Spoiler alert: data caps are not like pizza

The politics of a global decentralised high-speed public internet service

Many websites have a robots.txt, a plain-text file that tells search engines to ignore certain files and folders on the site. Security.txt is a proposed standard to do likewise with security polici…

Like the idea of Desktop-as-a-Service rather than trying to manage thousands of users desktops at home? Microsoft has some advice for you.

Large numbers of US Internet subscribers are using over 1TB a month for the first time as the pandemic continues to boost home-Internet usage, according to research released today by the vendor OpenVault.

You still can't just buy and connect to the Low Earth Orbit satellite internet service, but you can now put a deposit down to get on the list for the service.

What made Facebook grow big wasn't what its targets would have been without it, it was what they were able to do with it.

New research suggests tech firms need to improve how they detect abuse in response to the evolving use of coded language.

We can have democracy, or we can have a surveillance society, but we cannot have both.

A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language. “agreement obtained through use of dark patterns does not constitute consent.”

The end of the long-time software-sharing repository underlines that personal computing isn't what it used to be, as we keep moving apps (and desktops) to the cloud.

The internet shapes how we see the world, and now it’s changing the stories we tell, writes author Olivia Sudjic.

If you want to learn about Brave Browser and looking for an honest Brave Browser Review, you’ve come to the right place. Sorry, but your browser sucks...

Opinion: Jessica Rosenworcel, who's been pro-net neutrality for years, has been named the Federal Communications Commission's acting chairwoman.

Once upon a time when the web was young and trustworthy sites for downloading Windows software were hard to find, TUCOWS emerged and quickly became a top destination for folks looking for the latest versions of freeware and shareware applications, eventually adding support for Linux, Mac and a handful of other operating systems.

In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization’s fate. Now their judge weighs in.

We will see a shift in the way people play, work, learn or simply hang out in 2021. Some of this connection will move into the Metaverse, a digital place where people seamlessly get together and interact in millions of 3D virtual experiences. Early iterations of the Metaverse emerged in the 1980s with VPL Research’s DataSuit and Linden Lab’s Second Life in 2003. However, it started to feel very real in 2020 as several platforms have been envisioning – and building – their own versions of the Metaverse.

Now more than ever we depend on the internet for work, school, and fun. Will the internet providers rise to the challenge? Probably not.

The internet should be treated like water, power, and phone lines: an essential utility

Turning 5G off could actually end up making your phone faster.