Klint Finley
WIRED
Portland, OR, United States
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3G Service Is Going Away Next Year. Here's What That Means
As companies shut down their aging 3G equipment to make room for 5G networks, older devices like phones, alarm systems, and wearables will lose functionality. → Read More
NFTs Are Hot. So Is Their Effect on the Earth’s Climate
The sale of a piece of crypto art consumed as much energy as the studio uses in two years. Now the artist is campaigning to reduce the medium’s carbon emissions. → Read More
Developers vs. Executives: Cloud Native Confusion is Real
Everyone wants to go cloud native these days. But what does that mean? → Read More
The Covid-19 Pandemic Shows the Virtues of Net Neutrality
Network speeds are holding up despite the crush of internet traffic. Freed from rules, broadband providers have cut investment in their systems. → Read More
The Web's .Org Domain Is Still Run by a Nonprofit—for Now
Icann, the internet's governing body, rejected a proposal to sell control of the .org registry to a newly formed private equity group. → Read More
Can't File for Unemployment? Don't Blame Cobol
Yes, the 60-year-old programming language still powers banks, airlines, and government agencies. But a more likely cause for those error messages was overloaded web servers. → Read More
Want to Ditch Zoom? Jitsi Offers an Open-Source Alternative
As we spend more time on videoconferences, concerns mount about trust. Emil Ivov says you shouldn't have to trust anyone. → Read More
Anyone's a Celebrity Streamer With This Open Source App
OBS Studio offers customization and other advanced features that are easier to use than those in other free recording tools → Read More
When School Is Online, the Digital Divide Grows Greater
Most US schools are closed, with instruction shifting to the internet. That's a problem for millions of people without reliable broadband, including 20 percent of rural students. → Read More
The JavaScript Framework That Puts Web Pages on a Diet
Svelte, created by a graphics editor for the New York Times, has attracted a following among programmers who want their pages to load faster. → Read More
Google Reveals Location Data to Help the Coronavirus Response
The search giant is disclosing trends in visits to broad categories of places, as a tool for public health officials. → Read More
T-Mobile Swallows Sprint, Leaving 3 US Cellphone Giants
Consumer advocates fear that the deal will lead to reduced competition and higher prices. But regulators and a federal judge let it proceed. → Read More
Open Source Fonts Are Love Letters to the Design Community
Typefaces that be freely used and modified give others a chance to hone their craft—and share valuable feedback. → Read More
YouTube Slashes Video Quality to Save Bandwidth
Meanwhile, Microsoft and Sony plan to throttle game downloads during peak usage hours to help prevent internet congestion during the Covid-19 pandemic. → Read More
Go Ahead, Stream All You Want. The Internet Is Fine—for Now
Netflix is slowing streams in Europe in an effort to preserve bandwidth amid the pandemic. But US providers seem to be holding up to the surge in usage. → Read More
Microsoft and GitHub Strengthen Their Hold on Open Source
GitHub, home to about 100 million code "repositories," is buying NPM, which makes tools widely used by JavaScript developers. → Read More
Global Officials Call For Free Access to Covid-19 Research
Government science advisers in a dozen countries are asking scientific journals to make data on the disease more widely available. → Read More
Buy One of These Fonts—Then Decide If It's Your Type
Designers sell creations, often incomplete, on Future Fonts for as little as $10. Early buyers get rights to complete sets when (or if) they're finished. → Read More
The Python Programming Language Is More Popular Than Ever
Despite a rocky transition from Python 2 to Python 3, developers are still flocking to to the programming language. → Read More
WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN
The virtual private network software from security researcher Jason Donenfeld wins fans with its simplicity and ease of auditing. → Read More