Starlink is now cheaper than leading internet provider in some African countries(restofworld.org)

203 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 159 comments

Homegrown digital road maps turn into lifelines for West Bank’s Palestinians(restofworld.org)

25 points by vinnyglennon 1 year ago | 1 comments

Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity(restofworld.org)

60 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 35 comments

The Vietnamese military has an actual troll army and Facebook is its weapon(restofworld.org)

112 points by gbseventeen3331 3 years ago | 65 comments

AI is taking the jobs of Kenyans who write essays for U.S. college students(restofworld.org)

150 points by impish9208 3 years ago | 141 comments

Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud(restofworld.org)

76 points by NDAjam 1 year ago | 21 comments

The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran(cnn.com)

1103 points by lavp 8 months ago | 2393 comments

CNN news report that Israel launched a strike against Iran and declared a nationwide state of emergency.

Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely(old.reddit.com)

520 points by rajeevk 3 years ago | 549 comments

An r/technology discussion thread on old Reddit linking an Independent article reporting that the Reddit blackout protest will continue indefinitely.

Injunction issued in case about social media pressure from US Government(arstechnica.com)

360 points by cm_silva 3 years ago | 625 comments

Ars Technica article on a federal judge's preliminary injunction finding the White House pressured social networks to suppress speech, in a suit by Missouri and Louisiana.

AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran(wsj.com)

497 points by berkeleyjunk 1 month ago | 415 comments

Wall Street Journal article reporting that AWS cannot restore some customer data from Middle East data center facilities struck by Iran.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.

Israel reportedly used fake social accounts to garner support from US lawmakers(haaretz.com)

503 points by frob 2 years ago | 401 comments

Haaretz article reporting that Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry ran a covert fake-account influence campaign targeting US lawmakers over the Gaza war.