What Ever Happened to Napster? From MP3 Rebellion to Streaming Blueprint
Napster made digital music feel limitless for the first time, then vanished in lawsuits, rebrands, and sales. Its name faded, but its ideas still shape how the world listens.
Delta is bringing free Wi-Fi to flights using Amazon's satellites
Amazon is taking on Starlink with Delta's Wi-Fi deal, but it won't arrive until 2028
Instagram is testing a new paid tier that allows users to watch Stories anonymously
Pay up, and your Story views will stay hidden
New RCS standard could enable cross-platform video calls, if Apple and Google play along
Turning texts into a full-fledged video platform
Doom now runs over DNS, loading from nearly 2,000 text records
1,966 lines of TXT code, no installer, no files written to the disk
Amazon is spending $4 billion to bring next-day delivery service to rural America
Expansion comes as UPS and FedEx scale back in remote areas
Microsoft plans 100% native Windows 11 apps in major shift away from web wrappers
First look: Microsoft plans to build 100% native apps for Windows 11 and launch an initiative centered on a new team focused on native experiences instead of web-based wrappers. The company has also created a new team to lead the work, following years in which many core and third-party Windows apps have relied heavily on web technologies.
New magnetic field system enables wireless communication 100 meters underground
A new through-the-earth system shows how low-frequency induction can succeed where conventional RF fails
This app makes your MacBook moan when you slap it, and it's going viral
The $5 novelty app uses sensors to turn hits into sound effects
Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD is good enough to fool your benchmarks
Counterfeit drive matches specs and speeds on paper, but collapses under real file transfers
Apple's "Hide My Email" isn't as anonymous as it sounds
Court filings show Apple provided the real address behind alias to the FBI
Judge dismisses Elon Musk's X lawsuit over "advertiser boycott"
The ruling says brands pulling ads over safety concerns doesn't qualify as illegal collusion
Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts for smart features
Account not required for basic TV functionality
Using a VPN to hide your location could expose you to government surveillance
"Unknown" origin traffic may default to foreign status and open the door to broader intelligence collection
A hot potato: The growing popularity of commercial VPN services – long promoted as essential privacy tools – has prompted a new warning from Capitol Hill: the same technology that hides Americans' online footprints could be placing them under surveillance as if they were foreign nationals.
Netflix hikes prices for all its plans, pushing Premium to $26.99
The cheapest tier is now $8.99
Reddit cracks down on bots with new labels and human verification
The system tags "good bots" while requiring high-risk accounts to prove they're human
Elon Musk wants judge recused for liking LinkedIn post mocking $2 billion verdict
Musk says the judge's LinkedIn activity shows bias in a Tesla lawsuit
Supreme Court rules ISPs aren't liable for user piracy without intent
The decision overturns a $1B verdict against Cox, reinforces that liability requires inducement
Jury reaches verdict in social media addiction trial, finds Meta liable for harm to children
Jurors say the company misled users and violated state law, with penalties totaling $375 million
The US moves to block most new routers made overseas
FCC rules force router makers to seek approval or move production to the US
There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984, 1 million in 1992, by 2025 that figure reached...
Can you guess how many devices are online these days?
Operation Alice: The dark web isn't as hidden as it seems, as global crackdown shows
A single operator ran hundreds of thousands of dark websites – now he's wanted
Man who used 1,000 bots to stream AI songs pleads guilty in $8 million fraud case
He faces up to five years in prison
Patreon rejects "fair use" claims for AI training, calls for creator compensation
CEO Jack Conte says AI firms already pay major publishers but not other independent creators
North Korea deployed 100,000 fake IT workers to infiltrate Western companies, making $500M a year for Kim Jong Un
With a little help from collaborators in the US