Network Stories for 2017

How Hotmail Changed Microsoft (and Email) Forever 84
Trump's Website Is Coded With a Broken Server Error Message That Blames Obama 168
WeChat To Become China's Official Electronic ID System 54
How To Check If You Interacted With Russian Propaganda On Facebook During the 2016 Election 226
Amazon Acquires Connected Camera and Doorbell Startup 'Blink' 18
Airlines With the Best In-Flight Wi-Fi 52
Man in China Sentenced To Five Years' Jail For Running VPN 42
Republican Lawmaker Introduces Net Neutrality Legislation 350
Russia-Linked Twitter Accounts 'Tried To Divide UK' After Terrorist Attacks 133
Cloud-Based Repository Leak Exposes 123 Million American Households 62
The White House Is Temporarily Shutting Down Its Petition Website 153
Facebook To Demote Posts That Ask For 'Likes' Or Shares 85
ISPs Won't Promise To Treat All Traffic Equally After Net Neutrality 232
Norway Becomes First Country To Switch Off FM Radio 183
Canadian Cellphone Bills Are Some of the Highest In the World, Says Report 184
Lawmakers Are Fighting For Net Neutrality 215
EFF: Accessing Publicly Available Information On the Internet Is Not a Crime 175
Author of BrickerBot Malware Retires, Says He Bricked 10 Million IoT Devices 149
AT&T Begins Testing High-Speed Internet Over Power Lines 119
Instagram Will Now Let You Follow Hashtags In Your Main Feed 23
129 Million Americans Can Only Get Internet Service From Companies That Have Violated Net Neutrality 143
France To Ban Mobile Phones In Schools 191
Bitcoin Fees Are Skyrocketing 272
FCC Explains How Net Neutrality Will Be Protected Without Net Neutrality Rules 246
ISPs and Movie Industry Prepare Canadian Pirate Site Blocking Deal 86
Cloudflare's CEO Has a Plan To Never Censor Hate Speech Again 395
Amazon Finally Launches In Australia 57
PayPal Says 1.6 Million Customer Details Stolen In Breach At Canadian Subsidiary 24
Volunteers Around the World Build Surveillance-Free Cellular Network Called 'Sopranica' 77
Every iPhone X Is Not Created Equal 74
Russia Wants To Launch Backup DNS System By August 1, 2018 160
Verizon Will Launch 5G Home Internet Access In 2018 115
Australian Man Uses Snack Bags As Faraday Cage To Block Tracking By Employer 193
Snapchat Is Becoming the Anti-Facebook 47
PSA: Comcast Doesn't Really Support Net Neutrality 144
More Than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments Were Likely Faked 177
AT&T, Comcast Lawsuit Has Nullified a City's Broadband Competition Law 74
YouTube To Implement New Guidelines To Protect Minors From Disturbing Content 95
Google Wipes 786 Pirate Sites From Search Results 83
FCC Ignored Your Net Neutrality Comment, Unless You Made a 'Serious' Legal Argument 279
How a Wi-Fi Pineapple Can Steal Your Data (And How To Protect Yourself From It) 46
Verizon: No 4G-Level Data Caps For 5G Home Service 56
Google Will Stop Letting Sites Use AMP Format To Bait and Switch Readers 57
Detroit's Marginalized Communities Are Building Their Own Internet 125
Report Claims That 18 Nation's Elections Were Impacted By Social Engineering Last Year 235
New EU Consumer Protection Law Contains a Vague Website Blocking Clause 45
Slashdot Asks: Have You Switched To Firefox 57? 589
Walmart Is Raising Prices Online To Increase In-Store Traffic 133
FCC Plans December Vote To Kill Net Neutrality Rules 116
All Major Browsers Now Support WebAssembly 243
Ask Slashdot: Which Software/Devices Are Unusable Without Connecting to the Internet? 201
Amazon Is Making a 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel Series 109
