When 20 hours online triggered an email from the president of my ISP, Ars Technica

Banj Edwards | Aurich Lawson | Getty Images “Checking the system this morning, I noticed that your account has been logged in for over 20 hours,” begins a December 1998 email from the president of my dial-up Internet service provider (ISP) at the time. “Our service is unlimited, but we ask that you actually use … Read more

$267 million in federal funds to help Marylanders get online

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE COMPUTERS AND, BESIDES THIS, INTERNET CONNECTIONS. THERE ARE 100,000. MARYLAND RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET. WE TACKLE THE PROBLEM FROM EVERY ANGLE, LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND MEANS PUTTING EVERYONE ON THE LINE. IT’S A CONTINUING PROBLEM. THE STATE … Read more

Daily Dot Newsletter: Feline feud becomes an online sensation

We crawl the web so you don’t have to. Sign up for the Daily Dot newsletter to get the best and worst of the Internet delivered to your inbox every day. Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Our stories above Today they’re talking about: A worker at … Read more