The internet has been around for a long time, but how exactly does it work? The internet seems like this incomprehensible thing that allows us to share information at the speed of light. That’s ...

Nora, age 8, Akron, Ohio The internet is a global collection of computers that know how to send messages to one another. Practically everything connected to the internet is indeed a computer ...

June 30, 2025 — Computer scientist Laura Edelson and China researcher Jessica Batke discuss some of what they learned over the course of their 18-month investigation into China's online censorship ...

One early application will be cryptography. Quantum computers will be able to crack today’s internet encryption algorithms, so we will need quantum-resistant cryptographic technology.