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Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched another 60 internet satellites into orbit Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Does the phrase ‘Section 230’ mean anything to you? Well, if you’ve ever used the internet it actually does whether you realize it or not. Here’s what it is and why it matters.

It’s only 26 words long, but many believe it’s the most important legislation ever passed by Congress. Now, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden want to change it. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is so simple, storyteller Noah Pransky found a bunch of kids can easily explain it. But it’s so consequential, you’ll want to make...

As the coronavirus outbreak flared in China, censorship rules prevented citizens from sharing information about the crisis. The New York Times talked to some of the digital-savvy citizens who put their own freedom at risk to create a digital archive of the outbreak.

Chances are, you are spending more time at home these days due to the pandemic. There’s also a good chance you’re spending more money on things like streaming media, music subscriptions, faster internet or new technology. Consumer Reports recommends some ways to help you tame your tech budget in a time of economic uncertainty.

Twitter announced Monday it will warn users with a label when a tweet contains disputed or misleading information about the coronavirus

With the COVID-19 crisis highlighting gaps in internet connectivity, Vermont officials and rural communities are working to ensure more families can get online. In Grand Isle County, school superintendent Mike Clark said several families have recently told him of painfully slow internet speeds, or if signals are strong enough, the need to rely on smartphones to access the web—which...

The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing gaps in internet connectivity as many people work from home and students remotely learn. Communities in rural parts of New England are now working harder to make sure more families can get online.

With so many of us working from home and kids doing schoolwork online, chances are your WiFi is getting a workout. Leslie Gaydos has some tips on how to stay safe in the event hackers might be trying to gain access to your information.

Tech experts say the U.S. internet won’t have any trouble handling spikes in traffic from the millions of Americans who are now working from home to discourage the spread of the new coronavirus

The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits that often use the suffix in their websites are raising concerns about the move. About 15 people protested Friday outside the Los Angeles headquarters of the regulatory body for domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers….

Firefighters are warning against a viral internet challenge that has caused Tik Tok users to start fires with their cell phone chargers.

The internet seems to be divided over a question that’s very important for New Yorkers: Which seat on the subway is best?

Sacha Baron Cohen slammed Facebook and other large social media platforms as “the greatest propaganda machine in history” in a searing speech Thursday night. Addressing the Anti-Defamation League’s Never Is Now summit, the actor — who is known for using his satirical personas such as Borat, Bruno and Ali G to highlight bigotry around the world — tore into technology...

Reporter Lauren Scala recalls eating through New York City with the now-late chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain.

The French government on Wednesday unveiled plans to slap a 3 percent tax on the French revenues of internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. The bill is an attempt to get around tax avoidance measures by multinationals, which pay most of their taxes in the EU country they are based in — often at very low rates. That effectively...

Google said Wednesday it forgot to mention that it included a microphone in its Nest Secure home alarm system, the latest privacy flub by one of the tech industry’s leading collectors of personal information. The company said earlier this month that its voice assistant feature would be available on the system’s Nest Guard, which controls home alarm sensors. But Google...

British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that accused Facebook of intentionally violating privacy and anti-competition laws in the U.K., and called for greater oversight of social media companies. The report on fake news and disinformation on social media sites followed an 18-month investigation. The parliamentary committee that prepared the report says social media sites should have to follow a...

Makerfleet is changing the 3D printing game by making it easy for people to send their designs and watch them get made live over the web before pickup.

Carrying signs with messages such as “Don’t be evil,” several hundred Google employees around the world briefly walked off the job Thursday in a protest against what they said is the tech company’s mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives.