What exactly is the internet? A computer scientist explains what it is and how it came to be

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...
Ars Technica

An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that you’re using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals ...

A history of the Internet, part 3: The rise of the user

The history of the Internet can be roughly divided into three phases. The first, from 1969 to 1990, was all about the inventors: people like Vint Cerf, Steve Crocker, and Robert Taylor. These folks ...
Journalism in the Americas

Computer Scientist Inducted into Internet Hall of Fame

Simon Lam has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for creating the first secure sockets layer in 1993 for internet applications. https://www ...
The New York Times

How ‘A.I. Agents’ That Roam the Internet Could One Day Replace Workers

Researchers are transforming chatbots into online agents that play games, query websites, schedule meetings, build bar charts and do more. By Cade Metz and Karen Weise Reporting from San Francisco and ...