#author_name|Jon Fingas, #Internet & Networking Technology SpaceX wants to put Starlink internet on rural school buses Starlink satellite internet access has already spread to boats and RVs , and now it might accompany your child on the way home from class. SpaceX told Thursday, September 22, 2022 Share
#author_name|Mariella Moon, #Internet & Networking Technology LastPass was hacked, but it says no user data was compromised In August, LastPass had admitted that an "unauthorized party" gained entry into its system. Any news about a password manager getting hacked Saturday, September 17, 2022 Share
#author_name|Steve Dent, #Internet & Networking Technology Microsoft Teams has been storing authentication tokens in plaintext Microsoft Teams stores authentication tokens in unencrypted plaintext mode, allowing attackers to potentially control communications within an organiz Friday, September 16, 2022 Share
#author_name|Andrew Tarantola, #Internet & Networking Technology Hitting the Books: How can privacy survive in a world that never forgets? As I write this, Amazon is announcing its purchase of iRobot , adding its room-mapping robotic vacuum technology to the company's existing home sur Sunday, August 21, 2022 Share
#author_name|Igor Bonifacic, #Government Inaccurate maps are delaying the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s broadband funding Nearly nine months after Congress passed President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill , the federal government has yet to allocate any of the $42. Sunday, August 14, 2022 Share
#author_name|Steve Dent, #Internet & Networking Technology The man who built his own ISP to avoid huge fees is expanding his service Given a choice between settling for pathetically slow internet speeds from AT&T or paying Comcast $50,000 to expand to his rural home, Michigan re Thursday, August 11, 2022 Share
#author_name|Steve Dent, #Crime & Justice US and UK joint data access agreement goes into effect on October 3rd The US and UK have signed a Data Access Agreement that will allow law enforcement agencies in each country to request user internet data from the othe Friday, July 22, 2022 Share
#author_name|Igor Bonifacic, #Internet & Networking Technology Rogers restores service following Canada-wide internet outage On Saturday, Rogers Communications said it had restored service for the “vast majority” of customers affected by the outage that left many Canadians w Saturday, July 09, 2022 Share
#author_name|Kris Holt, #Government Biden administration launches $45 billion plan to get the entire US online by 2030 The Biden administration has formally started its $45 billion effort to bring affordable and reliable high-speed broadband internet access to everyone Friday, May 13, 2022 Share
#author_name|Steve Dent, #Internet & Networking Technology White House agreement sees ISPs cap broadband prices for low-income households A key component of the Biden Administration's $1 trillion US Infrastructure Bill was ensuring that people of all means had access to reliable high Monday, May 09, 2022 Share
#author_name|Kris Holt, #Internet & Networking Technology A new Google Cloud team is building services for Web3 developers Google is putting together a team to build backend services for blockchain developers. The company is hoping to make Google Cloud Platform the primary Friday, May 06, 2022 Share
#author_name|Igor Bonifacic, #Internet & Networking Technology Microsoft Edge will soon include a free built-in VPN Microsoft has consistently tried to get more people to use Edge. Some of the ways it has pursued that goal have been less well-received than others, b Saturday, April 30, 2022 Share
#author_name|Igor Bonifacic, #Internet & Networking Technology Jack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internet Twitter founder Jack Dorsey would like you to know he too misses the early days of the internet when protocols like IRC made the web seem like a place Sunday, April 03, 2022 Share
#author_name|Steve Dent, #Internet & Networking Technology Meta is winding down its low-cost WiFi program for developing countries Meta is ending its Express Wi-Fi program designed to provide low-cost internet in developing countries through partnerships with local communities, mo Tuesday, February 01, 2022 Share
#author_name|Daniel Cooper, #Internet & Networking Technology Facebook details its takedown of a mass-harassment network Meta/Facebook is today updating the world on how its efforts to remove fake and adversarial networks from its platform are going. The social network h Wednesday, December 01, 2021 Share
#author_name|Jessica Conditt, #Information Technology Google Cloud outage takes down Spotify, Snapchat, Etsy and more sites A Google Cloud network issue has taken down a handful of prominent websites today, including Spotify, Snapchat, Etsy and Discord. Google says the issu Tuesday, November 16, 2021 Share
#author_name|Jon Fingas, #Internet & Networking Technology FBI email servers were hacked to target a security researcher The FBI appears to have been used as a pawn in a fight between hackers and security researchers. According to Bleeping Computer , the FBI has confirmed Saturday, November 13, 2021 Share
#author_name|Jon Fingas, #Internet & Networking Technology Verizon partners with Amazon to offer satellite internet in rural areas Amazon's internet satellites will be put to work expanding rural broadband coverage. CNBC reports Verizon is teaming with Amazon to improve fixed w Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Share
#author_name|Kris Holt, #Information Technology Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers may have breached 14 more companies Microsoft has shared more details about a recent cyberattack campaign orchestrated by the Russian state-sponsored group blamed for last year's dev Monday, October 25, 2021 Share
#author_name|Jon Fingas, #Internet & Networking Technology Brave’s privacy-first search engine is now built in to its browser Brave is very confident in its privacy-centric search engine — so much so that it's giving Google the boot. As of today (October 19th), Brave will Tuesday, October 19, 2021 Share