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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    In recent years, former coal miners were retrained to work with fiber optics, expanding high-speed Internet — and possible economic opportunities — to rural areas.
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    Even In Crisis Times, There Is A Push To Wire Rural America

    Apr 24, 2020
    The COVID-19 crisis has forced us to move almost everything online. But more than one-third of the U.S. population in rural areas has little or no access to the Internet.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Cities including San Francisco are telling residents to stay home, contributing to increased use of video chats and other online communications.
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    Internet Traffic Surges As Companies And Schools Send People Home

    Mar 17, 2020
    People are turning to video streaming and online gaming, while companies scramble to make sure their systems can handle remote workers.
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    Goats and Soda
    In a year of gloom and doom, disasters and disease, these are the sweet online moments from around the world that brightened up our days this year. Left to right: an aspiring singer in the Philippines; scrunchie cat; Venezuelan cooking lessons.
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    Scrunchie Cat And Friends: Global Social Media Moments We Loved In 2019

    Dec 21, 2019
    They're sweet. And funny! And weird! Here's a sampling of viral videos, tweets and TikToks from around the world.
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    Technology
    Demonstrators protest at a Free Internet rally in Moscow in March. A new law takes effect on Friday that could restrict Internet access.
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    New Russian Law Gives Government Sweeping Power Over Internet

    Nov 01, 2019
    The new law greatly expands Russia's grip on its citizens' Internet content. Rights groups are highly critical, and Internet experts say it could be difficult to actually implement.
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    KNPR's State of Nevada
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    Are Online Reviews Going Too Far?

    Aug 16, 2019

    According to a recent survey, online reviews for local businesses in Nevada are the harshest

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    World
    Computer cafes in South Korea, such as the Oz PC Bang in the Gangnam district of Seoul, are often shiny places with big, comfy chairs, huge screens and fast Internet.
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    Hooked On The Internet, South Korean Teens Go Into Digital Detox

    Aug 13, 2019
    Online gaming and other digital activities cause problems in people's health, relationships and studies. Government centers treat teen boys and girls who struggle to cut down on use of tech devices.
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    Book Reviews
    <em>It Came From Something Awful,</em> by Dale Beran
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    'It Came From Something Awful' Links 4Chan And Today's Political Discourse

    Jul 30, 2019
    If author Dale Beran is to be believed, all the world's an internet forum. His new book offers an overview of internet culture and explores the mindset and techniques of early internet trolls.
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    World
    Created by Chinese programmers, 996.ICU has become a popular repository of workers' rights campaign materials on the website GitHub. The name is a play on a refrain that long work hours of 9 to 9, six days a week, could send tech workers to the intensive
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    GitHub Has Become A Haven For China's Censored Internet Users

    Apr 10, 2019
    Without access to Facebook or Twitter, Chinese tech workers have gathered on GitHub, the world's largest open-source programming platform, to complain about 12-hour days and demand better conditions.
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    Technology
    Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps are displayed on an iPhone. U.K. regulators are proposing broad new rules on social media platforms to combat online harms.
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    U.K. Regulators Propose Broad Social Media Regulations To Counter 'Online Harms'

    Apr 08, 2019
    Under the proposed rules, Internet companies will face penalties if they don't actively monitor and combat harmful speech online. Companies say the proposal is vague.
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    Technology
    Demonstrators shout during a Free Internet rally in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday. The protesters fear widespread censorship and isolation, following a bill that calls for Russia to be cut off from the global Internet.
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    Russians, Fearing Internet Isolation, Protest Government Plan

    Mar 11, 2019
    The rallies follow a bill to cut Russia off from the global Internet. Demonstrators on Sunday chanted, "Hands off the Internet." About two dozen people were arrested.
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    Technology
    A 5G cell (center) in Sacramento, Calif. Mayor Darrell Steinberg says he hopes the new high-speed wireless service will attract businesses to the city.
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    Coming To A City Near You, 5G. Fastest Wireless Yet Will Bring New Services

    Mar 05, 2019
    Sacramento, Calif., is one of the first U.S. cities to have 5G wireless service, and its mayor sees 5G giving the city an edge in attracting businesses and autonomous-vehicle technology.
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    Technology
    Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a cabinet meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday.
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    Kremlin Says U.S. Cyberattacks On Russia Are 'The Reality We Live In'