Alphabet's Project Loon Delivers Internet To 100,000 People In Puerto Rico 34
Nearly Half of Colorado Counties Have Rejected a Comcast-Backed Law Restricting City-Run Internet 128
Twitter Officially Expands Its Character Count To 280 Starting Today 98
How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet 110
CIA Releases 321GB of Bin Laden's Digital Library 125
NVIDIA-Powered Neural Network Produces Freakishly Natural Fake Human Photos 140
Facebook Says 126 Million Americans May Have Seen Russia-Linked Political Posts 370
Comcast Tries To Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband 93
The New York Times Launches Tor Onion Service To Overcome Censorship, Ensure Privacy 69
DUHK Crypto Attack Recovers Encryption Keys, Exposes VPN Connections 59
FCC Ends Decades-Old Rule Designed To Keep TV, Radio Under Local Control 223
Legal Hack Back Lets You Go After Attackers In Your Network 47
Facebook Tests Removing Publishers From News Feed -- Unless They Pay 88
Facebook Security Chief Says Its Corporate Network Is Run 'Like a College Campus' 85
Amazon Spends $350K On Seattle Mayor's Race 62
Apple Watch's LTE Suspended In China Possibly Due To Government Security Concerns 18
Netflix, Amazon, Movie Studios Sue Over TickBox Streaming Device 135
Mobile Phone Companies Appear To Be Selling Your Location To Almost Anyone 149
Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now 140
FCC's Claim That One ISP Counts As 'Competition' Faces Scrutiny In Court 200
Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts To 3 Billion 41
T-Mobile Won't Stop Claiming Its Network Is Faster Than Verizon's 106
Department of Justice Demands Facebook Information From 'Anti-Administration Activists' 253
Comcast's New 'Xfinity Instant TV' Streaming Service Charges $18 For What Antennas Offer For Free 91
Twitter Suspends Hundreds of Accounts Linked To Russian Operatives 235
Bell Canada Wants Pirate Websites Blocked For Canadians 136
Mozilla's 'Firefox Quantum' Browser Challenges Chrome In Speed 297
Would a T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Hurt Consumers? 95
Verizon Backtracks Slightly In Plan To Kick Customers Off Network 52
Why You Shouldn't Use Texts For Two-Factor Authentication 102
Ethereum Will Match Visa In Scale In a 'Couple of Years,' Says Founder 114
T-Mobile To Increase Deprioritization Threshold To 50GB This Week 67
Jeweler Forged Judge's Signature To Force Google To Kill Negative Reviews 52
PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him 506
Warning: 'MetalKettle' Repository For Kodi Becomes Vulnerable After GitHub Takeover 28
8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use 108
First Ever Malvertising Campaign Uses JavaScript To Mine Cryptocurrencies In Your Browser 70
Facebook Enabled Advertisers To Reach 'Jew Haters' 253
ISPs Claim a Privacy Law Would Weaken Online Security, Increase Pop-Ups 86
Study Finds That Banning Trolls Works, To Some Degree 341
North Korea Is Dodging Sanctions With a Secret Bitcoin Stash 188
BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Impact Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices 121
The New Apple Watch Series 3 Has Cellular Built-In 55
Firefox 57 Will Hide Search Bar and Use a Uni-Bar Approach, Like Chrome 315
Ask Slashdot: What's a Practical Response To the Equifax Breach? 217
Facebook Finds a New Service To Copy: Tinder 46
Google Fiber Cuts Kansas City Resident's Internet Access Over 12 Cent Dispute 191
Facebook Sold Ads To Russian-Linked Accounts During Election 138
Chrome 61 Arrives With JavaScript Modules, WebUSB Support 115
Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking 142
Over 28 Million Records Stolen In Breach of Latin American Social Network Taringa 16
Some Instagram Employees Sell Verification For Thousands of Dollars 56
AT&T Uverse Modems Found To Have Several Serious Security Vulnerabilities 75
Nearly 3,000 Bitcoin Miners Exposed Online Via Telnet Ports, Without Passwords 43
New Qualcomm Auto Chipset Advances Vehicle-To-Everything Communications 24
Litecoin Prices Surge Above $70 As Crypto Market Tops $175 Billion 67
Comcast Sues Vermont To Avoid Building 550 Miles of New Cable Lines 201
Kansas City Was First To Embrace Google Fiber, Now Its Broadband Future Is 'TBD' 178
AT&T's Slow 1.5Mbps Internet In Poor Neighborhoods Sparks Complaint To FCC 213
Chrome Adds Warning For Extensions That Take Over Your Proxy Settings 36
Microsoft .NET Core 2.0 For Linux Released; Redhat Will Bundle Microsoft's .NET 185
Mozilla Testing an Opt-Out System For Firefox Telemetry Collection 227
Justice Department Walks Back Demand For Information On Anti-Trump Website 130
Disney Will Price Streaming Service At $5 Per Month, Analyst Says 130
Facebook Downranks Video Clickbait and Fake Play Buttons 25
Judge Dismisses AT&T's Attempt To Stall Google Fiber Construction In Louisville 71
YouTube Has An Illegal TV Streaming Problem 119
Justice Department Demands 1.3 Million IP Addresses Related To Anti-Trump Website 392
Discord Bans Servers That Promote Nazi Ideology 456
FCC Extends Net Neutrality Comment Period By Two Weeks 22
China Working On 'Repression Network' Which Lets Cameras Identify Cars With Unprecedented Accuracy 80
Password Power Rankings: a Look At the Practices of 40+ Popular Websites 127
Maybe Americans Don't Need Fast Home Internet Service, FCC Suggests 378
Disney To Pull Its Movies From Netflix and Start Its Own Streaming Service 270
The Man Who Wrote the Password Rules Regrets Doing So 239
First Evidence That Social Bots Play a Major Role In Spreading Fake News 144
Google Grapples With Fallout After Employee Slams Diversity Efforts 546
Data Cap Analysis Found Almost 200 ISPs Imposing Data Limits in the US 41
Apple Plans To Release a Cellular-Capable Watch To Break iPhone Ties 92
Supreme Court Moves Toward Digital With Online Court Filings 20
Charter Has Moved Millions of Customers To New -- And Often Higher -- Pricing 84
China Is Perfecting a New Method For Suppressing Dissent On the Internet 151
Verizon's New Rewards Program Lets It Track Your Browsing History 84
Why the Bitcoin Network Just Split In Half and Why It Matters 109
Verizon, AT&T Customers Are Getting Slower Speeds Because of Unlimited Data Plans 102
Senators Propose Bill Targeting Websites That Facilitate Sex Trafficking 187
BrickerBot Dev Claims Cyber-Attack That Affected Over 60,000 Indian Modems 32
FCC Is Not Complying With Freedom of Information Act Requests, Alleges Lawsuit 105
iOS 11 Will Prevent Your iPhone From Automatically Connecting To Unreliable Wi-Fi Networks 88
Ask Slashdot: Best Option For a Touring Band With Mobile Data? 203
Senator Doesn't Buy FCC Justification For Killing Net Neutrality 42
AlphaBay Owner Used Email Address For Both AlphaBay and LinkedIn Profile. 146
YouTube Will Now Redirect Searches For Extremist Videos To Anti-Terrorist Playlists 136
Authorities Take Down Hansa Dark Web Market, Confirm AlphaBay Takedown 41
FCC Refuses To Release Text of More Than 40,000 Net Neutrality Complaints 64
Mesh Networking Comes To Bluetooth, Which Could Set Off a New Wave of Smart Buildings 70
