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Govt Targets 20m Fresh Internet Subscribers With New Fibre-optics, Towers
The federal government has announced a major digital infrastructure project development aimed at connecting 20 million Nigerians currently excluded from the digital economy. According to the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital...

Get to Know Verona Farrell, the Internet Cool-Girl Making Lists the Biggest Trend This Winter
Welcome to the Gen Z Mood, where I—Who What Wear UK's 27-year-old social media editor—keep you updated with my mood of the month and the most exciting things I’ve spotted on the scroll Plus, I'm always looking for new and thrifty ways to shop...

Brazil 2026: Tighter Internet, Hard Math, and the Presidential Race
Two forces are narrowing Brazil’s 2026 presidential race before it even starts. First, online campaigning will run under tougher rules. Second, whoever wins will inherit public finances with little room to move. Together, they point to a contest...

Mumbrellacast: Seven’s upfront, a new web browser and our new paywall
In this week’s Mumbrellacast, Hal Crawford, Tim Burrowes, Nathan Jolly and Abe Udy discuss Mumbrella’s widespread changes as part of a larger project to bring Mumbrella and Unmade content together on the one platform. We also look at Seven West...

OpenAI Takes Aim at Google Chrome: ChatGPT Atlas Launches as the 'AI-First' Web Browser
Home Technology OpenAI Takes Aim at Google Chrome: ChatGPT Atlas Launches as the AI-First Web Browser OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, its first AI browser, challenging Chrome and Perplexity Comet. Atlas transforms browsing with integrated Chat,...
Wednesday Web 2: That's God giving you a little nudge
Vic MacDonald-Editor Mike Ayers talked to the Laurens County Touchdown Club Thursday about losing his first chance to excel at football in college, and how he got a second chance. A Hall of Fame football head coach for the Wofford Terriers, and an...

Wednesday Web 5: “We have something no spotlight can capture.”
Vic MacDonald-Editor Teacher Cadets from Clinton High School and Laurens District High School on Thursday morning heard a presentation about Presbyterian College, words from College President Dr. Anita Gustafson, and a PC students’ panel...

Wednesday Web 3: Living in a material world
Vic MacDonald-Editor The high-energy Atlanta rock band Material Girl rock-n-rolled the house Thursday evening for the Whistle Stop, every-third-Thursday concert at The Depot in Uptown Clinton. The female-fronted band breezed through rock standards...

Wednesday Web 4: Rage Behind the Cage
Vic MacDonald-Editor As part of Homecoming Weekend, Zeta Tau Alpha of Presbyterian College presented on Friday the Inaugural Calloway Pickelball Challenge among alumni, students, faculty and staff for breast cancer awareness and proceeds to the...

The Tangled Web of Red String Boards

Tara Walker's chocolate & orange 'web' cake: Today
Brought to you by discoverireland. Ingredients 50g cocoa powder 90ml boiling water 3 eggs 4 tbsp milk 100ml sunflower oil 175g self-raising flour, sifted 1 rounded tsp baking powder, sifted into the flour 175g caster sugar Method Preheat the oven...

Savannah Police Department increasing efforts to track down internet predators

"Shoutout to the ghost writers who wrote this" - Internet reacts to Drake dropping an entire rap verse when a fan DM'd him for a senior quote
A screenshot of Drake replying to a fan's request for a senior quote recently went viral on social media. On October 21, 2025, hip-hop X page @Kurrco posted a screenshot of an Instagram text thread between a fan and Drake, who goes by the handle...

OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Atlas, An AI-Powered Web Browser For macOS
OpenAI has today announced ChatGPT Atlas, a new AI-powered web browser that is available for free for macOS right now. Versions for Windows and mobile devices are in the works, but aren’t available just yet. OpenAI confirmed that the iPhone,...

AWS outage also impacted internet-enabled beds

Shah Rukh Khan celebrates Diwali with Gauri Khan’s team, impressed internet calls him ‘ultimate green flag’
For Shah Rukh Khan, Diwali was all about making the day special for his wife, interior designer Gauri Khan. This year, the actor joined Gauri and her team for the celebrations, and the internet can’t get enough of the gesture with many calling him...

AI slop: Is the internet about to get even worse?
Last month, in the same week, two tech giants launched apps based around AI-generated videos. The tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker analyses OpenAI’s Sora 2 and Meta’s Vibes, the wider rise of this type of video, and its one pervading aesthetic:...

UPSC Daily Current Affairs Quiz: Amazon Web Services, Mehul Choksi, Louvre, Paris, Meesho & more
Daily Quiz 1. A Belgian court last week ordered the extradition of which fugitive to India? UPSC quiz A. Nirav Modi B. Vijay Mallya C. Lalit Modi D. Mehul Choksi (Correct) 2. What is the name of the spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms...

OpenAI introduces Atlas, a web browser built around ChatGPT
OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a new web browser designed to place its AI assistant at the heart of the online experience, in what the company describes as a move towards creating a “super-assistant” capable of understanding and acting on...
Wednesday Web 6: The Anchor Holds
Vic MacDonald-Editor The Clinton Presbyterian Community at 801 Musgrove Street, Clinton, celebrated its 50th Anniversary Thursday evening with a Caribbean steel band, a Lowcountry boil and many other delicious dishes, and heartfelt fellowship,...