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A breakthrough in fiber optics could make internet 100 times faster

Oct 26, 2018

Researchers have made a breakthrough toward fiber optic internet cables that would be capable of providing internet as much as 100 times faster than current speeds. The technology models the cables on the doubl...

EU parliament should refine its controversial internet copyright directive

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Sep 15, 2018

Headlines, Opinion, Policy, World

It’s been a transformative year for the internet, and the European Union has, through legislation, repeatedly put itself at the center of controversies. This week, the European Parliament voted in favor of the ...

California legislature passes nation’s strictest net neutrality rules

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Sep 4, 2018

Policy, Science

California is poised to pass the nation’s most stringent net neutrality law, countering the federal government’s recent abandonment of net neutrality protections. The measure passed the state legislature on Fri...

Facebook is working on its own satellite to bring internet to underserved areas

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Jul 21, 2018

Business, Innovation, Science

Facebook is working to develop its own internet satellite to help provide service to remote parts of the world, according to a report from Wired, based on documents they requested through the Freedom of Informa...

Ajit Pai is supporting a SpaceX proposal for satellite broadband network

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Feb 16, 2018

Innovation, Policy, Science

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is supporting a SpaceX proposal to create a satellite-based broadband internet network, according to Reuters. In a statement, Pai said the FCC should...

Former tech employees lead campaign to combat social media addiction

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Feb 6, 2018

Health, Policy, Science

A new campaign, spearheaded by a group of former employees of Google and Facebook, is pushing technology companies to address issues surrounding tech and media addiction, as part of an effort to combat “the dig...

Beyond net neutrality, another disastrous FCC decision risks going unnoticed

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Dec 21, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science

Amidst the public outcry over the Federal Communication Commission’s recent decision to repeal net neutrality laws, another problematic, yet lower profile decision has gone largely under the radar. Last month, ...

FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules, despite questions over the process

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Dec 14, 2017

Policy, Science

In a 3 to 2 vote Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission decided to repeal the 2015 Obama-era net neutrality rules, marking the beginning of a legal battle over the nature of the internet and the power ...

Could English soon decline as a global lingua franca?

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Aug 24, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science, World

Thanks to the wide expansion of the British Empire and the post-war rise of U.S. businesses, English has a pretty strong hold on the role of global lingua franca. American and British popular culture, in the fo...

Google and Facebook plan to build longest undersea internet cable, from LA to Hong Kong

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Oct 13, 2016

Business, Innovation, Science

Facebook and Google are planning to team up to build a record breaking undersea cable, reaching 8,000 miles to connect Los Angeles and Hong Kong. It will be the longest undersea cable to connect two continents,...

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