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Two-fifths of UK adults disconnected for three hours or more with one in four left without service for nearly a weekThe number of Britons who have experienced their internet connection failing for at least three hours has almost doubled in the last yea…
UK government forced sale of ‘alt-net’ broadband provider Upp on national security groundsVirgin Media 02 is to buy a British broadband company owned by a Russian oligarch-backed investment company, after the government forced its sale on national secu…
Rumors and fake posts about an Ebola outbreak posted on TikTok and Twitter led to a rapid spread of misinformationRumors of an Ebola outbreak at the Burning Man festival spread like wildfire over the weekend with social media users posting fake health …
Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by…
Paris (AFP) — Oil companies are paying popular influencers to pump their gas on social media, sparking a backlash from some climate-conscious fans for promoting planet-warming fossil fuels among young people. Young online celebrities best known for po…
Hosting platform WordPress has announced a new century-long domain registration plan for users who want to ensure a lifelong digital legacy. From a report: Its new 100-year plan is designed to give users “the ultimate security and longevity for their d…
Helen Marie Plourde, an 86-year-old Minnesota resident, just spent over a month without home Internet and phone service because CenturyLink failed to fix a problem that began in July. From a report: CenturyLink didn’t show up for scheduled appointments…
Interactions on the social lab of the Muslim dating apps signals an ongoing negotiating process of what it means to be (a) Muslim, (b) secular, and (c) a secular Muslim.
Fiber-optic cables that were damaged by a rockfall in an undersea canyon, resulting in slow internet connections in some parts of Africa, should be repaired next month by a specialized vessel, according to telecommunication companies. From a report: Th…
According to The Information (paywalled), SpaceX is working with Cloudlfare to boost the performance of its satellite internet service Starlink. Reuters reports: The two companies are working on a way to increase Starlink’s network of mini data centers…