Delaware lawsuit over prison internet protest settled

Delaware lawsuit over prison internet protest settled

Delaware prisoner details failed attempt to boycott internet David Holloman describes why he sought to boycott internet-connected tablets behind bars in Delaware. Xerxes Wilson, Wochit A Delaware inmate who said he was stripped of his prison job and relocated to a harsher environment after he threatened to organize a protest over excessive prisoner internet fees, …

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Suika Game is finally out on iOS for North American players

Suika Game is finally out on iOS for North American players

Goodbye, App Store Suika Game clones. The real thing has finally arrived on iOS for players outside of Japan. Suika Game, the watermelon puzzle game that went viral on Nintendo Switch last year, is available to download for $2.99 on Apple’s App Store, making it playable on iPhone and iPad. The title for the official …

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Little-known NTIA takes on massive job of internet connectivity

Little-known NTIA takes on massive job of internet connectivity

Armed with about $49 billion that Congress appropriated in 2021, a normally inconspicuous Commerce Department agency is tackling an ambitious goal of giving all Americans access to high-speed internet. At a recent congressional hearing, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the National Telecommunications and Information Administration “may …

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SF Chinatown struggles with low broadband penetration

SF Chinatown struggles with low broadband penetration

Kai Tsui, 69, walks to the Chinatown Him Mark Lai Library in San Francisco every day to use the WiFi, as he has no internet in his home, a nearby single room occupancy unit. Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle Every day, Kai Tsui, 69, walks three blocks from his home, a Chinatown single-room-occupancy hotel, to the Mark Him …

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Forget About “Connecting The Dots” The Next Impending Attack Is Staring Us In The Face

Forget About “Connecting The Dots” The Next Impending Attack Is Staring Us In The Face

Forget about “Connecting the Dots.” The Next Impending Attack is Staring Us in the Face. Shutterstock | Pixels Hunter In the years immediately following 9/11, we scrambled to figure out what went wrong, and ultimately coined an expression “connect the dots” to describe what we were unable to see before the attacks. Connecting the dots …

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Did Tobacco Companies Also Get Us Hooked On Junk Food? New Research Says Yes

Did Tobacco Companies Also Get Us Hooked On Junk Food? New Research Says Yes

Topline The chemically addictive fatty, salty and sweet foods that make up 68% of the American food supply have historically been pushed to consumers by the nation’s leading tobacco sales companies, new research shows, suggesting the same companies responsible for what has been called a “smoking epidemic” could also be partially blamed for a decline …

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Novavax Joins Forces with the Gates Foundation’s Spin-off to Advance Malaria and TB Vaccinations

Novavax Joins Forces with the Gates Foundation’s Spin-off to Advance Malaria and TB Vaccinations

American vaccine manufacturer Novavax has announced plans to share its vaccine technology with the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute. Novavax has signed a three-year deal to share its vaccine adjuvant, Matrix-M, with the nonprofit biotech, which aims to develop vaccines for major health threats such as malaria, tuberculosis, and Shigella. Adjuvants are crucial …

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