Survey finds poor internet service a deterrent to rural living
When the COVID-19 pandemic settled in for the long haul, and people were no longer tethered to an office building, or even a town, some of them looked to the hills.
Nov 4, 2020
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When the COVID-19 pandemic settled in for the long haul, and people were no longer tethered to an office building, or even a town, some of them looked to the hills.
Nov 4, 2020
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Nearly 9,000 residents of public housing in Los Angeles will receive free broadband internet access for the rest of the 2020-21 school year as part of a new partnership between the city, Microsoft and the start-up internet ...
Oct 14, 2020
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Instead of relying on customers to protect their vulnerable smart home devices from being used in cyberattacks, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers have developed ...
Aug 3, 2020
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Many people look for more privacy when they browse the web by using their browsers in privacy-protecting modes, called "Private Browsing" in Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Apple Safari; "Incognito" in Google Chrome; and "InPrivate" ...
Jul 30, 2020
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T-Mobile US Inc., taking a first step in its long-promised assault of cable and phone companies' landline businesses, is launching wireless broadband service to homes in rural areas.
Jul 9, 2020
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An important challenge facing media industries today is whether and how copyright policy should be adapted to the realities of the digital age. The invention and subsequent adoption of filesharing technologies has eroded ...
Jun 2, 2020
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With various physical distancing guidelines in place throughout the world as a means to curb the spread of COVID-19, the internet has experienced a dramatic spike in overall traffic. MIT Professor Tom Leighton is chief executive ...
Apr 28, 2020
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Need some video game pursuits to keep you occupied during the stay-at-home measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus? Sony has a giveaway for PlayStation 4 players.
Apr 16, 2020
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With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment. This has placed greater demand on our network infrastructure, ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the world wide web and now he's calling on us to save it. The British engineer and computer scientist recently released a Contract for the Web – a list of commitments for governments, ...
Nov 29, 2019
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