Internet News 10 September 2025

Starlink in Iran: Trump to call Musk as blackout tightens grip

DUBAI, Jan 12, 2026, 16:51 (GST) U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak with Elon Musk about bringing internet back to Iran via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network. “He’s very good at that kind of thing, he’s got a

12 January 2026

Elon Musk·Internet·Politics·Technology

Starlink India Price Leak and Launch Status: Website Glitch, Govt Approvals and What to Expect Next

New Delhi | December 9, 2025 For a few hours this week, it looked like India finally had official Starlink India prices and an imminent launch. The Starlink India website briefly showed detailed tariffs, hardware costs and even a 30‑day free trial

9 December 2025

Internet·Space·Technology

Cloudflare (NET) Stock Soars on Q3 Earnings Beat and AI-Security Partnerships – Analysts Predict Further Gains

Cloudflare Down Today: Global Outage Knocks X, ChatGPT and Major Websites Offline on 18 November 2025

A major outage at internet infrastructure company Cloudflare is disrupting large parts of the web today, Tuesday 18 November 2025. Popular services including X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, OpenAI’s other tools, Letterboxd, Canva, and several online games are either slow to

18 November 2025

Internet·News·Technology

Beyond Starlink: Inside the New Space Race for Satellite Internet Dominance in 2025

Vodacom Strikes Starlink Deal to Accelerate African Broadband Rollout

South Africa’s largest mobile operator will integrate Starlink’s low‑Earth‑orbit capacity into its network and resell the satellite service where licensed, targeting faster connectivity and better rural coverage across the continent. Published: November 12, 2025 Vodacom Group has signed an agreement

12 November 2025

Business·Internet·Technology·Telecommunications

AI Browser Wars: Perplexity Comet vs Google Chrome in the Race for the Web’s Future

Introduction The humble web browser has become the latest front in the AI revolution. Google Chrome, the long-reigning titan of internet browsing, is facing a new wave of challengers built around artificial intelligence. Chief among them is Perplexity’s Comet, a

5 October 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Internet·Technology Trends

You Won’t Believe What Google Did This Month: July 2025’s Biggest Stories

Google Turns 27: The Shocking Rise of a Garage Project into a Tech Titan

Origins: Stanford Project to Garage Startup In the mid-1990s, PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University built a search engine called “BackRub” that ranked web pages by link analysis. In Sept. 1997 they registered the name google.com

27 September 2025

Google·Innovation·Internet·Technology

‘Immorality’ Crackdown: Taliban’s Expanding Internet Ban Plunges Afghan Provinces into Digital Darkness

Background: Taliban Rule and Rising Censorship (2021–Present) When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, Afghans feared a rollback of the relative freedom enjoyed over the prior two decades. Those fears have largely been realized. In the four years

19 September 2025

Internet

Japan’s $300 Million Undersea Cable Gamble: Inside the Global Race to Secure the Internet’s Lifelines

Japan’s Bold Move: Subsidizing Cable-Laying Ships Japan’s decision to bankroll NEC’s purchase of undersea cable vessels signals a major policy shift to protect the nation’s digital lifelines. According to officials, Tokyo is prepared to front hundreds of millions of dollars

17 September 2025

Infrastructure·Internet·Technology

Arm’s $65 Billion Nasdaq Debut: SoftBank’s Chip Champion Reignites Tech IPO Mania

Key Facts Arm Holdings: From UK Tech “Crown Jewel” to Global Chip Powerhouse Arm Holdings is a Cambridge, England-based semiconductor and software design company that has quietly become the backbone of the mobile computing world. Founded in 1990 as “Advanced

14 September 2025

Internet·IPO·Technology

The Great AI Content Heist: How Bots Are Devouring the Internet – and How We Can Fight Back

AI Companies Are Scraping the Web for Everything – Without Asking The rise of generative AI has kicked off an arms race for data, as AI companies seek to ingest as much online content as possible to train their models. Text

11 September 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Cybersecurity·Internet

Global Internet on Edge: Cable Cuts, Satellite Gambits & Digital Freedom Fights (Sept 10–11, 2025)

Key Facts Undersea Cable Cuts Cripple Connectivity from Asia to the Middle East A sudden undersea cable crisis struck in early September, severing two key fiber-optic lines that carry internet traffic between continents. On Sept 7, network monitors at NetBlocks detected

11 September 2025

Cybersecurity·Internet·Satellites

Internet Under Siege: Cable Chaos, Satellite Surges & Digital Divide Drama (Sept 9–10, 2025)

Sources: Global news reports and press releases from Sept 9–10, 2025 (Reuters, Al Jazeera, Times of India, StateScoop, TS2 Space, and others) were used in compiling this roundup Indiatimes Aljazeera Space Reuters Reuters Prescottenews Prescottenews Prnewswire Statescoop, along with statements

10 September 2025

Cybersecurity·Digital Divide·Infrastructure·Internet·Satellite Technology

Internet News 10 September 2025 - 12 January 2026