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Woe is ISP: 30% of Americans can’t choose their service provider

ExtremeTech - You can pick any ISP you want… as long as it’s Comcast. In the United States, many of us have no choice whatsoever in the way of broadband ISPs. Plenty of localities are more than happy to offer monopolies to mega-corps, and that means competition is effectively nonexistent in those areas. Price hikes, stagnant speeds, and other bad behaviors are free to run rampant, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. Upwards of 30% of Americans have absolutely no choice in the matter, and SoftBank is upset about that. So, what’s its proposed solution to the lack of competition? Even more consolidation.

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Twitter Blue problems? How to sign up for verification despite error messages

Signing up for the new Twitter Blue has caused problems for some folks. The Shortcut details the roadblocks you may hit trying to sign up and how to get around them.

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EvilCackle492d ago (Edited 492d ago )

Good thing I signed up at launch so people know I'm the real evilcackle

CurrentDigital492d ago

Huge loss for those who don't know where else to spend their surplus $8 a month

SwiderMan491d ago

Still haven't been approved for Twitter Blue :/

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Thousands of top websites collect your data in real-time as you type

Websites are harvesting our data even before we

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The days of remaining anonymous on the internet are coming to an end

Regulations are beginning to require users to verify their identification online.

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