The Digital Divide: Is Internet Access a Human Right?
The Digital Divide continues throughout the world. A 2015 paper from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings notes that although 3.1 billion people have Internet access,…
Brazil to Boost Internet Speed Through Europe
Brazil will boost its Internet communications to reduce dependence on U.S. hubs and be able to host global data centers for heavy users like YouTube and Netflix,…
US firms complained about Google: EU regulator
Several U.S. and European companies have complained about the dominance of Google, the European Union’s new competition commissioner told CNBC on Thursday, one day after antitrust charges…
Tribunal says UK spies’ Internet surveillance was unlawful
U.K. spies acted illegally when they scooped up data about Britons’ electronic communications gathered by the U.S. National Security Agency, a court ruled Friday in a landmark…
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: “The Internet Will Disappear”
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Thursday predicted the end of the Internet as we know it. At the end of a panel at the World Economic…