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Comcast expands low-cost Internet Essentials program to include Pell Grant recipients

TechSpot

Comcast as part of its acquisition of NBCUniversal back in 2011 agreed to make high-speed Internet access available to qualifying low-income families for just $9.95 per month plus tax. As of today, the 50 / 5 Mbps service doesn’t require a credit check and isn’t hampered by term contracts or cancellation fees.

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Is the internet going to end? Signs around Seattle beg the question ahead of unique date, 12022021

GeekWire

A variation on the “internet ends” signs popping up around Seattle. If the internet ends this week, this story and any proof that I bothered to think about this, is going to go with it. Using the internet, I poked around to try to find some answers. The internet ends Thursday apparently so get ready I guess.

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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded over the last decade as states seek to stifle dissent and protest by limiting citizens’ access to the web. The first significant internet shutdown took place in Egypt in 2011, as a response to protests against then-president Hosni Mubarak.

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Robot Chef Brings Internet of Things Into the Kitchen

CTOvision

Using hands produced by Shadow Robot Company , the robot chef is capable of producing meals from a collection of over 2,000 recipes, using natural motions learned from Tim Anderson , a human chef and winner of the BBC''s MasterChef competition in 2011. It will be connected to the Internet, and will be controllable via smartphone.

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Early build of Dead Island 2 leaks on the Internet

TechSpot

The survival horror action role-playing game was billed as a true sequel to the original 2011 release but unlike the title suggests, the game’s action was to play out across various real-world locations in California. Dead Island 2 first broke cover way back in 2014 at the Gamescom trade show in Germany.

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New “Li-Fi” Technology to Offer 100 Times Faster Internet than Traditional Wi-Fi

CTOvision

The term Li-Fi was originally coined by a German scientist named Harald Haas during a TED Talk in 2011. Initial trial runs reveal that Li-Fi results in Internet speeds of 1GB per second, which is 100 times faster than the speed of traditional Wi-Fi networks. Why Internet speed matters. Li-Fi vs. Wi-Fi.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

It went on an acquisition spree in the early 2000s, driving up its revenue, before being swallowed itself by Hewlett-Packard in 2011, in a deal that valued it at over $10 billion. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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