AVG Internet Security for Mac review
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Catches an impressive amount of questionable software and acts as a good warning of phishing websites. Handy 60-day trial period gives you a good amount of time to test…
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What is the Tor network? The anonymous internet, explained
The Tor network was created in the early 2000s as a project at the Naval Research Laboratory, a research institute of the U.S. Army. Since 2006, the independent non-profit organization The Tor Project has been…
The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved webpages are back online
Last week, hackers defaced the Internet Archive website with a message that said, “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security…
Windows 11’s 2024 update is now also killing internet connections
The list of problems caused by the Windows 11 24H2 update just keeps getting longer and longer. Not only is it causing blue screen crashes and making mouse cursors disappear, but the update also leaves…
How to test your internet speed
If you’re experiencing a sluggish internet connection, it’s probably time to check the speed. We’ll show you several ways to measure the speed of your internet connection using on-board tools in Windows, Linux, and macOS.…
Internet Archive hacked, 31 million accounts have info leaked
The Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine cache history have become a staple of in-the-know web users. And like every other service that gets any amount of attention, it’s now come under attack. In addition…
The Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack and data breach
The Internet Archive, the nonprofit organization that digitizes and archives materials like web pages, came under attack Wednesday. Several users – including over at The Verge – confronted a pop-up when visiting the site, reading,…
Archive.org, a repository storing the entire history of the Internet, has been hacked
Archive.org, possibly one of the only entities to preserve the entire history of the Internet, was recently compromised in a hack that revealed data of roughly 31 million users. A little after 2 PM California…
The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite
News broke this weekend that China-backed hackers have compromised the wiretap systems of several U.S. telecom and internet providers, likely in an effort to gather intelligence on Americans. The wiretap systems, as mandated under a…
We are skeptical of VPN providers, and you should be, too
VPNs are practically everywhere. In editorials, in advertorials, and featured by influencers on your favorite YouTube shows. There are ads for VPNs on websites, during television commercials, plastered on billboards, and on subway ads. There…