Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet

Asia reaches 50 percent IPv6 capability and leads the world in user numbers (theregister.com)
Asia has become the second region in the world to reach 50 percent IPv6 capability, according to data from labs run by the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC).
Internet, Technology, Asia, IPv6, Networking
28 points by burritosphinx 2 days ago | 4 comments
A Fediverse Instance on .e164.arpa (e164.arpa)
we've seen fedi instances on ip6.arpawe've seen them on in-addr.arpahow about one on the mapped phone number domain of St. Helena (+290)?0.9.2.e164.arpayes. it's mine now.
Fediverse, Domain Names, Internet, Technology
8 points by edent 2 days ago | 0 comments
Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law (ericgoldman.org)
Let’s start with a tiny piece of good news. The majority says: “The parties agree among themselves that we need not develop an internet-specific standard for personal jurisdiction. We also agree.” No need for Internet exceptionalist rules. Yay!
Law, Internet, Jurisdiction
88 points by hn_acker 3 days ago | 64 comments
Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Internet (nlnet.nl)
42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet
Open Source, Internet, Funding
466 points by edent 3 days ago | 223 comments
Court Permanently Enjoins Ohio's Segregate-and-Suppress/Parental Consent Law (ericgoldman.org)
Ohio enacted a segregate-and-suppress law that requires regulated websites to obtain parental consent before minors can access certain site features.
Law, Ohio, Privacy, Children, Internet
8 points by hn_acker 4 days ago | 2 comments
The campaign to subvert Africa's internet registry (capeindependent.com)
In ten days, AFRINIC, an NGO which functions as the internet registry for the African continent, is supposed be holding its regular board elections, but these have been postponed, and await plans from the official receiver who has taken charge of the company.
Internet, Africa, Technology, Politics
122 points by greyface- 5 days ago | 36 comments
Ask HN: Is 4chan Offline Forever? (ycombinator.com)
According to Hiro's latest update on the matter, no.
Online Communities, 4chan, Internet
12 points by HITBIT 6 days ago | 7 comments
Crawler operators, please stop destroying the commons (lunnova.dev)
Goodwill for crawling/scraping has rapidly been depleted
Web Scraping, Ethics, Internet
7 points by xena 7 days ago | 0 comments
List of Controversies Surrounding GoDaddy (wikipedia.org)
GoDaddy has been involved in many controversies since its foundation in 1997.
Controversies, GoDaddy, Domain Names, Internet
7 points by blenderob 9 days ago | 0 comments
DNS Blackhole (AS112) Service (iana.org)
Domain Name System resolvers can erroneously perform DNS lookups associated with private-use IP addresses, which generates a significant amount of undesirable Internet traffic. To combat this, a number of "blackhole" or "sinkhole" DNS servers exist to capture this traffic and reduce the load of DNS lookups.
DNS, Security, Network Traffic, Internet
6 points by mparkms 9 days ago | 0 comments
Malicious bots now make up more than a third of web traffic (scworld.com)
Bot traffic now outnumbers human web traffic, with “bad bots” outnumbering good ones, according to Imperva’s 2025 Bad Bot Report.
Bot Traffic, Security, Web Traffic, Internet
7 points by LinuxBender 10 days ago | 0 comments
4chan hacked, internal data leaked on rival image board (dailydot.com)
The notorious imageboard 4chan is currently inaccessible after hackers appear to have leaked internal data from the website.
Cybersecurity, Hacking, Leaks, Online Communities, Internet
5 points by jrflowers 11 days ago | 2 comments
An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1 (arstechnica.com)
In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that you’re using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals in his office.
History, Internet, Technology, Ars Technica
29 points by muxator 12 days ago | 0 comments
The future of the internet is likely smaller communities (theverge.com)
The modern internet is nearly three decades old, and it’s starting to show its age.
Internet, Social Media
37 points by andrewstetsenko 12 days ago | 17 comments
An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1 (arstechnica.com)
In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that you’re using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals in his office.
History, Technology, Internet
11 points by todsacerdoti 12 days ago | 0 comments
Bye bye 3 way handshake (medium.com)
Overall, we have stuck with the 3-way handshake for many decades, and it is now seen as too slow in a modern “always-on, always-connected” world.
