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Solar storms are a feature of our solar system like any other, though comes with a serious amount of risk. They can be beautiful and benign, with pictures showing great displays of auroral lightships. They can also be devastating, as NASA has time and again wanted, inflicting untold chaos right here on Earth. The space …
At least four undersea fiber optic cables, which carry approximately 97% of all Internet traffic, were damaged last week in the Red Sea, telecommunications providers are reporting, and instability in Yemen threatens to prevent operators from fixing them immediately. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/03/04/four-fiber-optic-cables-damaged-in-red-sea-heres-what-we-know/?sh=d905a6255b17 Several undersea communications cables in the Red Sea have been cut, affecting 25% of data …
Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea is disrupting telecommunications networks and forcing providers to reroute as much as a quarter of traffic between Asia, Europe and the Middle East, including internet traffic. Cables belonging to four major telecoms networks have been “cut” causing “significant” disruption to communications networks in the Middle East, according …
Human pulled over for using Apple Internet Goggles while driving.pic.twitter.com/Asrsr3Dn2S — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 5, 2024
Several mobile operators and internet service providers in central Russia reported service disruptions on Jan. 30. Many websites and applications were inaccessible in the .ru and .рф domains. Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development confirmed the issues with website access and assured the public that the problem had been rectified. DNSSEC is a tool for ensuring …
by Anonymous Coward There are many people who are not old enough to remember life before laptops, Smartphones and High Speed Internet. I went to college just before Desktop PC’s. Every paper I wrote was typed on a Smith Corona typewriter. I looked up all my information at the library. I read books, magazines and …
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Planes dropping out of the sky. Your mobile rendered useless, just like your car. As a Netflix film portrays a nightmare that security experts insist is a very real prospect… How will YOU survive on the day an enemy state switches off the internet? An oil tanker ploughs into a tourist beach. Planes fall from …
by Ed Driscoll Chinese spy balloon linked to U.S. company used for communication, potentially sending burst transmissions. Biden admin sought secretive court order. THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE! Report: Chinese Spy Balloon Used U.S. Internet Provider. The balloon connected to a U.S.-based company, according to the assessment, to send and receive communications from China, primarily …
Largest X2.8 Just shot a M7 BOOM https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux Add to it an earth-facing coronal hole This is likely one of the largest solar radio events ever recorded. Radio communication interference with aircraft were reported by multiple NWS Center Weather Service Units (CWSU) co-located at FAA facilities. See https://t.co/U2jmmJNjJV for full story. pic.twitter.com/tAiLovhCUw — NOAA Space …
👀 Sen. Rand Paul on Limiting the U.S. Government’s Emergency Powers, Including the ‘Internet Kill Switch’ “Some emergencies have been going on 50 years. They’re still on the books. There’s actually an emergency power that was given to the FCC in the 1930’s that gives the… pic.twitter.com/udkBCve4NU — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) October 14, 2023 As …
As part of President Biden’s gun control agenda and a bipartisan gun safety law passed in 2022, the Department of Justice proposed new rules Thursday to crack down on unregulated firearm sales. The new regulations at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would clarify the language required for licensed gun sales and when …
Full Interview: https://t.co/BIGk2JY8nf — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) October 14, 2023
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web It’s just a “proposal,” but it’s also being prototyped inside Chrome right now. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/ So what does this mean for you.? Well if you arent using Google Chrome as your browser (and later on, if you arent using the Google Chromium OS) well …
ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources. It is no longer limited to data before September 2021. pic.twitter.com/pyj8a9HWkB — OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 27, 2023 This one weird trick will block OpenAI from scraping your website pic.twitter.com/Zx1ryyOmGW — GrainStats 🌾 (@GrainStats) September 27, …
In Under 2-Minutes, UN Under-Secretary Reveals Stunningly Chilling Censorship Plan UN has lost alot of people at twitter and they still have a massive army of content creators that wan to spread the UN message . They are developing a code of conduct for everyone to use on the internet The UN Declares 'War' Against …
Paul Krugman: “Inflation is way down. Presumably this hasn’t broken through at all to the wider public.”
Nebraska’s Winnebago Tribe has long been stuck with sluggish internet service. The federal government plans to fix that by crisscrossing the reservation with fiber-optic cable—at an average cost of $53,000 for each household and workplace connected. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-53-000-connection-the-high-cost-of-high-speed-internet-for-everyone-c903163f
by Michael Censorship of the Internet has been getting worse for years, but we just crossed a threshold which is going to take things to a whole new level. On August 25th, a new law known as the “Digital Services Act” went into effect in the European Union. Under this new law, European bureaucrats will …
by Michael The Internet just changed forever, but most people living in the United States don’t even realize what just happened. A draconian new law known as the “Digital Services Act” went into effect in the European Union on Friday, and it establishes an extremely strict regime of Internet censorship that is far more authoritarian than …
by Chris Black Europeans just cannot stand the fact that people somewhere may be allowed to voice their opinion online. So, they passed a new law to fine internet companies that don’t do their heavy censorship on their behalf. Europeans have no sovereignty. Why even hold elections when unelected bureaucrats can enact laws that supercede …
by Chris Black 40 senators have sponsored a bi-partisan bill forcing you to upload your drivers license before being able to post to the internet and viewing content. It’s called the “Kids Online Safety Act” (KOSA)/ Senate Bill 1409. KOSA ties your content online back to your name and address. Experts say it will …
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1676754872484462593?s=46&t=T37mFTn9E_HUaxN1rB76Hw The government is now openly admitting it doesn’t care about the 1st amendment. They are out-in-the-open displaying their desire to censor lawful speech online. There is no reason the WH needs a direct line to social media companies. “Hate speech” is merely speech government hates. h/t EuphoricTrilby
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via thegatewaypundit: The Minister of the Interior in France announced on Sunday the country will restrict internet access in “certain” neighborhoods as the violence continues across the country. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the restrictions are meant to prevent the use of social media and other platforms to organize violent activities. Via Midnight …
MODERN PROBLEMS: Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads. Over 140 major brands are paying for ads that end up on unreliable AI-written sites, likely without their knowledge. Ninety percent of the ads from major brands found on these AI-generated news sites were served by Google, though the company’s own …
Facebook, Instagram to BLOCK Canadian News after Bill C-18 Became Law – Meta Calls Bill “Unworkable” Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram is blocking Canadian news outlets’ links from their websites after the Liberal proposed Bill C-18 passed and became law. Google had previously ran such experiments and will presumably roll out similar …
NASA warns of “Internet Apocalypse” that would disable internet for months Let me guess – they expect it to happen a few months before next year’s Presidential election…https://t.co/aEkPXrbA4O — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 8, 2023 Having Starlink, even as a backup, would be wise — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 8, 2023 CF.org reported. A groundbreaking mission by …