Category: Internet

I may be more than a little obsessed with Bluesky, the new social network that’s taking the internet by storm and serving as a refuge […]

Many who once used the Bird app seem to be migrating from X (formerly Twitter) to Bluesky. A large wave of people have finally left […]

If you follow digital culture news at all, it’s impossible to miss the talk about Bluesky over the past month. The fledgling social networking site, […]

As more people abandon Elon Musk’s X , Bluesky appears to be among the networks that many of these social media refugees are flocking to. […]

The great Twitter exodus of 2022 is still happening. It’s just a little… broken. Many power X users switched to Bluesky early on, setting the […]

You don’t have to be on Extremely Online to hear that things aren’t going well on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. After the […]

Signal , one of the best encrypted messaging apps currently available , has also emerged as a truly reliable alternative to Zoom and Google Meet. […]

If you’re one of those people who created an account with Bluesky back in late 2022 but left because no one seemed to be using […]

After spending the better part of a decade being notorious for its RAM usage, Chrome is now on an apology tour of sorts. The browser […]

Idealist nerds have a long history of giving horribly confusing names to potentially revolutionary technologies. The same goes for Fediverse, a combination of “Federation” and […]

A VPN (or “virtual private network”) is essential for people who want to bypass online geo-blocking, prevent their ISP from selling browsing data to advertisers, […]

So you’ve finally decided to quit X. If increasing paid blue checks and monetizing hate didn’t get the job done , and the stupid name […]

I hate it when I’m about to cancel my subscription and instead of the “cancel” button I’m presented with a phone number. I’ve never had […]

Google has gotten a bad rap lately for being overzealous when it comes to cracking down on ad blockers. Just recently, the popular ad blocking […]

Google Search has been struggling for some time to actually deliver the results people are searching for . In fact, sometimes you put yourself at […]

When you think of Google search, it’s probably a simple concept: you open Google, enter a query, and view the results while dodging ads and […]

You’ll have to spend a lot of time learning about Windows before you’ve exhausted all the features and functionality it has to offer, and one […]

There are many ways to try out upcoming Firefox features, but most involve using the beta version of the browser. For most people, these builds […]

Have you ever sent a direct message or private message on X (formerly Twitter) that you regret? You can now edit private messages on X […]

Twitter has been an important part of my life; for ten years it was the main place I hung out on the Internet. There I […]

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/poznan-pol-jan-6-2021-laptop-1925678474 Google makes phones and watches , but its main business is selling advertising. This side of the company has been in the news for […]

When it comes to cloud gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now is one of the first names that comes to mind, allowing you to stream top-tier games […]

Just like apps on your phone , websites can ask your browser for permissions. Some of these permissions are quite important—webcam access for video calling […]

One of the reasons why Google Chrome is such a popular browser is that it is supported by many useful third-party extensions and plugins that […]

The Internet is a truly international platform – did you know that Wikipedia has about 3 million articles in German and almost 2 million in […]

The death of Twitter, the brand, not the website, apparently wasn’t as final as we all once thought. It would seem that the final nail […]

I’ve used goal-driven apps (GTD) for almost my entire journalism career. These apps go beyond your typical to-do list—if you’ve ever used Trello , this […]

Since its humble beginnings on Gary Gygax’s coffee table in the early 1970s, Dungeons and Dragons has grown into a world-famous brand valued at $15 […]

Whether you learned Spanish on Sesame Street or took French in high school, your skills may have gotten a little rusty over the years. Or […]

Think you just fell out of a coconut tree? Buddy, do I have news for you? If you’re like me, you learned that Joe Biden […]

I understand why newsletters have become popular but RSS has not. Most people will never download a dedicated news reader app or spend time setting […]

YouTube quietly celebrated Independence Day this week by introducing a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to help creators declare their independence from copyright infringement. […]

The first Amazon Prime Day deals are here, with deals on school supplies , TVs , Blink security cameras and more ahead of Prime Day […]

There’s no shortage of real estate websites out there, and there aren’t too many of them to tell them apart—after all, they’re all designed to […]

The free version of YouTube works great ( despite the current ad blocker issue ), but if you use it frequently, the Premium subscription is […]

It’s been about a year since Reddit’s API changes killed all the good customers, and the company still hasn’t backed down. Problem: The Reddit mobile […]

Google Chrome isn’t doing very well this year. Back in May, the Google-built browser was hit by at least four zero-day exploits, all of which […]

It pains me when friends or family tell me about their Internet problems and I find that they are still using the standard router/modem the […]

Pretty soon you might start seeing notes on YouTube videos. The Google-owned video sharing platform is now testing an experimental system that will be similar […]

Adobe just can’t catch a break. After new terms of service raised eyebrows earlier this month that had users worried the company would rummage through […]