Online tools, internet use should be limited in schools

Online tools, internet use should be limited in schools

Jeff Gill  |  Guest Columnist I’m continuing on the question I last started with: Should school age students have access to their phones during school hours? Teachers and principals in general say no. Most school districts and each building has a policy of one sort or another about use of smartphones or internet devices during …

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World Mobile’s Blockchain Powered Aerostat Technology Brings Internet Connectivity to Remote Mozambique

World Mobile’s Blockchain Powered Aerostat Technology Brings Internet Connectivity to Remote Mozambique

World Mobile, a telecommunications company at the forefront of integrating blockchain technology, has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative in Mozambique, employing a tethered aerostat – a lightweight balloon – to deliver internet and mobile services to underserved regions. This ambitious pilot project is a collaborative effort with Vodacom Mozambique, which is contributing spectrum and resources …

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‘I would never have guessed’

‘I would never have guessed’

Travel By Chantelle Francis, News.com.au Published Dec. 27, 2023, 10:18 p.m. ET A strange sight out of a plane window on an evening flight from Vietnam to Australia has baffled social media users. Hundreds of tiny orange and yellow squares can be seen lit up in the darkness below the aircraft in a video viewed …

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Average Mississippi school internet speeds 20 times slower than neighboring states, watchdog says | Mississippi-today

Average Mississippi school internet speeds 20 times slower than neighboring states, watchdog says | Mississippi-today

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Wildfires, cyberattacks, and cheating students turned off the internet in the third quarter

Wildfires, cyberattacks, and cheating students turned off the internet in the third quarter

Internet traffic was choked off in different parts of the world in the third quarter this year by a variety of problems, including cyberattacks, natural disasters and cheating at universities, according to a report issued Wednesday by content delivery network (CDN), security and internet services vendor Cloudflare Iraqis were affected by exam weeks that took …

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Mason scientists to work with the U.S. Navy to avert ‘internet apocalypse’

Mason scientists to work with the U.S. Navy to avert ‘internet apocalypse’

A team of George Mason University scientists has received a federal grant of more than $13 million to work with the Department of the Navy to study and better understand increased solar activity that could potentially cause an “internet apocalypse” disrupting all electronic communications on Earth, including satellite communications. Peter BeckerPhoto by Ron Aira/Office of …

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How Cillian Murphy’s Face Became the Internet’s Favorite Meme

How Cillian Murphy’s Face Became the Internet’s Favorite Meme

For more than half a decade, Cillian Murphy and his disappointed interview face have been a beloved paradox for the perpetually online. The Oppenheimer star’s tired blue eyes and plastered-on expression have long reflected the bone-deep exhaustion many smooth-brained netizens feel every day while enduring the slings and arrows of the real world. And yet, …

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