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Biden administration FCC aims to reinstate open internet regulations undone in Trump era
Open internet regulations whose repeal became a cause celebre of sorts among “Resistance” types during the Trump presidency are going back on the books. With backing from the Biden administration, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on April 25 to reinstitute updated net neutrality regulations. The rules prohibit broadband providers from blocking or slowing down […]
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Do Canadians have an appetite for electric vehicles? Experts are divided
With billions being pumped into EV manufacturing, and more cars poised to hit the market, do Canadians want to buy those cars in the first place?
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Disgruntled athletic director accused of framing principal with AI-generated racist, antisemitic recording
A Maryland high school athletic director was arrested after he allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to create racist and antisemitic audio in the voice of his boss, officials said Thursday. Dazhon Darien, 31, an athletic director at Pikesville High School, allegedly made the recording to retaliate against his boss, Pikesville Principal Eric Eiswert, who was pursuing an investigation into Darien's potential mishandling of school funds, authorities said. At a press conference on Thursday,...
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Alpha Technology Group Limited’s Lock-Up Period Will Expire on April 29th (NASDAQ:ATGL)
Alpha Technology Group’s (NASDAQ:ATGL – Get Free Report) lock-up period will end on Monday, April 29th. Alpha Technology Group had issued 1,750,000 shares in its public offering on October 31st. The total size of the offering was $7,000,000 based on an initial share price of $4.00. After the expiration of the company’s lock-up period, restrictions […]
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Instagram's Threads Addresses Hate Speech with New Feature
Instagram's Threads messaging app has launched Hidden Words, an automated filtering tool that scans feeds, search results, profiles, and post responses for offensive language.
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FCC's Net Neutrality: 3-2 Vote Favors Restoration of Regulations, For a Better Internet
FCC voted 3-2 to restore Net Neutrality to oversee ISP operations, and bring better internet. The United States Federal Communications Commission has voted 3-2 in favor of restoring the Net Neutrality rules and regulations in the broadband internet industry, which will focus more on a better experience.
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How to date right: Romance is in the air with a former Trump aide’s new app for conservatives
When Jenny and Adam got hitched a few weeks back in Connecticut, each of their vows included a special shoutout to the dating app they had met on. It wasn’t Bumble, Tinder, or Hinge, the three most downloaded dating apps in the United States. Last spring, the now-married couple met through The Right Stuff, the […]
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Freeing TikTok: Ending Chinese control of the social media platform would enhance free speech
It didn’t take Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling book The Anxious Generation to alert us to social media’s pernicious effects on children and teenagers. And it turns out that TikTok, a digital application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, goes viral in the minds of young people significantly more than Instagram, Facebook, X, and Snapchat — and Chinese divestment from TikTok would enhance free speech.
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California-based Kaiser to notify millions after possibly exposing user data to tech companies
Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based health care conglomerate, is warning millions of customers that one of its divisions may have exposed their names, symptom searches and other data to major tech companies. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. disclosed the data breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on April 12. TechCrunch first reported the news. Kaiser told SFGATE in a statement on Thursday, “certain online technologies, previously installed on its websites and mobile...
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80% of UK Homes Can Now Get Gigabit-Capable Broadband
More and more houses in the UK are getting gigabit-capable broadband, claims UK regulator. United Kingdom's gigabit-capable broadband proves to be continuously reaching more and more houses as 80% of households can now get gigabit-capable broadband, according to Ofcom's latest market update.
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Tata Electronics building hi-tech machines to make iPhone casing
After becoming a significant player assembling enclosures for Apple iPhones in the country, Tata Electronics is now working to internally develop very sophisticated and complex high-precision machines used to produce the casing of these iPhone, sources told ET.The company has tied up with two Indian manufacturers to develop capabilities for it and plans to also export these complex machines in the future. So far, the Tatas imported these from China.The machinery can be used in the production...
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Tech Mahindra Q4 net profit down 41% to Rs 661 crore; revenue tanks 6.2%
Tech Mahindra, country's fifth largest IT services firm, reported a decline in net profit of 40.9% year-on-year (YoY)to `661 crore primarily driven by slowdown in its telecom, communications, media and entertainment business, which is its largest vertical with 36.5% market share.The profit stood at Rs 1,118 crore in last year's March quarter. Sequentially, profit grew 29.6% from Rs 510 crore in the December quarter because of a one-off gain. The Pune-headquartered firm’s consolidated revenue...