It was Jan last year that I suggested HTTPS adoption had passed the "tipping point", that is, it had passed the moment of critical mass and as I said at the time, "will very shortly become the norm". Since that time, the percentage of web pages loaded over…

On a chilly evening last fall, I stared into nothingness out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in my office on the outskirts of Harvard’s…

Two of the main sites I use for news are Lobste.rs and Hacker News. Lobste.rs is far smaller than Hacker News, but I much prefer it. Here's why...

Facial recognition cameras are scanning faces at hundreds of retail stores to catch shoplifters before they steal. But everyday shoppers are often unaware that their faces are being scanned.

Copyright rules are made with the needs of the entertainment industry in mind, designed to provide the legal framework for creators, investors, distributors, production houses, and other parts of the

About the rise and fall of Microsoft's take on the web.

With confirmed cases in multiple countries, health officials are looking to similar outbreaks from the past and seeing a common thread.

The bank is the latest firm to eschew a lack of diversity in corporate governance.

Investigation shows oil-and-gas wells' toxic waste could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.

In this Viewpoint Anthony Fauci and colleagues review the emergence of pathogenic human coronaviruses (SARS-Cov and MERS-CoV) as background for discussing a rapidly spreading novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in 2019 in China and the public health…

New transistors structures are on the horizon with new tools and processes, but there are lots of problems, too.

Retro Game Engine for Racket. Contribute to massung/r-cade development by creating an account on GitHub.

Measures to contain a new virus’s spread have cut off the city's researchers.

In our area, we have Cox Communications (cable) which offers 1 Gbit/s down, and 30 Mbit/s up, while CenturyLink (fiber) offers 1 Gbit/s up and down.

Why does copper only 'allow' fast speeds for

“There was a lot of good in Randy and the real tragedy is that he went down this path.”