Internet
In what might be the first salvo against the decades-long dominance of the HTTP protocol for internet data retrieval, an open source web browser devoted to privacy has introduced an option that allows for direct peer-to-peer ...
Internet
Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better than ever for users. For example, rather than having to wade through a sea of URLs, users ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Computer Sciences
We've all experienced two hugely frustrating things on YouTube: our video either suddenly gets pixelated, or it stops entirely to rebuffer.
Aug 14, 2017
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Telecom
In an era when the average U.S. household has five internet-connected devices, web surfers may often feel like they're always fighting over scraps of WiFi. How can a whole family all binge their favorite shows without somebody's ...
Aug 19, 2019
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Engineering
"Hey Goosilexa, can I go swimming?" Today, we receive synthetically spoken answers to questions aimed at helping to make our decisions easier. Increasingly, voice-based services infiltrate everyday lives. Major hardware and ...
Oct 8, 2019
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Internet
This week, YouTube announced changes to its advertising policies for children viewing videos on the site. The changes are designed to protect against the collection of children's personal information, but may have unintended ...
Jan 10, 2020
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Internet
If you use YouTube TV, you have access to Disney content like National Geographic, ESPN, ABC and FX again.
Dec 20, 2021
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Business
The way people listen to music has drastically changed in the past few decades. In a recent survey of internet users by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), 78% said they listen to music through ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Internet
Australia ordered internet providers on Monday to block eight websites that published content linked to the Christchurch mosque massacre—a first under new censorship rules.
Sep 9, 2019
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Internet
With various physical distancing guidelines in place throughout the world as a means to curb the spread of COVID-19, the internet has experienced a dramatic spike in overall traffic. MIT Professor Tom Leighton is chief executive ...
Apr 28, 2020
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