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According to the Pew Research Centers latest technology study, the use of digital technology has had growth in the past, but the share of Americans who go online, use social media or own devices has remained stable in the past two years. (Representational image/ Photo: Pixabay)

Use of internet, smartphones stagnant in US: Pew Research Center

The use of internet, social media, and device ownership in the United States has come to a halt, a new study has found.

2 Oct 2018 9:00 AM IST

Can wireless challenge cable for home internet service?

Verizon is looking to challenge cable companies with residential internet service that promises to be ultra-fast,...

2 Oct 2018 8:02 AM IST

Net neutrality is the principle that internet providers treat all web traffic equally, and its pretty much how the internet has worked since its creation.

US sues California over net neutrality law

The FCC last year repealed rules preventing internet companies from exercising more control over what people watch and...

1 Oct 2018 8:31 AM IST

California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a forum in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California's tough net neutrality bill prompts US lawsuit

Brown signed the nation's toughest net neutrality measure, requiring internet providers to maintain a level playing...

1 Oct 2018 7:52 AM IST

A man uses a smartphone in Tokyo. Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords to unlock electronic devices and allow customs officials to examine them under a new law that a civil liberties group condemned as a grave invasion of privacy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Mobile data is faster than Wi-Fi hotspots in these 33 countries

The findings suggest that WiFi may not usually the best when it comes to speedy internet.

26 Nov 2018 7:26 PM IST

Google has New York real estate deals in the works that would give it room for nearly 20,000 workers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Nigerian ISP's configuration error disrupted Google services

Engineers mistakenly forwarded to China Telecom addresses for Google services that were supposed to be local.

14 Nov 2018 8:12 AM IST

Later, WeChat complied with the Russian requirements.

China scours social media, erases thousands of accounts

Thousands of social media accounts deemed to have posted sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content on the...

13 Nov 2018 3:04 PM IST

Hundreds of Google employees in New York were walking off the job and gathering at a nearby park. (Photo: AP)

Internet traffic hijack dogs Google

Google confirms Monday's disruption and says it believes the cause was external.

13 Nov 2018 7:48 AM IST

The report by San Francisco-based nonprofit Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) recommended that Facebook more strictly enforce its content policies, increase engagement with both Myanmar officials and civil society groups and regularly release additional data about its progress in the country. (Representative image: Pixabay)

Macron and tech giants launch 'Paris call' to fix internet ills

US tech giants has urged world governments and companies to sign up to a new initiative to regulate the internet and...

12 Nov 2018 2:24 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

China's Xi calls for global cooperation to create 'fairer' internet

Technology and the internet are key battlegrounds in a trade war between China and the United States.

7 Nov 2018 5:21 PM IST

Though net neutrality started off more than a decade ago as an insight into how to make networks work most efficiently, it has taken on much larger social and political dimensions lately. (Representative image: Pixabay)

How 'Net Neutrality' became a hot-button issue

Trump administration is seeking to block California's effort as an imposition on federal prerogatives.

6 Nov 2018 10:05 AM IST

Berners-Lee, who hatched the Web in 1989, said a sense of optimism about the internet had been damaged by abuses of personal data, online hate speech, political manipulation and the centralization of power among a small group of major tech firms. (Photo: Tim Berners-Lee Via TedEx YouTube video)

Web creator Berners-Lee launches contract for better internet

He wanted to rebuild trust in the web and increase internet access on fair and affordable terms.

6 Nov 2018 10:04 AM IST