internet

Land tokenisation using tech will unlock huge opportunities: Siddharth Shetty, co-creator, Finternet

June 01, 2025 8:54 am

Finternet’s co-creator Siddharth Shetty talks about the tech behind tokenisation of land, the value that it could unlock, and the challenges it would face for adoption in India.

Content now like ‘roti-sabzi’: Anupam Mittal calls out ‘thumb warrior’ generation

May 27, 2025 6:49 pm

The Shaadi.com founder reflects on how India 'leapfrogged straight to Reels', unlike the West, which transitioned slowly from the radio to television to the internet.

The Third Edit: The hope and disappointment of the internet

April 09, 2025 11:41 am

Social media has become a battleground — the content-agnostic algorithms, optimised for engagement, seem to divide people as often as they connect them.

Airtel lands the world’s longest subsea internet cable in India

March 28, 2025 9:57 am

Airtel has been investing in subsea global cables like i2i, Europe India Gateway, IMEWE and others for years.

The return of Digg, a star of an earlier internet era

March 06, 2025 8:40 am

Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.

Six ways to make internet safer for women

December 28, 2024 5:39 pm

Online safety is considered a social good, and equity in this area is advocated by international human rights organisations.

Top 10 countries with the fastest mobile internet in 2024: Where does India stand globally?

December 24, 2024 8:05 am

Global Mobile Internet Speed Ranking in 2024: The world's fastest internet speeds are concentrated in the Middle East and Asia, with above-average mobile download speeds in the United States.

It’s not you — it’s enshittification

December 06, 2024 8:59 pm

From earphones to clothes, everything seems to have deteriorated in quality to encourage more and more consumption, and consequently, create unprecedented amounts of waste.

Say hello to Dia: The AI browser that wants to be smarter than your average tab

December 03, 2024 4:39 pm

The Browser Company is working on an AI-powered browser called Dia that can do things on your behalf, and it sounds all too familiar.

Meta wants to build a $10 billion subsea cable around the world: Report

November 30, 2024 3:44 pm

Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is reportedly planning to lay an undersea internet cable that will span across the entire planet.

Accessing and ability to afford the internet: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

Accessibility and affordability of the internet has fallen globally but India bucked this trend.

Developing nations grow in terms of internet usage as developed countries flatline: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:16 pm

The growth rate in internet usage is increasing in developing nations, also because there is more scope for it when compared with developed countries. But look at the numbers closely and you will once again find that the digital divide has not reduce

What we know about online shoppers in India: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

You can practically order anything off the internet these days. So how many of us actually do it? Take a look in today's News in Numbers. See more: https://bit.ly/2M2t86i

Net Neutrality rules approved by Telecom Commision

June 22, 2020 6:22 pm

Net Neutrality rules accepted in India by Telecom Commission: Here's what it means for Indian internet, and how we got here.

Express investigation: India tops the list of websites blocked by internet service providers

April 26, 2018 10:35 am

Other than porn and piracy, Indian internet service providers (ISPs) have installed the highest number of Internet filtering systems and blocked the maximum number of web pages, the investigation by Toronto-based Citizen Lab, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and The Indian Express found.

Internet.org is free, no one has to pay to join the app: Ankhi Das of Facebook

April 25, 2015 9:48 am