Submarine cable resilience board announced on same day maybe-cut-by-China Baltic cable repaired
ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves
Networks02 Dec 2024 | 26
Internet
Imagine a land in which Big Tech can't send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you
China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun
Security25 Nov 2024 | 69
Brazil hooks up with Chinese satellite broadband service that doesn't operate yet
After beefing with Elon Musk, comms minister wants to diversify product choice
Networks21 Nov 2024 | 10
Pakistan's tech lobby warns that slow internet is strangling IT industry
Low-priced freelancers and call centers are at risk
Channel21 Nov 2024 | 12
China wants mobile devices to limit usage time for minors, ensure they only see nice content
Seeks grand alliance between manufacturers, developers and content providers – all in the name of socialism
Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 14
Europe glances Russia's way after Baltic Sea data cables severed
Updated Probe continues into disruption affecting Germany, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania
Networks19 Nov 2024 | 59
BROADER TOPICS
Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans: TikTok ban, space broadband, and Section 230 reform
Loathes Big Tech and is not at all keen on net neutrality
Public Sector19 Nov 2024 | 123
Half the world's online via mobile, but growth is slowing
Nearly all of those without access live in low to middle income countries, GSMA says
Networks28 Oct 2024 | 7
IPv6 may already be irrelevant – but so is moving off IPv4, argues APNIC's chief scientist
There was always more pressing work to do than migrate, and CDNs have changed the rules
Networks23 Oct 2024 | 125
FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with 'click to cancel' rule
It 'will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money'
Legal16 Oct 2024 | 18
The fix for BGP's weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find
Bother, given the White House has bet big on RPKI – just like we all rely on immature internet infrastructure that usually works
Security02 Oct 2024 | 9
World Wide Web Foundation closes so Tim Berners-Lee can spend more time with his protocol
Who wants to join his so Solid crew?
Networks30 Sep 2024 | 25
Musk's Starlink rockets to 4 million subscribers
Satellite broadband mega-constellation passes mega-milestone
Networks27 Sep 2024 | 51
New RFC explains how protocol developers can avoid building human rights abuses into the internet
Something tells us Vlad and Xi probably won't bother reading it
Software18 Sep 2024 | 16
Telcos scolded for unwanted erection of utility poles in race to wire up Britain
Telecoms minister pleads with operators to work together
Networks16 Sep 2024 | 80
250 million-plus unused IPv4 addresses should be left alone, argues network boffin
Tests show it's just too hard to put the unused 240/4 block to work
Networks16 Sep 2024 | 96
Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK
Ofcom research shows TV remains more trusted news source in social media age
Bootnotes11 Sep 2024 | 107
India to train 5,000 'Cyber Commandos'
Minister reckons dedicated cops necessary to protect digital transactions
Security11 Sep 2024 | 3
White House thinks it's time to fix the insecure glue of the internet: Yup, BGP
Better late than never
Networks03 Sep 2024 | 26
Big Tech got its 'next billion' – but there's three billion people still offline
The GSMA and its friends are looking for ways to bring those within mobile range onto the 'net
Networks03 Sep 2024 | 8
B2B ISP Fastnet staggers back to feet after VMware incident
Company continues to investigate root cause
VMware Explore19 Aug 2024 | 8
India shuffles away draft law treating influencers like real broadcasters
Online celebs might find that flattering – but not if it means a committee must approve their next livestream
Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 12
Israeli hacktivist group brags it took down Iran's internet
WeRedEvils alleges successful attack on infrastructure, including data theft
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 8
Malaysia is working on an internet 'kill switch', says minister
Follows requirement for social media and messaging platforms to get a license
Public Sector30 Jul 2024 | 21
French internet cables cut in act of sabotage that caused outages across country
Axe attack comes just days after arsonists target rail network
Networks29 Jul 2024 | 60
China ponders creating a national 'cyberspace ID'
Because clearly it's better for Beijing to know who you are than for every ISP and social service to keep its own records
Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 19
FTC sticks a probe into 'surveillance pricing' Big Biz uses to gouge us all
Ever had to shop in incognito mode to avoid paying more? This one's for you
Software23 Jul 2024 | 28
Antitrust: GoDaddy under fire for banning DNS automation tool in favor of its own
Updated Domain name giant yanked into court after Entri Connect disconnect
Networks16 Jul 2024 | 9
Internet Archive blames 'environmental factors' for overnight outages
Power failure rather than lawyers to blame for Wayback Machine wandering off
On-Prem08 Jul 2024 | 5
Tech luminaries warn United Nations its Digital Compact risks doing more harm than good
Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf and more from orgs like IETF, W3C, IANA worry if techies are ignored the web could end up centralized
Public Sector03 Jul 2024 | 25
Nokia to sell submarine network business to France in $375M deal
Comms giant to dump undersea internet cable unit by early 2025
Networks27 Jun 2024 | 17
Vietnam's internet again in trouble as three of five submarine cables go down
Outages came a day after nation launched giveaway of .VN domains in pursuit of improved digital sovereignty
Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 11
Stanford Internet Observatory wilts under legal pressure during election year
Because who needs disinformation research at times like these
Research14 Jun 2024 | 85
Twitter 'supersharers' of fake news tend to be older Republican women
Tiny percentage of users make X miss the spot
Personal Tech01 Jun 2024 | 210
Pew: Quarter of web pages vanished in past decade
Luckily we have the Wayback Machine
Personal Tech20 May 2024 | 27
Starlink geofence appears to have some gaping holes
I guess the brains down in Africa gonna take some time to do the things they never should have had
Networks03 May 2024 | 36
Lights about to go out on US Affordable Connectivity Program
A partial benefit in May then subsidy gets unplugged once and for all
Networks02 May 2024 | 17
Sacramento airport goes no-fly after AT&T internet cable snipped
Police say this appears to be a 'deliberate act.'
