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Internet outage causes extensive internet disruption in Pakistan
KARACHI: Heavy rains and severe weather conditions across Pakistan have caused an extensive internet disruption in Pakistan, causing the users and online businesses inconveniences, ARY News reported. On Tuesday evening, users across Pakistan,...

Internet outage hits Pakistan as connectivity drops to 20%
A significant internet disruption hit Pakistan on Tuesday evening, severely impacting connectivity nationwide. According to global internet observatory NetBlocks, national internet access dropped to just 20% of normal levels. ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics...
Internet outage hits thousands in Auckland, Northland
One NZ said technical teams were trying to fix the issue. Photo: One NZ Customers of One NZ across Auckland and Northland were hit by a widespread broadband internet outage. A One NZ spokesperson said 10,000 people were affected on Wednesday...

Internet-wide Vulnerability Enables Giant DDoS Attacks
Researchers have uncovered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol that is more serious than anything seen in two years. In August 2023, unknown threat actors carried out the largest DDoS attack in history at...
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Internet Down Across Pakistan – Here’s What’s Causing It [Updated]
Update: “We are currently facing data connectivity challenge on our PTCL and Ufone services. Our Teams are diligently working to restore the services as quickly as possible. We regret any inconvenience caused,” a PTCL spokesperson officially...

Web of deceit, betrayal: Murder accused’s controversial past

Internet Obsesses Over Boise Reality TV Star One Year later
One interesting thing we've noticed about Boise is that a lot of local residents tend to somehow end up on very popular shows! We've seen Boise residents on shows like The Bachelor, The Bachelor in Paradise, and even Survivor. It's fun to watch...

Internet Users in Pakistan face Slow Internet speed; full details here
ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis are facing severe internet slowdown, with metrics confirming major disruption to connectivity nationwide. PTCL, which is considered backbone operator, is particularly affected, causing overall national internet access to...

Internet services face major disruption in Pakistan
Internet services across Pakistan experienced a disruption on Tuesday evening, with connectivity levels plunging to nearly 20 percent of normal levels, according to global internet observatory NetBlocks. The outage, which began late in the...

Why Cloudflare Blocked Unauthorized AI Access to Web Content
Agentic AI , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Cloud Security CEO Matthew Prince: Unchecked Scraping Could Undermine the Internet's Economic Model Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • August 19, 2025 Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO,...

'One of the Dumbest Things I've Ever Heard': Here's Why Companies Shouldn't Replace Entry-Level Workers With AI, According to the CEO of Amazon Web Services
Amazon's cloud chief is urging business leaders to hold on to their junior employees — and stop replacing them with AI. On an episode of the "Matthew Berman" podcast that aired on Tuesday, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said that using AI...

Grimm Classics Counter Negative Effects of Internet Browsing
Newswise — (Toronto, August 19, 2025) Reading a Grimm fairy tale like “Hansel and Gretel” or “Little Red Riding Hood” may mitigate the negative effects of browsing the internet by creating resilience and brightening one’s outlook on life,...
New DMV web page to offer ongoing scam info
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) continues its efforts to protect consumers from scammers who are posing as Wisconsin DMV and demanding payment or requesting personal information. The newly...
Aussie internet speeds to shoot through the roof next month
Australians are just weeks away from a major boost to internet speeds around the country, but telcos are warning people that if they don't have the right gear, they might miss out. Earlier this near, the NBN Co announced a significant upgrade to...

Haryana teacher death: Kin reject police’s suicide theory, refuse to cremate body; govt suspends internet services
The family of a playschool teacher in Haryana, who was found dead earlier this week, Tuesday rejected the police theory that she may have died by suicide and refused to cremate the body, even as state government suspended internet services in...

Head of Digital Technologies Ministry Announces Internet Access …
Technologies 19/08/2025 Head of Digital Technologies Ministry Announces Internet Access in Afrosiyob Train Carriages Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — High-speed Afrosiyob trains are now equipped with internet access, according to the press...
Nigerian Court Jails Two Internet Fraudsters Arrested At Obasanjo Library Hotel, Orders Forfeiture Of iPhones
Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Yusuf Ramon and Ganiyu Ibrahim. The duo was among 93 suspects arrested during a sting operation on...

Court convicts four more internet fraudsters arrested at Obasanjo library complex
The federal high court sitting in Lagos has convicted four more internet fraudsters arrested during a sting operation by officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a hotel within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library...

Pakistan Internet Outage: Connectivity Drops to 20% Amid PTCL Failure
In a sudden and sweeping disruption that echoed through Pakistan’s digital infrastructure, internet connectivity plummeted to a mere 20% of normal levels on August 19, 2025, leaving millions offline and crippling daily operations. According to...

City of Ukiah mulls high-speed internet project
At its next meeting Wednesday, the Ukiah City Council will consider a proposed public-private partnership in order to create more high-speed internet infrastructure that is expected to serve more than 1,500 locations, including hundreds of those...