Bookmarks | The variety of new cellular web customers is stalling

These are the articles, movies and extra that caught the eye of TechCentral’s editorial group up to now 24 hours. 

• New knowledge reveals the variety of new cellular web customers is stalling: The expansion of recent cellular web customers is slowing globally. With 4.6 billion individuals already related, easier-to-reach populations are on-line. Obstacles like affordability and protection persist, particularly in growing international locations. Satellite tv for pc expertise provides potential options, whereas distinctive initiatives like Reliance Jio’s free knowledge in India quickly spurred fast adoption. Regardless of progress, areas like sub-Saharan Africa face important challenges. Learn extra in Remainder of World. DM 
• Musk teases shopping for MSNBC: ‘How a lot does it value?’: Elon Musk stirred hypothesis by joking about shopping for MSNBC after Comcast introduced plans to spin off MSNBC and CNBC into a brand new firm, SpinCo. Whereas Comcast denies promoting the belongings, their detachment from Comcast raises issues about monetary stability amid TV trade challenges. Musk, recognized for controversial media strikes, joins ongoing debates about legacy media’s declining relevance and political polarisation. Learn extra on Gizmodo. DM
• The way forward for Home windows is cloud and AI: Microsoft’s Home windows 365 Hyperlink system is a mini PC streaming Home windows 11 totally from the cloud, signalling the shift in direction of a cloud/AI future. Companies will cheer its safety and device-agnostic comfort, although it’s extra “hardened Xbox” than conventional PC. With AI options like Recall and Click on to Do rolling out, Microsoft’s future is evident: Home windows is packing its luggage for the cloud. Learn extra by Tom Warren on The Verge (arduous paywall). DM
• Meta loses floor to Bluesky as customers abandon Elon Musk’s X: Within the social media Starvation Video games, Bluesky has seen its consumer base skyrocket 300%, attracting journalists and lefties fleeing Elon Musk’s X after Donald Trump’s win, whereas Meta’s Threads has stumbled, ditching politics for fluffier vibes. Bluesky’s “starter packs” have boosted progress, regardless of glitches, whereas Threads has scrambled to repeat options. Each apps now face the final word problem: determining learn how to hold customers – and really earn money! Learn extra on FT.com (arduous paywall). DM
• Elizabeth Warren requires crackdown on web ‘monopoly’ you’ve by no means heard of: US senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman Jerry Nadler are going after VeriSign, the “Web landlord” for .com domains, accusing it of abusing its monopoly to overcharge customers by 30% with out bettering providers. VeriSign, raking in US$1.5-billion yearly, denies the claims, citing competitors from different area operators. Warren’s verdict? It’s time to evict this monopolistic tenant from the online’s priciest actual property. Learn extra on Ars Technica. DM
• New photographs present how Nasa and SpaceX plan to land astronauts on the moon in 2026: Nasa and SpaceX are prepping for a 2026 Artemis 3 mission, touchdown astronauts on the moon with SpaceX’s Starship Human Touchdown System (HLS). It’s a high-tech lunar ballet: propellant transfers in orbit, elevator rides down a 15-storey-tall rocket and sample-collecting on the dusty floor. Daring timeline? Positive. However hey, the moon’s waited 55 years – what’s a couple of extra delays? View the photographs and article on Gizmodo. DM
• Google appears to have known as it quits on making its personal Android tablets – once more: A third Pixel Pill was apparently within the works at Google and cancelled. There was reportedly a group at Google engaged on the following flagship Pixel-branded pill, and now, seemingly resulting from profitability issues, that work is over. Learn extra on Ars Technica. TS
• From eyesore to asset: how a smelly seaweed might gasoline vehicles: Scientists within the Caribbean are turning the tide on the combat towards an invasive seaweed species by utilizing the unprecedented volumes of the ugly and smelly sargassum as biofuel for automobiles. Learn extra on BBC Information. NN
• Tim Robbins: ‘You’re telling me Netflix is the way forward for cinema? We’re in huge bother’: With Silo, actor Tim Robbins – recognized for his sturdy political stances – remains to be selecting roles that echo actual life. However he’s now involved concerning the wider way forward for his personal trade, too. Learn extra in The Guardian. NN 

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