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Colorado has awarded $826.5 million from the Biden administration to get decent broadband for all

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Colorado has awarded $826.5 million from the Biden administration to get decent broadband for all

A year-long effort by the Colorado Broadband Office to analyze which households in the state have adequate Internet and which don’t pay off big on Monday when the National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded Colorado $826.5 million to build better broadband infrastructure. The amount, said Brandy Reitter, executive director of the state Broadband Office, was … Read more

Biden will allocate $40 billion for Internet connectivity

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Biden will allocate $40 billion for Internet connectivity

Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {lighthouse} Biden will allocate $40 billion for Internet connectivity President Biden on Monday announced about $40 billion in funding to be allocated across the country in an effort to bring areas without Internet access online in the coming years. The White House billed the announcement as kicking off three … Read more

High-speed internet is a necessity, President Biden says, pledging all US will have access by 2030

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A royalist protester waves a Thai national flag in front of the U.S. embassy in Bangkok, Thailand May 24, 2023. The U.S. ambassador to Thailand has dismissed allegations of American interference in recent elections as "disservice" to the Thai people, saying on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 that Washington does not support any single candidate or political party. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden on Monday said high-speed internet was no longer a luxury but an absolute necessity, as he promised every household in the nation will have access by 2030 using U.S.-made cable These investments will help all Americans, he said. We will leave no one behind. Biden announced that more than $40 … Read more

Biden admin, top Democrats plot to wake up AI, watchdog says

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President Joe Biden, White House Science Advisor Arati Prabhakar, and California Governor Gavin Newsom attend an event discussing the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence.

News From Ryan King June 25, 2023 | 11:51am A conservative group is accusing the White House and powerful Democrats and liberals of plotting to wake up the AI. Pointing to public plans to train AI systems to be more inclusive and less prone to harmful bias or algorithmic discrimination, the American Accountability Foundation warns … Read more

Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky is trying to save the internet

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In 2022, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey left the company. One of his new projects, Bluesky, is a social media app it seems Exactly like Twitter. The difference? Bluesky promises an unprecedented level of control over your scrolling experience. The goal, essentially, is to undo all of Dorsey’s self-described mistakes, fixing social media and perhaps, hopefully, … Read more