
Intel trying to flog home internet division
Of course, you don't get wafers with it, it's an albatross
Intel is in talks to sell a unit that makes chips for home internet access gear to MaxLinear.

Iran turns off internet
Worried about fuel protests
Iran has reportedly shut down nearly all internet access in the country in retaliation to escalating protests that were originally ignited by a rise in fuel prices, according to readings taken by NetBlocks, a non-governmental organization that monitors cybersecurity and internet governance around the world.

Keeping 8chan off the net
Former owner campaigns against it
8chan's current owner is still having trouble getting the site back online -- and that's due at least partly to lobbying against 8chan by the site's founder.

Microsoft wants to connect 40 million people to the net
These are not those who can’t connect after the last update
Software King of the world Microsoft's 2017 Airband Initiative wants to connect 40 million people around the globe to the internet by 2022.

Nvidia driver 431.60 can fail installation
Disconnect the internet to make it work
Finally finding the time to update a PC is not easy but finally, a Core i9 9900K found its way into the Asus ROG Maximus XI Extreme motherboard. Installation went well until Geforce 2080 Ti installation using the official driver from website kept failing to install the control panel. Here is how to fix it.

Internet screen time is depressing teens
Better to have them playing computer games
Screen time -- and social media in particular -- is linked to an increase in depressive symptoms in teenagers, according to a new study by researchers at Montreal's Sainte-Justine Hospital.

France approves internet giant tax
Nasty roast beef eating Americans we strike you roughly with a baguette
France’s lower house of parliament approved Thursday a small, pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook -- and the French government hopes other countries will follow suit.

Half of the internet's mail servers infected by giant bug
Spotted by Qualys
A critical remote command execution (RCE) security flaw impacts over half of the Internet's email servers, security researchers from Qualys have revealed today.

Bad bots make up roughly 37.9 percent of internet traffic
Bot Arms Race Continues
"Bad bots" tasked with performing denial of service (DoS) attacks or other malicious activities like automatically publishing fake content or reviews, are estimated to make up roughly 37.9 percent of all internet traffic.

Russia builds Great Firewall of Russia
Seems everyone wants a wall these days
The Russian government has confirmed that it will build an internet structure similar to China’s in a desperate bid to make sure that Russians don’t revolt against their current Tsar.