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Finding low-cost internet is becoming increasingly more difficult with rising prices and decreased support for low-income families. The Affordable Connectivity Program was shuttered in June 2024, ...

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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 ...

I’ve tried to picture what I’d even do if WiFi vanished overnight—no Instagram, no random 2 a.m. Googling, no doomscrolling—and all I could imagine was hanging out outside like a Victorian child who’s ...

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 ...

Is Verizon down right now, and are you seeing SOS on your iPhone or Galaxy? Here's what we know.

With more personal devices online than ever, upgrading to symmetrical internet speeds can make a bigger difference than you'd imagine. Palash has been writing about technology (and entertainment) for ...

About three years ago, writer Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” to describe a widely observed yet hazily defined phenomenon: the general worsening of online platforms in recent years.

If you've spent any amount of time wandering through the stranger corners of the Internet, be it Reddit, 4Chan, or conspiracy-themed YouTube channels, you may have bumped into a phrase that sounds ...