How Circle, Stripe, Coinbase, and others are building stablecoin-based agentic payments infrastructure that makes microtransactions between AI agents economical
Circle Internet Group Inc. and Stripe Inc. are racing to build payments systems for a world that doesn't exist yet …
Yahoo sold tech news site Engadget to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later in March
The consolidation of iconic internet publishing brands continues, as Static Media takes over another site. … Engadget, the long-running tech news website, has a new owner.
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...
Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9
Australia's internet regulator said it may push search engines and app stores to block artificial intelligence services that fail …
Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9
Australia's internet regulator said it may push search engines and app stores to block artificial intelligence services that fail …
Sources and docs: the US “effectively gutted” the Internet Freedom program that dispensed $500M+ since 2016 to help build tech to evade state internet controls
Sources and docs: the US “effectively gutted” the Internet Freedom program that dispensed $500M+ since 2016 to help build tech to evade state internet controls
Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat
Professor David J. Farber, whose work on academic experimental computer networks helped define the evolution of the early internet, died on February 7 at age 91
Researchers outline Iran's digital surveillance capabilities, integrated across communications and internet networks, and recently used to track down protesters
As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet …