On World Environment Day, FiberCop, the operator of the country's largest and most widespread digital infrastructure, presents its first biodiversity assessment.
The initiative is called "On Vacation, for Real" and is aimed at a family and a group of friends, both of up to 10 members: the first week up for grabs is from August 23rd to 29th, the second from August 1st to 7th…
The new capacity agreements expand research and education networks in Europe, Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, supporting scientific cooperation and access to global research infrastructures and helping to reduce the digital divide.
The latest National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) decree mandates telecommunications operators to offer the best-performing technology available in their area. Here's how you can check, directly on the Authority's website.
Another Cloudflare outage: since 9 a.m., many platforms worldwide have been unreachable. The hashtag "Cloudflare down" is trending again just a few weeks after the massive outage in November, but this time the problem was resolved quickly and…
Here we go again: Cloudflare, the content delivery network service that powers countless websites, has crashed, taking down a large portion of the global web with it. Previous incidents, of equal severity, occurred in July 2019 and…
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas, the intelligent browser that integrates AI directly into browsing. Available today on macOS, Atlas transforms the web into a conversation and aims to challenge Google Chrome in the field of artificial intelligence.
According to an analysis by the First CISL's Fiba Foundation, nearly 5 million citizens now have no bank branches in their municipalities. This game of chance means that Bper has the most widespread network in Lombardy. At the national level, Intesa Sanpaolo...
What are data centers, how do they work and why are they becoming the key infrastructure of the digital future. Between AI, cloud, sustainability and energy, a journey into the beating heart of the technological revolution
With the launch of the first 27 satellites of the Kuiper Project, Amazon enters the race for space connectivity. The goal: to create a global constellation of 3.236 satellites to bring fast Internet everywhere, challenging the dominance of Starlink
The so-called "last mile" fiber optic technology has had, and still has, a central role in the development of the country's ultra-broadband Internet access network. In large cities, however, something paradoxical happens that…
The fact that a single person's decision can suddenly shake up the entire world as Trump did with the tariffs is thought-provoking. In reality, we find ourselves everywhere with a political class that is mediocre to say the least and…
We publish excerpts from the speech by the Director of FIRSTonline at the Bari conference of Corecom Puglia on February 24th on the role of Artificial Intelligence in today's information world
90% of Italians are connected to the Internet, spending an average of almost 6 hours a day online. TikTok dominates in terms of time spent, while social media becomes crucial for information and shopping. Here are the trends in the Digital 2025 report by…
2024 marks a record for cybercrime with 3.541 recorded cyber attacks. Italy among the main targets, with 10% of global attacks. Here are the data from the Clusit 2025 Report
"Ideas are not enough, investments are needed to defend sensitive infrastructures" - the CEO of FS intervenes in this way on the risks for physical and IT security that emerged from the First Security Risk Observatory. The numbers of the survey
Painful genuflection of the big names of Silicon Valley to win the benevolence of President Trump. Companies are governmental by definition, as the lawyer Agnelli always reminded, but there is style and style
The 2024 Postal Police report highlights the increase in online scams, financial fraud and the use of cryptocurrencies in digital crimes. It also analyses the fight against cyberterrorism, child pornography and other cyber crimes, with over 54.000 files opened in one year…
The majority withdraws the controversial proposal to finance the relaunch of the fiber plan with the contribution of users not yet reached by the fastest connections. But the association of providers renews its objections to the amendment that assigns additional subsidies to installers
Open Fiber, Cdp and Macquarie shareholders would be ready to do their part for the capital increase of the company that brings optical fiber to Italian homes. Another meeting is needed before Christmas to reach an agreement.…
The plan to spread fiber optics throughout the country is slow. Users (and many operators) are penalized. But those who suffer from intermittent Internet are at risk of being hit by the new tax provided for by an amendment…
Iliad users are experiencing significant problems with the Internet and voice, with thousands of reports on Downdetector and problems spread across several Italian cities
A carefully orchestrated performance, first the million-dollar sale of Cattelan's "Comedian" banana and then its consumption by entrepreneur Justin Sun marks a meeting point between wealth, the contemporary art market and the world of cryptocurrencies
