2017 has been a rollercoaster year, but you might want to sit down to absorb this particularly unexpected piece of news: Comcast is raising the price of its standalone broadband plan. Stop the >>
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Google will use lasers instead of fiber to deploy high-speed internet
There are two main components to getting an entire nation online: the last mile, and the backbone. The often-talked-about “last mile” is the final piece of the puzzle, the cable running to each >>
‘Gangnam Style’ is no longer the most-viewed video on YouTube
As it turns out, 2017 does have some silver linings. Gangnam Style, which has dominated the YouTube video leaderboards for the last five years, is out. It’s been surpassed for most all-time views by >>
It’s not just you: CNN, New York Times, Reddit, and other sites are all down
A strange outage has struck a number of extremely popular websites this morning, bringing The New York Times, CNN, Reddit, Pinterest, Etsy, and Amazon to their knees in many areas of the country. >>
Politicians who voted to gut web privacy are now being shamed on huge billboards
Remember back in March when the totally-not-corrupt, democratically-elected politicians in Congress voted to allow ISPs to continue conducting the shady business of compiling and selling the browsing habits of its customers? There was >>
What you can do now that Congress sold out your online privacy
Yes, Congress did “sell you out” earlier this week, by passing a bill that will let internet service providers (ISPs) collect your browsing data and use it for their financial gain. But that doesn’t mean >>
This might be the worst tech prediction in history
One of the more exciting things about following the tech world is that its nearly impossible to predict where things are headed. Sure, we know that 2017 will usher in more powerful smartphones >>
People are trying to save 2016 by making ‘puppies’ the word of the year
Scientifically speaking, 2016 has been a trash fire inside a dumpster fire of a limp-wristed excuse for a year. But we’ve still got another month to go. You could take this opportunity to >>
