What is Amazon Web Services? Which apps and websites are affected by the major internet outage?

A widespread Amazon Web Services outage has disrupted access to major platforms including Snapchat, Zoom, and Fortnite.

This Day in History: The Internet is born

A first-of-its-kind electronic message is sent from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. The first message was to be ...

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration ...
USA Today

What is 5G Home Internet? Everything you need to know

If you're frustrated with your internet service provider (ISP), live in a rural area or an area without many ISP options, 5G home internet may be an alternative. More and more mobile carriers are now ...
CNET

There's an Online Community That Believes the Internet Died in 2016. Here's How AI Fits Into the Picture

Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...
Time

What 1990s Internet History Tells Us About the AI Boom

Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton promote the second national NetDay, designed to help connect every classroom and library in the U.S. to the internet by the year 2000, in the White ...
THE WEEK

What is the dead internet theory?

How can you really know who on the internet is real and who is not? That is the basis of what is known as the dead internet theory, a "joke-cum-conspiracy that says if you're reading these words ...
NBC Chicago

What is net neutrality and how does latest court ruling affect your internet use?

Net neutrality rules require broadband internet providers to treat all internet traffic equally, preventing companies like Comcast and Verizon from favoring some websites and apps over others. The ...

How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away ...
Futurism on MSN

After Bringing Down Internet, Amazon Announces Biggest Mass Firing in Its History

"Just yesterday I joked that it wouldn't be the worst thing if I got laid off. I take it back." The post After Bringing Down ...
CNET

Want a Fiber Internet Connection? Read This First

Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...
Entrepreneur

A Big Piece of Internet History Is About to Disappear

AOL just announced that it is ending dial-up Internet service forever. The service and all associated software will stop working on September 30, 2025. In 2023, 163,000 United States households relied ...