Day: June 11, 2021

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit trying to have Google declared a public utility. Google is facing increased scrutiny on multiple fronts, with some critics saying the company should be categorized as a public utility. Such a move would subject Google to more regulation, much like a gas or electric company. Supporters of the move say the company’s monopoly in search justifies the classification and increased regulation. Ohio AG Yost is one such critic, and is now suing to force a reclassification of Google. “Google uses its…

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A glitch at Fastly, a popular CDN, led to outages for some of the internet’s biggest sites Tuesday morning. CDNs, or content delivery networks, are distributed networks of servers designed to help websites and web apps manage their user load and remain responsive. Fastly is a popular CDN option that helps power some of the biggest websites on the net. Early Tuesday, a glitch at Fastly led to outages at the BBC, CNN, Financial Times, The New York Times, Reddit, Spotify, GitHub, Twitch, Stack Overflow, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal,…

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