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Cable companies to offer effectively free internet to low-income homes
The Biden administration said it secured commitments from 20 internet service providers to either reduce prices or increase speeds to serve low-income households, according to a White House press release published Monday.
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John Oliver Blackmails Congress With Their Own Digital Data
John Oliver began his show by discussing the vile Russian propaganda the country’s state-run television networks have been spewing since the invasion of Ukraine, then transitioned to a totally different topic: vile American propaganda. Specifically, the ooze aired on One America News Network, or OAN, which famously became Donald Trump’s favorite source of policy guidance once Fox News got too liberal for him.
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Verizon Sends in Union Busters Against Washington Workers
Verizon retail workers in the Pacific Northwest say the company is pulling out all the stops to crush their efforts to form a union. In interviews, they said the company has been flying in executives and consultants as part of an intimidation campaign.
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Girl, 13, Arrested. Now Police Say Another Girl, 12, Framed Her
A 13-year-old girl was arrested in November for allegedly threatening classmates and staff members at her Pembroke Pines, Florida, school via Instagram. She spent 14 days in juvenile detention, Local 10 reports. Now, charges have been dropped against that girl—and another girl, 12, has been arrested and charged with framing the first girl, NBC News reports.
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Colleges and universities across the US are moving to ban caste discrimination
A tweak to California State University's anti-discrimination policy that quietly went into effect on January 1 acknowledges caste discrimination. Now that the largest university system in the country's most populous state has committed to caste protections, many hope the movement for caste equity will continue to grow.
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California's next attempt at universal basic income could be on college campuses
Some of California’s low-income college students could receive $500 a month in the Legislature’s latest approach to a guaranteed basic income plan.
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DirecTV Dumps OAN, Leaving It With No Major TV Distributor
Former president Donald Trump, known for his gluttonous diet of TV news, is going to have trouble finding one of his favorite far-right channels, One America News Network, in a few months. Satellite TV provider DirecTV, OAN’s largest distributor, said it was dumping the news network on Friday, Bloomberg reported. DirecTV’s decision is a huge blow to OAN, which is not available on any other major U.S. TV provider, but it’s not exactly a shock. OAN basically sued its way onto DirecTV in 2017 and has come under increased scrutiny since then for spewing lies, promoting conspiracy theories, and fomenting violence.
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LAPD fired two officers who ignored robbers to play 'Pokémon Go'
The early Pokémon Go frenzy apparently led to poor choices from two police officers. As Axios' Stephen Totilo and BBC News report, the LAPD is now known to have fired officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell for ignoring a robbery on April 15th, 2017 to play Niantic's augmented reality blockbuster. Rather than respond to a radio call demanding backup for a theft at Macy's in the Crenshaw Mall, the policemen reportedly spent the next 20 minutes driving around to catch a Snorlax (an uncommon find in the game) and a Togetic.
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LAPD Officers Ignore Robbery in Progress to Catch Snorlax in Pokémon Go
Two Los Angeles police officers were fired for ignoring a robbery in progress and instead trying to catch a Snorlax in Pokémon Go, according to court documents published Friday. According to the officers’ appeal, former LAPD officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were fired for “willfully abdicating their duty to assist a commanding officer’s response to a robbery in progress and playing a Pokémon mobile game while on duty.”
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A program for cheaper internet for low-income Americans launches today
Starting today, eligible US residents can apply for help with their internet bills under the new Affordable Connectivity Program. The program launched today with $14.2 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in November.
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Dollar Tree hikes prices 25%. Most items will cost $1.25
Dollar Tree will soon be $1.25 tree.
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Police, communities across U.S. fight back against anti-Asian hate crimes
More than a dozen San Jose, California, police officers walked through the white arches of the Grand Century Mall in “Little Saigon” to reassure a Vietnamese-American community fearful over the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States.
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$1,000-a-month guaranteed income program coming to Marin County
Marin County will become the second Bay Area community experimenting with a guaranteed income program designed to improve the fortunes of lower-income residents. The Marin program will provide $1,000 monthly grants to 125 low wage-earning women of color who are raising at least one child in Marin County. It is being run not by the county but by the non-profit Marin Community Foundation. However, the Marin County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to contribute $400,000 to the program.
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Verizon decrees only ‘premium’ customers can escape its slowest 5G speeds
You’ll need a "premium" unlimited plan to get better 5G speeds with C-band frequencies
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Comcast is doubling the speed of its low-income internet plan
Users of Comcast’s Internet Essentials plan will be getting a significant speed increase on March 1st. The service, which currently runs at 25Mbps, will be automatically upgraded to 50Mbps without requiring additional fees or action from customers. Upload speeds are also being increased from 3Mbps to 5Mbps. Faster access for the same price should be a relief for many families struggling to adapt to having work, school, and entertainment largely shifted to the internet during the pandemic.
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IBM will pay $24.25 million to resolve FCC probes
IBM Corp has agreed to pay $24.25 million to resolve a pair of investigations by the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) over subsidies awarded to connect schools and libraries to broadband. IBM’s payment will resolve two FCC investigations that have spanned nearly 15 years over its alleged violations of “E-Rate” program rules in connection with New York City and El Paso school districts.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20
The announcement means that the FCC could reach a Democratic majority sooner than it would otherwise be able to.
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Ajit Pai is making lots of enemies on the road to 5G
FCC chief Ajit Pai is angering a lot of powerful people as his chairmanship hits its fourth and potentially final year. The Pentagon, the Commerce Department and the Department of Transportation. Electric utilities, airlines and the auto industry. Public safety officials and weather forecasters. Top lawmakers of both parties, including an ally of President Donald Trump’s who controls the FCC’s purse strings on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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FCC ordered to provide IP addresses tied to fake net neutrality comments
The FCC will have to hand over IP addresses connected to fake net neutrality comments despite claims of privacy violations.
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These pharmaceutical companies are funding the spread of COVID misinformation on Fox News
Many pharmaceutical companies that are conducting ongoing research into COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines are among the top sponsors of the Fox News Channel, a cesspool of medical misinformation, racist fearmongering, and reckless speculation that put vulnerable populations in harm’s way.
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