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Syria Dropped Off The Face Of The Internet Again
Last week, Syria completely disappeared from the Internet, and not for the first time either. Since then, it poked its head back out into cyberspace, but not for long; Google’s Transparency Report is showing that it’s gone again.
Syrian Rebels Built This Tank Using Old Cars And Games Consoles
Necessity, so they say, is the mother of invention — and if you need a tank but don’t have one to hand, it’s time to get creative. Like these Syrian rebels, who threw together this tank after a trip to a junk yard.
The Internet Is Coming Back On In Syria
Just two days after the Syrian government cut the country off from access to the internet, connectivity is coming back. Reports from Renesys and CloudFlare indicate that the country’s connections started coming back online at 14:32 UTC today.
How Syria Turned Off The Internet
On November 29, 2012, between 10.26 and 10.29 (UTC), all traffic from Syria to the rest of the internet stopped. At CloudFlare, we witnessed the drop off. We’ve spent the morning studying the situation to understand what happened. The following graph shows the last several days of traffic coming to CloudFlare’s network from Syria.
Syrian Rebels Hack Together Digital Cameras To Replace Machine Gun Scopes
Rebels in Syria are not satisfied with the munitions and technology readily available to them. So, increasingly, they’re building their own badass battle tools. New York Times’ At War blog is discovering these crazy awesome DIY weapons, such as a machine gun that uses a digital camera instead of a traditional scope.
