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Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs " law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (419+ words) Utah's Online Age Verification Amendments, formally Senate Bill 73, take effect on May 6, making the state the first in the U. S. to explicitly target VPN use as part of age verification legislation. Signed by Governor Spencer Cox on March 19, the controversial law…...
Cloudflare CEO says bot internet traffic has overtaken humans
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (404+ words) "Welp, that happened faster than I predicted." That's what Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince had to say as his company released data finding that there's now more traffic from bots than humans on the internet. "Thought it would be end of…...
Starlink V3 satellites
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (96+ words) will begin to be deployed in late 2026 on Starship. Starlink V3 satellites Bandwidth per Satellite: "V2: 96 Gbps "V3: 1, 024 Gbps Bandwidth per Launch: V2: 2, 600 Gbps V3: 61, 000 Gbps Deployment per Launch: " V2: 27 satellites (on Falcon 9) " V3: 60 (on Starship) Bret Johnson the CFO of Space X has an interview out…...
Friday Silliness Thread!
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (114+ words) Once again silliness returns! Today's episode: The Zot! The dreaded Viking kitty! If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today: Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA…...
Today's Toons 6/5/26
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (41+ words) Click on link If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today: Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you,...
AT&T and Verizon Just Lost 8-1 at the Supreme Court
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (671+ words) The Supreme Court handed down a decisive win for federal enforcement on June 4, 2026, ruling 8-1 against AT&T and Verizon in a fight over how the FCC collects penalties. Two of the biggest telecom companies in the country tried to shut…...
Monterey Park votes to permanently ban data centers
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (477+ words) Monterey Park voters made history Tuesday by passing the first permanent ban on data centers nationwide. "It really goes to show the power of community," Monterey Park Mayor Elizabeth Lee told SFGATE. "We had sufficient community support and community members…...
After Nearly Three Decades of Service, Lycos Mail Quietly Pulls the Plug Leaving Longtime Users Scrambling
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (257+ words) Now that chapter appears to be ending. While services do shut down all the time, the problem is how it happened, that is almost no communication, confusion, and a migration process that seems quite confounding at best. I have been…...
Today's Toons 6/2/26
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (29+ words) Click on link Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. Nice stuff Pookster! Thank you!...
Duck Duck Go installs are up 30% as users reject being "force-fed" Google"s AI Search
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (574+ words) Last week, after Google announced its huge overhaul to Search, I overheard a woman on the phone saying she was switching to Duck Duck Go because you can "opt out of using AI." "Google just isn't Google anymore," she said....