Internet

Blockchain to revolutionize elections?

Changing one’s mind, real-time querying of the ballot box during an election, and instant results are some of the benefits to a blockchain-based election mechanism

Why Belgium leads the world in IPv6 adoption

Yahoo users have no need to panic

Some say Verizon acquisition could mean a rebirth instead of a death

Verizon’s Yahoo deal creates tracking powerhouse, privacy groups warn

Verizon's recent acquisitions help it track consumers online and on their mobile devices

Verizon must pay even if Mozilla walks from Yahoo search deal

Firefox's maker can opt out, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer confirmed last week; but if Mozilla does, Verizon's payments may be much smaller

Yahoo abandons fight, sells internet business to Verizon for $4.8B

After the sale Yahoo will be left with cash, investments in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, and some patents

A look at the new Verizon/Yahoo homepage

More than half the world is still offline

The wealth gap in internet access persists and the gender gap is growing, the ITU says

Why a Verizon and Yahoo merger would be like Microsoft snapping up CompuServe

Cultures collide, it happens. But this one is a bad idea.

Firefox sets kill-Flash schedule

Will begin Flash blocking in August; expand to all content in 2017