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Curated Video
How Does the Internet Work—and Where Is It Stored?
Where is the Internet? Location? How does the internet work? And most importantly, how much does it weigh? You are on it right now. 30 years ago, it didn’t exist for most of us. But today Many of us can’t live...
Debunked
What If You Destroyed The Internet?
We investigate how the internet could be taken down, the consequences of an Internet Apocalypse, and if it could all be done by a single person.
Crash Course
The Internet: Crash Course Computer Science
Today, we're going to talk about how the Internet works. Specifically, how that stream of characters you punch into your browser's address bar, like "youtube.com", return this very website. Just to clarify we're talking in a broader...
SciShow
How the Internet Was Invented | The History of the Internet, Part 1
The Internet is older than you might think!
SciShow
How the Internet Was Invented | The History of the Internet, Part 1
The Internet is older than you might think!
Code.org
What is the Internet?
What is the internet? Short answer: a distributed packet-switched network. This is the introduction video to the series, "How the Internet Works". Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the internet" explains the history of how the net and...
Curated Video
Understanding the Internet
The internet is a global network that connects millions of computers around the world, allowing them to communicate and share information. The internet allows users to access data and websites, as well as other services like file...
TED Talks
TED: What everyday citizens can do to claim power on the internet | Fadi Chehade and Bryn Freedman
Technology architect Fadi Chehade helped set up the infrastructure that makes the internet work -- essential things like the domain name system and IP address standards. Today he's focused on finding ways for society to benefit from...
Curated Video
How the internet works in North Korea
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The hidden network that makes the internet possible - Sajan Saini
View full lessonf='https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-network-that-makes-the-internet-possible-sajan-saini' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>lesson↵↵In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data—...
Curated Video
How Does the Internet Work? - Glad You Asked S1 (E9)
For most of us, the internet is virtual, made of Instagram posts, emails and YouTube videos. And, access to the vital utility isn’t guaranteed across the world. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What is the internet actually...
TED Talks
TED: How NFTs are building the internet of the future | Kayvon Tehranian
In this revelatory talk, technologist Kayvon Tehranian explores why NFTs -- digital assets that represent a certificate of ownership on the internet -- are a technological breakthrough. Learn how NFTs are putting power and economic...
TED Talks
TED: How to stop the metaverse from becoming the internet's bad sequel | Micaela Mantegna
The metaverse is already on fire, and we haven't even built it yet, says TED Fellow and video game lawyer Micaela Mantegna. She lays out why the metaverse is at risk of inheriting some of the internet's worst traits, like unchecked...
World Science Festival
Bring in the Geeks: The Need to Understand the Internet
In October 2011, congress introduced the Stop Online Privacy Act—meant to allow law enforcement to crack down on online counterfeiting and copyright infringement. But opponents of the law worried that it allowed certain parties to exert...
TED Talks
Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy
We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.
TED Talks
Claire Wardle: How you can help transform the internet into a place of trust
How can we stop the spread of misleading, sometimes dangerous content while maintaining an internet with freedom of expression at its core? Misinformation expert Claire Wardle explores the new challenges of our polluted online...
TED Talks
Julie Cordua: How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet
Social entrepreneur Julie Cordua works on a problem that isn't easy to talk about: the sexual abuse of children in images and videos on the internet. At Thorn, she's building technology to connect the dots between the tech industry, law...
TED Talks
TED: How the blockchain is changing money and business | Don Tapscott
What is the blockchain? If you don't know, you should; if you do, chances are you still need some clarification on how it actually works. Don Tapscott is here to help, demystifying this world-changing, trust-building technology which, he...
TED Talks
TED: Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 | Elon Musk
In this live, unedited conversation, Elon Musk -- the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company -- digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the biggest regret of his career, how his...
The Wall Street Journal
Making - And Breaking - The Internet
What does the dark web look like? How Disney's new cartoon visualized the internet.
Curated Video
How Teleportation Might Work: A Scientific Look at the Star Trek Transporter
Is teleportation possible? In the Star Trek transporter, the atoms in your body get converted to their subatomic particles – protons, neutrons, and electrons, and are transmitted as a stream of particles to...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how can we secure it?
Industry leaders discuss cybersecurity concerns around the Internet of Things (IoT) and the role NIST ( can play to help secure our future. Featuring thought...