Tech journalists (including me) often recommend buying a modem for internet service rather than renting one from your provider. It’s quick advice that readers will remember and, in most cases, it works […]
I live a short drive away from Silicon Valley. You’d think my internet speeds would be phenomenal as a result. Alas, no. Those gigabit speeds promoted in numerous AT&T, Comcast, and Sonic […]
The Internet is an ever-expanding virtual universe. With each passing second, millions of users across the globe interact, share, and create content on an astonishing number of websites. But have you ever […]
A new wave of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard may or may not change the way humans interact with technology forever. But before it does that, it’s going to […]
The US Federal Communications Commission defines “broadband internet” as 25 megabits down, 3 megabits up, a standard that hasn’t been updated since 2015. If you hadn’t noticed, the internet looks a bit […]
There are a ton of different ways to get your internet connection, which is why “broadband” is something of a blanket term that just means “fast service.” But what counts as fast? […]
In the spirit of full disclosure: I really despise Comcast’s Xfinity Internet. Which is why its new prepaid nationwide Internet service, NOW Internet, looks surprisingly like something I would use–close, but not […]
We’ve probably all encountered the infamous 404 error message at some point during our browsing. Maybe you were looking for some old forum you used to hang out on or some other […]
Hey, remember Windows XP? You know, the nostalgia-rich operating system from 2001 that’s fondly remembered by many, which was widely used around the world until support for it officially ended in 2014. […]
The Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine cache history have become a staple of in-the-know web users. And like every other service that gets any amount of attention, it’s now come under […]
