In the realm of research, a significant shift has occurred, marking the transition from the physical confines of libraries and archives to the expansive digital universe. This transformation signifies ...

The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the ...

What if the end of the smartphone era is caused by the ability to use your skin — instead of a screen or even voice commands — to interface with the internet? Or by using your mind to control devices ...

New data shows AI bots pushing deeper into the web, prompting publishers to roll out more aggressive defenses.

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 ...

Once a year, we alter a single digit in the number we use to name the year we all live in – a change as slight, in the grand scheme of things, as it is arbitrary – and somehow it prompts a collective ...

“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 ...

Adrian Ward had been driving confidently around Austin, Texas, for nine years — until last November, when he started getting lost. Ward’s phone had been acting up, and Apple Maps had stopped working.

The last time I published a Waters Cooler, our weekly round-up of industry announcements and news stories, I was tagged in a post promoting the newsletter on Twitter X. According to metrics, the post ...

For Americans who can't get high-speed internet, myriad efforts by cities, new technologies and public programs are bridging the gaps. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, ...

The Iranian regime has made progress on its plans to “retire” access to the international internet, according to experts, who warn Iran is entering “a new age of digital isolation.” ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) was one of the major tech buzz terms that preceded the current Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom. The IoT broke out of technology circles and into mainstream consciousness ...