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Bones or no bones? The internet’s mood is now determined by Noodle the pug

Groundhog’s Day, horoscopes and tarot cards can all take a backseat to Noodle the pug. The senior pup has captivated TikTok with “no bones,” a game his owner Jonathan Graziano plays and records nearly every morning to see if Noodle will stand up or simply flop back over onto his doggie bed. When Noodle flops […]

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Optimum vs. Verizon Fios: Internet Providers Compared

If you live in the northeastern US, you may likely be considering either Optimum or Verizon Fios for your home internet. These two providers offer broadband service to some major metro areas in that portion of the country and if you live in parts of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, you might even have […]

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“No-code” miracle: Commercial internet jobs have exploded since 2012

The U.S. has reached a tipping point in its shift from the industrial economy — one that relied on the buildout of hardware — to an information economy that relies on the transfer, storage and implementation of data, according to a new report. Why it matters: This shift towards a data and information-based economy has […]

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Nisqually tribe plans high speed internet for Thurston County

The Nisqually tribe has called on the county to support its efforts to build fiber-optic internet infrastructure in under-served areas. The Board of County Commissioners heard a presentation from the tribe on the topic during a Thursday planning session. Once completed, this multi-phased project would guarantee 5 Gigabytes per second download speeds and 1 Gbps […]

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Should NYC Landlords Be Required to Pay for Your Internet?

Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Getty In Ben Kallos’s view, internet access is as much a basic necessity as heat and hot water. And he has a point, after a year in which a lot of us began our remote-work lives. More than 500,000 households in New York City lack internet access — and that’s why Kallos, […]

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Future Solar Storms Could Cause an Internet Apocalypse

The internet isn’t just in the cloud — it’s also at the bottom of the ocean. Your online data is ferried across the world through a crisscrossing network of hundreds of undersea cables, a handful of which are over 12,000 miles long and stretch between continents. In total, there’s approximately 1.3 million miles of subsea […]

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Internet shutdowns have become a weapon of repressive regimes

Oct 15th 2021 ON SEPTEMBER 26TH residents of the state of Rajasthan in north-west India discovered that their mobile phones could no longer connect to the internet. For several hours services such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Google Maps were rendered useless. The outage was no accident. District officials explained they had ordered internet providers to […]

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Internet Backs Woman’s Decision Not to Invite Her Severely Autistic Sister to Her Wedding

Wedding days are supposed to be a day for the bride and groom to celebrate their happy union in the company of their nearest and dearest. However, one bride-to-be has been forced to make a difficult decision when it comes to her big day. A decision, she says, that now means several of her closest […]

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