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| 2022 |
Internet
Global Internet users estimated at 5.4 billion, representing more than two-thirds of the world's population. Regional distribution included 54% in Asia, 14% in Europe, 7% in North America, 10% in Latin America and Caribbean, 11% in Africa, 4% in Middle East, and 1% in Oceania.
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| 2021 |
Internet
Cybercrime predicted to cost the world economy US$6 trillion, with malware increasingly targeting critical infrastructure systems like electricity distribution networks.
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| 2019 |
Internet
Kuwait, Qatar, Falkland Islands, Bermuda, and Iceland achieved the highest Internet penetration, with 93% or more of their populations having Internet access.
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| 2018 |
Internet
Asia accounted for 51% of all Internet users, with 2.2 billion out of 4.3 billion global users. China reached 802 million users, followed by India with 700 million and the United States with 275 million.
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| 2018 |
Internet
The Shift Project published a non-peer-reviewed study suggesting that global data transfer and its infrastructure contribute nearly 4% of global CO2 emissions, with online video streaming accounting for 60% of data transfer and over 300 million tons of annual CO2 emissions.
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| July 2018 | Company changed its name from Outernet to Othernet due to trademark issues. |
| 2017 |
Internet
Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report revealed 669,947,865 malware variants, which is double the number from the previous year.
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| 2017 |
Internet
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimated that 48% of individual users regularly connect to the Internet, an increase from 34% in 2012.
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| 2016 |
Internet
Baseline year for comparison of malware variants, prior to significant increase.
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| October 2016 |
Internet
Internet usage by mobile and tablet devices exceeded desktop worldwide for the first time.
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| 2015 | Launched an IndieGogo crowdfunding campaign that raised $697,552 to finance the development of the Lantern receiver, which was ultimately not completed or delivered to backers. |
| 2014 |
Internet
A peer-reviewed research paper revealed significant discrepancies in Internet electricity usage estimates, with published literature showing variations ranging from 0.0064 to 136 kilowatt hours per gigabyte transferred over the preceding decade.
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| 2014 |
Internet
Global Internet users surpassed 3 billion, representing 44% of the world's population, with two-thirds coming from the richest countries.
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| 2012 |
Internet
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimated that 34% of individual users were connected to the Internet globally.
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| 2011 |
Internet
Academic researchers estimated the overall global Internet energy usage between 170 and 307 GW, which represented less than two percent of total human energy consumption. This comprehensive estimate included energy for manufacturing and operating approximately 750 million laptops, 1 billion smartphones, and 100 million servers worldwide.
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| 2010 |
Internet
22% of the world's population had computer access, with 1 billion daily Google searches, 300 million blog readers, and 2 billion daily YouTube video views.
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