The country that lays the foundation for the AI economy will define the next century
The country that lays the foundation for the AI economy will define the next century
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How Oklahoma is meeting digital needs with Community Access Portals
Mike Sanders, executive director, Oklahoma broadband office, discusses progress made toward the state's connectivity goals and a new ARPA-funded effort to roll out 175 Community Access Portals in libraries statewide
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Comparing Poverty Measures: Development of the Supplemental Poverty Measure and Differences with the Official Poverty Measure
There has been continued debate about the best way to measure poverty in the United States
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The Consequences of Shutting Copper Networks
AT&T and Verizon have continued with their big push to shut down copper networks
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NTIA Seeks Feedback on Internet Use Survey
NTIA seeks feedback under the Paperwork Reduction Act on a set of questions for the November 2027 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey
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Sizing Up Another BEAD Round Using the Ever-Changing BEAD Map
Nearly five years after Congress created it, BEAD is still very much a work in progress
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The Largest Data Centers Planned in Rural Counties
A growing number of the nation’s largest data centers are being planned in marginalized and vulnerable rural communities
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Meta debuts Muse, its long-planned personal AI agent
The product, long in development, was touted as a key next step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his recent 6,500-word manifesto
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