What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration ...
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AOL hangs up the dial-up internet service (and sound) that defined an era

Older generations remember the sound of dial-up internet from the 90s and early 2000s, but what was once the soundtrack to an era is coming to an end. On Sept. 30, AOL would discontinue its dial-up ...

Starlink marks 5-year anniversary. What to know about Elon Musk's internet business

Elon Musk and SpaceX are commemorating a major milestone in the commercial spaceflight company's satellite internet service, ...

Amazon explains exactly why its cloud server outage took down much of the internet

Amazon has laid out why its cloud computing service went dark this week, taking down online banking platforms, a government website, social media, and food delivery services for hours. In a lengthy ...

How a tiny bug spiraled into a massive outage that took down the internet

A massive AWS outage Monday that brought down some of the world’s most popular apps and services all started with a glitch.