Vox

For about 15 percent of US households as of 2023, the only internet options are crappy, especially in rural areas. But thanks to the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program, which aims to connect everyone in the US to high-quality, mostly fiber-based internet, that’s close to changing.

Just days after the new pope, Leo XIV, took up his position as head of the Catholic Church, he started talking about artificial intelligence.