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Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” Of course, you have to pay $300 for this “features.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books.

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Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” ” Edsurge on Hypothes.is ’s partnership with Elsevier. ” Via the BBC : “Learners let down by Learndirect , say MPs.”

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Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” ” Of course. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” Alphabet is, of course, the parent company of Google. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via the Hypothes.is

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” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. Via EdSource : “ Cal State drops intermediate algebra as requirement to take some college-level math courses.”