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Topic: Internet

What is ‘Posting Zero’? The internet generation is growing tired of social media

Coined by The New Yorker’s Kyle Chayka in his weekly column Infinite scroll, Posting Zero refers to daily life updates by an average online user becoming rarer.

How a dormant bug shut down ChatGPT, X, Canva. Cloudflare outage exposes big risks

The problem was mitigated within a few hours, but it had a significant revenue dent. For Cloudflare itself, the hit was modest but real—its stock slipped briefly.

Cloudflare outage is a sharp warning to India. We’re exposed to foreign digital failures

Digital sovereignty cannot stop at government cloud systems. It must extend to the networking, CDN, AI, and security layers permeating the entire economy.

Govt report flags digital divide in schools—25% in Bihar, Bengal have computer facilities, 65% nationally

Similarly, only 18.6% of schools in Bengal have internet connectivity as compared to 63.5% nationally, says UDISE+ 2024-25 report. Chandigarh, Delhi & Lakshadweep boast 100% access.

UK govt announces broadband contract for 37,000 homes

Isolated communities to see major upgrade in internet speeds.

India’s push for faster internet in Northeast hit as Bangladesh cancels bandwidth supply agreement

The proposal involved using the India-Bangladesh Akhaura border in Tripura as a transit route from Singapore to connect the region with Southeast Asia via Bharti Airtel’s network.

50% of India’s internet users don’t know how to send email, a third know online banking—govt survey

CAM survey by National Sample Survey Office showed big rural-urban gap in ability to use internet, with only 53.6% respondents able to operate it in rural areas, and 74% in urban areas.

SubscriberWrites: The Evolution Of The Internet

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was first awarded the contract to form the same in a local area they called it ARPANET.

Internet access can be good for you, says Oxford study. Unless you’re a young woman

84.9% of associations between internet connectivity and well-being were positive. Only 5% of the associations were negative—mostly observed among 15 to 24-year-old women.

From Jat agitation to Nuh violence, mobile internet services cut 55 times in Haryana in last 8 years

Data submitted in Haryana assembly by Anil Vij during Question Hour earlier this week, in reply to a query by Nuh MLA and Congress leader Aftab Ahmed.

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Andhra proposes Rs 100-cr wealth fund, eyes Norway-style sovereign fund model to drive growth

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav presented a Rs 3.32 lakh crore budget for 2026–27 in the assembly Saturday.

Top US military commander applauds ‘India’s tactical execution’ during Op Sindoor; adds ‘there’s lessons too’

On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.