Internet

The modern guide to staying safe online

Keeping safe and productive online requires smart decision-making and just the right preventive measures to fit the level of risk you can live with.

Use wired networks for Gigabit, not Wi-Fi

Superfast Gigabit broadband is coming. However, getting it at the highest speed involves some planning, including possibly regressing to wired networks.

Facebook hit with maximum fine for breaking French privacy law

The fine, related to Facebook's changes to its privacy policy in 2015, represents about 25 minutes' profit for the company

8 ways to manage an internet or security crisis

IT, communications and security experts share tips on what to do when your business is hit with an IT-related disaster, such as a cyberattack, an ecommerce site crash or a software failure.

It’s now easier to check if that used smartphone you might buy is stolen

Conservative group takes credit for anti-net neutrality comments

The Center for Individual Freedom says it's generating real comments, not fake ones

Comparing the performance of popular public DNS providers

Artificial intelligence tool fixes password weakness

Password meters must tell people what’s wrong with their password and suggest fixes. AI can make that happen.

Bot-generated comments swamp FCC, urging overturn of net neutrality

The comments don't appear to be the work of real people

Versa brings multiple functions to software-defined branch networks

The SD-WAN startup will let enterprises combine routing, firewalls, intrusion prevention and more in a white-box branch system