The UK is promising ‘superfast’ broadband to everyone in the country by 2020
On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron pledged "fast broadband" to everyone living in his country by 2020.
Just how equal-opportunity is AirBnB for its hosts?
A new study reveals that Asian-American hosts in Berkeley and Oakland actually earn around 20 percent less per week than Caucasian hosts.
Requesting ‘Do Not Track’ settings? Companies are just laughing in your face
Do not track requests are just that and only that, requests. The FCC took this position in denying a petition to require websites to honor those requests.
Ransomware, malware operations shut down, but not going away
Cisco researchers were behind the shutdown of a profitable ransomware operation that netted an estimated $34 million per year.
Eminem is set to auction 10 pairs of 'friends and family' Air Jordans on eBay
Eminem's charity the Marshall Mathers Foundation is auctioning 10 pairs of limited edition Air Jordan IV's in collaboration with Detroit company Carhartt.
India might be the next to adopt Project Loon, Alphabet’s ambitious Internet plan
Alphabet is in preliminary talks with India's government about establishing a constellation of Internet balloons across the country through Project Loon.
The UK government is trying to legalize mass surveillance this week
The UK government is pushing through a bill to legalize mass surveillance, named the Investigatory Powers Bill. It is the bill's third draft.
Popular movie-streaming site PopcornTime.io is no more. Thanks, courts!
Courts in New Zealand and Canada have shuttered popular Popcorn Time website PopcornTime.io as part of an MPAA-led anti-piracy effort.
The man bun may be here to stay, according to Google search
According to Google's 2015 Beauty Trends Report, men are particularly interested in one controversial hairstyle -- the infamous man bun.
PewDiePie claims YouTube Red is a direct response to growing number of ad blockers
YouTube star PewDiePie has given some thoughts on YouTube Red, the new subscription service. He claims the main reason it is here is because of adblock.
Google gears up Project Loon balloons for Indonesia Internet swarm
Google plans to start floating balloons in the stratosphere above Indonesia next year, as part of the Project Loon program.
European Parliament votes to drop Edward Snowden’s criminal charges
European Parliament has voted in favor of dropping Edward Snowden's criminal charges, letting him seek asylum and be protected against U.S. extradition.
Pirates beware: Trans-Pacific Partnership could out copyright infringers
The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership isn't publically available, but Wikileaks leaked the chapter about intellectual property on the Internet.
What is the world blogging about? Find out in one infographic
The blogosphere may be contained to the Internet, but as it turns out, our online behavior is pretty indicative of what we do offline as well.
Judge dismisses Wikimedia v. NSA lawsuit, says plaintiff arguments are based on speculation
The Wikimedia foundation has officially filed suit against the NSA in hopes of dismantling the agency's mass surveillance programs.
Most popular Popcorn Time fork goes offline, wants to become a legal service
Popcorn Time's most popular fork has gone offline, shutting down its Web page accounts and shutting down the torrenting app.
Yahoo attracts 15M viewers to first live stream NFL broadcast
Yahoo attracted 15 million viewers to its first NFL broadcast, exclusively live-streamed on the company's homepage and microblogging site Tumblr.
Facebook at Work adds 100,000 new users from Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Facebook's office social network has a new client, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The holding company plans to add its 100,000 employees to the network.
Sleeping In Airports ranks the best and worst airports in the world
When it's raining outside, does it rain inside too at your local airport? At Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, your answer may be yes.
Google's Crisis Info Hub provides refugees with much needed data and information
Google's Crisis Info Hub leverages their technical prowess to provide migrants with crucial data.
YouTube forced creators to accept subscription service or lose all videos
YouTube creators were forced to accept the subscription service new terms, or have their videos removed from the service.
Indiegogo unveils Generosity.com for personal, charitable causes
Today, the crowdsourcing platform Indiegogo unveiled Generosity.com, "a platform for human goodness."
Apple and Dropbox are the latest tech companies to take a stand against CISA
When Apple and Dropbox join forces, you know something big is happening. And that something big is the controversial CISA legislation.
BBC begins crackdown of iPlayer viewers using a VPN
BBC is blocking VPN users trying to access iPlayer through a VPN, in a new move to make sure only U.K. residents are able to view the content.
Yikes — did a teenager really hack the CIA director’s email?
If the claims of one under-20-year-old prove to be true, CIA director John Brennan will have been the subject of a rather alarming security meltdown.
Google cuts ‘OK Google’ voice search feature from Chrome because no one was using it
Google is trimming the fat in Chrome. The "OK Google" voice detection search feature was removed from Chrome 46, the latest version of the desktop browser.