A local Taliban spokesperson in northern Afghanistan said that the Taliban leader had ordered the ban "to prevent immoral activities."

But Altman's post raised another question for a lot of users — what is dead internet theory anyway?

The term “fiber” refers to fiber optic internet or fiber internet. The great thing about fiber internet is that it requires very little equipment. All you need is access to fiber optic cables, an optical network terminal (ONT), and a fiber optic router.

We may use the internet every day, but we take the massive resource for granted. How much data is actually on the internet and how is it quantified?

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Satellite internet creates an internet connection in your home by using satellites that orbit the Earth. Other types of internet, like fiber or DSL, use wires that are buried underground. Because the data has to travel so far for satellite internet, there are several steps to this process.

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The principles that made the Internet so successful can guide us in building the next wave of AI systems.

Last month, a company webpage titled "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued" stated that the service would be discontinued.

The Taliban on Sunday freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of an effort to normalize relations.