Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet

Billionaire-Proofing the Internet (pluralistic.net)
Billionaire-proofing the internet: Scolding people for choosing popular services is no way to build a popular movement.
Internet, Technology, Social Justice, Censorship, Decentralization
26 points by rbanffy 3 days ago | 6 comments
Proton: We're giving away over $1M to support a better internet (proton.me)
This year’s Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser was a record-breaking success, generating over $1 million to directly support organizations fighting for privacy, freedom of expression, and human rights worldwide.
Privacy, Human Rights, Nonprofits, Fundraising, Internet
146 points by teekert 4 days ago | 44 comments
Aaron Swartz and Sam Altman (journa.host)
Aaron Swartz, Sam Altman, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Internet
319 points by ta988 6 days ago | 192 comments
IP addresses through 2024 (potaroo.net)
Time for another annual roundup from the world of IP addresses. Let’s see what has changed in the past 12 months in addressing the Internet and look at how IP address allocation information can inform us of the changing nature of the network itself.
IP Addresses, Internet, Networking
162 points by DanAtC 6 days ago | 84 comments
Decentralized Syndication – The Missing Internet Protocol (tautvilas.lt)
The Internet is decentralized by design. It came into being not at once, but in parts. New protocols were added on top of previous ones, with each new protocol extending and improving functionality of the global network. TCP and IP protocols were built in the 1970s, then came SMTP and DNS in the 1980s. 1990s gave us probably the best known HTTP protocol that delivers the visual experience of the web.
Internet, Technology, Protocols, Decentralization
138 points by brisky 8 days ago | 93 comments
How Britain got its first internet connection (2015) (theconversation.com)
The internet has become the most prevalent communications technology the world has ever seen. Though there are more fixed and mobile telephone connections, even they use internet technology in their core. For all the many uses the internet allows for today, its origins lie in the cold war and the need for a defence communications network that could survive a nuclear strike.
History, Internet, Technology, Cold War
169 points by samizdis 8 days ago | 93 comments
AI means the end of internet search as we've known it (technologyreview.com)
Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world’s knowledge.
Artificial Intelligence, Search Engines, Internet, Technology
40 points by gnabgib 10 days ago | 58 comments
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine (theatlantic.com)
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
Internet, Technology, Social Media, Brainwashing, Psychology
10 points by coloneltcb 11 days ago | 1 comments
DigiCert removing support for IPv6 on their services (digicert.com)
On July 8, 2025, DigiCert will stop reusing existing WHOIS-based domain validations, regardless of whether previously obtained information is within the allowed 397-day reuse period and regardless of the WHOIS method.
Security, Internet, Digital Certificates, IPv6
16 points by bluehatbrit 12 days ago | 1 comments
Did a quick search about John Wick 5.This is the abysmal state of Google in 2025 (reddit.com)
Just watched John Wick 4, did a quick search to see if they are making a 5th one. This is the abysmal state of Google and the internet as we go into 2025.
Search Engines, Movies, Internet, Technology
13 points by RicoElectrico 13 days ago | 2 comments
Multi-Path TCP: revolutionizing connectivity, one path at a time (cloudflare.com)
The Internet is designed to provide multiple paths between two endpoints. Attempts to exploit multi-path opportunities are almost as old as the Internet, culminating in RFCs documenting some of the challenges. Still, today, virtually all end-to-end communication uses only one available path at a time.
Networking, TCP, Internet, Cloud Computing, Performance
17 points by da768 14 days ago | 1 comments
TV Group Couldn't Force U.S. ISPs to Block Pirates, UK ISPs May Offer Help (torrentfreak.com)
More than two-and-a-half years ago, a group of Israel-based TV companies entered a new phase of their multi-year war against the country’s most popular and resilient pirate sites.
Internet, Piracy, Law, Technology, Media
7 points by gslin 15 days ago | 0 comments
In 2025, blogs will be the last bastion of the Good Internet (theintrinsicperspective.com)
Late last year, The Intrinsic Perspective breezed past 50,000 subscribers. Given the scale of the internet, this website is no vast peak, but for a lone author, I deem it a success. The Paris Review, a literary magazine I grew up reading, has 50,000 subscribers. Running a marathon takes about 50,000 steps. Go 50,000 miles in a straight line and you will travel twice around the Earth.
Blogs, Internet, Online Content, Writing
20 points by paulpauper 15 days ago | 9 comments
Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Appeals Court (nytimes.com)
A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark net neutrality rules on Thursday, ending a nearly two-decade effort to regulate broadband internet providers like utilities.
Net Neutrality, Law, Telecommunications, Internet
50 points by jbegley 15 days ago | 5 comments
A brief history of the RFC format (2021) (apnic.net)
Geoff Huston recently discussed the processes behind putting together an RFC, and the history of why they came to be, so today we’re going to explore another aspect of what makes RFCs the way they are — their plain text format.
Networking, History, Technical Standards, RFC, Internet
3 points by xeonmc 15 days ago | 0 comments
Am-I.online (am-i.online)
Internet, Web Services, Online Resources
12 points by vednig 16 days ago | 13 comments
Ten things in tech I found joy in during 2024 (rubenerd.com)
Neil Brown posted about what brought him joy in computers and the Internet this year. I agree that it could be a cathartic exercise among the gloom and doom, so I thought I’d give it a shot as well.
Technology, Personal Reflections, Internet, 2024
37 points by Tomte 21 days ago | 17 comments
Copyright Industry Wants to Apply Automated Blocking to Core Internet Routers (techdirt.com)
Copyright, Internet, Censorship, Technology, Law
10 points by DanAtC 21 days ago | 0 comments
NATO's Emergency Plan for an Orbital Backup Internet (ieee.org)
On 18 February 2024, a missile attack from the Houthi militants in Yemen hit the cargo ship Rubymar in the Red Sea.
Space, Technology, Military, Cybersecurity, Internet
14 points by Brajeshwar 23 days ago | 1 comments
DNS Nameservers (potaroo.net)
It's common folklore in the Domain Name System that a delegated domain name must be served by 2 or more nameservers.
DNS, Internet
26 points by belter 23 days ago | 5 comments
How to Tell If You're Behind a Cgnat (chuck.is)
Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation (or CGNAT) is a NAT used by ISPs to manage IPv4 addresses they're assigned.
Networking, Internet, IP Addressing, ISP
9 points by billybuckwheat 26 days ago | 1 comments
A Forgotten Manifesto: Mozilla Betrays Its Own Values on Open Source AI (samjohnston.org)
The Mozilla Foundation (MoFo), “a global nonprofit dedicated to keeping the Internet a public resource that is open and accessible to all,” proudly proclaims “we’re reclaiming the internet, building trustworthy AI, and holding tech companies accountable”. And yet, when the Open Source Initiative (OSI) recently released their contentious Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) — which does not require the “source” of AI models (i.e., the data), Mozilla celebrated it as “an important step forward for open source AI.”
Open Source, Artificial Intelligence, Mozilla, Internet
4 points by ta988 27 days ago | 0 comments
Death of a Forum: How the UK's Online Safety Act Is Killing Communities (techdirt.com)
We’ve been warning for years that the UK’s Online Safety Act would be a disaster for the open internet.
Online Safety, Regulation, Censorship, Internet, UK
43 points by A1kmm 28 days ago | 3 comments
China orbits first Guowang internet satellites, with thousands more to come (arstechnica.com)
The first batch of internet satellites for China's Guowang megaconstellation launched Monday on the country's heavy-lift Long March 5B rocket.
Space, China, Satellites, Internet
8 points by freeqaz 32 days ago | 1 comments
Is doom scrolling rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore (theguardian.com)
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter
Internet, Psychology, Brain Health, Social Media
13 points by cratermoon 33 days ago | 2 comments
Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity (restofworld.org)
When Alois Kachere decided to order a Starlink kit after the company’s launch in Zimbabwe in September, he hoped to be the first person in his neighborhood to get the high-speed internet terminal.
Starlink, Zimbabwe, Internet, Technology, Demand
85 points by impish9208 36 days ago | 68 comments
The secret life of DNS packets (2019) (stripe.com)
Networking, Security, Internet, DNS
95 points by ohjeez 36 days ago | 15 comments
French Piracy Blocking Order Goes Global, DNS Service Quad9 Vows to Fight (torrentfreak.com)
In an ongoing escalation of its fight against online sports piracy, media giant Canal+ secured court orders compelling DNS providers Quad9 and Vercara to block access to pirate streaming sites in France. Quad9 says that it's determined to appeal what it sees as an absurd application of copyright law. For now, however, it will block the targeted domain names globally.
Copyright Law, Piracy, DNS, France, Internet
36 points by latexr 37 days ago | 22 comments
Russia Tests Cutting Off Access to Global Web (pcmag.com)
Russia has reportedly cut some regions of the country off from the rest of the world's internet for a day, effectively siloing them, according to reports from European and Russian news outlets reshared by the US nonprofit Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and Western news outlets.
Russia, Internet, Censorship, Geopolitics, Security
12 points by beejiu 38 days ago | 0 comments
Cable ISPs compare data caps to food menus: Don't make us offer unlimited soup (arstechnica.com)
Cable broadband companies continue to insist that data caps are good for people with low incomes, pushing back against comments filed by consumer advocacy groups.
Internet, Consumer Advocacy, Broadband, Data Caps, Regulation
5 points by hn_acker 38 days ago | 2 comments