Internet users across the world have reported connection problems in what seems to be a major global outage. Website Down Detector, which tracks the status of websites, reveals a spike in outages across several sites and online services – including eBay, Twitter, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Generally speaking, the […]
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World powers clash, virus stirs anger at virtual UN meeting
U.S President Donald Trump is seen on a video screen remotely addressing the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at U.N. headquarters. This year’s annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters will be almost entirely “virtual.” Leaders have been asked to pre-record their […]
CRTC says you’re getting the internet speeds you’re paying for
Canadians are receiving higher-than-advertised internet speeds from major internet service providers (ISPs), found the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The report concluded that major ISPs in Canada either met or exceeded their maximum advertised download and upload speeds, with most providing excellent latency and packet drops below 0.15 per […]
All K-12 students in need have access to TELUS high speed internet for only $9.95 per month
In partnership with local school boards and educators, TELUS helps ensure all K-12 students in B.C. and Alberta have access to high speed internet to support virtual learning throughout what will be an unconventional school year VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Even though it’s still early […]
Slow internet plagues regional artists, as art world moves online during COVID-19 lockdown
When COVID-19 altered the known landscape, regional artists found themselves in uncharted territory that required some seriously creative navigating. Suddenly, every gallery, music venue and dance studio was closed, and every writers’ festival was cancelled or postponed. Artists of all ilks were unable to collaborate with their peers, network professionally, […]
Popular apps banned, People in India back to the “primitive era” of the Internet
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 10, 2020 / After getting used to the ease and convenience brought by mobile Internet apps such as Tik Tok, WeChat, APUS Browser, and CUT CUT, and so on. Recently, many young people in India have returned to the “primitive era” of the […]
Internet searches for gastrointestinal symptoms predicted coronavirus hot spots, researchers find
Internet searches for gastrointestinal symptoms preceded the rise in coronavirus cases weeks later, indicating where pandemic hot spots would form, a study by Massachusetts General Hospital found. The study, published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, utilized an approach used more than a decade ago to monitor pandemic influenza trends, […]
How Uncle Iroh’s Sage Advice Made Him the Internet’s Life Coach
If you ever find yourself in emotional turmoil like Zuko, you can always count on Uncle Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender for life-changing advice. Uncle Iroh is the wise, tea-loving uncle of Zuko who dispenses sage advice to anyone who needs it in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Iroh’s a […]
A major internet outage on Sunday took Hulu, Amazon, and 3.5% of the world’s internet traffic with it
A giant internet outage, due to an issue at major telecommunications company CenturyLink, wiped out 3.5% of global internet traffic on Sunday. The outage affected web giants including Amazon and Hulu as well as individual internet users. The outage began at 6 a.m. Eastern and ended around 11 a.m. Eastern. […]
Estimating change the right way: Approaching the post-pandemic world
Jeff Bezos was on stage at a press event, when a reporter asked him, “Jeff, what do you think is going to change most in the next 10 years?” Jeff replied, “That’s a good question. But a better question is: What’s not going to change in the next 10–20 years?” […]
Leader board mirrors top of world rankings and other takeaways from Day 1 of Tour Championship | Golf World
The first day of the last week of the season is finished. Sure, this may not exactly feel like a grand finale, with no fans at East Lake and a U.S. Open looming less than two weeks away. But it’s the Tour Championship all the same, and with the FedEx […]
World No. 1, defending champ Jin Young Ko not in ANA Inspiration field | Golf World
Jin Young Ko ascended to World No. 1 with her win at last year’s ANA Inspiration. She will lose one of those titles next week. Ko is not among the 105 players listed for the LPGA major at Mission Hills Country Club. Ko has not played since the LPGA’s season-ending […]
Man’s ‘unsettling’ food video leaves TikTok dumbfounded: ‘What in the world?’
Some videos are just so unbelievable, they really can’t come with an explanation. TikTok user Liam Donafee didn’t offer one. When he shared his now-viral video on Aug. 2, he left out a caption, or any words explaining what his clip meant. READ MORE: Thousands of Amazon reviews rave about these […]
Myanmar court convicts Maung Saungkha for protesting internet shutdowns; all charges must be rescinded
Access Now calls on Myanmar authorities to immediately rescind charges against poet and activist Maung Saungkha. Reports have come out of Yangon today that Maung Saungkha was found guilty of violating Section 4 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law, which requires people give advanced notice to hold a […]
Telling people to delete Facebook won’t fix the internet
Is your teenage son falling in with a bad crowd? Does your tween daughter have low self-esteem and serious impulse-control problems? Are your family dinners brief and poorly attended? If this sounds familiar, your household may be a victim of… social media. We’ve seen years of escalating (and reasonable) fears […]
World’s fastest internet speed achieved: Do you know how?
The world’s fastest internet speed was achieved by a research team in University College London in UK. The research team was led by Dr. Lidia Galdino. A speed such high, can download entire Netflix content in less than a second. Tech Researchers from the University College London (UCL) […]
Researchers set a new world-record Internet speed
Researchers at University College London claim they’ve obtained a new top internet speed of 178Tbps – a fifth quicker than the prior record and fast enough to download the entire Netflix catalog in under a second, they say. To achieve that, the researchers used different bandwidth ranges than are typically […]
The dead zone: Rockingham County, long devoid of internet service, might join the wired world | Local News
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY — The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a sharp spotlight on the issue of rural, broadband dead zones that have long handicapped residents of Rockingham County. In a unique time when work, education and life have quickly shifted to the virtual world, universal access to reliable internet is more important […]
Tech firms threaten to quit Belarus after crackdown, internet outages
MOSCOW/MINSK (Reuters) – For Belarus’s thriving tech industry, it didn’t matter much that the country’s president referred to the internet as “garbage” and state factories as the engine of economic success. Until now. FILE PHOTO: Logo of Hi-Tech Park Belarus is seen on a wall at its office in Minsk, […]
Hunter Communications Named Oregon’s Fastest Business Internet
Hunter Communications (Hunter), the premier fiber-optic communications services provider in southern Oregon and northern California, was recognized by BroadbandNow with four 2020 Internet Service Provider Awards, including for fastest business internet speeds in Oregon and among the top 10 nationwide. BroadbandNow, an organization that tracks and analyzes broadband speeds and […]