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You'll soon be able to safely and easily move your passkeys between password managers
The FIDO Alliance is working on a new set of standards for transferring credentials.
Igor Bonifacic10.15.2024YouTube is now showing ads when you pause videos
A new advertising method on YouTube shows ads when you pause videos.
Danny Gallagher09.19.2024Google searches now link to the Internet Archive
Google searches now allow users to use the Wayback Machine with a few clicks in the latest collaboration between Google and the Internet Archive.
Jeremy Gan09.11.2024Brazil bans X for refusing to comply with Supreme Court order
Elon Musk's refusal to comply with a Brazilian court's orders has led to a nationwide ban on X.
Danny Gallagher08.30.2024The world’s largest TV and movie piracy streaming ring is dead
The Fmovies illegal streaming empire has been shut down by a joint effort between Vietnamese police and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.
Danny Gallagher08.29.2024ISPs are fighting to raise the price of low-income broadband
Internet service providers are objected to the lower rates they need to offer lower income customers if they want to obtain government funds from a new Internet access program.
Danny Gallagher07.26.2024Apple Maps is now available on the web in beta
Apple Maps is now available on the web on Mac, iPad and Windows PCs.
Kris Holt07.24.2024Fandango co-founder J. Michael Cline dead at 64
Fandango founder J. Michael Cline died Tuesday after falling from a New York City hotel balcony.
Danny Gallagher07.18.2024Salad Fingers turned 20 this week and there’s a new episode out to commemorate it
The first episode of the web series 'Salad Fingers' hit Newgrounds on July 1, 2004. To mark its milestone birthday, creator David Firth dropped a 20th anniversary special that sees the titular Salad Fingers taking a walk down memory lane.
Cheyenne MacDonald07.06.2024Firefox starts letting you use AI chatbots in the sidebar
Mozilla is bringing AI chatbots to the Firefox sidebar, but they're entirely optional.
Kris Holt06.25.2024Snap brings its AR lenses to Chrome through an extension
Snap has released a Google Chrome extension that brings its augmented reality lenses to the browser.
Kris Holt05.22.2024Reddit is back online after a major outage forced everyone to touch grass
Reddit is currently down. The company is working on a fix.
Lawrence Bonk04.25.2024FCC votes to restore net neutrality protections
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to restore net neutrality protections. Under those rules, ISPs are not allowed to throttle access to specific sites or charge streaming services for faster service.
Kris Holt04.25.2024The FCC will vote to restore net neutrality later this month
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote to restore net neutrality later this month. With the Democrats finally holding an FCC majority in the final year of President Biden’s first term.
Will Shanklin04.03.2024First cyberflasher convicted in England is sentenced to 66 weeks in jail
A man has been jailed for 66 weeks after becoming the first person convicted of cyberflashing in England and Wales. The act was banned in both countries in January.
Kris Holt03.19.2024The FCC just quadrupled the download speed required to market internet as ‘broadband’
The FCC has raised the speeds required to describe internet service as “broadband” for the first time since 2015. The agency’s annual high-speed internet assessment concluded that 100 Mbps downloads and 20 Mbps uploads will be the new standard.
Will Shanklin03.14.2024Safe Browsing on Google Chrome adds real-time protection against malicious sites
Google says it has updated Chrome to offer better protection against malicious websites. With the Safe Browsing mode enabled, Chrome will check URLs in real-time without disclosing which sites you visit to Google's servers.
Kris Holt03.14.2024Google Search is losing its 'cached' web page feature
One of Google Search's oldest and best-known features, cache links (aka "cached"), are being retired.
Steve Dent02.02.2024How we built a less-explodey lithium battery and kickstarted the EV revolution
For the final installment of Hitting the Books for 2023, we're bringing you an excerpt from the fantastic Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway.
Andrew Tarantola12.24.2023Google's superfast 20Gbps Wi-Fi 7 Fiber plan costs $250 a month
If you've been thinking about hosting your own mini data center or need to stream 1,333 Netflix 4K programs at once, Google Fiber has the answer.
Steve Dent12.12.2023