Is Zoom ready for most of America to work online?
Coronavirus is putting remote work to the test.
Mar 16, 2020
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Report: Popular UAE chat app ToTok a government spy tool
A chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates for communicating with friends and family is actually a spying tool used by the government to track its users, according to a newspaper report.
Dec 23, 2019
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Free broadband: Internet access is now a human right, no matter who pays the bills
The UK Labour Party is promising to provide free broadband internet to every British household by 2030 if it wins the 2019 election. To do this, the party would nationalize the broadband infrastructure business of BT and ...
Nov 19, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Seattle AI lab's free search engine aims to accelerate scientific breakthroughs
The Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is expanding its free search tool Semantic Scholar to include papers in multiple domains such as natural, social, interdisciplinary and social sciences. ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Business
AT&T says HBO Max streaming service to launch in May for $15
AT&T said Tuesday that its HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for $15 a month, joining a crowded field.
Oct 30, 2019
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Verizon offers free year of Disney Plus in swipe at Netflix
Verizon is offering new and current customers a free year of Disney's new video streaming service.
Oct 22, 2019
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Should cybersecurity be a human right?
Having access to the internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. International organizations and national governments have begun to formally recognize its importance to freedom of speech, expression ...
Feb 14, 2017
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Business
New reversal by Twitter after move sparked MTA withdrawal
In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and "publicly owned" services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts after New York City's transit agency said ...
May 3, 2023
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Twitter's plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software developers have been using a crucial Twitter tool to comb the platform for calls for help—including from people trapped ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Business
Delta says free Wi-Fi coming to many US flights next month
Delta Air Lines will provide free Wi-Fi service on most of its U.S. flights starting in February, CEO Ed Bastian announced Thursday at the CES technology trade show.
Jan 5, 2023
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