Technology
The coronavirus shutdown is creating challenges across the child welfare system, with no past practices to review for advice.
6 years ago
Drive-in WiFi hotspots offer online access to Delaware’s disconnected
New Castle County is offering WiFi access outside a number of county facilities for people who don’t have an internet connection at home.
6 years ago
Online learning resources you may have missed
With your help, we plan to update the list as we become aware of additional worthwhile resources.
6 years ago
Apple’s new tool lets you screen yourself for COVID-19
Apple's new COVID-19 website and app allow users to screen themselves for coronavirus symptoms and receive recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
6 years ago
Guide: Delaware museums offering virtual tours to entertain during quarantine
Museums in Delaware may be closed due to COVID-19, but museum lovers can still enjoy virtual tours to keep entertained when they’re stuck at home.
6 years ago
Listen 1:24Cyber charters in Pa. keep teaching amid confusion in coronavirus shutdown order
School districts in Pa. fear drastic damage to their budgets if parents decide en masse to move children to cyber options amid coronavirus uncertainty.
6 years ago
With more people working and studying from home due to the coronavirus outbreak, Comcast is giving customers unlimited data for no additional charge.
6 years ago
Schools across Pa. are wary of offering online instruction during coronavirus closures
Some schools are running into a major legal hurdle in their attempts to offer online instruction during the current closures.
6 years ago
Online-only college classes pose some distinct challenges for instructors
Teachers around the country had a short window to move to a different way of presenting course material. Internet access is just part of the struggle.
6 years ago
Amazon seeks to hire 100,000 to keep up with surge in orders
Amazon says it needs to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads and keeps more people at home, shopping online.
6 years ago
U.S. internet well-equipped to handle work from home surge
The U.S. internet won’t get overloaded by spikes in traffic from the millions of Americans now working from home to discourage the spread of the new coronavirus, experts say.
6 years ago
N.J. lawmaker wants to make DNA test results your personal property
The proposal is a bid to give consumers who use popular genetic testing services more control over their personal data.
6 years ago
Twitter vows that as disinformation tactics change, its policies will keep pace
Twitter's new policy attempts to flag and provide greater context for content that the platform believes to have been "significantly and deceptively altered or fabricated."
7 years ago
This rag-tag group of DIYers has an answer for rural Pa.’s internet problem
Companies have long complained that providing service to rural areas is a money-losing business. This is a cheaper alternative.
7 years ago
Listen 5:02Pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died
NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures" has died.
7 years ago

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