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News Articles: Internet

People who block the internet from their smartphones spend more time on other activities that improve their wellbeing.

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  • Health

A break from your smartphone can reboot your mood. Here's how long you need

What would happen if you blocked the internet from your cellphone for two weeks? A bunch of millennial researchers wanted to answer that question. Here's what they found.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
Jean Armour Polly was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2019 for evangelizing computers in public libraries.

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  • Technology

Meet the woman who helped libraries across the U.S. 'surf the internet'

Jean Armour Polly was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2019 for evangelizing computers in public libraries, the precursor to the internet being offered as a core service in those spaces.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
Gaza has been without internet or cellphone service for nearly a week. Workers have been unable to restore a key fiber-optic line that connects Gaza to Israel and the West Bank.

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  • Middle East

As Gaza's communication blackout grinds on, some fear it is imperiling lives

For days, much of the Gaza Strip has been without cellphone and internet access. The laws of war were written well before the World Wide Web, but some see communication as a fundamental right.

January 18, 2024
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
President Biden takes a selfie with supporters during a rally in New York ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

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  • Elections

TikTok returns to the campaign trail but not everyone thinks it's a good idea

As another major election inches closer, Democrats are navigating how TikTok fits into their 2024 campaign strategy, as the social media platform continues to be a top destination for young Americans.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Communities in rural and other underserved parts of the state have struggled to increase broadband access amid infrastructure and funding shortfalls.

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  • Economy

Internet in West Georgia will get a speed boost from $36 million USDA loan

Communities across a swath of central and west Georgia can look forward to high-speed fiber optic internet following the announcement of a $36 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Twenty internet providers, including companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, have committed to the the Affordable Connectivity Program, which will provide plans for no more than $30 for low-income Americans.

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  • National

The Biden administration is capping the cost of internet for low-income Americans

Twenty internet providers, including national companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon have committed to the program.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A film premiere at the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice, Italy.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Famous, but wanting to be forgotten

The fight by an Indian reality television star to get websites to erase his driving under the influence arrest recalls a larger movement to be forgotten.

February 19, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Red Cross teams set up a temporary shelter in Kanokupolu, western Tongatapu, on Friday as the Tonga island group grapples with the aftermath from the recent underwater volcanic eruption.

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  • World

COVID outbreak on relief ship causes fears of spread in Tonga

Since the pandemic began, Tonga has reported just a single case of COVID-19 and has avoided any outbreaks.

January 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Amazon website is seen in 2017 in Dandenong, Australia. Amazon was among dozens of sites hit by a massive internet outage on Thursday.

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  • Technology

Internet Outage That Crashed Dozens Of Websites Caused By Software Update

Amazon, Delta and Capital One were among dozens of sites hit by the widespread outage. Content distribution network Akamai says the disruption was caused by a software configuration update.

July 22, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Counties in orange are part of a new planned broadband internet expansion.

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  • Economy

Electrical Co-ops Set To Provide New Broadband Internet For 18 Georgia Counties

About 80,000 customers of electrical cooperatives across an 18-county area south of Atlanta will have new access to high-speed internet in coming years. 

February 09, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
<em>Get Well Soon!</em> is an online artwork of more than 200,000 comments from the GoFundMe website. <a href="http://getwellsoon.labr.io/">Visit the Get Well Soon! site.</a>

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  • Art & Design

Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A 'Get Well Soon!' Card For A Sick System

"We're thinking about it as an archive of well wishes, but an archive that shouldn't exist, that exists because of a terrible structural inequality that we all face," says artist Sam Lavigne.

September 29, 2020
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
A man in a red shirt holding up a large "Q" shaped sign in a protest. The "Q" is colored in with the shapes and colors of the American flag. Other protesters around him wear red MAGA hats.

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  • Politics

How QAnon Is Migrating From The Dark Web Into Georgia Politics

QAnon is an amalgamation of conspiracy theories that have circulated on 4chan, 8chan, and 8kun since 2017. Now, some of its believers may be heading to Congress.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more
A woman uses her phone while wearing a face mask in New York City. With so many people searching for information on coronavirus, cybersecurity experts warn that it has provided new channels for phishing and malware attacks.

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  • News

How The Coronavirus Pandemic Invites Digital Dangers — From New Hacks To Privacy Concerns

While online scams are always a danger, malware and phishing attacks have skyrocketed in the past two weeks. Many of these schemes have found new...

March 27, 2020
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By:
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
The online community is connecting in what may be an unprecedented way with the collision of two viral phenomena: coronavirus and meme culture.

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  • News

Coronavirus Goes Viral: How Online Meme Culture Reflects Our Shared Experience Of A Global Pandemic

Social distancing has become the new normal. With borders closing, shelter-in-place orders in California, lockdowns in Europe, and the Trump...

March 20, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more

Georgia's Broadband Deserts

A recent survey by the University of Georgia finds that 16 percent of Georgians don’t have access to a high-speed internet connection. The vast majority...

June 27, 2017
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  • Tony Harris ,
  • Ryan McFadin ,
  • and 1 more

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