On January 8, as thousands of Iranians took to the streets in nationwide protests, the government cut off the internet. Under cover of digital darkness, the Iranian regime launched a brutal and deadly ...

High-altitude platforms could help connect over 2 billion people around the world who are still offline. Today, an estimated 2.2 billion people still have either limited or no access to the internet, ...

Mint Mobile first announced plans to enter the wireless internet market late last year, eventually rolling out service in October. The company’s so-called Minternet service is built on the same ...

Contractors lay fiber optic lines for high speed internet in Cary, N.C. in 2015. Travis Long [email protected] I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a ...

Satellite internet providers have transformed connectivity for rural and hard-to-reach areas, offering options where fiber or cable are unavailable. Starlink dominates with its low-Earth orbit (LEO) ...

Protests began in Iran in response to worsening economic conditions and as the Iranian rial hit record lows against the US dollar. Internet access in Iran was cut on Thursday by the government as ...

For 25 years, Pew Research Center has tracked some of the biggest technological shifts in history. Note: We conducted polls via phone from 2000 to 2021; via web and mail in 2023; and via web, mail and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Even for the casual observer, it’s probably apparent that modern warfare, both domestic and abroad, is ...

Starlink, the satellite-based internet service from SpaceX, is quickly becoming a viable choice for those looking for high-speed internet. While satellite internet still falls behind fiber internet, ...

An outage affecting cybersecurity firm Cloudflare took down huge swathes of the internet with it on Tuesday, once again highlighting how a handful internet services allow the entire web to stay online ...

Cloudflare suffered a major outage on Nov. 18, and it took many major platforms down with it. OpenAI, Spotify, X, and Canva were among just some of the websites and services that went down Tuesday ...

Just blocks from the Presidio of San Francisco, the national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, stands a gleaming white building, its façade adorned with eight striking gothic columns. But ...