The connection from low-orbit satellites allows to reach the most remote places on the planet at lower costs and is the new terrain of the US-China challenge. Downhill road for the tycoon in Italy thanks to the friendship with the premier…
The US Department of Justice asks Google to sell Chrome for abusing its dominant position. What could happen and why the final decision could reshape the global technological landscape and the dynamics of Big Tech
The new American President promises sparks but the West must deal with a reality that marks its decline from which only a burst of pride and a long-term vision could push it to rise again
The government’s plan to bring fiber optic connections to “market failure” areas is not taking off. But technology is advancing and there is no shortage of solutions. Even for the most difficult areas. From cellular to satellite connections:…
Low prices and many, many offers from telephone operators to compete for the market. But there is no shortage of pitfalls. For example, "unlimited" data traffic that is not. Here's how we can choose the best contract while avoiding the pitfalls
On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee of Cern launched the first page in the history of the World Wide Web, designed to simplify communication between researchers. Initially derided as “useless,” this project marked the dawn of a digital revolution that redefined…
The CrowdStrike cyber blackout exposed a critical flaw in our digital security system. Uncertainties about who will pay damages and the lack of clear regulation demonstrate the urgency of reforms in the IT sector
It was a faulty update to CrowdStrike's Falcon software that caused a mass crash of Windows systems, creating outages around the world. What happened and when will the problem that caused the myth to collapse be solved...
A system malfunction between Microsoft Azure and Crowdstrike triggers a domino effect globally, with disruptions in banks, airports, stock exchanges and the media. Flights grounded, delays and cancellations, London Stock Exchange closed. The accident causes stocks to plummet…
The collaboration between Namex and Open Fiber allows operators to optimize data traffic and create interconnection points that bring content closer to end users, with the aim of improving the performance of digital services
The documents regarding Google's positioning algorithm, leaked online and now readable by anyone, embarrass the search engine's staff, who may have lied, and may continue to do so, about the functioning of their system of…
The Pew Research Center conducted an analysis to examine how often – over a 10-year period – online content becomes unavailable. The study shows - for example - that 38% of existing web pages…
The agreement involves the implementation of a new “digital road” that will allow data to travel faster
Sparkle's BlueMed submarine cable reaches the island of Crete, connecting Italy to Greece and other Mediterranean countries. A new digital hub for high-speed Internet connections and high-performance solutions
Has technology had a significant impact on literature? Technological advances have influenced literary themes, styles and formats, challenging traditional notions of storytelling and opening up new possibilities for creativity and expression
OpenAI appears poised to enter the search engine market with a new AI-powered Google rival, ChatGPT. Possible debut on May 9th. Is Google's dominance under threat?
The tycoon's company accuses Telecom Italia of failure to share spectrum data and threatens to withdraw from the country. Tim specifies: "Partial reconstruction, talks underway"
The founders of Google, right from the first implementation of their search engine, realized that a classification system based on the number and quality of links that each page on the web received would produce better results...
The research carried out by Changes Unipol and elaborated by Kkienn analyzes how the internet and especially social media have changed personal relationships and standards of beauty
The American company was founded on September 4, 1998 but today marks the anniversary in which the first record of indexed pages was recorded. The story of how Larry Page and Sergey Brin conceived the idea of a search engine based…
The six companies are Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta and Microsoft. They have the role of gatekeeper of the market. The European Union thus becomes the first institution to want to regulate the development of the Internet. Commissioner Breton rejoices: "Today…
Tim launches the challenge of transforming the network into an open platform, Network as a Service (NaaS), to promote technological innovation and create new business models in the telecommunications sector. Romano: "The very high performance digital network model…
The former Treasury minister sounds the alarm clock in the face of the excessive power of the Internet giants which is also a threat to democracy. It is essential that the Antitrust fully apply the rules
From 11 June, Tim has been offering a new offer to customers who want to switch from ASL to fiber optics. Pecco Bagnaia with Ducati and the testimonial
For 9 out of 10 Italians, the internet is everyone's right. But there is division on Artificial Intelligence.
