This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

Why the internet kept breaking and taking down your favorite sites in 2025 ...

Weeks into an internet blackout in Iran, NPR speaks to a protester who is still online and a U.S.-based activist who is ...

Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail ...

Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of ...

How a Beeping Modem Turned Into Lightning-Fast Connection Everywhere? Once upon a time - and not even that long ago - using the internet meant blocking your entire phone line, listening to a series of ...

Below is a transcript of an episode of “The Opinions.” We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYTimes app, Apple, Spotify ...

The internet is a global network of servers that moves and stores data using hardware, software, and protocols. Wi-Fi is a local wireless network that distributes the internet signal to devices in ...

With a gTLD application round set to open this spring, it’s a timely moment for digital entrepreneurs to understand how the process works and what they should consider.

The worst page on the internet begins innocently enough. A small button beckons the user to “Click me.” When they do, the game commences. The player’s score, or “stimulation,” appears in the middle of ...