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Sen. Ron Wyden pushes to raise standards for stimulus-funded broadband
Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR) is calling on the Treasury Department to fund broadband projects in communities without access to 100Mbps upload and download speeds with the money allocated by the American Rescue Plan earlier in 2021. The plan’s language suggests funding can only go to “unserved” or “underserved” communities.
In Antitrust Trial, Tim Cook Argues Apple Doesn’t Hurt App Makers
In a major moment in Apple’s efforts to fend off growing scrutiny of its power, Tim Cook took the stand in a trial for the first time as Apple’s chief executive and defended his business from accusations that it hurt app makers to expand its profits.
New research shows how many important links on the web get lost to time (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 16:42Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022 (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 05/19/2021 - 12:38Parler is back in Apple’s App Store, with a promise to crack down on hate speech (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/18/2021 - 06:31The FCC’s high-profile bet on Elon Musk
Not everyone is thrilled with Starlink or SpaceX. Some reviews complain that the service is unreliable and can be slow. Astronomers are concerned that the thousands of satellites that Starlink and similar services plan to deploy will obscure their vision of the sky; others worry that the satellites will add to space that is already too crowded, and increase the risk of collisions.
Peter Kafka: It never made sense for AT&T to buy WarnerMedia. Now it’s undoing its $100 billion deal. (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/17/2021 - 06:29How far have you gone for internet access? (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 05/16/2021 - 15:54Starlink Review: Broadband Dreams Fall to Earth
Starlink, a new satellite internet service from SpaceX, is a spectacular technical achievement that might one day ______. But right now it is also very much a beta product that is unreliable, inconsistent, and foiled by even the merest suggestion of trees. The Verge has not written a story about broadband access or telecom policy in recent memory without a chorus of commenters responding that Starlink would fix it in some way. Access gap?