HTTP/2, the second major revision to the HTTP-standard network protocol, has taken the final step to becoming a standard, with the publication of RFC7540 – the first update to the communications protocol behind the worldwide web since 1999. The upgraded standard is intended to improve web performance, and to better handle the various technologies now […]
The US House of Representatives has voted 338 for and 88 against ending the NSA’s dragnet collection of telephone, email, and other online data from millions of Americans, a controversial program that was revealed in 2013 by former security contractor Edward Snowden. The USA Freedom Act is seen as a big win for privacy and […]
Lead by WST board member Anni Rowland-Campbell the latest WO in a World-Wide Web of Observatories (W3O) went live in Australia thanks to hard work of the joint team from the University of South Australia (UNSA) and WSTnet member the University of Southampton. This is a government-lead observatory project looking at the issue of ageing population […]