Your internet service provider (ISP) brings the internet into your home through a modem. A router then converts that signal into Wi-Fi, allowing phones, laptops, TVs and other devices to connect ...

A screenshot from the ICANN website. Flip the switch and the lights go on. Hit the starter button and the engine turns over. Key in an Internet domain name and the Web page pops open. How does it all ...

The internet seems like this incomprehensible thing that allows us to share information at the speed of light. That’s a ...

In dealing with cases on Internet censorship, music piracy, and digital GPS tracking, the Supreme Court needs a good understanding of how the Internet functions. So it's with a fair amount of worry to ...

Older adults may not use the internet as much as younger people. A survey of older adults in European countries collected data on internet use as well as other information about their lives.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Sella-Villa, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) Some unusual ...

The recent ICANN meeting in London highlighted two issues that appear unrelated on the surface but link current concerns about how to manage Internet Governance going forward. One is the transition of ...

Internet cookies do a lot of things. They allow people to sign in to websites. They make internet comments possible. And, yes, cookies are also the thing that lets advertisers follow users around the ...

The Supreme Court this week announced it will take up a pair of cases that could fundamentally change the legal foundations of the internet. Both cases ask the justices to consider how far protections ...