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Say no to cookies from strangers

Mothers' advice from 50 years ago reappears

Algo Rhythm: Indians lap up mobile lock screen content, shows data

Mobile and internet are now household essentials which reflects in the rapidly growing lock screen content consumption, the Lock Screen Trends Report, 2022, shows

Why new CERT-In rules will be game changer in India's cyber security space

Experts believe that though the rules are very broad in nature, this is the first time that a mechanism is being put in India that makes reporting cyber incidents mandatory

45% growth in active internet users in rural India since 2019: Study

The study revealed that female active internet users grew by a whopping 61% since 2019

US pilots global internet order to counter Chinese digital authoritarianism

The "Declaration for the Future of the Internet" was signed on 28 April and is designed to champion "a single interconnected communications system for all of humanity"

Internet services suspended in Jodhpur after stone-pelting incident

According to an order issued by Jodhpur Divisional Commissioner Himanshu Gupta all internet services have been suspended in Jodhpur beginning from 1 am today.

Internet will never be the same again

Under the DSA, users will have to be informed if their content is taken down, along with a statement of reasons

Reddit adds 'search comments' tool to boost results for users

With this latest update, rolling out first for desktop users, can be accessed by heading to the home feed and clicking within the search bar, and conduct a search

Reliance Jio launches Rs 259 'calendar month validity' prepaid plan

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio has launched Rs 259 plan that comes with calendar month validity to help prepaid users remember just one recharge date every month.

Rajesh Jain, pioneer of India's dotcom era, preps IPO for second startup

Rajesh Jain, 54, a pioneer of India's internet industry, is readying his second startup Netcore Cloud Pvt. for an initial public offer within the next year

Mt Everest base camp to have high speed Internet soon, says report

Private sector telecommunication company of Nepal, Ncell is building the world's highest cell phone tower at an altitude of 5,200 metres on Mt. Everest

War censorship exposes Russian President Putin's leaky internet controls

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia's internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall.

Mobile internet user growth slowed down drastically in 2021, shows data

389 million people still did not use mobile internet in 2021, while 765.8 million did

Per hour cost of internet shutdown is going up in India, shows data

In 2021, an hour of shutdown cost the country $0.5 mn; in 2020, it was $0.31 mn

Elon Musk's Starlink internet now active in war-torn Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk for giving Ukraine access to his company's satellite-internet system, called Starlink. I'm grateful to him for supporting Ukraine with words and deeds Zelenskyy said in a tweet. Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities. He joked that they discussed possible space projects, which he would talk about after the war. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Saturday showed off a shipment of the Starlink systems that had arrived in the capital city. He said Starlink would help secure the work of critical infrastructure and the defense of the city. Several large Ukrainian cities remained without internet or phone connection after being shelled by Russian troops.

SpaceX successfully launches 47 Starlink satellites to low orbit

The mission, flown by Falcon 9 booster "B1060", has completed 11 flights since its debut in June 2020.

What is a P2P network? How does it work?

Most of our work-PCs are connected with a centralised server. There is another set of network which doesn't have a server. It is called peer-to-peer network or P2P. This report offers a peek into it

What is OTT platform? Which regulations govern it?

Actor Ajay Devgn stirred a debate by saying that actors' move to OTT platforms "was more about finding the right subject" and not the pandemic. Find out more about the platforms and its regulations

Reliance Jio ties up with SES for satellite-based broadband service

The two companies will form a joint venture with Jio Platforms Ltd and SES owning 51 per cent and 49 per cent stake, respectively.

Airtel internet services suffer outage, firm says 'technical glitch'

While 50 per cent users reported facing total blackout, 34 per cent had problems with mobile Internet and 16 per cent had no signal, according to Downdetector.