3 ISPs Have Spent $572 Million To Kill Net Neutrality Since 2008 150
Radio Station Hijacked Eight Times In the Past Month To Play 'I'm a Wanker' Song 168
Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop In the Classroom 247
We Need To Reboot the Culture of View Source 305
Ask Slashdot: Is There a Way To Experience the Chinese Internet From Outside? 93
Space Data Lawsuit Has Alphabet's Project Loon In Jeopardy 33
WikiLeaks Unveils CIA Implants That Steal SSH Credentials From Windows, Linux PCs 140
CNN Warns It May Expose An Anonymous Critic If He Ever Again Publishes Bad Content 944
Cox Expands Home Internet Data Caps, While CenturyLink Abandons Them 73
Broadcom Gets Green Light From Feds To Buy San Jose's Brocade For $5.9 billion 27
Forced Arbitration Isn't 'Forced' Because No One Has To Buy Service, Says AT&T 342
65 Percent of Major US Banks Have Failed Web Security Testing, Says Report 25
Tom Wheeler Defends Title II Rules, Accuses Pai of Helping Monopolists 134
WikiLeaks Dump Reveals CIA Malware For Tracking Windows Devices Via WiFi Networks 85
August Solar Eclipse Could Disrupt Roads and Cellular Networks 95
Comcast and Charter In Talks With Sprint To Offer Wireless Service 42
'I'm Suing New York City To Loosen Verizon's Iron Grip' 62
Fake Online Stores Reveal Gamblers' Shadow Banking System 63
FCC Grants OneWeb Approval To Launch Over 700 Satellites For 'Space Internet' 89
WikiLeaks Doc Dump Reveals CIA Tools For Hacking Air-Gapped PCs 74
Lawsuit Accuses Comcast of Cutting Competitor's Wires To Put It Out of Business 142
Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Isolate a Network And Allow Data Transfer? 237
Virgin Mobile Becomes World's First iPhone-Exclusive Carrier, Offers Year of Service For $1 99
California May Restore Broadband Privacy Rules Killed By Congress and Trump 85
The Best And Worst ISPs According To Consumer Reports 90
Mozilla Launches Privacy-Minded 'Firefox Focus' Browser For Android 58
Former CenturyLink Employee Accuses Company of Running a Wells Fargo-Like Scheme 61
Firm Responsible For Mirai-Infected Webcams Hires Software Firm To Make Its Products More Secure 18
T-Mobile Rolling Out 600 MHz Low-Band Wireless 47
Amazon Granted a Patent That Prevents In-Store Shoppers From Online Price Checking 465
Japan Passes Controversial 'Anti-Conspiracy' Bill 93
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier 263
US Internet Company Refused To Participate In NSA Surveillance, Documents Reveal 95
Netflix Has More American Subscribers Than Cable TV 74
FCC Can't Cap the Cost of Cross-State Prison Phone Calls, Court Rules 173
Someone Built a Tool To Get Congress' Browser History 68
Hackers Can Spoof Phone Numbers, Track Users Via 4G VoLTE Mobile Technology 38
Younger Millennials Don't Know What Networks Are Responsible For TV Shows, Unless It's Netflix 185
Apple's New iPhones May Miss Out On Higher-Speed Data Links 114
Pirate Bay Founder: We've Lost the Internet, It's All About Damage Control Now 189
US Ranks 28th In the World In Average Wireless Broadband Speeds 66
Malware Uses Router LEDs To Steal Data From Secure Networks 105
Ask Slashdot: How Do News Organizations Keep Track of So Much Information? 119
Wall Street Journal's Google Traffic Drops 44% After Pulling Out of First Click Free 257
Cable TV 'Failing' As a Business, Cable Industry Lobbyist Says 185
FCC Seeks To Increase ISP Competition In Apartment Buildings 67
YouTube Clarifies 'Hate Speech' Definition and Which Videos Won't Be Monetized 271
Democrats Ask FBI To Probe Reported FCC Cyberattack 53
Qualcomm, Microsoft Announce Snapdragon 835 PCs With Gigabit LTE 102
