17 January 2023
There's a lot of hype surrounding the idea of a decentralised version of the internet that would give more power to ordinary users. Here's what it would take to make it happen
16 December 2020
Roaming chunks of code, pre-programmed to perform all manner of tasks, shape the web and our experience of it. What are they up to? And as they get smarter, how can we regain control?
4 March 2020
Julia Ebner infiltrated the hidden forums that extremists use. Her experiences lay bare how they hijack social media and video games to spread hate – and how to beat them
5 February 2020
Our largest encyclopedia overwhelmingly recognises the achievements of white men. For physicist Jess Wade, fighting this bias has been an uphill battle
11 December 2019
Our increased reliance on the internet and smart tech means we are watched more than ever before. Is that something to fight – or is our concept of privacy just outdated?
23 October 2019
Vint Cerf wrote the protocols that allow computers to talk to one another. Now Google’s chief internet evangelist, he argues the net is a powerful global force for good
23 October 2019
Bundles of undersea fibre optic cables connecting continents form the backbone of the internet – a network that now connects more than half the world
23 October 2019
Terrorists, trolls and hugely successful firms are threatening the internet’s “anything goes” ethos as countries clash over how to deal with them. Should we be worried?
23 October 2019
Half a century ago a tiny military-funded experiment changed the world in ways we are only just coming to terms with - for good and bad
16 October 2019
With states, political parties and individuals jockeying for ever-greater influence online, you and your clicks are now the front line in the information war
