Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia plan to offer free online courses under an agreement announced Tuesday. Online platform Coursera said that the two schools are among 12 institutions that plan to offer the free, non-credit courses through ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to settle allegations that it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracking the online activities of millions of people who use Apple’s Safari web browser. That’s according to ...

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WASHINGTON — If you’re reading this online, you’re fine. The day that was supposed to see thousands of people knocked off the Internet has arrived, but only a few people were affected. Thousands of Internet users across the U.S. and ...

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Su Kang is no stranger to the Web. Armed with coding skills learned as a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art, she is building a website for the family-owned Sweet Melon Cafe on Charles Street. Kang, a 23-year-old ...

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In the beginning, I hated SCOTUSblog. About 10 years ago, the then-fledgling online service providing near-instantaneous links and analysis of Supreme Court decisions was a direct competitor to my own nascent email service in which I promised subscribers same-day news ...

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Maryland voters in November may face as many as three questions on the ballot to overturn laws passed by the General Assembly. Opponents of the third measure — a gerrymandered congressional district plan — are nearly halfway to reaching the ...

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WASHINGTON — A new report from a Washington-based nonprofit says technology and the internet hold the potential for large energy savings by networking homes, buildings, factories, transportation systems and other energy users. The report was released Tuesday by the American ...

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Last week, my cell phone started ringing incessantly. By “incessantly,” I mean every two seconds. The numbers that came through were not 10-digit numbers, but sometimes 15-to-20 digits. When I answered, the call disconnected. I called Verizon and was told there ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Blake Wolfe is entering the homestretch to receive an associate degree in business administration this spring, a degree from Hagerstown Community College that she has been working toward online. “I chose the online classes because it’s more up ...

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While signing up for the latest Internet craze may seem innocuous enough, you may want to think twice before handing over your personal information. Someone may be watching. As consumer suspicion grows regarding websites privacy policies, many online privacy advocates ...

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