How the internet and Wi-Fi work: A guide to connections, data and the cloud

Your internet service provider (ISP) brings the internet into your home through a modem. A router then converts that signal ...

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...
koaa

What Is Cloud Iridescence?

Many of our viewers have noticed rainbow clouds over the past few days. This is actually a rare phenomenon called "cloud iridescence". This happens when sunlight is diffracted off of tiny water ...
ZDNet

The cloud broke Thursday and it'll happen again - how to protect your business before then

First, this was not just an American problem. Google Cloud reported that it was a global problem. Google stated that multiple GCP products were experiencing impact due to Identity and Access ...

PlayStation Portal gets cloud streaming today, no PS5 required

Cloud gaming just became way more real on Sony’s handheld. The PlayStation Portal now supports streaming your digitally owned ...