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12:00pm Feb 25, 2020

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Who Gets 5G — And Who Gets Left Behind — Has Some Worried About Digital Inequality

by Paul Flahive

As wireless companies continue to roll out 5G — the next generation of wireless technology — advocates worry this latest high-speed update will widen the digital divide.
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6:06pm Mar 14, 2018

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Live High Definition Video From Mars? NASA Is Getting Ready

by Joe Palca

NASA is building a new space-based laser communication that will allow live, high-definition video from Mars and beyond — something that's not possible with standard radio equipment.

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10:29am Sep 29, 2017

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Study: Fake News Tweets Flooded North Carolina Before Presidential Election

New analysis from the University of Oxford shows Twitter was swamped with fake news during the 2016 presidential campaign, and that bad information was especially prevalent in key states like North
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8:11am Jun 04, 2017

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Alan Alda's Experiment: Helping Scientists Learn To Talk To The Rest Of Us

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The actor's new book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?, is all about communication — and miscommunication — between doctors, scientists and civilians.