off the internet than in any…
Center for Political Accountability, which advocates for corporate disclosure, warns of fallout from Trump’s effortsA new report warns of “profound risks” in American politics as cryptocurrency companies increase their political spending and Donald Tru…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, music labels sought to add nearly 500 more sound recordings to a lawsuit accusing the Internet Archive (IA) of mass copyright infringement through its Great 78 Project, which seeks to …
European nations have heightened security after a series of suspected sabotage attacks on submarine infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, with officials increasingly pointing to Russia as the likely culprit.
Finnish authorities detained the tanker Eagle …
Billionaire cost-cutter’s Starlink service the likely beneficiary of Trump plan to alter rural internet programUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration is preparing to overhaul a $42.5bn Biden-era program designed to connect tens of mi…
The long-running text-based zombie MMO Urban Dead is shutting down on March 14, 2025, after nearly 20 years. The reason: compliance concerns with the UK’s Online Safety Act. Games Radar+ reports: “The Online Safety Act comes into force later this month…
Criminal justice specialists call for new approach to identify emerging type of murderer with no prior convictionsThe rise of “0 to 100” killers who go from watching torture, mutilation and beheading videos in their bedrooms to committing murder sugges…
Alphabet’s X division has developed a silicon photonic chip for its Taara project, which transmits internet via laser beams instead of fiber optic cables. The system delivers 20Gbps through “light bridges” that establish line-of-sight connections betwe…