1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (645+ words) The great majority of data that crosses between continents travels through fibre-optic cables on the seabed, not through satellites. Estimates put the share at somewhere between 95 and 99 per cent of international traffic. Satellites, for all their visibility, carry the remainder....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1297+ words) On March 15, 1985, a Massachusetts computer company called Symbolics Inc. became the first business to put its name under. com, not by clicking through a registrar checkout page, but by entering a naming system still small enough to be handled by…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (952+ words) Somewhere in the settings of every phone is a long list of applications, each with a switch governing whether it may interrupt you. For most people the switches are left as they came: on. The phone arrives configured to reach…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (976+ words) The usual word for this person is passive. They are a lurker, a member of the silent majority, someone who takes from the platform without giving anything back. The framing carries a faint charge of disapproval, as though reading without…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1264+ words) Most travelers don't realize that a security gap exists the exact moment they join a public network. When you first connect to, let's say, a hotel Wi-Fi, your device is completely exposed while you navigate the browser login page, commonly…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (688+ words) While Discord makes socializing easy, it often trades user privacy for that convenience. Like most other people, I mainly use the platform to coordinate with friends and guildmates during games, so many of these features felt like vulnerabilities rather than…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (873+ words) Think that fake screen name helps you stay anonymous online? Thanks to AI, that anonymity might be a thing of the past. You still have several ways to protect yourself from being unmasked by AI. While you are wondering whether…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (679+ words) Many of our favorite apps and sites are now requiring age verification to protect younger users. But, when it comes to Discord, age verification went terribly wrong. Now, the popular community building platform is scrambling to fix it and rebuild…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (686+ words) While Gemini's intelligence has evolved, its web interface feels stuck in the past. Navigating long conversations is difficult, chat management is nonexistent, and the layout wastes valuable screen space. Here is how I use the Gemini Voyager extension to overcome…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (877+ words) Phishing scams keep evolving and the latest Malware as a Service (Maa S) scam targeting Windows users proves it. Microsoft took action, but the scam itself can't actually be stopped. Here is how it works, and how you can protect yourself....