New regulations set out circumstances in which the Secretary of State can intervene in the running of internet domain registries for UK-related domains

This somewhat lengthy blogpost about The Internet Domain Registry (Prescribed Practices and Prescribed Requirements) Regulations 2024 is probably of most interest to people running domain registries, and domain registrars, for .uk, .scot, .wales., .cymru, and .london.

To be honest, until yesterday, I had no idea that the Secretary of State had these kind of powers...

https://decoded.legal/blog/2024/10/new-regulations-set-out-circumstances-in-which-the-secretary-of-state-can-intervene-in-the-running-of-internet-domain-registries-for-uk-related-domains

Latest comic: AI gone MAD

just setting up my #InternetAdvisor...

#retrocomputing friends: today I turned on my #InternetAdvisor and the display looks like this — any idea what's going on? 😭

#HP #Agilent #WAN #Internet #protocol #analyzer #J2300E

just setting up my #InternetAdvisor...

#HP #Agilent #WAN #Internet #protocol #analyzer #J2300E #retrocomputing

Pinging a server in the office from my apartment yields a result of around 8ms.

Pinging my phone over #WiFi takes 100~200ms.

My phone is sitting right next to me. That server is 5 miles away as the crow flies.

#Fiber for the win.

Microsoft banned Palestinians from its products because they called their families in Gaza on Skype.

I’ve met Palestinians who’ve lost their relatives in Israeli bombardments. People involved in Gaza humanitarian aid.

American corporations can cut them off from essential internet/communication services on a lark.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cger582weplo.amp