Iranians turn to Starlink, decentralized messaging apps, and VPNs to circumvent an internet blackout; NetBlocks says connectivity is at ~1% of ordinary levels
it's never who you thinkTimes of India:Iran's internet shutdown extends for more than 2 days amid US-Israel cyberattack reportsAisha Down /The Guardian:Internet blackout is tool of desperate regime to...
Iranians turn to Starlink, decentralized messaging apps, and VPNs to circumvent an internet blackout; NetBlocks says connectivity is at 1% of ordinary levels
Iranians face third day of internet blackout as connectivity hits 1%Zack Whittaker /TechCrunch:Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid US air strikesCarly Page /The Register:Iran all but vanishes f...
Holistic Resilience, a US group that helps Iranians secure internet access, says SpaceX has waived Starlink subscription fees amid a days-long internet blackout
Makes It FreeTucker Reals /CBS News:Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran protests, as video shows bodies lined up at morgueBenoit Faucon /Wall Street Journal:Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users to Stop ...
How smuggled Starlink receivers and customized software let some Iranians evade a near-total internet blackout as the regime brutally cracked down on protesters
Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out
As data center development puts pressure on power grids, US officials propose requiring data centers to power down or switch to a backup as blackout risks rise
Power-grid operators are asking tech companies to supply their own electricity or go dark at times, but many are pushing back
Waymo says it is updating its fleet to improve navigation during widespread outages, after pausing its service during blackouts in San Francisco on December 20
Three days after a blackout in San Francisco caused Waymo to pause it driverless car service, the Alphabet-owned company …
Waymo resumes its robotaxi service in SF after suspending it during a blackout, and says most trips finished before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over
Alphabet-owned Waymo has resumed its driverless ride-hail service in the San Francisco Bay Area after a temporary pause during blackouts …
Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles
Waymo said Saturday that it was stopping service across San Francisco after numerous online videos showed its autonomous vehicles …
YouGov survey: 9% of UK adults, or 4.7M people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, up from 8.7% in 2023, or ~200K people more
Adam Leventhal / The Athletic : Forums: r/PremierLeague and r/soccer Forums: r/PremierLeague : Illegal streaming: Research reveals rise in piracy and desire for scrapping of 3pm blackout r/soccer : [...
After Big Tech implemented a blackout on political advertising in the EU following a new law, the European Commission says it is in talks with Big Tech
Politicians and campaigners fear that an advertising law designed to improve transparency could stifle it. See also Mediagazer