Like Iran, governments worldwide rely on internet shutdowns to suppress populations, rig elections and collectively punish their citizens.

We've all dealt with bad internet connections. But could the entire internet ever collapse?

Iranians are using Starlink to get online during the government's near-total internet shutdown.

Maryam has worked as an online interpreter since the Taliban banned women from most jobs in Afghanistan. But her livelihood is under threat after the hard-line Islamist group last week shut down access to fiber-optic Internet in large swaths of the country.

It started with the Nintendo 64. Lauren recalls feverishly playing the '90s gaming console − and how it took priority over making friends or doing homework − when she was 8. Then, she says, it was her family’s home computer. Her tech use continued to ...