Internet

Can Google kill content farms at last?

We’re all tired of junk websites cluttering up our search results, but Google is actually doing something about it.

On Mar 4, 2015 by S.E. Smith

Hate anti-vaxxer parents? Then don’t opt out of sex ed for your kids

It’s time to shame the parents who are harming not only their own kids but everyone else’s, too.

On Mar 3, 2015 by S.E. Smith

Breaking down the data on llamas, #TheDress, and net neutrality

It was a perfect Internet day. But what story emerged victorious?

On Feb 27, 2015 by Molly McHugh

How data brokers sell your health information online

On the Web, there’s no such thing as free lunch.

On Feb 25, 2015 by S.E. Smith

How the Internet made us gay

If you told me a decade ago that Alabama would legalize same-sex marriage, I wouldn’t have believed you.

On Feb 24, 2015 by [email protected]

Everything you need to know about HTTP/2

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers.

On Feb 19, 2015 by AJ Dellinger

AT&T will give you cheap, fast Internet—if you let it track your browser history

As expected, AT&T is trying to screw you over.

On Feb 17, 2015 by Eric Geller

This is the messaging app we’ll use at the end of the world

No Internet? No problem.

On Feb 10, 2015 by Dylan Love

Netflix bets on the future and launches service in Cuba

They won’t find a huge market—yet.

On Feb 9, 2015 by Allen Weiner

Facebook is becoming synonymous with ‘Internet’ to global users

‘People actually confuse Facebook and the internet in some places.’

On Feb 9, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Time Warner Cable’s lavish plan to stop city-run Internet in Maine

If you can’t beat ’em with ideas, beat ’em with money.

On Feb 6, 2015 by Eric Geller

Relive Arthur C. Clarke’s bold and accurate predictions of the future from 1976

Much of what he believed would happen actually came to pass.

On Feb 6, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

The Pirate Bay is live once again

But staff turmoil may have caused a split.

On Jan 31, 2015 by Selena Larson

7 reasons Time Warner Cable is even worse than Comcast

If cable providers are the most hated companies in America, imagine how bad you have to be to be the worst cable provider in America.

On Jan 30, 2015 by S.E. Smith

What the Internet looks like in real time

That’s a lot of swipes.

On Jan 30, 2015 by Jam Kotenko