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Alphabet spins off laser-based Internet backbone provider Taara

Ars Technica

Alphabet is spinning out laser-based Internet company Taara from its moonshot incubator, hoping to turbocharge the start-up that provides high-bandwidth services to hard-to-reach areas in competition with Elon Musks Starlink network of satellites.

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How Gen Z uses the internet to self diagnose and get help

Mashable Tech

Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012) uses the internet to self-diagnose their own mental health conditions, but not in the ways one might reflexively (or judgmentally) assume. Eight percent intended to see a mental health professional after having made a diagnosis for themselves, based on internet research.

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‘Space junk’ is clogging the atmosphere—and it’s going to make weather forecasts and internet access much worse

Fast Company Tech

If this trend continues, it could have ripple effects for everything from weather tracking and broadband internet access to national defense. Currently, satellites play a central role in global weather tracking, access to internet service, online banking, national defense protocols, and more.

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Protecting the Future of the Internet

Fast Company Tech

With a quarter of the global internet powered by Cloudflareits network provides service to over 300 cities across more than 100 countriesthe company is at the helm of delivering content and connecting millions.

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The internet is mourning Forever 21

Mashable Tech

It's the end of an era, and Forever 21 — and the internet — are blaming other fast-fashion retailers like Shein and Temu. According to CNBC, the fast-fashion company filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in six years and plans to close all its U.S. People online are devastated. This Tweet is currently unavailable.

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Satellite Internet Will Let Us Put AI in Everything

Wired

Sounds like a job for satellite internet providers. AI-powered agents need to be connected all the time to be truly effective.

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Google’s Taara Hopes to Usher in a New Era of Internet Powered by Light

Wired

The Alphabet moonshot project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.

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