Tag: Internet
Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink
Amanda Meng, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alberto Dainotti, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Zachary Bischof, Georgia Institute of Technology
How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing...
Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, Arizona State University
Days of protest across Iran have left hundreds dead and many more injured.
Why two tiny mountain peaks became one of the internet’s most...
Christopher Schaberg, Washington University in St. Louis
It’s happened to you countless times: You’re waiting for a website to...
What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of...
Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University
When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon...
Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
Brian Downing, University of Mississippi
It is a sad fact of online life that users search for information about...
Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites
Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision on June 27, 2025, that will...
Why we fall for fake health information – and how it...
Angshuman K. Kashyap, University of Maryland
In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or...
How millions of people can watch the same video at the...
Chetan Jaiswal, Quinnipiac University
Live and on-demand video constituted an estimated 66% of global internet traffic by volume in...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
