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Japan sets new internet speed record of 125,000 gigabytes per second — 4 million times faster than average US speeds

Japan sets new internet speed record of 125,000 gigabytes per second — 4 million times faster than average US speeds

Researchers in Japan say they have set a new world record for the fastest internet speed, transmitting over 125,000 gigabytes of data per second over 1,120 miles (1,802 kilometers). That’s about 4 million times the average internet speed in the U.S. and would allow you to download the entire Internet Archive in less than four minutes, according to some rough …

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How incel language infected the mainstream internet

How incel language infected the mainstream internet

This excerpt from Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language has been abridged for online publication. The book is out on July 15th. The modern-­day incel is entirely an invention of the twenty-­first century. Before the internet, lonely men simply didn’t have a way to gather and share ideas. That all began to change in …

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