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Environmental Impact of Satellite Internet
Satellite internet, with services such as Starlink, OneWeb, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper, promises to revolutionize global connectivity. It offers unprecedented access to high-speed internet in remote and underserved regions of the world. However, as the deployment of thousands of satellites becomes a reality, significant environmental and ecological concerns arise. This report examines the environmental impact of satellite internet, focusing on…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Internet Satellite Initiative Launches This Month
The Project Kuiper payload is prepared for liftoff. Image credit: Amazon Amazon is moving ahead with its internet satellite initiative, the tech giant announced on April 2. Project Kuiper, a batch of 27 satellites set to launch on April 9, will compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink. First satellite launch will demonstrate Amazon’s space capability Project Kuiper’s satellites will provide internet…
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KB5054687 (build 26200.5516) for Windows 11 removes internet bypass in Dev Channel
Windows 11 build 26200.5516 is now rolling out in the Dev Channel as the update KB5054687 as part of the version 24H2 development. This preview introduces Local Semantic Search as well as other new features and changes like those available on Windows 11 build 26120.3653 in the Beta Channel, including a speech recap for Windows Narrator, a new interface to…
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Inside the war between genAI and the internet – Computerworld
Fighting back Cloudflare is now deliberately poisoning large language model (LLM) training data, fighting back against the AI companies that are taking data from websites without permission. (The company offers content delivery networks, cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation, and web performance optimization.) Here’s the problem Cloudflare is trying to solve: Companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity have been accused of harvesting data…
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Verizon Is Pushing 5G Home Internet with New Mobile Bundles
Verizon has revealed a new bundle deal for subscribers who have a mobile plan and 5G home internet. If you happen to need both, you could save $15 per month on your bill, and potentially get other discounts and credits. The main feature of this offer is a $15 discount per month on home internet plans for customers who have…
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Tangerine’s Summer Sale slashes up to AU$180 off plans — get 100Mbps internet for just AU$61
Summer is well and truly over, but that doesn’t mean a Summer Sale needs to end. With stellar summer savings on offer well into Autumn, Tangerine’s latest NBN offerings will have you reaching for your wallet. If you’ve considered switching NBN providers, let us introduce you to Australia’s fruity provider. Piggybacking off the Vocus network, Tangerine came to be in…
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Mullvad vs Private Internet Access (PIA): Which VPN wins?
It’s not always easy to tell the difference between one VPN and another, at least at first glance. When so many VPN services claim to offer strong encryption, fast connections, and a no-logs policy, choosing a VPN can be all the more challenging. Mullvad and Private Internet Access (PIA) are established providers with a few things in common. The question…
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How to set up Mobile Hotspot to share your internet on Windows 11
On Windows 11, you can share your PC’s internet connection with other nearby devices through the Mobile Hotspot feature, and in this guide, I’ll outline the steps to set up the feature. What is a Mobile Hotspot? The Mobile Hotspot feature transforms your computer into a mini Wi‑Fi router, allowing you to share an internet connection (whether it’s Ethernet, Wi‑Fi,…
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How to Easily Search the Internet With ChatGPT Search
OpenAI is trying really hard to make ChatGPT Search into a viable product. It’s available for free, to all users, without limits. And now, just like with Google Search, it can be used without logging into an account. But even with all it AI features, Google Search still focuses on giving you links to pages directly, while ChatGPT Search instead…
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From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet
Big players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Gemini, and OpenAI, with GPT-4o, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public. How do these large language model (LLM) programs work? OpenAI’s GPT-3 told us that AI uses “a series of autocomplete-like programs to learn language” and that these programs analyze “the statistical…
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