Silk Road Founder Loses Appeal and Will Serve Life 145
Parents Have No Right To Dead Child's Facebook Account, German Court Rules 218
AI Could Get Smarter By Copying the Neural Structure of a Rat Brain 89
Experts Call For Preserving Copper, Pneumatic Systems As Hedge For Cyber Risk 169
More Than Half of Streaming Users In US Are Sharing Their Passwords, Says Report 71
T-Mobile's 'Digits' Program Revamps the Phone Number 51
How Facebook Flouts Holocaust Denial Laws Except Where It Fears Being Sued 310
Republicans Want To Leave You Voicemail -- Without Ever Ringing Your Cellphone 443
FCC Won't Punish Stephen Colbert For Controversial Trump Insult 305
Java Creator James Gosling Joins Amazon Web Services 90
UK Conservatives Pledge To Create Government-Controlled Internet 186
About 37,000 AT&T Workers Go On Three-Day Strike 23
Firefox 55: Flash Will Become 'Ask To Activate' For Everyone 114
Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago 327
Comcast's New Wireless Service Goes Live For Current Xfinity Subscribers 52
The Republican Push To Repeal Net Neutrality Will Get Underway This Week 141
European Privacy Regulators Take Coordinated Action Against Facebook 53
Access Codes For United Cockpit Doors Accidentally Posted Online 109
Should You Leave Google Chrome For the Opera Browser? 303
Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse 28
Cable Lobby Survey Backfires; Most Americans Support Net Neutrality 119
Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity 173
Verizon Outbids AT&T For Nationwide 5G Wireless Spectrum 34
New IoT Malware Targets 100,000 IP Cameras Via Known Flaw 60
Facebook Downranks News Feed Links To Crappy Sites Smothered In Ads 95
FCC Should Prove DDoS Attacks Stopped Net Neutrality Comments 104
ISPs Could Take Down Large Parts of Bitcoin Ecosystem If They Wanted To 72
Chrome For Android Now Lets You Save Web Pages For Reading Later 46
FCC Says It Was Victim of Cyberattack After John Oliver Show 205
US To Seek Social Media Details From Certain Visa Applicants 76
Majority of US Households Now Cellphone-Only, Government Says 133
WhatsApp Users Are Reporting Outages Worldwide 44
Hulu Launches Its Live TV Streaming Service 53
Gmail, Google Docs Users Hit By Massive Email Phishing Scam 60
T-Mobile Says It Will Launch Nationwide 5G Network In Three Years 59
Senate Republicans Introduce Anti-Net Neutrality Legislation 224
Stray WiFi Signals Could Let Spies See Inside Closed Rooms 41
The Internet-of-Things is Maturing 33
Apple Patent Hints At Wirelessly Charging Your iPhone Via Wi-Fi Routers 144
AT&T To Roll Out 5G Network That's Not Actually 5G 89
Pirate Site Blockades Violate Free Speech, Mexico's Supreme Court Rules 35
Five Years Later, Legal Megaupload Data Is Still Trapped On Dead Servers 82
US ISP Goes Down As Two Malware Families Go To War Over Its Modems 93
AT&T Brings Fiber To Rich Areas While the Rest Are Stuck On DSL, Study Finds 167
Gamers in Hawaii Can't Compete... Because of Latency 269
How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All 251
Slashdot Asks: Which Wireless Carrier Do You Prefer? 208
Verizon's $70 Gigabit Internet Is Half the Price of Older 750Mbps Tier 67
Canada Rules To Uphold Net Neutrality 65
The Biggest Time Suck at the Office Might Be Your Computer 169
MIT No Longer Owns 18.0.0.0/8 130
Navy, Marines Prohibit Sharing Nude Photos In Wake of a Facebook Scandal 132
Microsoft's Skype Is Most Used Messaging Service For Cyber Criminals, Study Finds 57

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