Internet usage study shows we spent over 1.3 trillion hours online in 2023
This year, Taylor Swift streamed 69.4 million songs per minute, and ChatGPT answered 3.6 billion queries
Internet traffic surges by 25% for second year in a row, average US download speed is 201 Mbps
Plenty of interesting stats in Cloudflare's Year in Review report
Opera adds a "panic button" to quickly hide all open tabs
Opera GX's Panic Button activates by pressing the F12 key, which will instantly hide tabs, mute and pause any playback, and open a new "safe" window like Wikipedia or any other site of your choice.
Dropbox's new AI features share your files with OpenAI
The option is enabled by default
Netflix unveils game lineup for 2024 including Sonic Mania Plus, Game Dev Tycoon, more
Games are a free perk for Netflix subscribers
Netflix's first-ever engagement report reveals the most popular shows in the first half of 2023
A lot of people watched Ginny & Georgia
FastStream browser extension claims to improve upon YouTube's video player
FastStream is an open-source extension available for Chrome and Firefox that replaces the video player on YouTube and other platforms, providing additional features such as accelerated downloads and minimal buffering on most video formats.
Google Fiber launches super-fast 20Gbps internet service for $250 per month
Installations will begin in Q1 2024
A new internet standard called L4S aims to lower latency, bring more speed to the web
Low latency, low loss, and scalable throughput
Wi-Fi 7 arrives in full early 2024, promises 5x speed boost over Wi-Fi 6
Early adopter devices now available, Gigabyte shows off Wi-Fi 7 PCIe adapter
Google's top-trending searches of 2023 include Hogwarts Legacy, ChatGPT, and a question about Romans
Jeremy Renner and the Titanic were also popular
Hollywood stars unwittingly entrapped in pro-Russian propaganda campaign
Thanks to platforms such as Cameo
Apple halts another attempt at iMessage on Android, while dodging EU scrutiny
iMessage won't come to Android devices, but Apple will support RCS in 2024
Meta starts enabling default end-to-end encryption on Facebook and Messenger
Law enforcements have just a few more weeks to keep spying on users' personal comms
From rationality to QAnon: Bill Gates discusses the internet's unforeseen path as a place for "crazy people"
Gates also said that he's "very nice" compared to Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
Google rolls out a lifeline for Drive users with lost files
A hotfix to get those lost files back
Mozilla raked in almost $600 million in 2022, thanks to Google
The big "G" keeps Mozilla sailing smoothly, but remaining relevant won't be so easy
Grand Theft Auto VI is already breaking records
GTA VI generated more than 90 million YouTube views in 24 hours
ChatGPT tops Wikipedia's most viewed articles of 2023 list
Last year's winner was Jeffrey Dahmer's entry
World record set for fiber optic speed transfer at 22.9 petabits per second
A major step toward future ultra-large-capacity optical communication networks
Gmail wants to win the war on junk mail, adds AI spam detection
Spammers beware, Gmail is now "smarter"
UK proposes selfie-based, AI age verification system for porn sites
The average age at which children first see online pornography is 13
Sony is purging some TV shows from users' libraries, including purchased content
"You will own nothing, and you will be happy"
Microsoft Rewards is now less rewarding, sparking user backlash
Loyal MS Edge and Xbox users might feel the pinch
Google reveals the next step in its war on ad blockers: slower extension updates
The ad blocking arms race continues to grow