A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites properly.

Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer to help track your online activity.

Thirty years ago, the baby web was just starting to go mainstream, but you could already see a pixelated vision of the world to come. In 1994, the modern Internet (which was almost always capitalized ...

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Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, reflects on how his original vision for a free and open internet has been undermined ...

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Websites today come with a whole host of bells and whistles, from garish animations to autoplay video. If you hate those features, you’re right to: not only are they annoying – they are also bad for ...