Internet

Google Fiber will add urban coverage and wireless by acquiring Webpass

Webpass has combined fiber with wireless to focus on high speed Internet connections for residential and commercial buildings

Consumers’ love for streamed TV keeps growing

Survey shows streamed over-the-top TV grew strongly. Cable providers are preparing with capped usage plans.

Think tanks mull Geneva Convention for cybercrime

One way to protect critical national infrastructure from cyberwar is to promise not to attack it, policy wonks say

Microsoft plugs Edge browser as power miser

Beats the drum on consumption to turn around downturn in adoption

Activists fighting expansion of government powers to hack private computers

Why internet access is a modern necessity, not a luxury

Do you consider internet access a necessity of modern life? If so, then you should be in favor of net neutrality.

Why Google picked its Zurich lab to expand AI and machine learning research

Selecting its Zurich, Switzerland, lab to grow its research wasn’t an opportunistic hiring decision. It was strategic.

How behavior online will identify you

The way you interact with your digital bubble creates a behavioral signature. That will be enough to identify you.

Verizon blames ‘routing’ error for Baltimore 911 outage

Senate panel votes to weaken net neutrality rules

The legislation would exempt small ISPs from transparency requirements