All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues

The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.

  • NASA Wants Alternate Versions of Its Next Generation Spacesuits

    NASA Wants Alternate Versions of Its Next Generation Spacesuits

    Passant Rabie

    NASA has asked two of its commercial partners to develop spacesuit designs for different tasks than the ones initially assigned to them, with the space agency looking to have backup options should any issues arise in the future. Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace were awarded task orders under existing contracts with NASA, each worth $5…

  • Archive of Our Own Is Back Online After a Massive DDoS Attack

    Archive of Our Own Is Back Online After a Massive DDoS Attack

    Linda Codega

    The Archive of Our Own—the largest digital library for fanfiction currently operating, and one of the highest-trafficked sites in the world—was temporarily unavailable after it experienced a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack from a hacker group calling itself “Anonymous Sudan.” Ao3 reported the outage early on the morning of July 10 and had restored service…