Networking, Security, Technology, Internet
22 points by hmaxdml 16 days ago | 5 comments
DDoS Mitigation Leak (kentik.com)
In this edition of Beyond Their Intended Scope, we take a look at last week’s BGP leak by a DDoS mitigation company which impacted networks around the world. We look at the impacts in both BGP and traffic data, and discuss how RFC 9234’s “Only to Customer” BGP Path Attribute could have helped.
Cybersecurity, Networking, BGP, DDoS, Internet
50 points by oavioklein 18 days ago | 1 comments
UK Police Arrest 30 People Per Day for Internet Comments (thetimes.com)
Internet, Law, Crime, Social Media, UK
54 points by A_D_E_P_T 20 days ago | 28 comments
What is an Ethernet cable? Here's how to connect to the internet without Wi-Fi (2022) (businessinsider.com)
An Ethernet cable lets you physically connect your computer to the internet.
Networking, Hardware, Internet, Wi-Fi
25 points by askl 22 days ago | 37 comments
How the Queen of England Beat Everyone to the Internet (wired.com)
Peter Kirstein is the man who put the Queen of England on the internet. In 1976.
History, Internet, United Kingdom, Royalty
38 points by rbanffy 30 days ago | 28 comments
Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries (arstechnica.com)
Software developer Xe Iaso reached a breaking point earlier this year when aggressive AI crawler traffic from Amazon overwhelmed their Git repository service, repeatedly causing instability and downtime.
AI, Software, Web Development, Security, Internet
360 points by LinuxBender 31 days ago | 275 comments
Cybertruck Owner Blowing Past 1.28 TB Data Cap: Coincides with Updates (torquenews.com)
A Cybertruck owner reports that his truck sent and received 940 gigabytes of data in just one month, causing him to exceed his 1.28 terabyte internet cap. Interestingly, he notes that his wife’s Model 3 used only 2.5 GB of data during the same time frame.
Cybersecurity, Data Usage, Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Internet
10 points by voisin 32 days ago | 1 comments
Quad9 – A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy (quad9.net)
Quad9 is a free service that replaces your default ISP or enterprise Domain Name Server (DNS) configuration.
Security, Privacy, DNS, Internet
63 points by janandonly 32 days ago | 30 comments
DNS Speed Test (dnsspeedtest.online)
Optimize your internet experience by finding the fastest DNS server for your location. Just click the button below to start the test.
Internet, DNS, Optimization, Tools
41 points by tosh 32 days ago | 10 comments
The Slow Bloodred Sunset of the Web as We Knew IT (drjoshcsimmons.com)
All websites will lose half of their traffic in the next five years.
Web Development, Technology, Internet
11 points by joshcsimmons 33 days ago | 1 comments
Losing the War for the Free Internet (anarc.at)
I didn't realize this until relatively recently, but we're at war.
Internet, Freedom, Technology, Politics
8 points by pabs3 34 days ago | 0 comments
Xfinity Was Hyping 10G Internet in 2023. But What Was It and How Do You Get It? (highspeedinternet.com)
In 2023, you may have come across ads hyping the Xfinity 10G Network. But what was it? And what’s 10G?
Internet, Technology, Comcast, Xfinity, Network
10 points by raybb 37 days ago | 2 comments
CueCat (wikipedia.org)
The CueCat, styled :CueCat with a leading colon, is a cat-shaped handheld barcode reader designed to allow a user to open a link to an Internet URL by scanning a barcode.
Barcode Readers, Internet, Technology, Hardware
16 points by nanna 38 days ago | 12 comments
The Molecule of the Month (bris.ac.uk)
Each month since January 1996 a new molecule has been added to the list on this page, which makes this one of the longest running Chemical websites on the internet!
Chemistry, Science, Websites, Internet
35 points by fhlu 38 days ago | 7 comments
The Internet Slum: is abandoning the Internet the next big thing? (2004) (fourmilab.ch)
Is it time to start thinking about abandoning the Internet?
Internet, Technology, Society
213 points by kimi 38 days ago | 274 comments