Comcast expands broadband network in Hampton County

Comcast is working to connect more than 600 underserved homes and businesses in Hampton County, South Carolina by October 1. The network expansion will provide households and businesses of all sizes with access to the Xfinity 10G network. Today’s announcement follows Comcast’s initial entry into the market last year, when the company connected more than … Read more

Behind the European agenda for undersea internet cables

Undersea cables account for the majority of the world’s internet traffic, but with growing concerns about malicious actors moving to cripple or interfere with internet infrastructure, the European Union has a number of projects of its own underway, supported by hidden political dynamics. Undersea fiber-optic cables facilitate 99 percent of global internet traffic, according to … Read more

Spectrum Internet Outage Tracker (updated cont.)

New updates are added at the bottom of this story. The original story (released Dec. 12, 2022) follows: Spectrum, launched in 2016, is one of the newest TV and Internet service providers. However, in their relatively short existence they have managed to gain a solid customer base. Spectrum seeks to appeal to potential customers with … Read more

The internet has gone from playground to minefield for artists like Doja Cat, so they’re disconnecting

Viral-Pop-Rap-Stars-Lil-Nas-Doja-Cat-Ice-Spice – Credits: Kayla Oaddams/FilmMagic; Getty Images/MTV/ViacomCBS; Joseph Okpako/WireImage All Doja Cat tweeted before June 2023 is gone. All of his trolling of his 5.6 million followers about the title of his upcoming album, his denunciation of the pop genre and his threats to quit music altogether cancelled. All links to those posts lead to … Read more

5 ways decentralized identity will impact the internet and our privacy

Identity is a basic human right that empowers us to participate in society. With the internet in place, our contribution has gotten even better. However, with such power in an age of data centralization and commodification, the need for an elaborate identity system cannot be emphasized enough. MUO video of the day SCROLL TO CONTINUE … Read more

We dug into the deepest, darkest corners of the internet to figure out Ron DeSantis’ bizarre new video

For the most part, this tongue-in-cheek variety of homophobia remains a relatively marginal position on the online right. But her prominence in DeSantis’s latest campaign video suggests it could seep into the conservative mainstream and could pay dividends among a group of Republican voters. After all, [DeSantiss backers] they’re looking for elector Trump, said Daniel … Read more

The internet is now Google Bard to consume

Google has updated its privacy policy, a routine and frequent measure that would usually be completely irrelevant: Generally. However, Google’s privacy policy update is unique in that the alteration now allows its AI chatbot, Bard, access to nearly everything publicly available online. If you can find it with a Google search, it’s fair game. That’s … Read more

New Jersey Governor Considers 5-Year Extension of Internet Gambling

TRENTON, NJ (AP) A bill a expand Internet gambling in New Jersey it is in the hands of Governor Phil Murphy for another five years, following its approval on Friday by the state legislature. The measure passed the state Assembly and Senate with minimal opposition from lawmakers, and is now moving to action by the … Read more

The United States will spend $42 billion to make Internet access universal by 2030

WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) – The White House on Monday split $42 billion among the nation’s 50 U.S. states and territories to make access to high-speed broadband universal by 2030, launching a new ad campaign for economic policies of President Joe Biden. Funding under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program was authorized under the … Read more