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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Internet

What caused the unprecedented Facebook outage? The few clues point to a problem from within

Ironically, the outage was so pervasive Facebook had to resort to using Twitter, its rival platform, to get updates out into the world.

To reward creators or digital broadcasters? The current Copyright Act gets it all wrong

We need to question if widening the scope of Section 31D of the Copyright Act to grant large streaming companies an automatic licence to content would be fair to artists and creators.

Mobile internet, SMS services suspended for 4th day in Karnal as farmers’ protest continue

The farmers are continuing their protest outside Karnal's mini secretariat — against lathi-charge on agitating farmers — after talks with district administration remained inconclusive.

Is the internet really more effective at radicalising people than older media?

TV remains a potent means of manipulation. But the internet may be an algorithmic, personalised upgrade.

Meet my son, ‘HTML’. Yes, that’s what a web designer who loves his job has named his baby

The newborn’s aunt posted his photo on Facebook, and the caption read: ‘Welcome to the world HTML’. The boy's full name is Hypertext Markup Language Rayo Pascual.

By 2025, rural India will likely have more internet users than urban India

Moving at a growth pace over 3x faster than urban India, rural areas will likely force many changes in how internet is accessed and the digital ecosystem at large.

Internet Explorer to retire in June 2022, after serving for over 25 years

In a blog post, Microsoft said the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge and Explorer mode in Edge will be supported through at least 2029.

Tweets on AstraZeneca have disinformation, Hyderabad-based portal among sources, claim researchers

Titled ‘#AstraZeneca vaccine disinformation on Twitter’, study was conducted by researchers from Poland’s Kozminski University & was uploaded on preprint portal Medrxiv on 16 April.

Yahoo! Answers was internet’s Stone Age. It was also our friend, agony aunt, and teacher

Sex-education hungry kids to conspiracy theorists — Yahoo! Answers became the internet’s first meme corner.

How routing data could reduce the internet’s carbon toll

The internet consumes electricity in different places: on our devices, data centres and communication networks that transfer data & the total consumption is significant.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.