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To benefit from the internet, ‘not all screens are created equal’

In modern households, access to myriad resources and services begins with a speedy and affordable broadband connection. User devices — from smartphones to desktop computers — are also essential, ...

Cellphones in schools – more states are taking action to reduce student distraction without eliminating tech access

More school systems are providing digital devices for students to use in the classroom, making it harder to justify students ...
Disability Scoop

Pediatricians Urged To Promote Wider Use Of Assistive Communication Devices

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed augmentative and alternative communication technologies. In a clinical report out this ...
Odessa American

Midland ISD updates policy on student use of personal communication devices

MIDLAND As part of its commitment to a focused, distraction-free learning environment, Midland ISD has updated its policy regarding student use of personal communication and electronic devices during ...
New Scientist

US military wants to secure the internet by making it more quantum

The US military has launched an initiative to determine how quantum devices and particles could augment traditional communication networks – like those that make up the internet – to make them more ...