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Global Internet traffic grew 17.2% in 2024. Google the most popular Internet service overall. OpenAI at the top of the Generative AI category. Binance at the top of the Cryptocurrency category. WhatsApp the top Messaging platform, and Facebook the top Social Media site.
Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review
The 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review is our fifth annual review of Internet trends and patterns at both a global and country/region level. For 2024, we added several new metrics, as well as the ab...
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January 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Global Internet traffic grew 17.2% in 2024. Google the most popular Internet service overall. OpenAI at the top of the Generative AI category. Binance at the top of the Cryptocurrency category. WhatsApp the top Messaging platform, and Facebook the top Social Media site.
Missed this when it happened in Nov 2024, but very much worth noting. Surprisingly good insight. The guy did his homework. #ai #hollywood #tech
AI doesn’t stand a chance against actors, or Shakespeare: Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck co-founder & CEO at Artists Equity, and Gerry Cardinale, founder, managing partner, and chief investment officer at RedBird Capital Partners, join CNBC's Delivering Alpha 2024 to discuss t...
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January 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Missed this when it happened in Nov 2024, but very much worth noting. Surprisingly good insight. The guy did his homework. #ai #hollywood #tech
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31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
25 years ago tonight, Y2K was going to end the world. It didn't. #NewsFlash
December 31, 2024 at 9:52 PM
25 years ago tonight, Y2K was going to end the world. It didn't. #NewsFlash
Top 5 significant events in Telecom, 2024 (curated by moi)
- Global Rollout of Satellite-to-Mobile Connectivity
- First Real-Time 6G Holographic Call
- Massive Cyberattack on Global Telecom Infrastructure (Salt Typhoon)
- STIR/SHAKEN Global Adoption
- The Launch of Commercial 6G Networks (not US)
- Global Rollout of Satellite-to-Mobile Connectivity
- First Real-Time 6G Holographic Call
- Massive Cyberattack on Global Telecom Infrastructure (Salt Typhoon)
- STIR/SHAKEN Global Adoption
- The Launch of Commercial 6G Networks (not US)
December 31, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Top 5 significant events in Telecom, 2024 (curated by moi)
- Global Rollout of Satellite-to-Mobile Connectivity
- First Real-Time 6G Holographic Call
- Massive Cyberattack on Global Telecom Infrastructure (Salt Typhoon)
- STIR/SHAKEN Global Adoption
- The Launch of Commercial 6G Networks (not US)
- Global Rollout of Satellite-to-Mobile Connectivity
- First Real-Time 6G Holographic Call
- Massive Cyberattack on Global Telecom Infrastructure (Salt Typhoon)
- STIR/SHAKEN Global Adoption
- The Launch of Commercial 6G Networks (not US)
I love ideas and concepts like this. The world needs more encouragement to do things for the greater good, in general. #opensource
Apply Now: $1 Million in Grant Funding for Open Source Software - ICTworks
FLOSS fund will give $10,000-$100,000 for a single recipient, totaling $1 million per year to free and open source software projects
www.ictworks.org
December 31, 2024 at 2:10 AM
I love ideas and concepts like this. The world needs more encouragement to do things for the greater good, in general. #opensource
The #FeynmanTechnique to bulk-load my gray matter with tech topics. Streaming ambient-trance tunes on HBR1.com to keep the Myelin healthy. Affine to document and digitally capture. It's how my brain works best.
HBR1.com
December 30, 2024 at 6:34 PM
The #FeynmanTechnique to bulk-load my gray matter with tech topics. Streaming ambient-trance tunes on HBR1.com to keep the Myelin healthy. Affine to document and digitally capture. It's how my brain works best.
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As we proceed into an uncertain future where abortion access will continue to be a difficult struggle, we'll continue to do what we do best: standing vigilant for peoples' right to privacy, fighting bad Internet laws, protecting free speech online, and building coalition with others.
