Internet

Without access to Facebook or Twitter, Chinese tech workers have gathered on GitHub, the world's largest open-source programming platform, to complain about 12-hour days and demand better conditions.

Under the proposed rules, Internet companies will face penalties if they don't actively monitor and combat harmful speech online. Companies say the proposal is vague.

The rallies follow a bill to cut Russia off from the global Internet. Demonstrators on Sunday chanted, "Hands off the Internet." About two dozen people were arrested.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov links the attacks to Russia's need for its own Internet. It is a "geopolitical angle to try to defend their own steps," says Internet freedom expert Sanja Kelly.

Authorities recommended conducting the test so that the country can assess its cyberdefenses in case of aggression, Russian media report.

Microsoft says its search engine is no longer accessible in China. The country is known for blocking electronic access to information deemed harmful to the state.

Germany is Europe's largest economy, but business leaders warn it is in danger of losing its edge because of sluggish Internet connections. The government has promised to speed things up.

It was only 10 years ago that the Castro government lifted its ban that prohibited regular citizens from buying computers. Today, phones are a key method of accessing the Internet in Cuba.

Patrons have always been banned in theory from viewing pornographic content over the company's Wi-Fi, but there was no technological filter in place. Starbucks will have one in 2019.