Lumen Technologies, an American company that operates one of the largest Internet backbones and carries a significant percentage of the world’s Internet traffic, said today it will stop routing traffic for organizations based in Russia. Lumen’s decision comes just days … Read more
In a recent online discussion, several peers made a simple claim I want to test out: when you take a break from the activities you know are eroding your attention span—mostly phone and internet habits–you notice it improving after only … Read more
A snow storm in the Sierras knocked out power, cell towers, internet connectivity, and emergency communication systems. There is a DSL line where we were staying to which wifi is connected–only available in the lobby. Imagine closed roads, other campsites … Read more
Websites that are original and creative expressions of their creators’ personalities were the foundation of the early 1990’s Internet. In this article, I will use this as the definition of the term “old Internet”, not to imply that these websites … Read more
Network data from NetBlocks and third-party traffic data confirm significant disruptions to internet service in Burkina Faso on the morning of Sunday 23 January 2022. The incident comes amid reports of an uprising and gunfire at military camps on Sunday … Read more
Naji Hilal is a composer and oud player born in Lebanon into a musically gifted family. From an early age he was exposed to Lebanese and Arabic music, and at the age of six he started to teach himself the … Read more
I’ve seen multiple discussions online as to the negative effects of the internet on society. There’s definitely harmful content online. It makes me sad to see the internet being used as a tool to spread anger and hate, and to … Read more
I’m going to lead with the technical punch line, and then explain it: Yggdrasil Network is an opportunistic mesh that can be deployed privately or as part of a global-scale network. Each node gets a stable IPv6 address (or even … Read more
Network data from NetBlocks confirm a significant disruption to internet service in Kazakhstan from the evening of Tuesday 4 January 2022, progressing to a nation-scale communications blackout on Wednesday afternoon. The disruptions come amid widening protests against sudden energy price … Read more
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