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Iranian telecoms head claims internet to soon be restored after protest blackout
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (332+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 841 The head of Iran's telecoms company told local media on Saturday that internet service would be restored "today or tomorrow," the Fars news agency reported. It also reported that the Supreme National Security Council had on…...
Iranian regime plans to permanently cut people off from internet — watchdog
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (560+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 834 Iranian authorities plan to permanently seal the country off from the internet, and limit all but a select few citizens to a much narrower national network, both at home and abroad, according to a report from…...
Free Starlink access seen as game changer in helping Iran protesters get their message out
1+ week, 2+ day ago (940+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 832 Iranian demonstrators" ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX"s Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent…...
Cellphones to be banned from elementary schools nationwide starting February
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (321+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 797 Cellphones will be prohibited in elementary schools across Israel beginning in February, the Education Ministry announced on Thursday. The decision brings Israel in line with a growing number of countries that have barred cellphones from schools…...
Gold-plated iPhone 17s now available in Gaza at exorbitant cost
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (199+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 783 New'iPhone 17 devices " including gold-plated models " are being sold in the Gaza Strip "at exorbitant prices," after retailers managed to import the latest Apple smartphone through recently opened border crossings, according to Hebrew media reports. Israel Hayom…...
Large swaths of internet disrupted due to Cloudflare outage
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (299+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 774 Major internet platforms, including X and ChatGPT, were inaccessible for thousands of users globally on Tuesday as web-infrastructure firm Cloudflare was hit by an outage, disrupting internet services. Cloudflare, whose network handles around a fifth of…...
‘Tinder Swindler’ freed from Georgian custody after Germany pulls extradition request
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (335+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 771 Israeli fraudster Simon Leviev, made famous by the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, has been released in Georgia after spending two months in custody pending extradition to Germany, his lawyer said Friday. Leviev, 35, whose real name…...
Massive Amazon cloud outage resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (899+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 746 The all-day disruption and the ensuing exasperation it caused served as the latest reminder that 21st century society is increasingly dependent on just a handful of companies for much of its internet technology, which seems to work…...
Israeli diplomats said added to WhatsApp groups run from Iran, other hostile nations
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (306+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 745 Israeli diplomats have been added to WhatsApp groups run from Iran and other hostile nations, according to a Monday report that cited an internal security warning issued to Foreign Ministry staff. The memo came after multiple…...
US court orders Israeli spyware company NSO to cease targeting WhatsApp
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (355+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 744 WASHINGTON (Reuters) " A US court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting Meta's WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business. In a 25-page ruling handed down Friday,…...