“Was the internet really this bad?” I wondered to myself as I read the September 1995 issue of The Atlantic. I was reading the issue in digital form, displayed on Netscape Navigator 3 on a mid-’90s ...

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In 1994, the modern Internet (which was almost always capitalized back then, and sometimes called just “Internet”) was itself just 11 years old, and mostly the domain of researchers and hobbyists and ...

Welcome to the second article in our three-part series on the history of the Internet. If you haven't already, read part one here. As a refresher, here's the story so far: The ARPANET was a project ...

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 ...

The new addition to the Spider-Man franchise has been panned by critics and mocked on social media. But if all press is good press, why are its ticket sales so dismal? By Callie Holtermann Ricky ...

The internet is bigger and more fragile than ever, thanks to larger attacks. Much of that growth is driven by bots and AI crawlers. Increasingly, we use smartphones and satellites to access the web.

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 ...