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The FCC spends hundreds of millions subsidizing internet for Alaska schools and libraries. Now it might cut the program.
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (1756+ words) JUNEAU — For some of Alaska’s most remote schools and libraries, a federal program that helps pay for internet has been a critical part of their budgets. Now, those institutions are uncertain whether the program will continue. The Federal Communications Commission…...
Russia accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism in its latest digital crackdown
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (715+ words) Russian authorities said Wednesday they had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the internet and digital communications under its control. The charges…...
Letter: I asked Google for help and got the AI assistant runaround
1+ week, 4+ day ago (158+ words) I understand that glitches sometimes happen. But for Google to create a system so rigid and absolute that there is no way to resolve a problem without a PIN that, for me, never existed — well, there is only one word…...
On nearly deserted Adak Island, you pay to keep hundreds of buildings wired for internet
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1491+ words) This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. ADAK — On an island in the Bering Sea 1,200 miles from Anchorage sits an abandoned house on an abandoned Navy base. There is no furniture, and the wind blows through…...
Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1758+ words) The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman…...
The FCC sends billions to Alaska companies selling slow internet. You pay for it.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1754+ words) This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in a partnership between the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica. At the beginning of his three-year federal prison sentence for felony tax evasion, Roger Shoffstall lost his telephone privileges when a…...
We’re investigating Alaska internet companies. We need your help.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (201+ words) We’re investigating Alaska internet companies this year, and we need your help. Alaskans pay higher costs for slower internet speeds than most Americans. The government has spent billions of dollars of public money to try to fix the problem, and…...
A huge data center could rise on Alaska’s North Slope
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1144+ words) One of the largest data centers in the nation has been proposed on Alaska’s Arctic North Slope, where boosters say it could take advantage of abundant land, low temperatures for cooling and a huge supply of natural gas for power....
Letter: Before we bring data centers to Alaska, safeguards must be put in place
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (130+ words) The Mat-Su Borough Assembly’s partnership with Terra Energy to attract data center developers is tied to a coal-fired power plant proposal near Skwentna — a project sparking overwhelming public opposition because of its environmental and health risks. Data centers require massive…...
The military wants to host data centers in Alaska, raising questions about whether there’s enough gas to power them
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1516+ words) The Department of the Air Force is offering developers an opportunity to build artificial intelligence data centers on bases around the country, including in Alaska. The plans stem from President Donald Trump’s executive order to boost artificial intelligence in the…...