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The Biden administration set the amounts of federal funding each state will receive to expand access to broadband internet. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Every state is about to dole out federal funding for broadband internet – not every state is ready for the task

Every state is poised to receive a large amount of federal money to expand broadband access, but they have a lot of work to do to meet the government’s requirements for distributing it.
Mapping the Digital Gap Co-researcher Guruwuy Ganambarr using her mobile phone to connect to wifi in Gäṉgaṉ homeland, East Arnhem Land, NT. Daniel Featherstone

‘Digital inclusion’ and closing the gap: how First Nations leadership is key to getting remote communities online

A new report shows how remote First Nations community face obstacles to digital inclusion – and what can be done to remove them.
Students and teachers alike struggle with digital connectivity – but education is just one area in which technology matters. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

State efforts to close the K-12 digital divide may come up short

Claims the digital divide has been ‘closed’ don’t include the full picture of internet inequality in the United States.
There is a need to educate Nigerians on the difference between the digital representation of cash deposits in bank accounts and the eNaira in digital wallets. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Nigeria’s digital currency: what the eNaira is for and why it’s not perfect

Nigeria can pull off its newly introduced digital currency but there are concerns that must be addressed for its smooth operations.

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