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Salman Abedi, 22, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert.

Manchester Bomber Salman Abedi Learned to Make Explosive Device from Internet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2017 | World

Salman Abedi reportedly learned how to make the bomb he used to kill 22 people in the Manchester attack from YouTube tutorial videos. Security services originally suspected that the complexity of the device — a type favored by ISIS — meant that it could have been put...

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Keep it 100, First Amendment. Photographer: David Becker/Getty Images

Supreme Court Doesn’t Care What You Say on the Internet

by Noah Feldman | Jun 21, 2017 | Opinion

It was a big day for free speech at the US Supreme Court. In two consequential decisions, the justices set the terms for the First Amendment in the era of Donald Trump and the internet. In one, the court struck a blow against political correctness, saying the Patent...

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Internet Advertising Expenditure Reaches $205 Billion

by Mutlaq Muneer | Jun 13, 2017 | Business

London – Worldwide Internet advertising spend is set to grow 13% to $205 billion in 2017, according to Zenith Media, while advertising spend on traditional TV would reach a total of $192 billion. Vittorio Bonori, Zenith’s Global Brand President, says that...

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The World Economic Forum logo. (AFP)

World Economic Forum Launches ‘Internet for All’ Initiative in Jordan

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | May 23, 2017 | Technology

Dead Sea (Jordan) – The Jordanian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in cooperation with the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched on Sunday the “Internet for All” initiative, which provides greater opportunities for all segments of the...

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A sample of the ransomware cyberattack on a laptop in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday. Credit Ritchie B. Tongo/European Pressphoto Agency

The World Is Getting Hacked. Why Don’t We Do More to Stop It

by Zahi Hawass | May 15, 2017 | Opinion, Technology

The path to a global outbreak on Friday of a ransom-demanding computer software (“ransomware”) that crippled hospitals in Britain — forcing the rerouting of ambulances, delays in surgeries and the shutdown of diagnostic equipment — started, as it often does, with a...