India is No 1 again … for internet shutdowns. ‘It’s a form of collective punishment’

India is No 1 again … for internet shutdowns. ‘It’s a form of collective punishment’

India has the dubious honour of being the global leader in internet shutdowns for six years running, according to a recent report, with right advocates blaming a rise in “digital authoritarianism” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. The “Shrinking Democracy, Growing Violence” report released on May 15 by Access Now, a global non-profit organisation focused …

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Schools contemplate student cellphone use

Schools contemplate student cellphone use

Cellphones in public schools are all the buzz right now, at times overwhelmingly so. With so many entertaining reels, feeds and notifications at students’ fingertips, handheld devices command a lot of attention, even during class time. As summer break approaches in Roanoke, school officials are pondering new student cellphone policies for next academic year. The …

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Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone

Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint. You probably didn’t hear about it. The case didn’t get a lot of coverage, especially because the courts weren’t giving a blanket green light …

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OUTSIDE VIEW: Texans are in desperate need of expiring federal internet subsidy | Opinion

OUTSIDE VIEW: Texans are in desperate need of expiring federal internet subsidy | Opinion

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Lawhive raises $12M to expand its legaltech AI platform for small firms

Lawhive raises M to expand its legaltech AI platform for small firms

Image Credits: Lawhive team (L-R) Jaime van Oers, Pierre Proner and Flinn Dolman UK-based legaltech company Lawhive, which offers an AI-based in-house ‘lawyer’ through a software-as-a-service platform targeted at small law firms, has raised £9.5 million ($11.9M) in a seed round to expand the reach of AI-driven services for ‘main street’ law firms. To date, …

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