Online adverts estimated to use as much energy as a small country
18 November 2022
An AI that tracks digital ads’ energy consumption could help tech companies and advertisers to act more sustainably
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Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?
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?
Internet founder Vint Cerf looks to the next 50 years of his creation
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
The internet was supposed to be a utopia. 50 years on, what happened?
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
From the archives: 30 years ago, a nascent 'Internet' was under attack
6 March 2019
A software worm invaded a supernetwork of computers and sparked a scare. Our report at the time heralded the rise of hacking and the importance of cybersecurity
Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuador – but there’s a fix
30 October 2017
Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain they run on already slurp as much energy as some countries, and as they go mainstream, something needs to be done
Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates
16 June 2017
Who pays what in a flat-share is a tricky problem. Results from website Spliddit show the maths of fair division gives the solutions people think are best
