BEIJING (CAIXIN GLOBAL) – Chinese antitrust regulators are through turning a blind eye to the kind of deal-making that helped the likes of Alibaba Group…
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Myanmar youth fight Internet outages with underground newsletter
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar youth are fighting the junta’s Internet shutdown and information suppression with an explosive underground printed newsletter they are secretly distributing across…
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Bloodshed continues in Myanmar as troops open fire on protesters
YANGON (REUTERS) – Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday (April 7), killing at least seven people and wounding several, media said, as a Chinese-owned…
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Facebook's Zuckerberg lays out steps to reform Internet rules
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps on Wednesday (March 24) to reform Internet rules, saying that companies should have immunity…
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US embassy in Myanmar cautions its citizens after reports of military movements
YANGON (REUTERS) – The US embassy in Myanmar urged its citizens to “shelter-in-place” on Sunday (Feb 14), citing reports of military movements in the commercial…
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Kickass queen of the internet Jackie Weaver solves Katie Price, Kim Kardashian and Boris Johnson’s lockdown problems
VIRAL queen Jackie Weaver has shown us she can certainly keep her cool in the face of adversity. Chaos erupted after Council Chairman Brian Tolver…
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India restoring fast mobile internet in Kashmir after 18 months
SRINAGAR (REUTERS) – India said on Friday (Feb 5) that it was restoring high-speed mobile internet in the federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir for…
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The Road to Achieving Internet Access for All In Africa
Governments, the telecoms industry, investors, multilateral institutions, and development finance partners will need to invest over $100 billion over the next ten years in order…
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German police take down 'world's largest darknet marketplace'
BERLIN (AFP) – A German-led police sting has taken down the “world’s largest” darknet marketplace, whose Australian alleged operator used it to facilitate the sale…
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A Covid-19 shot for $198? Online scams surge as slow vaccine roll-out frustrates
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – As millions of people await their turn to get a Covid-19 vaccine that could be months away, scammers online – in e-mails…
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Brits flood internet with memes and joke 'sovereignty is coming' as Brexit deal almost done after 4.5 years of wrangling
BRITS are flooding social media with memes and jokes as Brexit negotiations go down to the wire after 4.5 years of wrangling with the EU.…
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India risks a lost generation amid Covid-19 and digital divide
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – Dhiru, an Indian teenager who entered 10th grade this year, hasn’t attended even one day of class since the academic year…
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China launches crackdown on mobile Web browser 'chaos'
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China’s top cyber authority said on Monday (Oct 26) it would carry out a “rectification” of Chinese mobile Internet browsers to address…
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Free the apps
(NYTIMES) – Like most app developers, Mr John Botte wants his work to end up on some of the 1.5 billion active iPhones on the market.…
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