Surge in Internet traffic in 2024
Cloudflare sees 17.2 per cent growth
Cloudflare’s 2024 Internet Traffic Report reveals a notable 17.2 per cent global surge in internet traffic, underscoring the continued expansion of the digital world.
Malaysian politicians vote to control the Internet
This whole free speech thing never worked
Malaysian lawmakers voted to broaden the government’s control over the internet, unmoved by criticism that the law risks suppressing dissent and free speech.
Global mobile Internet growth slows
GSMA Survey found that 4.6 billion people are connected
A recent survey by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association Intelligence (GSMA), the research arm of a U.K.-based organisation representing mobile operators worldwide, has found that 4.6 billion people are now connected to mobile internet — approximately 57 per cent of the world’s population.
Most Americans would prefer life without the Internet
Particularly older millennials and Gen Xers
A new Harris Poll shared exclusively with Fast Company found that most Americans would prefer to live "in a simpler era before everyone was obsessed with screens and social media."
Lost, internet down, blame the Sun
Holy sun Batman
If your Internet and phone service is pants today it might have something to do with a triangular-shaped dark gap in the sun's surface that's 20 times larger than Earth.
Danish boffins put double the internet traffic down a single wire
In a second
Danish boffins have created a computer chip which can transmit a record 1.84 petabits of data per second via a fibre-optic cable.
Internet had a near miss
Authoritarian countries nearly kept control
The world wide wibble had a near miss when the United Nations agency that sets global standards for telecoms and tech infrastructure voted for a US official instead of a Russian.
Twitter founder regrets helping centralise the Internet
Dorsey said the good old days were much better
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has admitted he regrets helping creating a centralised internet based around a few big corporates.
Big Content killed off new song industry
Old songs make up 70 per cent of the new music market
Whatever Big Content did to preserve the music industry since the rise of the internet it killed off new music.
Hacker confesses to shutting down North Korea’s internet
Disappointed that the US did not seem interested in protecting its security experts
Hacked off that the US authorities were not doing enough to stop North Korean hackers attacking security experts, a solitary hacker switched off North Korea’s internet to show them who was boss.