Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, ...

In 2024, 2.6 billion people – nearly a third of humanity – remained offline, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) reported. The same year, non-profit Freedom House estimated that more than ...

Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they're online ...

For years, the Iranian regime has been building the technology and infrastructure needed for it to control, censor, and shut down internet access for more than 80 million Iranians. In 2019, the ...

After decades of connecting Americans to its online service and the Internet through telephone lines, AOL recently announced it is finally shutting down its dial-up modem service on September 30, 2025 ...

Comcast and other cable internet providers started talking up the next generation of cable modem technology in 2022, technology that would bring their internet access offerings up to speed – pun ...

One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and rural ...

Amanda H.A. Watson receives research funding from the Australian government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Pacific Research Program. Atishnal Elvin Chand does not work for, ...

After decades of connecting US subscribers to its online service and the internet through telephone lines, AOL recently announced it is finally shutting down its dial-up modem service on September 30, ...