Internet News: 10 August 2025 - 2 September 2025

Unmasking Russia’s Troll Farm Empire: Inside the Kremlin’s Global Disinformation Machine

Unmasking Russia’s Troll Farm Empire: Inside the Kremlin’s Global Disinformation Machine

The Internet Research Agency (IRA), Russia’s flagship troll farm, is based in St. Petersburg and was founded around 2013, growing to about 400 staff by 2015 working 12-hour shifts. IRA staff operated under strict quotas: 5 political posts, 10 non-political posts, and
August 17, 2025
The Long-Range IoT Revolution: How LoRaWAN is Transforming Smart Cities and Farms

The Long-Range IoT Revolution: How LoRaWAN is Transforming Smart Cities and Farms

Over 350 million LoRaWAN devices and sensors were connected globally as of mid-2024, with projections to exceed 3.5 billion by 2030. The LoRa Alliance was founded in 2015, LoRaWAN was officially approved as a global ITU standard in late 2021, and the
August 15, 2025
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): The Search‑Enhanced AI Revolution in Chatbots and Enterprise Applications

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): The Search‑Enhanced AI Revolution in Chatbots and Enterprise Applications

RAG stands for Retrieval-Augmented Generation, a hybrid AI approach that combines a large language model with a search engine or database to fetch external knowledge for grounded, up-to-date answers. In 2025, RAG has emerged as a strategic imperative for modern AI, powering
August 13, 2025