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Vinton Cerf Retires After Two Decades at Google, Looks Ahead to AI Interoperability
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (214+ words) Cerf, 83, is widely credited, alongside Robert Kahn, with developing TCP/IP, the networking protocols that enabled the internet to evolve into a global communications platform. His contributions have earned some of technology's highest honors, including the Turing Award and the…...
The Economics of Space X: Can Starlink Justify a $2 Trillion Valuation?
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (393+ words) At the end of June 2026, the share price of Space X is some USD $164 per share, and if you multiply that price by the total number of shares in the company, some 13. 7 billion, you get a market capitalization of USD…...
Why AI Adoption May Become the Defining Digital Divide
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (241+ words) I recently attended and spoke at an AI conference. One of the things that became clear to me is that we are probably headed for a new digital divide related to AI. What do I mean by that? Another Pew…...
What the Interisle Report Reveals, and What It Doesn't, About DNS Abuse
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (991+ words) Interisle counts every domain listed by its reputation blocklist sources as a problem domain, including listings that blocklist providers themselves do not attribute to a specific abuse type. This sweeps in suspected scam and fraud sites, domains advertised in spam,…...
The Hidden Socio-Technical Issues Threatening Africa's Digitalization Agenda
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (405+ words) The assumption underlying many of these initiatives is simple: deploy the technology and the benefits will follow. Yet reality often tells a different story. The problem is not always technological. In many cases, the real challenge lies in the complex…...
NANOG 97 Explores the Networking Challenges Behind the AI Boom
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (842+ words) The tenor of the meeting was set by Cogent's Dave Schaeffer, who provided a set of statistics and associated observations that I have to admit didn't manage to engage my uncritical enthusiasm and instead confirmed some of my own alarm…...
Making the Most of the 2026 New g TLD Application Round
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (265+ words) ICANN has published the final Applicant Guidebook (AGB), and the next g TLD application window is now open. The application window opened on April 30, 2026, and will remain open for three and a half months'more than twice as long as the…...
DNS Deep Dive: TA416 European Government Espionage Campaigns
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (592+ words) Proofpoint reported that TA416 resumed their European government espionage activities about a month ago. Their researchers analyzed the campaigns in great depth and published 96 network Io Cs comprising subdomains, domains, and email addresses in their report. We extracted unique domains from…...
Africa Does Not Have an Internet Access Problem: It Has an Internet Governance Problem
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (570+ words) For years, discussions about Africa's digital divide have centered on connectivity. The dominant narrative has been that the continent's primary challenge is a lack of Internet access. While connectivity gaps remain significant, this perspective is increasingly incomplete. The reality is…...
Spain to Require Four Hours of Mobile Service During Power Blackouts
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (258+ words) Spain will require telecommunications operators to keep mobile networks running for up to four hours during electricity outages under a new Royal Decree on the security and resilience of electronic communications and digital infrastructure, the government has announced. The measure…...