Ontario Pays Unknown Fee to Axe Starlink—15K Homes Left in the Dark
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - The Ontario government has officially cancelled its $100 million internet deal with SpaceX’s Starlink, according to Global News. The plan was originally signed last November to bring satellite internet to about 15,000 homes in northern Ontario. A governme…
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 11265 / 3 stories in 7 months
UK VPN surge amid new age verification rules
British consumers are scrambling to dodge the new online safety measures, flocking to VPN services as age verification regulations kick in. Despite the charm of free options, experts warn that these “boon” choices might be less secure than they appear—guess nothing beats paying for peace of mind in the digital realm.
Back to Top / Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 3:20 am / permalink 11113 / 5 stories in 7 months
Internet Archive is now a US federal depository library
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The Internet Archive has become an official U.S. federal depository library, providing online users with access to archived congressional bills, laws, regulations, presidential documents, and other U.S. government documents. [...]
Back to Top / Monday, July 28, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 11053 / 3 stories in 7 months
Starlink satellite internet service is down everywhere
Richard Lawler / theverge - Since around 3:30PM ET on Thursday, Starlink users have reported they can’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service. The Starlink website first confirmed the issue with a banner message saying “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. O…
Back to Top / Thursday, July 24, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 10870 / 7 stories in 7 months
WhatsApp message reminders will ensure you don’t forget about follow-ups
Christian Zibreg / idownloadblog - WhatsApp will enable you to schedule reminders for specific messages to receive notifications so you don't forget about follow-up replies.
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T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service is now available after months of testing
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - T-Mobile's satellite-to-mobile service is now officially available to all customers. T-Satellite with Starlink connects smartphones in areas "far beyond the reach of traditional networks" by linking up with over 650 low-Earth orbit satellites.T-Mobile has…
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 10734 / 7 stories in 7 months
Is Google Still Down? What We Know About the Gmail, Workspace and Drive Outage
Katie Collins / cnet - It appears Google has resolved the incident that caused a short-lived, but widespread outage.
Back to Top / Friday, July 18, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 10424 / 2 stories in 7 months
Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - The Unicode Consortium has announced that it's adding what's essentially a Bigfoot emoji to the open Unicode standard this fall. The famous cryptid will appear as "Hairy Creature" alongside a selection of other fun new emoji options in Unicode 17.0.It mig…
Back to Top / Thursday, July 17, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 10334 / 5 stories in 7 months
Telus Finally Set to Lay Undersea Cable After 4-Year Wait
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Telus is set to begin installing a long-planned submarine fibre optic cable between Sept-Îles and the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec this fall, following delays and permitting processes. The project, first announced in 2020, recently cleared the necessary appr…
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 10236 / 2 stories in 7 months
Cloudflare says 1.1.1.1 outage not caused by attack or BGP hijack
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - To quash speculation of a cyberattack or BGP hijack incident causing the recent 1.1.1.1 Resolver service outage, Cloudflare explains in a post mortem that the incident was caused by an internal misconfiguration. [...]
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Reddit is back online after outage
Will Shanklin / engadget - If you were having trouble viewing Reddit today, you weren't alone. Downdetector showed a spike in outages and problems at the site. Reddit acknowledged the problem on Wednesday. At 12:38PM ET, it said the situation had been resolved.Reddit told Engadget …
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 10210 / 3 stories in 7 months
Phishing platforms, infostealers blamed as identity attacks soar
Connor Jones / theregister - Get your creds in order or risk BEC, ransomware attacks, orgs warned A rise in advanced phishing kits and info-stealing malware are to blame for a 156 percent jump in cyberattacks targeting user logins, say researchers.…
Back to Top / Monday, July 7, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 9520 / 6 stories in 7 months
Let's Encrypt makes free security certificates available for IP addresses
Ian Barker / betanews - We’re all familiar with the idea of TLS/SSL security certificates that verify the identity of a website and ensure trust and security on the web by confirming that the site you’re visiting is what it says it is. Usually these relate to the domain name of …
Back to Top / Thursday, July 3, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 9327 / 2 stories in 8 months
Cloudflare blocks record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack against hosting provider
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - Cloudflare says it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in May 2025 that peaked at 7.3 Tbps, targeting a hosting provider. [...]
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Discord CTO says he’s “constantly bringing up enshittification” during meetings
Scharon Harding / arstechnica - "It's not a bad thing to build a strong business and to monetize a product."
Back to Top / Thursday, June 5, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 6964 / 3 stories in 9 months
OpenAI enhances agentic AI development with improvements to Codex and the Agents SDK
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - OpenAI is pushing the envelope for developers of artificial intelligence agents. It’s expanding the capabilities of its Codex software engineering agent that launched last month and also making it available to more users. It’s also making more tools avail…
Back to Top / Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 9:20 pm / permalink 6692 / 3 stories in 9 months
Twitch rolls out vertical livestream and 1440p streaming updates
Twitch has just unveiled a series of streaming enhancements—vertical livestreams paired with crisp 1440p resolution. Announced amid the buzz of TwitchCon Europe, these updates appear to be a cheeky nod to evolving viewer demands and competitors’ trends, promising to keep the platform visually engaging.
Back to Top / Saturday, May 31, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 6336 / 5 stories in 9 months
Apple’s Abandoned Starlink-Like Home Internet Service Project
Reports reveal that Apple once planned to offer a satellite-based home internet service similar to Starlink, in collaboration with Boeing. The ambitious project ultimately crashed before launch, demonstrating that even tech giants can overreach into ventures far removed from their core strengths.
Back to Top / Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 5789 / 3 stories in 9 months
X outage leaves users in digital limbo
X, formerly Twitter, suffered a significant outage leaving users without feeds or direct messages, sparking a flurry of Downdetector reports. Early risers found their social media in a ghost town, forcing an unplanned digital detox amid confusion and a touch of morning irony.
Back to Top / Saturday, May 24, 2025, 9:20 am / permalink 5527 / 2 stories in 9 months
Canada-Wide Internet Outage Disrupts ISPs and Banking Services
A massive outage sweeping across parts of Canada has left major ISPs and Scotiabank’s online platforms in disarray. Customers are reporting widespread connectivity issues that are stalling everyday transactions, while service providers scramble to pinpoint the cause of this unsettling digital blackout.
Back to Top / Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 5159 / 4 stories in 9 months