A history of the Internet, part 3: The rise of the user

The history of the Internet can be roughly divided into three phases. The first, from 1969 to 1990, was all about the ...

I helped build the internet’s ad economy. Now I want to save it

We’re in that awkward phase again. Our attention is fragmented across more platforms, devices, and channels than ever. We ...
Yahoo

Goodbye, beeps and screeches: AOL hangs up on dial-up for good

A chapter of internet history is coming to a close in the United States: AOL will shut down its dial-up internet service on Tuesday after more than 30 years. Famous for its high-pitched beeps and ...
CBS News

Taliban shuts down internet across Afghanistan in latest crackdown

Afghanistan is in the midst of a communications blackout, just weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fiber optic connections in multiple provinces, in what appears to be the Islamist regime's ...
The Hindu

Historian Romila Thapar slams UGC’s curriculum draft

Eminent historian Romila Thapar has strongly criticised the University Grants Commission (UGC)’s Learning Outcomes-based Curriculum Framework (LOCF), warning that it represents an intrusion into ...
National Post

FIRST READING: Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons'

Not too long ago, Liberals were defending internet access as akin to a human right You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. First Reading is a ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Taliban's Internet Ban Threatens Afghan Women's Livelihoods And Education

Maryam has worked as an online interpreter since the Taliban banned women from most jobs in Afghanistan. But her livelihood is under threat after the hard-line Islamist group last week shut down ...
USA Today

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 ...
The Washington Post

Afghanistan’s internet goes down amid fears of a Taliban crackdown

The internet, now in widespread blackout, has been a lifeline for Afghan women trying to access education — and for Taliban officials trying to run the country. The internet went down across much of ...
Human Rights Watch

Taliban’s Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls

Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide. The ...
Sky

Afghanistan internet ban 'extinguishing the only light that still reaches us'

It's 2.48am and I'm awake, connected to the internet through a fragile SIM card. Our wifi was cut earlier this evening, which is part of a growing wave of restrictions imposed by the Taliban ...