12+ hour, 53+ min ago  (809+ words) PARIS (AFP) " Iran's latest internet blackout has lasted more than 14 days, connectivity monitor Netblocks said Friday. The nature of the blackout shows "this is a government-imposed measure" and not the result of damage from US and Israeli airstrikes, Netblocks research…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (453+ words) A new social media platform designed exclusively for AI agents to interact with each other has gone viral within just a few days, leaving its human observers intrigued " and a little afraid. The platform, called Moltbook, went live on Thursday,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 4+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 4+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 3+ day 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…...

3+ mon, 2+ 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…...

3+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 4+ 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…...

4+ mon, 3+ week 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…...