the internet

  • Google Declares Victory For HTTPS In Chrome 69 [Nice]

    Google Declares Victory For HTTPS In Chrome 69 [Nice]

    For a long time, Google and other web-minded businesses like Mozilla have been pushing HTTPS as a way to address the shortcomings and security flaws inherent in HTTP. And if Google’s reports are any indication, it seems to be working based on data claiming that over 82 per cent of Chrome pages in the US…


  • The FCC Gets The Premium Cable Takedown It Deserves

    The FCC Gets The Premium Cable Takedown It Deserves

    The death of net neutrality is a looming catastrophe that the Federal Communications Commission in the US thinks it can slip past you, while you just twiddle your thumbs and fail to notice how much of a farce the whole process is. If that hasn’t hit home just yet, John Oliver’s explanation from last night’s…


  • Remember The Hilarious Horror Of Geocities With This Website

    Remember The Hilarious Horror Of Geocities With This Website

    Oh my god. This is perfect. Because things on the internet never really die and because old terrible things on the Internet eventually become wonderful and especially because Geocities was so hilariously awful, One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age is my new favourite website. It posts screenshots of old Geocities pages in all their blinging, blinking,…


  • Lulzsec Hackers Go To War With 4chan

    The celebrity hacking group Lulz Security borrows its name and aesthetics from the roiling message board 4chan. But now the group has declared war on 4chan and its users – many of whom identify with the hacking group Anonymous – pissing off the nerds who are most likely to support their online shenanigans.