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Singapore-based Transcelestial uses lasers to build affordable internet networks

TechCrunch

Transcelestial is on a mission to make the internet more accessible by building a network of shoebox-sized devices that send lasers to one another, creating a fiber-like network. This brings Transcelestial’s total raised since it was founded in 2016 to $24 million. Transcelestial plans to enter the U.S.

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The 10 top network outages of 2021

Kentik

Every year the internet experiences numerous disruptions and outages, and 2021 was certainly no exception. This year we documented outages, including multiple government-directed shutdowns, as well as what might be the internet’s biggest outage in history. Famous internet outages. Uganda election shutdown.

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Starry’s SPAC part of Chet Kanojia’s mission to shake up broadband

TechCrunch

Eight years after starting Starry to change the way the home internet is delivered, CEO Chaitanya “Chet” Kanojia announced this week that the company completed its special purpose acquisition with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp. You can read more about Starry’s origins in a 2016 interview with Kanojia.

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The Russification of Ukrainian IP Registration

Kentik

Last summer we teamed up with the New York Times to analyze the re-routing of internet service to Kherson, a region in southern Ukraine that was, at the time, under Russian occupation. In my accompanying blog post , I described how that development mirrored what took place following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. rev# Date Op.

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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices

TechCrunch

The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bulk but with little — if any — consideration to security.

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Is ad fraud a cybersecurity problem?

The Parallax

Deftly sliding from desktop browsers to mobile devices to smart TVs and other Internet of Things devices, ad fraud is a multibillion-dollar business problem that has been running rampant across the Internet for years. In a 2016 analysis, Hewlett Packard Enterprise identified it as the most lucrative form of cybercrime.

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Lawtrades aims to change how your company utilizes legal resources

TechCrunch

Raad Ahmed and Ashish Walia started the company in 2016 with an initial focus on startups and small businesses, trying to find product-market fit (as one does), but finding that legal usage among companies of that size was often project-based, infrequent and short-term if the company folds. Lawtrades app design.

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