Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Steven Puetzer) AT&T is facing a complaint alleging that it discriminates against poor people by providing fast service in wealthier communities and speeds as low as 1.5Mbps in low-income neighborhoods. The formal complaint filed today with the Federal Communications Commission says that AT&T is violating the Communications Act’s prohibition against unjust […]
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AI vision can determine why neighborhoods thrive
It’s relatively easy to figure out whether or not a neighborhood is doing well at one moment in time. More often than not, you just have to look around. But how do you measure the progress (or deterioration) a neighborhood makes? That’s where AI might help. Researchers have built a computer vision system that can […]
California orders Volkswagen to build more electric-car charging stations in poor neighborhoods
REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji California legislators on Thursday tightened rules requiring Volkswagen to spend a portion of clean car infrastructure funds in disadvantaged communities, passing a bill as part of a budget package agreed with Governor Jerry Brown. The German automaker previously agreed to support clean vehicles by spending $ 800 million in California, part of a total […]