May 20 Watch 3:55 EU to install sweeping changes to online privacy rules By PBS News Hour The European Union on Friday will install the General Data Protection Regulation, the biggest change to online privacy rules since the internet was invented. The rules will apply to thousands of companies including Google and Facebook and are meant to… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 5:40 How to visit Mars with a tiny satellite and static electricity By Nsikan Akpan Cubesats, low-cost, bite-sized satellites inspired by the tubes used to hold Beanie Babies, were invented in 1999 as educational tools. Now, aerospace suppliers and governments across the globe see the tools as the future of space commercialization and deep space… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 3:13 The alarming challenge of building a safer, fairer internet By PBS News Hour When Martha Lane Fox was starting her career in tech, the internet felt like the "most incredible, redistributive, democratic, empowering force for good." So what went wrong? Fox, a current board member of Twitter and founder of Doteveryone, offers her… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 5:27 How will rolling back net neutrality affect consumers? You’ll have to read the fine print. By PBS News Hour The Trump administration could potentially change how consumers access video, music, web stories and other online content by rolling back many of the net neutrality rules passed by the Obama administration. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says the government should stop… Continue watching
Aug 18 Trump approves plan to create independent cyber command By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Donald Trump has approved a long-delayed Pentagon plan to create an independent and more aggressive cyber command. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 3:59 How a global sting took down two major dark web markets By PBS News Hour The U.S. Justice Department, in partnership with European investigators, has shut down two of the dark web’s largest websites. The black market sites were allegedly purveyors of illegal drugs, guns and hacking tools, according to federal charges announced on Thursday. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch 6:26 How will a new law blocking internet privacy rules affect you? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 3:56 Senate votes to undo internet privacy regulations By PBS News Hour The Senate voted on March 23 to overturn internet privacy rules created to prevent providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from sharing users' personal information or selling it without permission. While the House has yet to vote on the issue,… Continue watching
Mar 23 Senate votes to undo privacy rules that protect user data By Tali Arbel and Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Republican-led Senate moved Thursday to undo Obama-era regulations that would have forced internet service providers to ask customers' permission before they could use or sell much of their personal information. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 9:12 Internet history is fragile. This archive is making sure it doesn’t disappear By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson What’s online doesn’t necessarily last forever. Content on the Internet is revised and deleted all the time. Hyperlinks “rot,” and with them goes history, lost in space. With that in mind, Brewster Kahle set out to develop the Internet Archive,… Continue watching