The Growing Intersection of Reproductive Rights and Digital Rights: 2024 in Review
Dear reader of our blog, surely by now you know the format: as we approach the end of the year, we look back on our work, count our wins, learn from our misses, and lay the groundwork strategies for a...
www.eff.org
December 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM
As we proceed into an uncertain future where abortion access will continue to be a difficult struggle, we'll continue to do what we do best: standing vigilant for peoples' right to privacy, fighting bad Internet laws, protecting free speech online, and building coalition with others.
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The Christmas Tree in Space...
December 23, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The Christmas Tree in Space...
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Privacy is a human right, and that’s why we break down the ways you can protect your ability to have a private conversation on Digital Rights Bytes.
Can the Government Read My Text Messages?
Can the Government Read My Text Messages?
www.digitalrightsbytes.org
December 23, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Privacy is a human right, and that’s why we break down the ways you can protect your ability to have a private conversation on Digital Rights Bytes.
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Eye in the sky.
You're looking at the Ring Nebula, the remnant of a star that had the mass of 3 suns and exploded ~4,000 years ago.
🔭 🧪
You're looking at the Ring Nebula, the remnant of a star that had the mass of 3 suns and exploded ~4,000 years ago.
🔭 🧪
December 22, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Eye in the sky.
You're looking at the Ring Nebula, the remnant of a star that had the mass of 3 suns and exploded ~4,000 years ago.
🔭 🧪
You're looking at the Ring Nebula, the remnant of a star that had the mass of 3 suns and exploded ~4,000 years ago.
🔭 🧪
The Thinking Game | Documentary Trailer
YouTube video by The Thinking Game Film
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December 20, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Ever accidentally wave back at someone who wasn’t waving at you? Yeah, me too. So now we’re both awkward and kind of friends. Life’s funny like that. 🙃
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Ever accidentally wave back at someone who wasn’t waving at you? Yeah, me too. So now we’re both awkward and kind of friends. Life’s funny like that. 🙃
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The Clash release “London Calling”, their 3rd studio LP, today in 1979.
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”
December 15, 2024 at 12:54 AM
The Clash release “London Calling”, their 3rd studio LP, today in 1979.
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Is Sateen like fake Satin or something?!?
December 14, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Is Sateen like fake Satin or something?!?
"And how should we behave during this Apocalypse? We should be unusually kind to one another, certainly. But we should also stop being so serious. Jokes help a lot. And get a dog, if you don't already have one."
Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in Retrospect
December 14, 2024 at 1:19 AM
"And how should we behave during this Apocalypse? We should be unusually kind to one another, certainly. But we should also stop being so serious. Jokes help a lot. And get a dog, if you don't already have one."
Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in Retrospect
#December: The month where the air smells like hope, the nights sparkle with dreams, and time feels like it’s wrapped in a cozy blanket of wonder.
a christmas tree with a star on top and the words " it 's holiday time " below it
ALT: a christmas tree with a star on top and the words " it 's holiday time " below it
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December 12, 2024 at 1:09 AM
#December: The month where the air smells like hope, the nights sparkle with dreams, and time feels like it’s wrapped in a cozy blanket of wonder.
facts.net/history/35-f... HBD Ada Lovelace, who worked closely with Charles Babbage, the inventor of the Analytical Engine, a precursor to modern computers. Her notes on this machine included what many consider the first #algorithm intended for implementation on a #computer.
35 Facts About Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace, a name that echoes through the corridors of computing history, is often celebrated as the world's first computer programmer. But who exactly w
facts.net
December 10, 2024 at 11:37 PM
facts.net/history/35-f... HBD Ada Lovelace, who worked closely with Charles Babbage, the inventor of the Analytical Engine, a precursor to modern computers. Her notes on this machine included what many consider the first #algorithm intended for implementation on a #computer.
Mary Poppins as a quantum physicist: 'A spoonful of sugar may stabilize the quantum field, but mind the multiverse—things have a tendency to get... supercalifragilisticexpialidimensional.' #ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmm
December 10, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Mary Poppins as a quantum physicist: 'A spoonful of sugar may stabilize the quantum field, but mind the multiverse—things have a tendency to get... supercalifragilisticexpialidimensional.' #ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmm