Why do we today celebrate today–October 29–as the Internet’s 40’s birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the Internet was used for the very first time–and crashed.

50 years after the first ARPANET message, pop culture still views connectivity as disconnected from the political worldview that produced it. The first message transmitted over ARPANET, the pioneering ...

The history of the internet. What critical steps led to its creation. Almost everyone around the world has access to and uses the internet for surfing, gaming, and all sorts of other tasks these days.