Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# tech
A European lawmaker wants the web to forget your embarrassing moments. But at this point, that's pretty much an impossible task.
# tech
Data centers are getting a bum rap, but behind the scenes, they're working hard on trying to keep the internet more reliable and their power usage more efficient.
# politics
PROTECT IP and SOPA aren't just threatening to gut the internet under the guise of fighting piracy, they're giving cranks and quacks a powerful new weapon ripe for abuse against their critics.
# tech
If we accept that internet connectivity in the 21st century is a part of vital infrastructure, the next question is what is the minimum speed we can call acceptable.
# tech
Online advertisers are starting to cross into downright stalkerish behavior...
# tech
How could it be harder to lie online if you can hide your identity? Well, the internet never forgets a fib...
# tech
No matter how tamed the web of the future will be, it will always have its wild, adults-only parts.
# oddities
Sometimes looking through the spam trap leads you down a path of abject insanity...
# tech
The internet kill switch bill is back and its author and sponsors have learned absolutely nothing about how the technology works.
# tech
There's a good case for trying to bring the developing world online, but it's going to be hard to get today's financial gatekeepers to sign on to such a project.