Commerce Department announces nearly $1 billion in grants for 'middle mile' internet access
The federal effort to expand internet access to every U.S. home has taken a major step forward with the announcement of $930 million in grants to shore up connections in dozens of places where significant connectivity gaps persist
2023-06-16 17:45
Southeast Asia to set 'guardrails' on AI with new governance code -sources
By Fanny Potkin and Panu Wongcha-um SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) -Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial
2023-06-16 16:21
Texas panhandle town hit by tornado, deaths reported
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas The Texas panhandle town of Perryton was struck on Thursday by one or
2023-06-16 13:45
Students meet under trees as schools shelter villagers displaced by Philippine volcano
Nearly 20,000 people have fled from an erupting volcano in the Philippines and are sheltering in schools, disrupting the education of thousands of students
2023-06-16 10:17
Texas governor signs law shutting diversity offices at public universities
All state-funded colleges and universities in Texas will have to close their diversity, equity and inclusion offices under
2023-06-16 07:59
Energy Department among federal agencies breached by Russian ransomware gang
U.S. officials say the Department of Energy is among a small number of federal agencies compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments
2023-06-16 06:56
Parents protest California school board after social studies curriculum rejected
Parents in the southern California city of Temecula are pushing back against the local school board's recent decision to reject a social studies curriculum that includes gay rights after some board members claimed there was not enough parental involvement in the process and made comments attacking gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk.
2023-06-16 06:20
If affirmative action is struck down, these law schools may point to the future
By Karen Sloan The experience of two highly selective public U.S. law schools offers a guide for other
2023-06-16 05:51
Bankman-Fried to get second trial on bank fraud, bribery counts
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a request from prosecutors to try some
2023-06-16 05:20
Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said on Thursday
2023-06-16 04:45
Critics blast Georgia's plan to delay software updates on its voting machines
Critics of Georgia’s plan to wait until after next year’s presidential election to install a software update to address security flaws on the state’s voting equipment called that irresponsible
2023-06-16 03:59
Chinese spies breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says
The U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant says suspected state-backed Chinese hackers exploited a vulnerability in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries
2023-06-16 02:57