[Editor’s Note: Independent security consultant Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.] Commentary: Yes, 2020 really sucked. But it could have been ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Government-imposed internet blackouts increased in length by 49% in 2020 compared to 2019, per research by digital security and rights group ...

For years, social-media platforms had held firm: Just because a post was false didn’t mean it was their place to do anything about it. But 2020 changed their minds. As if to make clear how far things ...

Internet has been instrumental in fundamentally changing the way one works. The ubiquitous nature of Internet essentially renders physical presence null and void to a large extent, and thus has turned ...

Large numbers of US Internet subscribers are using over 1TB a month for the first time as the pandemic continues to boost home-Internet usage, according to research released today by the vendor ...

We were all online more than we’d have liked this year. All the time we were meant to spend at dinner or the movies was instead spent scrolling for news—good news, bad news, what’s the difference? The ...

Look, even without COVID, 2020 was going to be garbage. It was an election year, for fuck’s sake, so a glut of unhinged political punditry was destined to clog up our social media feeds and needle our ...

China plans to bring gigabit Internet speeds to its major cities by 2020, part of its effort to expand broadband among households in the nation. The Chinese government set out the target in its new ...

A new report shows India’s regional internet shutdowns in 2020 cost its economy approximately $2.8 billion, making it the country that suffered the most damage from internet manipulation by a ...

Pew Research Center has a long history of studying technology adoption trends and the impact of digital technology on society. This report focuses on American adults’ experiences with and attitudes ...