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Elon Musk’s X ad revenue reportedly fell $1.5B this year amid boycotts (Ars Technica)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Wed, 12/13/2023 - 16:06Cable lobby to Federal Communications Commission: Please don’t look too closely at the prices we charge
The US broadband industry is protesting a Federal Communications Commission plan to measure the affordability of Internet service. The FCC has been evaluating US-wide broadband deployment progress on a near-annual basis for almost three decades but hasn't factored affordability into these regular reviews.
25 Million homes will lose broadband discounts if Congress keeps stalling, FCC warns
A federal program that provides $30 monthly broadband discounts to people with low incomes is expected to run out of money in April 2024, potentially taking affordable Internet service plans away from well over 20 million households. For months, supporters of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) have been pushing Congress to give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) more funding for the program.
Sam Altman officially back as OpenAI CEO: “We didn’t lose a single employee” (Ars Technica)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 11/30/2023 - 15:01ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world. (Ars Technica)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 11/30/2023 - 15:00How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US (Ars Technica)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 11/30/2023 - 15:00Amazon lays off Alexa employees as 2010s voice-assistant boom gives way to AI (Ars Technica)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 11/21/2023 - 16:29Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices
Internet service providers and their lobby groups are fighting the Federal Communications Commission's plan to prohibit discrimination in access to broadband services.