EU communications ministers against the tax on large tech groups which, according to the telcos' proposal, should finance 5G and EU broadband - The US administration: "it would distort competition"
Between January and March, Cybercrime cases fell by 44% compared to the previous quarter. However, the risk for radiological equipment, cardiological devices, microscopes connected to the network increases. Data theft returns to the first place among the damages caused…
On May 23, 2023 FIRSTonline celebrates its twelfth birthday and thanks to Artificial Intelligence it takes a new leap in quality by offering free real-time translation of all its texts to readers from all over the world -…
The shock signals arriving from the United Kingdom make clear the structural crisis of the telecommunications which is based above all on the unlimited advance of the Internet giants - It is time for the Meloni government to wake up and urge Europe too...
The messaging service, which already competes with emails also for the exchange of attachments, becomes more powerful and flexible. Even if it requires a little more attention on the security front.
In recent days the book by Franco Bernabé and Massimo Gaggi "Prophets, oligarchs and spies", published by Feltrinelli, on democracy and society of digital capitalism was presented and discussed in Rome from which it emerged that for too long...
The giants of the web and new technologies are mobilized. After the launch of Elon Musk's StarLink comes Jeff Bezos' Kuiper. No direct competition with cellular systems but rather a synergy to bring them even where now not…
European Telcos continue to put pressure on Brussels to force large technology companies to share 36 billion in network costs - Meanwhile, Tim pays the maxi installment of 1,7 billion
According to the Italian Association of Internet Providers, intermittent supplies could trigger a domino effect with devastating consequences - But a solution exists
The Nova press agency, specialized in monitoring international information sources, joins Newsonline, the Italiaonline network as well as a business unit and exclusive concessionaire for the sale of advertising space for the largest pool of native digital sites in the…
The project involves upgrading the coverage in all the tunnels along the Turin-Naples high-speed line and from Bologna to Venice by 2023
INTERVIEW WITH GUIDO STAZI, general secretary of Antitrust and author of two books on Big Tech. "They have practically absolute power but the EU has started the recovery of public powers". The boundaries of democracy
The UNI 11782 standard of 2020 defines the skills of those who propose energy and telephony user contracts to families and companies. It could soon evolve into a bill and define the mandatory nature of the certification as a necessary condition for carrying out the…
The EU has reached a historic agreement that aims to force Big Tech companies to address illegal content on their platforms - But enforcing them will be another story
It should enter into force in 2023 and aims to regulate the activity of giants such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, ensuring the protection of competition upstream
According to a tweet by Anonymous, Putin is about to disconnect from the internet by bringing all resources to the Russian intranet - Moscow denies: "Measures against threats of cyberattacks"
Italiaonline launches InRete, a service to allow every business and professional to enter the Internet in a visible way and guaranteeing the maximization of presence through every available channel
The Italiaonline e-mail service is enriched with a professional solution to meet the needs of its business users
The project involves the upgrading of mobile radio coverage systems in the tunnels along the HS/HC Turin to Naples and from Bologna to Venice lines - for a total investment of 12 million euros
Minister Colao's plan is about to be sent to Brussels and will use 3,68 billion of the Pnrr. The operators will remain owners of the network. The Mise allocates another 60,5 million to cover 19 smaller islands
Voola is born, the new national offer for ultra-fast Internet access for citizens, professionals and companies: it starts on 21 October
The big names in finance, from Soros to Woods distance themselves after the change of pace of President Xi Jinping. Ant, Tencent, Didi have ended up in the crosshairs. Now the collapse of Evergrande. Will China become communist again or will it give a voice to…
It was September 4, 1998 when two former Stanford students founded the company Google LLC - This is how the idea that revolutionized the web was born
The Korean group, which has decided to stop producing smartphones to focus on infrastructure, has carried out the first long-distance external test
The football fiasco via the web, but not only. The source of the signal, the line that transmits it, our home system: here's how to identify what's not working and how to fix it, starting from our WiFi
According to futurists, the Metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual reality space, will be the next step of the Internet but it will still take years before it becomes a reality even if in Silicon Valley there are already many companies that are investing: here…
