The Nation

The Intimate and Interconnected History of the Internet

Kevin Driscoll’s new book The Modem World offers a picture of an early Internet defined by community, experimentation, and lack of privacy. (Fotoreport Quelle AG / AP Images) By signing up, you ...
CoinTelegraph

A brief history of the internet

The United States Department of Defense created the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) in the late 1960s, which is when the internet first emerged. Thanks to ARPANET, research ...
Ars Technica

An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

The World Wide Web Turns 30: A History of the Internet Technology

On April 30, 1993, the European research organization known as CERN released Tim Berners-Lee’s code for the World Wide Web into the public domain. The internet has many components but this innovation ...
Ars Technica

A history of the Internet, part 2: The high-tech gold rush begins

Welcome to the second article in our three-part series on the history of the Internet. If you haven't already, read part one here. As a refresher, here's the story so far: The ARPANET was a project ...
The Verge

A history of metaphors for the internet

From a series of tubes to the information superhighway. is an investigations editor and feature writer covering technology and the people who make, use, and are affected by it. Since joining The Verge ...