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The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars on several rounds of programs to upgrade internet speeds in rural areas over the past decade. Despite those efforts, many residents are still stuck with service that isn’t fast enough to do video calls or stream movies—speeds that most take for granted. Many communities have been targeted for broadband upgrades at least twice already, but flaws in the programs’ design have left residents wanting.…

WASHINGTON—Advocacy groups bankrolled by big technology companies have poured at least $36.4 million into TV and internet ads opposing antitrust legislation that would bar dominant tech platforms from favoring their own products and services, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.By comparison, groups supporting the antitrust legislation have spent about $193,000, according to a Journal analysis of data collected by AdImpact, an ad-tracking service. Much of the tech industry spending—$13.7 million, or almost 40%—has…

I thought it would be fun. That’s what I told my friend Mack when I asked her to drive with me from New Orleans to Chicago and back in an electric car.I’d made long road trips before, surviving popped tires, blown headlights and shredded wheel-well liners in my 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. I figured driving the brand-new Kia EV6 I’d rented would be a piece of cake. If, that is, the public-charging infrastructure cooperated. We wouldn’t be the first to test it. Sales…

The Nigerian government spent $13 million on bitumen imports in 2020 despite the nation’s huge deposits, the director-general of the Mining Cadastre Office, Simon Nkom, has said. Mr Nkom disclosed this at the ongoing Nigeria-Africa Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit in Abuja on Thursday. “Nigeria is blessed with 42.47 billion metric tonnes of bitumen reserves yet untapped,” he said. “Bitumen is located in Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa. Despite being blessed with this…

Age 17 Latent class profiles of digital usage at age 17.∗Weekend and Weekday Time online variable take the form of 1–5, as seen in the group means, however group means were divided by 5 here to make them consistent with the behavioral variables. Credit: Computers in Human Behavior (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107290 New research from the Department of Sociology in Trinity College Dublin has found further evidence of a…

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, who once told 60 Minutes Australia that he’d spent $6 million on cocaine in his lifetime, is “voluntarily” back in rehab. Article content The 74-year-old Tyler, who started using drugs around the age of 16, has been there before — at least nine times — as he’s tried to get clean. The New York Post…

Johnny Deep’s Ex-Financial Manager Opens Up About The Actors Irresponsibly Expensive Nature ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and his estranged wife Amber Heard’s ongoing trial is the current hot topic all around the world. The case gets nastier day by day after many details are being spilled during testimony. Now, Depp’s money manager, Joel Mandel, makes some shocking revelations. Those who are unaware, Johnny and Amber are presently fighting a legal battle against each other…

An Arizona father has brought a potential class-action lawsuit against Blizzard over the sale of Hearthstone card packs to minors. According to Polygon, lawyers filed a complaint in the Superior Court Of Orange County on behalf of Nathan Harris’ daughter and other minors who have bought Hearthstone’s randomised card packs earlier this week. Harris has claimed Hearthstone tricks players into non-refundable purchases without knowing the odds of rare cards. Harris’ suit alleges that his daughter used his credit and debit…

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