CLEVELAND, Ohio – Spectrum, a telecommunications company, is unveiling a cable broadband plan that provides another option for households with students needing high-speed Internet for at-home classes during the coronavirus pandemic. © Plain Dealer staff/Pexels/cleveland.com/TNS Remote learning requires adequate Internet service. It’s called “Stay Connected K-12” and it would cost […]
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Are printers, computers tax-free? 10 states hold sales tax holidays this weekend and some offer a tax break on tech
Shoppers in 10 states should file this away: This weekend, you can pick up clothes and school supplies tax-free. Sales tax holidays kick off Friday in nine states – Florida, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia – and Maryland’s tax holiday begins Sunday. Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and […]
‘Why do we need to offer people gratuitous sex in film? There’s plenty of porn online’
Getty Timothy Dalton has a laugh like a pantomime villain. Rich, deep and playfully thespy, it booms from our Zoom chat as his press team asks me to pivot my camera away from a nice blank wall towards a pile of unwashed laundry, to improve the lighting. The laughter erupts […]
Students among first to return offer lessons for reopening schools
NASHVILLE — Abigail Alexander shuffled through a stack of papers trying to find instructions for logging in to her school-issued laptop. The 10-year-old chatted with her best friend, a fellow fifth grader, about who is in their classes this year at Head Middle Magnet Prep in Nashville and what period they have a specific teacher. […]
Rowan College To Offer In-Person, Remote Learning This Fall
BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Rowan College at Burlington County will offer a limited number of on-campus courses this fall as the college prepares to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the college said it will offer new types of online courses to increase engagement in the course […]
Myriad Genetics, OptraHEALTH Partner to Offer Cancer Knowledge
Myriad Genetics, Inc. MYGN recently announced a collaboration with OptraHEALTH with the aim of implementing a cognitive ChatBOT, Gene. The AI-powered ChatBOT will provide genetic and financial assistance information to prospective patients of hereditary cancer. Notably, the Gene knowledge platform, which is a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliant, […]
International students must leave USA if universities offer only online classes this fall
The Trump administration announced international students will have to leave the USA, or face possible deportation, if the college or university they attend switches to online-only classes in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. Similarly, international students enrolled in colleges or universities offering only online courses this fall will be barred from […]
International students must leave US if universities only offer online classes this fall
The Trump administration announced international students will have to leave the United States, or face possible deportation, if the college or university they attend switches to online-only classes in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. Similarly, international students enrolled in colleges or universities offering only online courses this fall will be […]
Entrepreneurs offer advice on thriving during difficult times
We are in the midst of an economic downturn that is unlike anything most us have seen. How can we prepare to not only make it through these challenging times but thrive? We asked these titans of industry and Advisors in The Oracles, who are in industries ranging from real […]