We’ll just say it. The World Wide Web and the Internet are not the same thing. We know, you might be shocked. The Internet and the World Wide Web have become integral parts of our lives. For some ...

Do you know how the internet really works — how you’re able to read this article on a magical glowing rectangle attached to a keyboard? Neither do we. But if you ever have to explain the inner ...

There are different modes of internet access, and here at CNET, we've encountered every type of internet connection out there. Our experts can tell you firsthand the difference the connection type you ...

Back when Internet culture was something that felt like it happened over there, online, separate from the rest of our lives, people started to create rules to explain what it was like. Godwin’s Law is ...

In the 1990s, the internet was a hard-to-explain concept to people. Even though it’s commonplace now, the idea of electronic mail and being able to surf endless amounts of information without using an ...

Fact checking is increasingly a mainstay of the modern internet, and that now includes ‘dead’ web pages. The Internet Archive has started adding fact checks and context to Wayback Machine pages to ...

The Internet Archive has announced that it will begin adding fact checks as well as context to pages in its Wayback Machine in order to explain why they were removed. For those unfamiliar, the ...

Quenlin Blackwell has gained millions of followers on social media simply by being herself and making people laugh. But the internet personality has ambitions that extend beyond online content ...

Despite new initiatives from Google and Facebook, messing with privacy controls is like playing a carnival game. Knock out one way for advertisers to track you, and they quickly find another way to do ...