Internet

An e-reader displaying text is propped up against a stack of hardcover books.
Books
How the Internet Archive’s “Free Digital Library” fell to the “fair use” test
Damon Root
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Big Tech
The next big tech trend will start out looking like a toy
In “Read, Write, Own: Building The Next Era of the Internet,” investor Chris Dixon explains why the biggest trends often go overlooked.
Chris Dixon
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Global Development
2.6 billion people don’t use the internet. What’s stopping them?
One-third of the world still isn’t online. Here’s how the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is working to close the digital divide.
Kristin Houser
A digital rendering of a judge's gavel striking a sound block against a background of green and black pixelated squares, symbolizing the concept of social media censorship.
Censorship
Constitutional warning shot for social media “deplatforming” laws
Damon Root
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Misinformation
Hugo Mercier says we’ve been misinformed about misinformation
Tim Brinkhof
A person wears a VR headset with "Coming Soon!!!" displayed on the screen, extending one hand with a finger pointing upwards, against a blue sky with clouds background, symbolizing the intersection of technology and social media mental health awareness.
Metaverse
You’re thinking of the metaverse all wrong, says Matthew Ball
Ross Pomeroy
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Video Games
Meet Thresh, the world’s first professional gamer
Ross Pomeroy
A person lying down in the dark, looking at a smartphone held above their face, scrolling through social media.
Mental Health
Potato chips or heroin? The debate on social media and mental health
Kevin Dickinson
Google search bar shows autocomplete suggestions for "is TikTok," including various queries about TikTok being banned, shut down, or deleted in America.
Apps
How the TikTok case pits national security against freedom of speech
Damon Root
A digital illustration of a large Astranis satellite orbiting Earth, equipped with solar panels and transmitting data via a blue beam.
Aerospace
Starlink competitor unveils new internet satellite
Kristin Houser
A man is spraying paint on a large barrel underwater.
Most data lives in the cloud. What if it lived under the sea?
Kathryn McMahon and Paul Haskell-Dowland
a rocket in mid-flight
Aerospace
SpaceX’s Starlink is now available across the entire US
Kristin Houser
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Computer Science
New experiment brings us closer to unbreakable quantum encryption
Kevin Dickinson