[ad_1] There’s a tsunami of internet-connected devices coming — literally billions of sensors, controllers and robots — and the fundamental architecture of the internet needs to change in order to make room for them all. That’s both the challenge and the opportunity in front of companies such as Sunnyvale, California-based Juniper Networks, which builds the…
[ad_1] In a paper entitled Internet Filtering and Adolescent Exposure to Online Sexual Material, Oxford Internet Institute researchers Victoria Nash and Andrew Przybylski found that Internet filters rarely work to keep adolescents away from online porn. “It’s important to consider the efficacy of Internet filtering,” said Dr, Nash. “Internet filtering tools are expensive to develop…
[ad_1] Facebook wants you to pay for internet. This week TechCrunch was tipped off that Facebook had quietly launched an Express Wi-Fi Android app in the Google Play store that lets users buy data packs and find nearby hotspots as part of Facebook’s distributed Wi-Fi network. The company’s Express Wi-Fi program is live in five developing…
[ad_1] After years trying to build ambitious “moonshots” outside its main business, Alphabet Inc. spending cuts are turning the company back into an internet operation. Alphabet easily beat analysts’ third-quarter profit estimates on Thursday on strong revenue growth but also lower costs at its Other Bets division, which houses the company’s moonshots. Chief Financial Officer…