I’ve written hundreds of articles about broadband internet technology, but I’d never heard about data being transmitted through invisible lasers before. This wasn’t the plot of a sci-fi movie. This ...

The backdrop of this week’s Senate ICANN hearing is the future of Internet governance. Since the Obama administration announced that it was breaking the last ties that bind the U.S. Government to ...

Cities like Fort Collins, Colorado, have built their own fiber networks to provide more affordable, reliable internet to residents. Holland, a software engineer, heard about Connexion while ...

On September 22, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Global Digital Compact (GDC), marking one of the most significant intergovernmental agreements on digital issues in the past two ...

Plus: Nvidia says its AI chips don't have a secret inbuilt "kill switch" This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of ...

Once upon a time, in the age of dial-up, even one megabit per second was considered a fast internet speed. Today, that’s barely enough to register on an internet speed test, and the average US ...

Imagine a future where internet connections are not only lightning-fast but also remarkably reliable, even in crowded spaces. This vision is rapidly approaching reality, thanks to new research on ...

As we approach the WSIS+20 Review, the future of Internet governance is at a crossroads. In its January 29th submission, the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC)—representing ...

Did you know you can already wi-fi-enable your plant? It’s so it can contact you on your phone when it needs to be watered or requires more sunlight. Maybe one day it’ll also contact you when it’s ...