/tags/internet Internet en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:25:12 GMT /texas/2024-07-09/spectrum-internet-service-outage-austin-texas Customers in the Austin area had reported the internet was down in several ZIP codes on social media. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:25:12 GMT /texas/2024-07-09/spectrum-internet-service-outage-austin-texas Chelsey Zhu /austin/2019-09-11/survey-finds-austins-digital-divide-shrinking-but-mistrust-of-internet-persists A gap in internet access for Austin residents has shrunk, but a sense of mistrust over the internet’s privacy and security persists among those without� Wed, 11 Sep 2019 23:20:40 GMT /austin/2019-09-11/survey-finds-austins-digital-divide-shrinking-but-mistrust-of-internet-persists DaLyah Jones /texas/2019-01-14/author-says-public-fiber-networks-would-enhance-economic-growth-and-social-justice From Texas Standard:Fiber: it's not just what's for breakfast anymore. Now, it also means a super-fast connection to the internet. In fact, a lack of� Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:35:15 GMT /texas/2019-01-14/author-says-public-fiber-networks-would-enhance-economic-growth-and-social-justice Shelly Brisbin /texas/2017-12-20/ransomware-attack-leads-to-breach-affecting-700-students-in-39-texas-school-districts From Texas Standard.Multiple school districts in north and northeast Texas were notified by the Texas Department of Agriculture recently that they were� Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:24:34 GMT /texas/2017-12-20/ransomware-attack-leads-to-breach-affecting-700-students-in-39-texas-school-districts Alexandra Hart /texas/2017-12-11/will-a-net-neutrality-rollback-make-the-internet-more-expensive From Texas Standard.The FCC is expected to vote this week on whether to repeal Obama-era rules that made net neutrality the law of the land.Put simply,� Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:43:31 GMT /texas/2017-12-11/will-a-net-neutrality-rollback-make-the-internet-more-expensive Shelly Brisbin /texas/2017-02-07/how-a-wifi-pilot-program-is-helping-students-in-the-rio-grande-valley From Texas Standard:Selene Moreno is a senior at Benito Juarez-Abraham Lincoln High School in La Joya, Texas. She says she’s looking forward to� Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:30:00 GMT /texas/2017-02-07/how-a-wifi-pilot-program-is-helping-students-in-the-rio-grande-valley Reynaldo Leanos /education/2016-05-20/a-pflugerville-library-wants-to-bridge-the-digital-divide-by-lending-out-wi-fi-hotspots At 3 p.m., the computer lounge at the Pflugerville Public Library is bustling. College sophomore Emily Margaretich is hard at work trying to sign up for� Fri, 20 May 2016 13:29:01 GMT /education/2016-05-20/a-pflugerville-library-wants-to-bridge-the-digital-divide-by-lending-out-wi-fi-hotspots Vanessa Rancaño /austin/2015-07-29/austins-digital-inclusion-program-serves-as-a-model-for-other-cities Federal housing officials were in Austin Tuesday � not to give direction, but to learn from the local housing authority's successes in closing the digital� Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:14:37 GMT /austin/2015-07-29/austins-digital-inclusion-program-serves-as-a-model-for-other-cities Joy Diaz /texas/2015-06-12/does-your-water-bottle-really-need-to-be-smart From Texas Standard: Imagine a world where you could count every sip of water you took � and your boss could see it too. That’s the idea behind brothers� Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:38:12 GMT /texas/2015-06-12/does-your-water-bottle-really-need-to-be-smart Brenda Salinas /life-arts/2015-01-21/watch-internet-famous-zelda-artist-prepares-his-next-treasure-chest Three weeks ago, an Austinite known as Ez became internet famous. It’s a tempered fame, he says, and it comes in waves. About nine months ago, Ez rode a� Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:36:24 GMT /life-arts/2015-01-21/watch-internet-famous-zelda-artist-prepares-his-next-treasure-chest Andrew Weber