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How digital natives navigate parenting in the internet age

By Decker Westenburg
May 10, 2021 12:00 AM
Parents of all ages often express concern for the safety of their children. Many teach children at an early age about “stranger danger” and the importance of wearing seatbelts and helmets.
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Local

Google Fiber and Provo City negotiate new agreement

By Emily Atwood
January 15, 2021 12:00 AM
Google Fiber and Provo City recently decided to make changes to their negotiation, without removing their low bandwidth free internet option.
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Nation

Internet reacts to President Trump's 'covfefe' tweet

By Karenna Meredith
May 31, 2017 12:00 AM
President Donald J. Trump is no stranger to Twitter, and early Wednesday morning one of his tweets became an internet sensation.
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Technology

Trolls drive blog traffic, affect blogger mentality

By Justin Elsbury
November 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Maddy Low, like many bloggers, deals regularly with trolls. Low mainly writes about her personal life in her blog. (Randy Low)
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Technology

11 mobile apps for keeping on top of the news

By Beau Jones
February 23, 2016 12:00 AM
Millennials are increasingly using mobile news apps to quickly access news information. (Universe Archive)
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Nation

Survey shows digital political news is trending among millennials

By Beau Jones
February 17, 2016 12:00 AM
The majority of college students get their news from digital sources, particularly social media. (Associated Press)
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Sports

Stadium Wi-Fi enhances the connection between fans and social media

September 01, 2015 12:00 AM
Ruckus Wireless installing Wi-Fi in the American Express stadium in the United Kingdom. Wi-Fi in stadiums is a growing trend. (Ruckus Wireless)
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Campus

Education Week: Becoming a social media missionary

By Rachael Griffen
August 18, 2015 12:00 AM
Social media can be challenging, but there are diverse ways of doing missionary work via social media.
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Local

CVX Live YouTube Convention attracts fans in Orem

By Cassidee Hobbs
August 07, 2015 12:00 AM
'Kid History' creators answer questions at a panel during last year's CVX Live YouTube Convention.
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Technology

Do email disclaimers really mean anything?

By Chris Larson
July 28, 2015 12:00 AM
Chris Larson reads a disclaimer at the end of an email.
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Movies & Television

Hollywood is falling, independent film hopes to take its place

By Emily Hales
May 03, 2015 12:00 AM
Daniel Avery grew up surrounded by stories. His mother encouraged him to read and write, and he soon fell in love with being a storyteller. Avery moved from creating movies in his backyard to attending a film- and television-production program at a local community college to taking contracted film jobs in Provo to creating his own films.
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State

Google Fiber is coming to Salt Lake City

March 25, 2015 12:00 AM
Google Fiber will make Salt Lake City the next place to receive its high-speed gigabit-per-second Internet service. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bier)
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Campus

Pornography: A woman's struggle, too

By Madeleine Hettinger
March 04, 2014 12:00 AM
Third in a series
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Campus

BYU student talks about his struggle with pornography

By Sam Petersen
February 25, 2014 12:00 AM
Second in a series
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Life

Wasting time on the web: BYU students' favorite websites

By Lindsey Williams
September 10, 2012 12:00 AM
As a student, spending time on a computer is practically a given, but most students do not spend all of their computer time solely focused on homework; they peruse popular websites much of the time as well.
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Local

Anonymity fuels discourtesy online

By Lindsey Larson
May 29, 2012 12:00 AM
A simple difference in opinion in the comments beneath a YouTube video can quickly turn to a firestorm of personal attacks — all because of anonymity.
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Opinion Outpost

Viewpoint: Cyber Civility

May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
Last week, a judge sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail in the Rutger’s webcam trial.
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Technology

Paying for likes: Facebook's IPO

May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
From a Harvard dorm room in 2004 to more than 900 million users in 2012, Facebook has become the world's largest social network, bringing in an average of 3.2 billion comments and likes every day. On Friday, users finally had a chance to pay for those likes.
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