Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

Encrypting DNS requests. Whenever a user goes to a website or any other entity over the Internet, the DNS system converts the name (Apple.com, Google.com, etc.) to the IP address of the server. With ...

Every device and app we use that connects to the Internet uses DNS to figure out where to route data. We trust our browsers with an enormous amount of personal information, and while much of that is ...

W henever I set up a new Android phone, I change one setting before I start using it normally. I update the Private DNS ...

There may be times when Internet access seems to crawl, even when you are connected through a broadband connection and do not have other people on your network using bandwidth. Topher, an avid Mac ...

I have a complex personal network; there's basically three locations, each with its own DHCP/DNS setup (dnsmasq). Each network has a 10.x.y.0/24 network and a subdomain out of internal.example.com ...

You might be wondering: DNS servers — why do they even matter? Or, what is a DNS server anyway? Both of these are important question, but in addressing both, a DNS is your access or gateway to the ...

Internet pioneer Paul Vixie thinks the way many individuals and organizations have configured their internet connections is costing them privacy and time. Vixie helped develop the domain name system, ...

Virtual private network (VPN) connections designed to keep data safe from snooping eyes may be vulnerable to two forms of network attacks by malicious parties with access to a local network, a ...

New research offers a peak into the state of security of domain name server security – and it’s not all pleasing to the eye. In an annual study of domain name servers (DNS) connected to the Internet ...