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The internet as we know it emerged out of the Protocol Wars, which is as nerdy as it sounds but also somehow involved the Pentagon
News Is this the nerdiest war to ever be fought?
Cloudflare apologises for 'the pain we caused the Internet' and admits a file size error brought down large parts of the web yesterday, not a malicious cyberattack
News A teeny, tiny bug turned into a major internet outage.
Cloudflare goes down, but a fix is in and ChatGPT and X are back online again
Live This is just weeks after the AWS outage.
'They just really didn't think anyone would look up': Researchers snooped on unencrypted satellite data with basic equipment, finding private calls, text messages, and even military communications
News 'They assumed that no one was ever going to check and scan all these satellites and see what was out there. That was their method of security.'
Don't look up: That's not a shooting star, it's another Starlink satellite burning up
News They're coming down at a rate of several per day.
Fancy some unorthodox, techy ASMR? Try the soothing sound of 12 dial-up modems all trying to connect to the internet at once
News More calming than ocean waves or white noise, I tell ya.
Crossword lovers in mourning as the New York Times commits its latest unspeakable act: Paywalling the Mini puzzle
News The popular daily puzzle is now seemingly an exclusive for NYT Games subscribers.
AOL discontinues its dial-up internet, and we're just surprised they even offered it in 2025
news Dial-up's days are numbered, after 34 years of service.
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