Tag: Internet access
EXPLAINER: Could balloons power uncensored internet in Cuba?
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, called this week on the administration of President Joe Biden to greenlight a plan to transmit the internet to...
Cuba’s internet cutoff: The go-to tactic for global despots
Cubans facing the country’s worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets over the weekend. In turn, authorities blocked social media sites in...
$1B in grants to go for broadband on tribal lands
The Biden administration is making available $1 billion in federal grants to expand the availability of high-speed internet on tribal lands.
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$1B in grants to go for broadband on tribal lands
The Biden administration is making available $1 billion in federal grants to expand the availability of high-speed internet on tribal lands.
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Report says Myanmar internet a ‘virtual battlefield’
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military rulers are seeking to limit access to the internet to an internal network of only “whitelisted” sites to quash opposition...
Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill
Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected...
NY AG: Broadband industry behind fake FCC comments
The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a new report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of...
Hungary’s poor Roma children struggle with digital education
BODVASZILAS, Hungary — Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can't wait for his school to reopen.
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Cuban cooks overcome shortages with ingenuity on Facebook
HAVANA — If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can't find zucchini, replace it with cucumber.
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EXPLAINER: What Biden’s new $100B plan for broadband means
The problems with U.S. broadband networks have been obvious for years. Service costs more than in many other rich nations, it still doesn't reach...