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Cuba’s internet cutoff: The go-to tactic for global despots

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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

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The Biden administration is making available $1 billion in federal grants to expand the availability of high-speed internet on tribal lands. ...

Report says Myanmar internet a ‘virtual battlefield’

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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

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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

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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

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BODVASZILAS, Hungary — Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can't wait for his school to reopen. ...

Cuban cooks overcome shortages with ingenuity on Facebook

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HAVANA — If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can't find zucchini, replace it with cucumber. ...

EXPLAINER: What Biden’s new $100B plan for broadband means

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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...

‘Big burden’ for schools trying to give kids internet access

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When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast. ...

Federal judge says California can enforce net neutrality law

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California can for the first time enforce its tough net neutrality law, clearing the...