A Colorado company is betting it can make the decentralized web more accessible with a no-frills server you can install in your own home. Start9 Labs’ Embassy server, housed in a Raspberry Pi, sets up its own private internet network and comes with its own operating system as well as […]
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Most of the internet thinks Joe Biden is “creepy and old and out of touch and kinda lame” — and a statement he made Wednesday reinforced that belief. The majority of young Americans do not like Biden at all. Advertisement – story continues below Biden’s latest fail reinforced that belief. […]
A video showing the head of a San Francisco tech firm verbally abusing an Asian family has caught the attention of ‘cancel’ crusaders, but it appears the witch hunt has already resulted in collateral damage. Michael Lofthouse, the CEO of IT company Solid8, was caught on camera making racist remarks […]
President Donald Trump’s ban on visas for highly skilled immigrants has forced Silicon Valley companies into a rock-and-hard-place scenario where they must choose between an essential group of employees and a fundamental legal protection. In facing the double threat, the choice, though difficult and clouded with political bluster, is clear. […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 29 June, India banned 59 Chinese mobile apps in a move widely perceived as a response to the border dispute in the Galvan valley of Ladakh. On 15 June, twenty Indian soldiers were killed in violent clash between patrol parties belonging to both sides. Since then, […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Due to the coronavirus pandemic, India’s 5G trials that were slated for early 2020 are expected to be delayed one year. For now, India is fuelled by affordable 4G networks – a new spectrum auction for which was also reported back in 2019. India’s Department of Telecommunications […]
Auditing firm CertiK and Hyundai subsidiary Hdac are teaming up to bring Internet of Things (IoT) devices onto a blockchain. Hdac’s blockchain platform attempts to combine secure authentication, seamless mapping and machine-to-machine transactions in a blockchain network with IoT devices. CertiK’s team of blockchain engineers worked closely with Hdac to […]
Handshake set out to disrupt the World Wide Web of internet names. Now it’s looking to reinvent browsing. Today, as the Handshake Network records its 1 millionth transaction, HandyBrowser will go live. It’s a dedicated way to access the uncensorable internet ecosystem made possible through the distributed Handshake Network, as […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/58/1079655803_0:0:1920:1081_1200x675_80_0_0_c31924e291060d59ad99c3c8355040c1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202006181079655788-oh-internet-claim-that-ludwig-van-beethoven-was-black-takes-twitter-by-storm/ The Flemish origins of the composer’s family coupled with online rumours that he had the nickname “Spaniard” and “Moor” because of his dark complexion and hair has prompted debate over whether the musician, widely considered one of the greatest classical composers in the […]
How An Internet ‘Persona’ Helped Birth Russiagate By Ray McGovern, Consortium News. June 17, 2020 How An Internet ‘Persona’ Helped Birth Russiagate2020-06-172020-06-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/hillary-clinton-at-the-2016-convention.-from-wikimedia-commons.-e1592410151386.jpg200px200px Above photo: Hillary Clinton at the 2016 convention. From Wikimedia Commons. Four years ago today, on June 15, 2016, a shadowy Internet persona calling itself “Guccifer 2.0” appeared out of […]
On Monday, hundreds of thousands of people across the US reported outages related to mobile operators and Internet services, with the hacktivist group Anonymous claiming that the country was “under a major DDoS attack”. Security experts have insisted that there is no evidence that the US was hit by a […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s news conglomeration Rossiya Segodnya and media juggernaut RT are leaders in outreach and innovation with internet audiences, Russian deputy minister of digital development, communications and mass media Alexei Volin said in an interview published Monday. “I always say with pride that the professional standards of our […]
The International Space Station Just Became a Powerful Tool for Tracking Animal Migration by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com In 2018, scientists launched an antenna into space dedicated solely to tracking the world’s animals. From its perch 240 miles above Earth on the International Space Station, the antenna receives signals from tiny transmitters […]
This week, the wildest, most nonsensical, volatile part of the market wasn’t bitcoin, but the “Robinhood Rally” in equities. The stock market has long been disconnected from the underlying economy, but much of what happened this week – particularly the pumping of bankrupt company stocks – suggests that something new is […]
The growing trend of kneeling to show solidarity with the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has apparently been adopted by banker Jamie Dimon, triggering an avalanche of disbelief and mockery on social media. The CEO of JPMorgan Chase was photographed taking a knee in front of a large bank vault on […]
Right Richter See what’s happening with the extreme right wing from the safety of your inbox. This week: Surveying the George Floyd hoaxes. The Secret Service grapples with QAnon. How to convince anti-mask Trump supporters to buy $20 masks. George Floyd Hoaxes As the protests over George Floyd’s death increase, […]
LONDON – Britain’s first dedicated cyber regiment has been officially established as part of the Army’s drive to modernize its response to the growing digital threat posed by potential adversaries. Creation of the unit, the 13th Signals Regiment, is part of an ongoing restructuring of the British Army, known as […]
Several publishers have filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive alleging copyright infringement. Richard Newstead/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Richard Newstead/Getty Images Several publishers have filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive alleging copyright infringement. Richard Newstead/Getty Images When the Internet Archive announced that it was creating a “National […]
Business 09:46 GMT 03.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107802/22/1078022271_0:128:3224:1942_1200x675_80_0_0_39fd2f9de08913543a073eb537f8c48a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202006031079505975-google-faces-5bln-lawsuit-in-us-for-tracking-private-internet-use/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US tech giant Google has been sued for $5 billion for breaching the privacy of its users by tracking their activities through the Chrome browser despite having activated the so-called incognito mode, media reported […]
Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Those are the words President Donald Trump challenged in an executive order Thursday. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Twenty-six words tucked into […]
The internet, and Twitter in particular, is central to President Donald Trump’s power. His tweets move everything from Pentagon policy on Syria and transgender service to how Republican lawmakers vote on surveillance law. Their frequent falsity is beside the point. It’s the influence that matters. Now Trump is trying to […]
Co-op Has A Plan To Democratise Large Parts Of The Internet By Leo Sammallahti, Co-op Exchange. May 27, 2020 Co-op Has A Plan To Democratise Large Parts Of The Internet2020-05-272020-05-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/org-e1590593431714.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters outside the Los Angeles headquarters of the regulatory body for domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and […]
________WiredHow the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory tore through the internet It started with one doctor. On January 22, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published an interview with Kris Van Kerckhoven, a general practitioner from Putte, near Antwerp. “5G is life-threatening, and no one knows it”, read the headline. One scientifically-baseless […]
The Canadian teenager suspected in the February attack on an erotic massage parlor in Toronto that left one woman dead was reportedly inspired by the incel movement, according to local media reports. According to Global News, the 17-year-old boy accused of killing 24-year-old Ashley Noell Arzaga and injuring two other people at […]