What is my IP address? How to find out and what it means

An Internet Protocol address, also known as an IP address, is a unique number that identifies a device connected to the ...

What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...

Good Question: What is DNS and why is it keeping me from getting online?

DNS stands for Domain Name System, commonly referred to as the internet’s phonebook. It is the system computers use to connect to each other when we go online.