Rising tensions in West Asia are threatening the security of undersea internet cables crucial for India's data traffic, particularly through the Strait of Hormuz.

Stricter enrollment requirements will make it more difficult to qualify for this federally funded low-income internet program. State and local resources may help fill the gap.

US-Israeli strikes stress-tested Iran's crypto infrastructure, revealing stablecoins as the regime's de facto dollar bridge ...

Right after the strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, millions of Iranians flooded Nobitex, the country's largest cryptocurrency platform in ...

Journalist Yi-Ling Liu’s The Wall Dancers traces how the Internet affected daily life in China, showing how similar this ...

Crypto outflows from Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, surged 700%, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The spike was capital flight, executed in real time, by Iranians ...

How is the rental housing sector working to ensure that reforms reflect how broadband is actually delivered in modern rental ...

A U.S. senator from Iowa introduced legislation Thursday aimed at cracking down on alleged fraud within the federal Lifeline program, accusing certain states, including California, of sidestepping ...

The weaponisation of restricting digital connectivity has been increasingly normalised. In 2024, governments imposed 296 internet shutdowns across 54 countries, with at least 72 directly linked to ...

Regulators vote to tighten vetting for the phone and internet subsidy after investigation found millions went to dead subscribers.

We look at the significance of the Rafah border crossing. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. The border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened a crack yesterday, a potential starting ...

The material is provocative and heavy but Axelrod infuses enough humor into the characters that this dramedy, even when it’s emotional, pulls back before falling into despair, weaving dark and light ...