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Web monitors say Gaza week-long internet outage is longest yet

January 18, 2024

Internet monitoring firms say a near-total internet blackout in Gaza is reaching its seventh day, the longest outage of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict so far. Doug Madory, the director of internet analysis at Kentik, told TechCrunch in a Signal message that this is the “longest internet blackout ever and longer than all of the previous […]

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Buying frenzy for Solana Mobile’s second smartphone drives preorders sky high

January 18, 2024

Solana Mobile is swinging for the stars after it announced a second, cheaper web3 smartphone phone dubbed “Chapter 2” earlier this week. While its first handset, Saga, sold out like a budding avalanche — slow at first then all at once in the U.S. and European Union — its second device is selling out much […]

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EU dials up attention on larger platforms over data access for risk research

January 18, 2024

The European Commission has sent requests for information (RFI) to a full 17 platforms subject to algorithmic transparency regulations under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), it said today. These asks are specifically in relation to requirements that platforms provide data access to researchers investigating systemic risks in the European Union. The list of so-called […]

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What happened to Artifact?

January 18, 2024

Last week, Artifact, a buzzy news app from Instagram’s co-founders, announced it was shutting down after failing to gain critical mass. The news came as a surprise as the app was generally well-received by its core audience, smartly leveraged AI to power recommendations, summarize news, and rewrite clickbait, and featured a clean and modern design […]

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