Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The Trump administration has asserted for months that its “bargain” version of the federal $42.5 billion grant program to expand access to broadband internet would save taxpayers money. That made ...

A fundamental flaw in closing the digital divide is not knowing where the problems actually are. We're finally about to see changes. Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, overseeing a team ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Like many of her neighbors in East Carroll parish, in rural northeast Louisiana, Wanda Manning has struggled to get decent, affordable internet service. “I’m paying a lot of money each month, about ...

Korrena Bailie has over a decade of experience reporting and editing personal finance stories and reviews. Her work has been featured in Wirecutter, The New York Times, Bankrate and Credit Karma.

The internet is an ethereal concept. The language we use to describe it contributes to that etherealness: we speak of servers being in “the cloud,” as though they were weightless in heaven, and most ...

Buckeye Broadband is a regional internet provider serving northwest Ohio and parts of southeast Michigan with both cable and fiber connections. Speeds range from 200 Mbps to 10 Gbps, giving households ...

Help is now available for families struggling to pay for a decent internet connection during the COVID-19 pandemic, when web access is needed more than ever by people studying, working, shopping, and ...