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Georgia House wants local utilities to provide broadband (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 02/12/2019 - 11:27Loss of newspapers contributes to political polarization
The steady loss of local newspapers and journalists across the country contributes to the nation’s political polarization, a new study has found. According to research published in the Journal of Communication, with fewer opportunities to find out about local politicians, citizens are more likely to turn to national sources like cable news and apply their feelings about national politics to people running for the town council or state legislature. The result is much less “split ticket” voting, or people whose ballot includes votes for people of different parties.
Study: on Twitter, limited number of users are spreading fake info (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 16:10French watchdog slaps Google with $57-million fine under new EU data privacy law (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 01/21/2019 - 12:32American anchor for Iranian TV is arrested on visit to US (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/17/2019 - 06:24USA Today publisher Gannett has received a $1.36-billion takeover bid from MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 01/14/2019 - 12:03TV station backs off accusation that CNN played politics (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 12:47Neiman Marcus reaches a $1.5 million data breach settlement with more than 40 state attorneys general (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 09:19CES 2019: Tech show isn’t immune from government shutdown
The 2019 Consumer Electronics Show is revving up in Las Vegas (NV), but even technology’s biggest trade event isn’t immune to the effects of the partial government shutdown. Organizers said that several scheduled government speakers have canceled their travel plans. These include Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and at least nine other federal officials. Transportation Sec Elaine Chao is still planning to deliver a keynote talk Jan 9 on federal initiatives to advance drone technology and self-driving vehicles.