How the internet and Wi-Fi work: A guide to connections, data and the cloud

Your internet service provider (ISP) brings the internet into your home through a modem. A router then converts that signal ...

What exactly is the internet? A computer scientist explains what it is and how it came to be

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...
ZDNet

How an 'internet of agents' could help AIs connect and work together

Countless AI agents are performing countless functions, but are they talking to each other? It is time to think about how to connect them, both within and across organizations. An open-source ...
University of California

How AI discriminates and what that means for your Google habit: A conversation with internet studies scholar Safiya Noble

Safiya Umoja Noble swears she is not a Luddite. But she does think we could all learn a thing or two from the machine-bashing textile craftsmen in 19th-century Britain whose name is now synonymous ...
CNET

Does the Internet Have an Environmental Impact? Yes, Actually. And It’s Getting Bigger

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...