Internet
- Middle East
Internet speed could be three times faster soon in UAE
A prominent United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based telecom operator du has recently announced plans to increase mobile internet speeds by three times as it began deploying multicarrier aggregation technologies within its commercial wireless…
- India
Nuh violence: Internet services suspended in 4 areas of Bharatpur in Raj
Jaipur: Internet services have been suspended in four areas of Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district on Tuesday following violence in neighbouring Nuh district in Haryana. Divisional Commissioner Sanwarmal Verma has ordered suspension of internet…
- Business
Tech startup Wiom raises Rs 140 cr to make unlimited internet affordable
New Delhi: Homegrown tech startup Wiom focused on democratising internet access in India on Thursday announced that it has raised Rs 140 crore in Series A round. The Series A round was…
- Technology
Government cautions Internet users against ransomware ‘Akira’
New Delhi: The government has cautioned against an Internet ransomware called “Akira” which steals important information and encrypts data which can lead to extortion. CERT-In, the government’s technology arm which guards against…
- India
SC refuses to interfere with order lifting internet ban in Manipur, asks state to go back to HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Manipur High Court’s order lifting the ban on the internet in the northeastern state. A bench, headed by CJI DY…
- World
OpenAI sued for stealing data from public to train ChatGPT
San Francisco: Sam Altman-run OpenAI has been sued in a class-action lawsuit in the US for allegedly stealing data from the public to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed in…
- Technology
NASA mission to avert ‘internet apocalypse’ that could pause online access for months
San Francisco: NASA has launched a spacecraft as part of a mission in an effort to avert a potential “internet apocalypse” that could leave people without access to the internet for months.…
- Technology
India’s e-tailing market reached $60 bn in GMV in FY23
New Delhi: The e-tailing market in India reached $60 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) in FY23, a 22 percent steady growth, a report showed on Friday. With 210 million annual shoppers,…
- India
Maha: Internet restored in violence-hit Akola; curfew in select areas to remain
Akola: Internet services in Maharashtra’s Akola city, where one person was killed and eight others were injured in a communal clash last Saturday, were restored and shops opened on Tuesday but the…
- India
Internet services restored, curfew relaxed in violence-hit Sambalpur
Sambalpur: The Odisha government on Sunday lifted a curfew during daytime and withdrew a ban on internet services in Sambalpur city which had recently witnessed violence during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, an official…
- Telangana
‘Internet to every home in Telangana by the end of this year’
Hyderabad: The process of providing internet facilities to every home will be completed by the end of this year in the state. In connection with this initiative taken by the state government,…
- Technology
Father of Internet, Vint Cerf warns against rushing AI investments
San Francisco: The “Father of the internet” and Google “internet evangelist” Vint Cerf has warned businesses not to rush into making money from conversational AI just “because it’s really cool”. The warning…
- Technology
Bought for $30 mn, Internet’s most expensive domain gets just 88K monthly visitors
New Delhi: Call it bizarre but the most expensive domain ever on Web, that was bought for $30 million, receives only 88,800 visitors per month while the third costliest Internet domain name…
- Telangana
Less than 10% Telangana govt schools have internet, national avg at 24.16%
Hyderabad: Telangana has ranked amongst the lowest among states, on the list of the number of working government schools with internet facilities in their curriculums. Only 9.23 percent of govt schools in…
- Business
Musk’s Starlink internet service hits 1 mn paid subscribers
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run affordable satellite internet service Starlink has reached 1 million active paid subscribers, which now includes private jets, cruises, boats and more. In October, SpaceX had announced that its…
