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Enrollments for federal low-income Internet subsidy program to end

ComputerWorld IT Management

A US government program that subsidizes fees for Internet service for low-income households will stop taking enrollments Thursday and could shut down by April, leaving people who depend on the service for remote employment without a way to pay for broadband access. ET on Feb. To read this article in full, please click here

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Enrollments for federal low-income Internet subsidy program to end

Computerworld Vertical IT

A US government program that subsidizes fees for Internet service for low-income households will stop taking enrollments Thursday and could shut down by April, leaving people who depend on the service for remote employment without a way to pay for broadband access. ET on Feb. To read this article in full, please click here

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Rule-Based Programming and the Internet of Things

Phil Windley

Picos are a rule-based system for programming in the Internet of Things (IoT). Rules are a good fit for IoT programming because so much of what happens with things is event-based. Picos are an actor-model programming system. Actors are a good match for IoT programming using rules. Events say something happened.

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T-Mobile has started offering fiber home internet in a limited pilot program

The Verge

The company is exploring adding fiber as a complement to its fixed wireless home internet offering. T-Mobile has quietly started selling fiber-based home internet, as tipped to T-Mo Report and confirmed by the company to The Verge. T-Mobile has some ambitious plans for home internet. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Washington state awards $14.5M to aid all residents in getting internet access

GeekWire

Roughly 8% of the state’s households lack high-speed internet connections and 4% don’t have a computing device, according to the Washington State Department of Commerce. Grant recipients will operate hotlines for appointments with digital navigators, provide internet-capable devices, and offer digital skills training.

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The Internet Archive is fighting publishers over the right of lending digital books

TechSpot

The legal case over the Internet Archive's digital lending program enters a new stage as both parties request a summary judgment in a Manhattan court. The Internet Archive maintains that buying and scanning books gives it the right to lend them out within limits like many libraries do. The plaintiffs.

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Google's new defense against cyberattacks: limiting internet access for employees

TechSpot

The pilot program Google is now running involves thousands of workers who have limited access to the majority of the internet. The only exceptions are internal pages and Google-owned sites and services such as Gmail and Google Drive. Read Entire Article