Cyber-crime19 Apr 2024 | 44
404 Day celebrates the internet's most infamous no-show
Nothing is forever, not even a web page
Offbeat05 Apr 2024 | 67
UK minister tells telcos to share telegraph poles if they can't lay cable underground
The NIMBYs are fed up, and it's an election year
Networks15 Mar 2024 | 61
X protests forced suspension of accounts on orders of India's government
Nonprofit SFLC links orders to farming protests
Public Sector23 Feb 2024 | 20
250 million-plus reserved IPv4 addresses could be released – but the internet isn’t built to use them
Comment A new chapter in the long saga of the 240/4 block is being written. If you want more and cheaper IPv4, maybe you should help
Networks09 Feb 2024 | 156
America's broadband bill subsidy runs out of money and halts enrollments
Program that gets the hard-up online needs money by May
Public Sector06 Feb 2024 | 11
Snow day in corporate world thanks to another frustrating Microsoft Teams outage
Network rollback fails to resolve issue in Americas as Redmond scrambles to optimize its way out of the problem
SaaS27 Jan 2024 | 35
Musk lashes out at Biden administration over rural broadband
Claims FCC's justification for ditching Starlink 'utterly false'
Networks23 Jan 2024 | 63
David Mills, the internet's Father Time, dies at 85
Obituary Creator of the Network Time Protocol that holds the internet together
Networks23 Jan 2024 | 36
Linus Torvalds postpones Linux 6.8 merge window after being taken offline by storms
Roads are icy and drivers are dangerous. There will be no Starbucks run.
OSes15 Jan 2024 | 17
FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program dangles by a financial thread
On the wrong side of the digital divide in America? The clock is ticking
Public Sector09 Jan 2024 | 9
Open source's new mission: To boldly go where no software has gone before
Opinion FOSS's license to exist depends on helping users. It has to learn to think that way
OSes08 Jan 2024 | 61
Cloudflare dishes up the stats on internet traffic in 2023
Web's growing, Google's gloating, and US bots are roaming
Networks13 Dec 2023 | 9
What's the golden age of online services? Well, now doesn't suck
Yearning for the pre-web internet can be misplaced... it certainly wasn't user-friendly
Networks08 Dec 2023 | 86
Openreach hits halfway mark in quest to hook up 25M premises with fiber broadband
12.5 million teased with speedy internet, only 4 million take the bait
Networks08 Dec 2023 | 70
China gamifies censorship and surveillance with national internet law quiz
I'm not a regular government, I'm a cool government
Legal05 Dec 2023 | 9
Amazon hitches a ride with SpaceX for Project Kuiper launches
Working rockets are needed, and only a direct rival can provide for now
Science04 Dec 2023 | 9
No link between internet use and poor mental health, according to Oxford boffins
'We looked very hard for a smoking gun linking technology and well-being and we didn't find it'
Science29 Nov 2023 | 35
India's space gatekeepers pick Eutelsat OneWeb to provide satellite broadband
Bharti Enterprises-backed outfit beats Kuiper and Starlink
Networks24 Nov 2023 | 1
Stop shaming service providers for outages, argues APNIC chief scientist
Tech companies should behave like the aviation industry and detail failures to improve safety for all
Off-Prem24 Nov 2023 | 28
Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules
Opinion Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe
Networks20 Nov 2023 | 29
Amazon's Project Kuiper thrusters deliver Prime orbit adjustments
Custom Hall-effect propulsion system makes sure satellites won't trip over space junk – like Starlink
Networks10 Nov 2023 | 1
Major telco outage leaves millions of Australians disconnected
Communication minister advises businesses to “keep receipts”
Networks08 Nov 2023 | 36
Indonesia grounds second broadband satellite to free up digital inclusion funds
Boeing and SpaceX lose out. Ministry is betting 70 million people without internet access won't
Off-Prem23 Oct 2023 | 2
Net neutrality is back in the Land of the Free – for now
Until the Democrats leave office, that is
Networks20 Oct 2023 | 9
Biting the hand that feeds IT
