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Numerous websites briefly go down in widespread outage

Major websites went down in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage. The websites of Airbnb, AT&T, Costco and Delta showed error messages around midday Eastern time on Thursday. They seemed to be operating normally, however, by 12:45 pm. Akamai, a major behind-the-scenes internet network company, said the disruption lasted about an hour and that it was due to a software update in the system that directs browsers to websites. It said there was no cyberattack. The company said it was reviewing how it updates software to try to prevent outages in the future.

Zomato, Paytm, Hotstar, others go down amid widespread internet outage

Internet infrastructure provider Akamai confirmed that it is experiencing a service disruption

Sundar Pichai says free and open internet is under attack globally

In an interview with the BBC, he said that many countries are restricting the flow of information, and the model is often taken for granted

Elon Musk's Starlink to provide internet nearly worldwide within weeks

Company aims to offer broadband to as much as 5% of the world's population where conventional fiber and wireless networks can't reach.

Centre announces Rs 19,000 cr more for BharatNet broadband project

The initiative which is implemented in a public private partnership model has been delayed to a great extent and has missed deadlines so far.

New OTT audience tracking tools take centre stage in video streaming space

With billions of dollars spent every year on original programming--and movies now being launched via OTTs with theatres remaining shut--the need for audience measurement is stronger than ever

Facebook, Twitter critics in US are gifting ammo to authoritarian regimes

Illiberal leaders have adopted the language and legal tools being wielded by activists and politicians in the US.

National Internet Exchange announces personalised email for .IN users

NIXI, the first Internet Exchange of the country, facilitates peering of ISPs among themselves for the purpose of routing the domestic traffic within the country

Financial institutions, airlines briefly hit by internet outages

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said in a post on Twitter Thursday afternoon Hong Kong time that its site was facing technical issues and that it was investigating

Elon Musk's Starlink plans to put faster Wi-Fi on commercial airplanes

Starlink is in talks with "several" airlines for in-flight Wi-Fi, media reports said

'Domino effect': Why the world's biggest websites suddenly went offline

Failure at Fastly, which helps websites load their pages faster, sent vast swaths of the web offline on Tuesday.

Websites back online after Fastly-linked glitch takes down internet

High traffic sites, including Reddit, Amazon, CNN, Paypal & Spotify, rumble back to life after Fastly linked disruption

Sam Pitroda's leap of faith

Book review of Redesign the World: A Global Call to Action

Entrepreneur Aman Bhadouria Counts On The Internet For His Success

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The human factor redux

Book review of The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir

5G's bouquet of promises: A technology that can change our lives forever

With the myriad possibilities that super high speeds and ultra-low latency could bring, telcos in India are looking at killer applications to attract consumers initially

India at 49th spot on internet inclusion globally: Facebook study

This comes despite cheapest data plans and nearly 700 million internet users

Backsliding without broadband

We are losing out on so much of our potential because of regulatory constraints

Localising of internet: A peek into state-wise consumption of online media

The report is an illustration of the axiom that media is the most local of all products

Starlink internet speed will double to 300Mbps this year: Elon Musk

He said that Starlink project will cover most of Earth by end of year, all by next year, then "it's about densifying coverage"