"Smartphones do their best to block scam links, so attackers use tricks to make their links clickable," said Joshua McKenty, ...

There are days when your connection breaks, not because the internet is down, but because your computer is confused. Wrong IP, no IP, stuck on an old network, or just refusing to pick up a new one.

This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2025) The World Wide Web is one of those rare innovations that truly reshaped the world. It ...

Eleven years ago, Paul Lundy was dying a slow, workingman’s death under fluorescent light. For three decades, he had worked in facilities management — an honest trade that ground him down until, in ...

Two new books trace the decline of the global online public square – and its replacement by a machine for extraction capitalism By Murtaza Hussain Do you remember the internet? Many years ago it ...

I love technology. But I also kind of hate it. Fighting the magnetic pull of screens is like trying to say no to dessert, gossip, and Amazon Prime all at once. I’ve begged for one dinner without ...

Struggling to get Wi-Fi coverage in certain areas and rooms? Try these simple, expert-approved tricks to troubleshoot and resolve internet dead zones in your home. Stephanie Barnes has been writing ...

Cory Doctorow discusses his new book "Ens***tification" and what's gone wrong with the Internet. What with the rise in AI-generated ads, pop-ups and reams of information, author Cory Doctorow says, ...