Google Ships WebMCP, The Browser-Based Backbone For The Agentic Web

Google ships WebMCP protocol, letting websites expose structured functions to AI agents and reducing computational overhead by 67% compared to screen scraping.

A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.
MUO on MSN

I disabled this one Windows network setting, and my streaming never buffers anymore

This Windows network setting is designed to boost performance — but it could be why your videos keep buffering.

David J. Farber, ‘Grandfather of the Internet,’ Dies at 91

A researcher, professor and federal policy adviser, he guided students who went on to do groundbreaking work in connecting ...
The Boston Globe

Starlink’s internet from space works astonishingly well. But there’s a catch.

I will never forget the first time I saw the Starlink satellite array march across the sky. I was in an open safari vehicle, on a pitch-dark night, outside of Kruger National Park in South Africa four ...
Business Insider

T-Mobile business internet 2026: Everything you need to know about the work-facing ISP

It's hard to go wrong with T-Mobile's affordable prices and premium speeds, which is why we recommend the carrier as one of the best phone plans we've tested. But you're missing out if you don't also ...
NPR

Iran offline: How a government can turn off the internet

There's an ongoing, near-total blackout of the internet in Iran. The shutdown is part of a response by the government to ongoing protests against rising inflation and the value of the nation's ...
ExtremeTech

Google's New Protocol Lets You Shop, Check Out Within Search and Gemini

Google has announced an open standard for AI-driven shopping called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). The tech giant developed UCP in partnership with Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart ...
Asia Society

How the Internet Works, and How China Censors it

June 30, 2025 — Computer scientist Laura Edelson and China researcher Jessica Batke discuss some of what they learned over the course of their 18-month investigation into China's online censorship ...
Reuters

Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election, orders rights groups to halt work

Uganda order comes amid allegations of repression, detentions Museveni seeks to extend rule, has changed constitution twice UN reports rights violations, Uganda says actions justified KAMPALA, Jan 13 ...
TechCrunch

Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents

Google on Sunday announced a new open standard called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference. The standard, developed ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

EDITORIAL: How the Internet works (and how Section 230 helps it)

An interesting few paragraphs in an interesting story this week: Reporter Ron Wood's 1A story on a state law concerning social media, a judge that blocked the state attorney general from enforcing it, ...