What’s an NFT and why are people buying them?
NFT stands for "non-fungible token.” It’s a digital work of art, like music, video clips, or a meme. People pay a lot of money to own the original code. Why? It is like owning an original art piece or a…
High-speed Internet spreading across Cuba
As recently as 2008, Internet access was all but totally banned in Cuba, making it one of the most technologically isolated nations in the world. Thanks to relaxing government regulations, the country now has more than 3 million Internet users and counting.…
Report: Much of the world still without internet access
While it seems as though almost everyone is on the Internet today, in reality more than 57 percent of the world's population is without Internet access. The State of Broadband recently released a report that says billions of people are…
India falling behind in digital divide
A recent report released by UNESCO found that India is falling behind other countries in terms of broadband connections. Out of 189 developed countries observed in the study, India ranked 131 — six places lower than it was in 2014.…
The digital divide in the U.S. has decreased but still remains
The digital divide throughout the United States has recently decreased, but only by a small margin. A recent study done by the Broadband Opportunity Council found that 25 percent of Americans still do not have broadband access in their homes.…