Tag: Internet

February 9, 2024

When it comes to the internet, you might be inclined to think that countries boasting a more reliable infrastructure are also benefiting from better online security. Well, that’s proven to be a mere conjecture. Researchers at VPN service provider Surfshark […]

January 23, 2024

If composing the perfect email isn’t your forte, help could be on the way from Google, in the shape of a new AI voice feature for Gmail that’s set to make drafting emails less of a chore for Android users. […]

December 14, 2023

Most of the categories make an annual appearance. For example, users sent 241 million emails/minute this year, up from 231.4 million in 2022. People searched Google at a rate of 6.3 million queries per minute, a 6.7 percent increase year […]

December 11, 2023

Wi-Fi 7 is going to be official, by which we mean finalized, before the end of the first quarter of 2024. Word has come from the Wi-Fi Alliance (sworn enemies of the Bluetooth Empire – or maybe not) that next-gen […]

June 26, 2023

The White House on Monday announced plans to spend as much as $42 billion on making internet access universal in the country by 2030, according to a report by Reuters. This initiative is part of President Joe Biden’s new economic […]

December 29, 2022

Listening to Jimmy Buffett unironically will be in next year if I have anything to say about it. Smash-burgers, however, will be out. With 2022 winding down, the Extremely Online have taken it upon themselves to predict the trends of […]

October 14, 2022

Google Fiber will offer 5Gbps and 8Gbps tiers starting in early 2023 (via 9to5Google). The company is pitching these new offerings for people like creative professionals, those that regularly work “in the cloud” or with large data, and households with […]

September 23, 2022

SpaceX further noted that the overwhelming majority of participating students will not have access to high-speed broadband at home. According to cited figures, an estimated 17 million students in the US do not have access to an Internet connection at […]

August 25, 2022

In 1992, librarian Jean Armour Polly coined the phrase “surfing the Internet” and for anyone that has since ridden its waves of data and information, chances are you have come across the term DNS. Today, the domain name system (DNS) […]

June 22, 2022

Getting access to some of the most popular online tools for Microsoft Edge should soon be easier than ever thanks to a new update. The company has revealed it is working on an upgrade for its browser that will give […]

December 22, 2021

The introduction of the Static Web, or Web1, was revolutionary. It didn’t get the same praise as its successor, Web2, but it was, nevertheless, an invention that eased a couple of hassles. Those who were fortunate enough to have lived […]

October 14, 2021

Anyone who’s ever done an Instagram Live will know the prep behind it, making sure everything is just right: lighting, volume, Internet connection, the works. I do not count myself amongst these creators, but I can imagine it’s a stressful […]

August 18, 2021

A virtual private network (VPN) is the perfect solution for a lot of issues you might experience online- accessing blocked sites, hiding your browsing activity, getting rid of internet throttling, finding better deals, and much more. But does a VPN […]

July 13, 2021

The pandemic has brought us a dispersed workforce model. This means career opportunities can be dispersed also, and those looking to get into cloud computing from where they live have new opportunities to enhance or start a career in cloud […]

April 15, 2021

Verizon continues to expand its 5G services to additional cities in the United States. After bringing 5G Home Internet to a couple more locations less than a week ago, the Big Red announced today that 5G Business Internet is now […]

March 17, 2021

Facebook is addressing the criticism it’s faced for its role in human rights abuses by putting its values on paper in a new “corporate human rights policy” collecting “the human rights standards [it] will strive to respect.” Under the policy, […]

February 26, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt a program that provides emergency discounts of up to $50 per month toward broadband internet service for low-income households. The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program also provides up to $75 per […]

June 9, 2020

5G internet has been one of the biggest buzzwords in the tech world over the past few years. As the next generation of cellular technology, the faster speeds and lower latencies it offers promise to change everything from your phone […]

March 24, 2020

Due to the current virus-related lockdown in many states in the US and in many European countries, some people are getting concerned whether the networks can withstand the higher demand from people stuck at home. A study by Speedtest was […]

September 26, 2019

Thanks to the success of projects like Let’s Encrypt and recent UX changes in the browsers, most page-loads are now encrypted with TLS. But DNS, the system that looks up a site’s IP address when you type the site’s name […]