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(Representational Image) of a Google internet balloon | Photo: Wikimedia Commons Text Size: A- A+ How do internet balloons work and do many countries use them? Google’s internet balloons are wireless Internet connectivity towers that float in the stratosphere. They beam Internet signals to earth-based stations, which then transmit the internet to users through internet service providers. These floating giant balloons are made… Source link

Many major websites and services were unreachable for a period Friday afternoon due to issues at Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service. The outage seems to have started at about 2:15 Pacific time and lasted for about 25 minutes before connections began to be restored. Google DNS may also have been affected. Update: Cloudflare at 2:46 says “the issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.” CEO Matthew Prince explains that it all came down to a bad router in Atlanta: We… Source link

Google is investing $4.5 billion for a 7.73 percent stake in Jio Platforms, an Indian internet giant that offers broadband, mobile services, and online commerce platforms, the company announced today. The investment, which is pending regulatory review, is part of Google’s commitment to invest around $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years. It follows a similar move from Facebook to invest $5.7 billion for a 9.9 percent stake in the company earlier this year. Jio Platforms… Source link

Roman Abramovich is taking a stake in Russia’s largest internet company, Yandex NV, giving it more firepower to buy out ecommerce partner Sberbank PJSC and accelerate a push into online retail. The billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club and two partners — VTB Bank PJSC and a company owned by steel billionaires Alexander Abramov and Alexander Frolov — bought… Source link