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Nearly 5 million accounts removed under Australia’s new social media ban
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (243+ words) SYDNEY (NYT) " Nearly 5 million social media accounts belonging to Australian teenagers have been deactivated or removed, a month after a landmark law barring those younger than 16 from using the services took effect, the government said Thursday. The announcement was the…...
Google guys say bye to California
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (306+ words) For nearly three decades, Google has been steeped in the lore of Silicon Valley. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford University graduate students, created the search engine in 1998 and built the startup out of a friend's garage in Menlo…...
USPS Operation Santa now accepting letters from keiki
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (117+ words) WASHINGTON " The U.S. Postal Service has kicked off the 2025 season of USPS Operation Santa, inviting children and families across the country to begin writing and sending letters to Santa Claus. The beloved program, now in its 113th year, connects letter writers with…...
Ukraine says Starlink’s global outage hit its military communications
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (337+ words) KYIV " Starlink systems used by Ukrainian military units were down for two and a half hours overnight, a senior commander said, part of a global issue that disrupted the satellite internet provider. Ukraine's forces are heavily reliant on thousands of…...
Broadband bill becomes law: Measure intends to improve access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (407+ words) Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke signed into law Monday a bill that moves the office responsible for improving broadband internet access statewide from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to the Department of Accounting and General Services. Luke said…...
Bills would ban use of cellphones in schools
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (594+ words) Friday, Jan. 31, 2025| Today's Paper | 71.879" Keiki may be prohibited by law to use their cellphones at school under a series of bills being discussed in the state Legislature. Five similar bills " House bills 298, 458, 1195 and 1224, and Senate Bill 684 " each propose that the…...
Supreme Court backs law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (1462+ words) Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025| Today's Paper | 67.091" FILE " Two TikTok content creators livestream from outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 10, 2025, during oral arguments in the company's First Amendment challenge to a law that effectively bans it in the U.S. The court rejected…...