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Serbin: There are other webs besides the Internet
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (643+ words) It continuously occurs to me that things that once were simple have become complicated. Even writing. If I'd said "simple has become complicated," I could have saved four words. There's no way to pinpoint when this transition started. However, I…...
Delaware County expects big savings with new telecom provider
1+ week, 1+ min ago (717+ words) Delaware County Council has entered into a mobile services contract that will save the county more than $500,000 over three years and more than $100,000 this year alone. At its first regular council meeting in January, council unanimously approved a contract with…...
TikTok faces app deletions, censorship claims and glitches in days after its ownership change
1+ week, 1+ day ago (444+ words) By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer Censorship claims, technical problems and a report of a surge in app deletions are just some of the challenges TikTok is facing as it adjusts to a'new ownership structure in the United States'that was…...
Social media addiction’s surprising challenger? Anti-doomscrolling influencers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (845+ words) By KAITLYN HUAMANI, AP Technology Writer It's simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop of videos on Instagram or TikTok. But sometimes, that mindless scroll is interrupted by a reminder that what you thought was a 10-minute break…...
Is Verizon down? Nationwide mobile service outage reported
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (129+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA " NOVEMBER 13: A pedestrian walks by a Verizon store on November 13, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Verizon has announced plans to cut an estimated 15% of its workforce, or 15,000 jobs, as part of a restructuring plan under its new CEO…...
Verizon outage leaves hundreds of thousands without service
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (101+ words) FILE " The Verizon logo is seen on a storefront, Friday, Sep. 1, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) Hundreds of thousands of Verizon cell phone users are without service on Wednesday afternoon, the company said. Most of those affected appeared…...
Flowers: Reaching a conclusion about Renee Good’s killing
3+ week, 6+ day ago (755+ words) It finally dawned on me that the connections we make on social media have absolutely nothing to do with reality. This is why I never tried online dating. I know people who found love that way including a few "silver…...
Trump Mobile’s golden phone remains nowhere to be found
4+ week, 1+ day ago (400+ words) By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer A golden phone that President Donald Trump's family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a glut of'new gadgets at CES'in Las Vegas this week....
Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1069+ words) Communities across the United States are reading about " and learning from " each other's battles against data center proposals that are fast multiplying in number and size to meet steep demand as developers branch out in search of faster connections to…...
Paskhaver: Can she give up electronic devices for a day?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (619+ words) This past Saturday, my neighbor George (you remember him, he's a nuclear engineer) challenged me to go a whole day without touching my phone. I laughed in a carefree, debonair way, like someone who " is, uh, carefree and debonair, or…...