    Feb 27, 2019
    Spokesman Dmitry Peskov links the attacks to Russia's need for its own Internet. It is a "geopolitical angle to try to defend their own steps," says Internet freedom expert Sanja Kelly.
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    Technology
    Russia is considering disconnecting from the global Internet to test its defenses against cyberattack.
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    Russia Is Considering An Experiment To Disconnect From The Internet

    Feb 11, 2019
    Authorities recommended conducting the test so that the country can assess its cyberdefenses in case of aggression, Russian media report.
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    Technology
    This is a visualization of global internet attacks, seen during the 4th China Internet Security Conference in Beijing. Microsoft's Bing search engine is no longer accessible in China, the company reports.
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    China Appears To Block Microsoft's Bing Search Engine

    Jan 24, 2019
    Microsoft says its search engine is no longer accessible in China. The country is known for blocking electronic access to information deemed harmful to the state.
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    World
    Berlin is a tech hub, but 70 percent of the city's businesses have complained to the city's Chamber of Commerce and Industry about inadequate broadband.
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    Berlin Is A Tech Hub, So Why Are Germany's Internet Speeds So Slow?

    Jan 03, 2019
    Germany is Europe's largest economy, but business leaders warn it is in danger of losing its edge because of sluggish Internet connections. The government has promised to speed things up.
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    Latin America
    Cuba's telecom monopoly is rolling out broad Internet access for mobile phone users this week. Here, a woman uses her smartphone to surf the Internet in Havana.
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    Cuba Extends Internet To Mobile Phones, Promising New Access

    Dec 05, 2018
    It was only 10 years ago that the Castro government lifted its ban that prohibited regular citizens from buying computers. Today, phones are a key method of accessing the Internet in Cuba.
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    Business
    Starbucks announced on Thursday it will start blocking pornography and illegal content on its free Wi-Fi networks in stores throughout the U.S.
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    Starbucks Moves To Block Porn From Free Wi-Fi Networks

    Nov 29, 2018
    Patrons have always been banned in theory from viewing pornographic content over the company's Wi-Fi, but there was no technological filter in place. Starbucks will have one in 2019.
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    Business

    The Tinder-Bumble Feud: Dating Apps Fight Over Who Owns The Swipe

    Oct 30, 2018
    The companies are battling over whether Bumble swiped Tinder's features. Their dispute sheds new light on how the patent system is grappling with invention on the Internet.
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    World
    Christiaan Triebert is a former Dutch journalist who now works with Bellingcat. The organization's members come from all over the world.
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    Meet The Internet Researchers Unmasking Russian Assassins

    Oct 12, 2018
    The group Bellingcat seeks to unmask covert operations, rogue groups and corruption around the globe. But can it keep its independence?
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    Nevada Working To Offer Wireless Internet At State Parks

    Sep 06, 2018

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is closing in on its goal of becoming the first state to connect visitors to Wi-Fi coverage at all state parks.

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    Science
    The most severe NOAA model of sea level rise shows areas that are projected to be underwater in New York (left) and Miami by 2033 in blue. Green lines represent fiber cables that deliver Internet.
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    Rising Seas Could Cause Problems For Internet Infrastructure

    Jul 16, 2018
    The Internet relies on a network of cables, many buried underground along U.S. coastlines. A new analysis finds sea level rise could put thousands of miles of cable underwater in the next 15 years.
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    Law
    Home goods seller Wayfair and other e-commerce companies had attempted to challenge a South Dakota law that levies taxes on purchases made through certain online retailers.
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    With Billions At Stake, Supreme Court Rules States May Tax Online Retailers

    Jun 21, 2018

    The Supreme Court on Thursday held that states may impose sales taxes on Internet retailers with no physical presence within the state.

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    The Two-Way
    Hosts of InRangeTV compare firearms. The show decided to put its videos on Pornhub after YouTube announced that it would ban certain instructional firearms videos.
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    Restricted By YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos To Pornhub

    Mar 22, 2018
    YouTube is banning instructional and promotional firearm videos.
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    Bulletin Board
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    Not OK computer

    Mar 13, 2018

    In an era of fake news, Russian bots, and cyber-bullying, a UNLV prof’s timely book asks us to resist the information flow

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    All Tech Considered
    Vint Cerf, now a Google vice president, is often called the "father of the Internet." He admits that when he and his team created the Internet, he never imagined how it would turn out.
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    The Father Of The Internet Sees His Invention Reflected Back Through A 'Black Mirror'

    Feb 20, 2018
    The titans of Silicon Valley have a grand vision of the future. But they have a tendency to miss the downside of their inventions — think cybercrime and online harassment.
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