World Dec 04 Russia restricts FaceTime in latest step to control online communications By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press
Nation Nov 18 Cloudflare outage impacts thousands, disrupting transit systems, ChatGPT, X and more At 10:40 a.m. EST, Cloudflare said its engineers were still mitigating some lingering issues after they posted a fix for the outage, but that they were continuing to monitor for any further problems. By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press
Nation Oct 24 Alaska Airlines resumes operations after an IT outage grounded its flights for hours The airline says in a statement Friday that 229 flights were canceled because of the outage and that more flight disruptions were expected as it works to "reposition aircraft and crews."… By Associated Press
World Oct 20 What to know about the Amazon Web Services outage Internet disruptions tied to Amazon's cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for work, social media and video games. By Associated Press
World Oct 18 Watch 6:31 Massive leak exposes how China’s ‘Great Firewall’ is being exported to other countries For years, China’s government has used what’s known as the “Great Firewall” to censor the internet inside its country and block access to select foreign websites. Now, a document leak shows that a little-known Chinese company is exporting these tools… By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery
Oct 01 AOL ends dial-up internet service, marking the end of an era By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago. Continue reading
Oct 12 Is childproofing the internet constitutional? A legal expert explains By Meg Leta Jones, The Conversation A wave of state laws have recently passed across the U.S. to address a variety of online harms affecting children as a result of alarming revelations about youth experiences with digital technologies. Continue reading
Aug 25 CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested at Paris airport, French media report By Barbara Surk, Associated Press Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram, was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 7:29 Bill aimed at protecting children online sparks debate over censorship and privacy By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Azhar Merchant The U.S. Senate passed the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday. If the bill is approved in the House, it will mark the first time in 25 years that Congress has passed a law aimed to better protect children from… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 6:27 The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Andrew Corkery The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It’s adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost,… Continue watching