Moscow businesses struggle as Russia restricts cellphone internet services

Cellphone internet disruptions have gripped the Russian capital for more than a week, derailing the daily routine for ...
Reporters Without Borders

Behind the scenes of a newsroom in exile: 8AM Media, a beacon of light in the darkness of Kabul

AM Media, an online media outlet operating in exile, is one of Afghanistan’s last remaining bastions of independent journalism. As working openly as a journalist in Kabul has become impossible under ...

How to delete or hide yourself from the internet - 11 effective ways (and most are free)

Take control of your privacy, cut off data trackers, and erase your online presence with these expert-approved tips.

My Online Billboard Secures Federal Registration for “Make the Entire Internet Your Billboard”

My Online Billboard, an independent advertising platform focused on helping businesses increase awareness across ...

Google Is Selling Most of Its Fiber Business: Here's What GFiber Customers Need to Know

Google sells fiber majority stake to Stonepeak, merging GFiber with Astound Broadband. Here's what it means for customers & what could change.

Born as Wave in the Seattle area, Astound Broadband is merging with GFiber as new internet provider

For the Pacific Northwest tech corridor, the deal is the latest chapter for a business born in Kirkland, Wash., as Wave ...

Google’s GFiber to merge with Astound Broadband, form independent provider

Google ( GOOG) ( GOOGL) on Wednesday said that its fiber internet unit, GFiber, will merge with Astound Broadband to form an independent provider, with Google retaining a minority stake.

Google sells partial stake in fiber business, becomes minority owner of new venture

The new company will be majority owned by investment firm Stonepeak and led by the existing GFiber executive team, "utilizing ...
Reporters Without Borders

World Day Against Cyber Censorship: RSF unveils new US room in its Minecraft Uncensored Library

To mark World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March 12, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has opened a new room in the Uncensored Library, a virtual library within Minecraft, the world’s best selling ...

Teens Are Using AI-Fueled ‘Slander Pages’ to Mock Their Teachers

Viral student-run TikTok and Instagram accounts are using AI to make memes of school faculty comparing them to figures like Jeffrey Epstein and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump administration's immigration policy censors speech, lawsuit says

The Coalition for Independent Technology Research called the policy a "flagrant violation of the First Amendment" in a March 9 lawsuit.

Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy

When it fails, large parts of the internet effectively disappear, even if servers are still running. DNS is not alone. Over the past decade, four core internet services – DNS, authentication, email ...