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Massachusetts Net Neutrality Proponents Encounter “Designated Buzzkill”

By Katie Lannan

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Facebook hits 1 billion users in a single day for first time

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, a billion people used Facebook in a single day on Monday. CEO Mark Zuckerberg marked the occasion with a post on his Facebook page, saying that one out of seven people on Earth logged in to the social network to connect with their

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Court upholds ‘net-neutrality’ rules on Internet access

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a big win for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's "net neutrality" rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. The 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of

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Has the library outlived its usefulness? You’d be surprised

U.S. institutions of higher education and U.S. local governments are under extraordinary pressure to cut costs and eliminate from institutional or governmental ledgers any expenses whose absence would cause little or no pain.

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Users cash in on YouTube as enabler of creative freedom

In 2015, Felix Kjellberg made $12 million making videos for YouTube.com. Under the name "PewDiePie," the 26-year-old Swede was the highest earning YouTube personality last year. Despite the star power and six-figure income, this is no Hollywood affair.