Mark Zuckerberg's colossus is a two-faced reality: on the one hand a gigantic advertising machine and on the other a social network that makes casual and unscrupulous use of the data it collects and which often has a…
According to the Authority's annual report, broadband and ultra-broadband coverage increased in 2020 - Among the media, only streaming is growing: radio and newspapers are doing badly
Not everyone is equipped with digital identity, certified email and electronic signature. The risk of manipulation and cheating is high. What are we at risk and how can we protect ourselves
The inventor of the World Wide Web disowns the net and wants to give people back control over their personal data. As? He has already decided
Step back for Google which had announced the stop to third-party cookies for its Chrome web browser and all related applications. The disposal of cookies in favor of a less invasive recognition system for…
With the advent of the pandemic and the new challenges in the digital market, it is no longer enough to develop websites and manage the various channels. To have a successful e-commerce site you need a performing digital marketing strategy in order to…
In addition to the e-commerce giant, the sites of important international newspapers, television networks and even public institutions were down for several hours - Hackers have nothing to do with it: here's what happened
In order to bring ultra-fast connectivity throughout the country with the best technologies, Tim launches the new satellite internet service on an experimental basis
The Italian group led by Alessandro Profumo joins the European project led by Airbus, to launch a network that protects sensitive infrastructures by 2027
The historic Internet access software closes its doors definitively on June 15, 2022, after more than 25 years of history: in the 2000s it had 90% of the market, now only 5%
The worst month of 2020 for cybercrimes was December; this is what emerges from the latest report on IT threats by the Exprivia Cybersecurity Observatory, which shows a growth in IT crimes in the last quarter of the year. Among the most affected sectors?…
Shoshana Zuboff, professor at Harvard, has published the book "Surveillance capitalism" and written an article about it in the New York Times, reproduced here in the Italian version, which examine the influence of the Internet and social networks on…
In the "Month for online safety" promoted by the Ministry of Education, new initiatives by Tim are starting to raise awareness of the conscious use of the internet, given that with the pandemic, online time has increased exponentially and with it the related risks.…
Twenty years after its birth, Wikipedia can be considered an Internet reality that has been able to defend its innocence - But how much is Wikipedia worth today?
The company is also bringing the super-fast Internet to the so-called "very white" municipalities, i.e. so far without any network: the latest is Colletorto, with less than 2.000 inhabitants in the province of Campobasso in Molise
The national grid operator launches with SwissGrid and TenneT the new digital platform that uses the Internet and focuses on the Energy of things to connect energy supply and demand
The EU is preparing to give the US Internet giants a hard time, not excluding the possibility of their dismemberment if they violate the new rules - The risk is to open a conflict not only…
A total of 4.800 municipalities have access to ultra-broadband services and will reach 5 by the end of the year - Tim confirms the goal of closing the digital divide by 2021
From 9 November it will be possible to request the internet, pc and tablet bonus - Be careful though, you have to hurry: there are only 204 million available - Here's who can apply, how to do it and how the discounts work
Those with an ISEE of less than 20 euros will be able to access the 500-euro bonus to activate an Internet connection of at least 30 Mbps and buy a tablet or PC
There is not a single area of life - both professional and private - which is not by now totally and inextricably intertwined with the use of electronic devices connected to the network. An efficient company that fits perfectly into today's reality does not…
With Operation Risorgimento Digitale, Tim intends to spread digital skills in the country - Free webinars will start from November aimed at promoting the correct, aware and safe use of the Internet with the support of consumer associations
According to Agcom's quarterly Observatory on Communications, the lockdown has accelerated the demand for ultra-fast connections. Rai resists, Iliad has conquered 6% of the mobile market
Social distancing is also what separates families connected to fast Internet and those still waiting for it. The Auditel-Censis Report takes a picture of digital and non-digital Italy
Beyond the judgment on the text, Pope Francis' Encyclical touches on problems - from science to the market economy and the Internet - with which to deal outside of ideologies - The type of…
IGF Italia 7 starts online from 9 to 2020 October: the global debate on issues relating to Internet governance - An appointment full of themes and points of view on the future of businesses and young people, on the digital transformation…
