Supported by India Proposes Chinese-Style Internet Censorship ImageBabu Lal teaching neighbors in Taradand, India, how to use their cellphones to browse the web. The country’s government is considering broad new powers to suppress online content.CreditCreditAtul Loke for The New York Times By Vindu Goel Feb. 14, 2019 NEW DELHI — India’s government has proposed giving […]
[embedded content] Two twins race to complete a PowerPoint challenge. In an unusual turn of events, Microsoft this week warned Windows users off from using its Internet Explorer and dissed its new Office 2019 suite in a series of videos that show it to be worse than the competition. While Windows 10 uses the newer, […]
From Tesla to Hyperloop to plans to colonize Mars, it’s fair to say that Elon Musk thinks big. Among his many visionary ideas is the dream of building a space internet. Called Starlink, Musk’s ambition is to create a network for conveying a significant portion of internet traffic via thousands of satellites Musk hopes to […]
Far-Right Internet Groups Listen for Trump’s Approval, and Often Hear It ImageAs President Trump and his allies have waged a fear-based campaign to drive Republican voters to the polls, far-right communities have parsed his statements, looking for hints of their influence.CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times By Kevin Roose and Ali Winston Nov. 4, 2018 On […]
If you’re on social media, you already know what an internet meme is. Still, for the uninitiated, a meme is a funny picture that goes viral on the web. It comes in various forms, though most of them feature photos or illustrations emblazoned with witty text usually written with caps lock on. But what if you want to […]
Mary Meeker, ‘Queen of the Internet,’ Is Leaving Kleiner Perkins to Start a New Fund ImageMary Meeker, known as the “Queen of the Internet” for her bullish stock calls during the internet bubble, is planning to depart the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins this year.CreditCreditMichael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair By Erin Griffith […]
Verizon finally detailed its plans to become the first carrier to bring gigabit internet speeds into the home through its 5G home broadband service, Verizon 5G Home. Initially, Verizon will deploy its 5G Home service through a limited rollout in the Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento markets. The service will cost $ 50 per […]
India Pushes Back Against Tech ‘Colonization’ by Internet Giants ImageIndia is trying to establish strong data protections for its citizens, as Europe did, while giving the government the right to obtain private information as it sees fit.CreditCreditSanjit Das/Bloomberg By Vindu Goel Aug. 31, 2018 NEW DELHI — In India, American companies dominate the internet. Facebook’s […]
Monitor-IO on my office shelf—with 16-port switch and BB-8 for scale. “What is my purpose?” Monitor-IO is a $ 100 IoT gadget that tells you whether your Internet is working well, poorly, or not at all. The idea is you put this little black box next to (and plugged directly into) your router, and a quick […]
We’re familiar with a lot of the arguments about why high-speed internet is among the greatest inventions in human history. But the internet can be bad for you, too — and, no, we’re not just talking about the howling post-apocalyptic wasteland that is the YouTube comments section. In a new study, funded by the European […]
Vagelis Papalexakis UC Riverside When Snapchat was first pitched as part of a Stanford mechanical engineering class, the course’s horrified teaching assistant openly wondered if the app’s creators had built a sexting app. Less than a decade later, Snapchat could help solve one of the biggest problems currently facing tech: stopping the spread of “fake […]
When Reddit banned the 40,000-member group r/incels last year, updating its terms of service to prohibit content that “encourages, glorifies, incites or calls for violence,” the company was widely praised for cracking down on the poisonous misogyny that lived on its platform. Soon after r/incels came down, the subreddit r/braincels flared up with posts bragging […]