Netflix says they are about to crack down on password sharing. Brooke Thorington talks to the Host of Tech Gumbo podcast
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If you have federal student loans, now is your chance to apply for relief. Governor John Bel Edwards says the application takes less than five minutes. Marsanne Golsby has more..
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Tragedy in Shreveport last night. Police say a man killed two young children and then himself in west Shreveport. Public information officer Sgt. Chris Bordelon:
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Bordelon says the man took the children from a mobile home park on Pines Road to a public park and shot them there. He says the infant was found dead at the scene and the older child died later at a hospital. Police say the children were kidnapped.
Police say before the children were taken the suspect got into a fight with the children’s mother.
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Details on the victims’ identities and other information surrounding the abduction have not been released.
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Netflix announces it’s about to start cracking down on password sharing next year. Host of Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis says for example if you’re a parent and your children live out of state or even out of town and are on your Netflix account expect to pay more.
And for example, if your friend shares their password with you, Davis says Netflix will know that your IP address which is also the billing address, is not associated with your friend’s IP address.
Davis says an issue Netflix will have to address is if you have an account and you use it on your phone, tablet, or even log in at the office on your lunch hour will you be forced to pay extra for a subaccount?
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Davis says Netflix has been testing their password credentials in South America and they are expected to roll out in the US next year.
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Governor John Bel Edwards is urging every Louisianan with student debt to apply for the federal government’s student loan debt relief program before the end-of-the-year deadline. University of Louisiana System President Dr. Jim Henderson…
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Henderson says Louisiana’s debt load is lower than other states because of the TOPS scholarship program. Individuals who make less than $125,000 per year or married couples who make less than $250,000 per year are eligible for up to $10,000 in forgiveness. Borrowers who meet those requirements plus went to school with Pell Grants—loans for income students—are eligible for up to $20,000 dollars in forgiveness.
He says the relief is especially needed by people who were not able to complete their degrees.
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The Biden administration has tightened requirements for debt forgiveness. The US Department of Education now says borrowers with privately held federal student loans can’t apply for the relief. To be forgiven, the loans have to come from the Department of Education. Henderson says the changes make sense
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To apply, go to StudentAid.gov.
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320-million in federal dollars is heading to Louisiana to bolster U-S battery manufacturing. 219-million dollars will go to Syrah Technologies in Vidalia which makes battery components for electric vehicles and another 100-million dollars will go to a chemical plant in St. Gabriel. Senator Bill Cassidy says the funding is the result of the federal infrastructure bill
Cassidy says this funding will result in 300 new jobs and many more jobs over the years for this emerging energy economy…
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The 100-million dollars going to Kloura in St. Gabriel, located in Iberville Parish, will be the first U-S manufacturing plant for lithium hexafluorophosphate. The electric car manufacturer Tesla already has a contract with Syrah Resources graphite processing plant in Vidalia. Cassidy says this money will help Louisiana build an economy for 2050, not just 2023…