Major investments needed to connect rural Oklahoma to internet access

Major investments needed to connect rural Oklahoma to internet access

Mike Sanders  |  Guest columnist From downtown Oklahoma City and Tulsa to the far edges of the Panhandle and Ouachita Mountains, high-speed internet is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. For decades, the conversation about expanding internet access has taken place without a plan of action. Until now. The Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board recently …

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The Internet Was Better When It Was Terrible

The Internet Was Better When It Was Terrible

Listen to this article Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. “Was the internet really this bad?” I wondered to myself as I read the September 1995 issue of The Atlantic. I was reading …

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mmm.page could make you enjoy the internet again

mmm.page could make you enjoy the internet again

Image Credits: mmm.page The internet can be bad. But mmm.page might just be good. The platform is hard to explain, but it describes itself as “Tumblr x Animal Crossing x Mii Plaza,” which is somehow more accurate than my idea of “MySpace meets Linktree, except not really.” The anonymous founder, XH, told TechCrunch, “I am …

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Apps That Undress Women’s Photos Surge In Popularity. What Could Go Wrong?

Apps That Undress Women’s Photos Surge In Popularity. What Could Go Wrong?

are surging in popularity. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Apps that use artificial intelligence to undress people in photos are surging in popularity, according to new social media research. These programs manipulate existing pictures and videos of real individuals and make them appear nude …

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