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Solar powered Low-tech Magazine: How to Build a Low-tech Internet? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

Low-tech Magazine launched the first volume in a new series of books opening up their archive by theme....

Arc Release Notes | 1.5 | 08.24.23 (resources.arc.net)

Unpinned tabs will now sync across all windows and all devices. Back by popular demand! Thank you so much for the feedback!...

Biden administration announces more new funding for rural broadband infrastructure (apnews.com)

The Biden administration is continuing its push to bring internet connectivity to every home and business in the U.S.

Arc Release Notes | 1.3 | 08.10.23 (arc.net)

We've made a brand new Space Creation flow to increase customization, profile selection, and delight!...

Announcing the Tor University Challenge | EFF.org (www.eff.org)

Tor is a valuable tool for browsing the web anonymously, but since it's powered by volunteers willing to share some bandwidth and a computer, it's always in need of additional help. Which is why EFF is announcing the Tor University Challenge, a project asking universities to start running Tor...

Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem (www.technologyreview.com)

An internet protocol called C2PA adds a “nutrition label” to images, video, and audio.

Arc Release Notes | 1.1 | 7.27.23 (arc.net)

Peter and Ben created a minimal toolbar with extensions and more always close at hand....

FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)

Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

Arc Release Notes | 1.0.1 | 7.20.23 (New toolbar and more!) (arc.net)

AI Summary:...

“What can our web browser learn from Tesla’s mistakes?” (www.youtube.com)

Is this video about cars or web browsers? Or both? In our latest Desktop Investigation, Josh speaks with Darin (ex-Chrome) & Ben (ex-Tesla) from The Browser ...

Victims of “Donbas genocide” were paid actors, Prigozhin’s fired trolls reveal (euromaidanpress.com)

In the aftermath of Prigozhin's media empire collapse, former employees spoke out about the dark tactics employed, including hiring individuals to portray "victims of Ukrainian Armed Forces” in staged reports that underpinned Russia's fake pretext for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine -- the manufactured "genocide in Donbas."

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Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users (www.theverge.com)

It handily beat ChatGPT to the milestone while Twitter traffic is ‘tanking,’ according to Cloudflare CEO....

China ends crackdown on web giants with colossal fines for Ant Group, Tencent (www.theregister.com)

Alibaba's valuation of its fintech outfit now way below numbers touted ahead of cancelled 2020 IPO

How a dispute over IPv4 addresses blew the lid off an effort to reshape global allocation (www.theregister.com)

Who is behind this lobby group calling for a stock market of network resources?

Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain | NYTimes (archive.fo)

Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. The tech may also be sold overseas.

What's the best consumer internet plan you have acces to? Thinking of upgrading to a 10G subscription. Did a speed test.

Who killed Google Reader? (www.theverge.com)

Google Reader was supposed to be much more than a tool for nerds. But it never got the chance.

Malaysia to sue Meta for non-removal of 'undesirable' posts (news.yahoo.com)

The Malaysian government announced that it is filing a lawsuit against Meta Platforms for its purported failure to remove "undesirable" posts on the company’s popular social media platform Facebook. Enforcing accountability: In a statement released Friday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission noted that it is...

$317M is coming to Utah to expand access to high-speed internet (www.ksl.com)

The Beehive State is set to receive $317.4 million through the Biden administration's latest efforts to close the digital divide and expand access to high-speed internet.

How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)

Everyone who’s into the fediverse concept should read this article.

Is NASA prepared for an 'internet apocalypse'? (www.chron.com)

Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, a computer science expert at the University of California, Irvine, posited in a 2021 study that there is a 1.6 percent to 12 percent chance of such a months-long "catastrophic" internet disruption occurring within the next decade.